Lightning Protection Requirements for Aircraft - A Proposed Specification (Revised Issue 1)

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Abstract:

This memorandum is the RAEFS8 recommendation for a specification to define UK MOD requirements for the lightning protection of aircraft. It has been written to be appended to a JAC paper proposing changes to the lightning content of DEF STAN 00-970 and is in five parts covering background and advisory material, certification, design and testing requirements. This memorandum has been prepared as an essential step in the production of a JAC paper recommending changes to the lightning content of DEF STAN 00-970. The document has been written to the direction of RAEFSF8 and in its final form will give RAE recommendations for a new specification which will define Great Britain MOD requirements Design, Test and Certification for the lightning protection of UK Military Aircraft. This specification provides the design and evaluation requirements to ensure that UK Military aircraft comply with the lightning protection requirements of DEF STAN 00-970. It shall apply to all fixed and rotary wing aircraft as decided by the Aircraft Project Director.

Author(s):
Odam, G. A. ; Hanson, A. W. ; Evans, R. H.
Author Organization(s):
ROYAL AEROSPACE ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH (UNITED KINGDOM)
Descriptive Note:
Technical memo.,
Pagination:
0151

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Approved For Public Release, Document Partially Illegible
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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
RAE-TM-FS(F)-632-REV-1
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation
Modernization Areas:
Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Air Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*REQUIREMENTS, MILITARY AIRCRAFT, PRODUCTION, SPECIFICATIONS, MATERIALS, UNITED KINGDOM, LIGHTNING PROTECTION, FIXED WING AIRCRAFT, ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT, ADVISORY ACTIVITIES, ALL WING AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT, LIGHTNING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Aircraft
Report Date:
1991 May 01