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"Normung ist die planmäßige, durch die interessierten Kreise gemeinschaftlich durchgeführte Vereinheitlichung von materiellen und immateriellen Gegenständen zum Nutzen der Allgemeinheit."

(DIN 820 Teil 1)

Aerospace is affected by international cooperation and strongly controlled by national and international regulations and standards in order to ensure safety, reliability, and cost-efficiency. Within the German Space Program, global competitiveness of the European industry is referred to with maximum priority among other aspects in the field of industrial policy. The cooperate preparation of standardized procedures by the European Space Industry and Space Agencies supports this objective.

Harmonising these standards and standardisation activities has to be organised in favor of a competitive involvement of the German Industry and research concerning space activities. DLR via its Quality and Product Assurance Department coordinates and manages this process on a national level.

In particular, this takes place by:

  • steering of space-standard projects within the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS)
  • own cooperation and promotion of collaboration, e.g. of the industry in space-standard projects within ECSS
  • coordination and representation of the national interests in ECSS-Management Boards
  • standardisation project monitoring within the European and international standardisation process (CEN, ISO etc.)
  • agreement on standard drafts with other institutions (DIN, CEN, ASD-STAN, IAQG, CCSDS, ISO)
  • coordination and representation of the national shaping of opinion within Space Industry and Space Agency (Industry Conference).

Previous standardisation processes need some time for implementation of the determined standards. To speed up standardisation processes, the research and development phase standardisation was implemented within DLR. Thus, processes presently being developed in research and technology are simultaneously checked with regard to their adherence to standardisation and if necessary – monitored by a standardisation process. Consequently, at the termination of development a standard is available that on competitive market access procures an advantage and thus a more convenient start position in the developer’s favor. The standardisation center monitors DLR-research enterprises and projects in the context of research and development phase standardisation. On initiative of "Innovation by Norms and Standards (INS)", DLR closely cooperates with the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN).


Contact
Jörg Wassermann
Coordinator Standardisation R&T

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Quality and Product Assurance
, Standardisation, Product Assurance & Qualification
Cologne

Tel.: +49 2203 601-2050

Fax: +49 2203 601-3235

Dr. rer. nat. Tomislav Skoda
Coordinator Committees

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Quality and Product Assurance
, Standardisation, Product Assurance & Qualification
Cologne

Tel.: +49 2203 601-2729

Fax: +49 2203 601-3235

Links
Forschungs- und Entwicklungsbegleitende Normung
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Hightech-Strategie der Bundesregierung
Normungspolitisches Konzept der Bundesregierung (Pressemitteilung und pdf)
DIN - Forschung und Normung
Positionspapier des BDI
Links – Standardisation
ECSS
Helmholtz Working Group Standardisation (Members only, Registration Group Standardisation, if applicable)
Standardisation Committees & Organisations
DIN TERM online
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