Cogence for Aerospace & Defense
Build Better Aerospace & Defense Systems Faster
Aerospace and defense programs demand rigorous configuration control, full traceability and supplier discipline, on schedules that keep getting tighter. Cogence orchestrates program gates, requirements, change, first article and supplier quality as connected, auditable workflows.
- Requirements Review
- Preliminary Design
- Critical Design
- Qualification & Test
- First Article
- Production
- Sustainment
The challenge
Zero tolerance for escapes, and little tolerance for delay
A&D products live for decades, flow down requirements through deep supply chains, and must prove conformance at every step. Requirements, configurations, change records and supplier evidence spread across systems and documents. Design reviews slip and first-article inspections stall.
Cogence keeps engineering, program management, quality, supply chain and suppliers on one controlled process, from requirements review through decades of sustainment.
- Program gates and design reviews run on schedule
- Requirements traced to design, verification and first article
- Configuration controlled through every change
- Quality requirements flowed down to every supplier
- Obsolescence and sustainment planned, not discovered
Program & product development
Disciplined development from requirements to qualification
Cogence structures development around the program reviews and product realization processes expected by AS9100 and AS9145, with deliverables and approvals at every gate.
Program gates & design reviews
Run system requirements, preliminary and critical design reviews with entry and exit criteria, action items and sign-offs.
Requirements traceability
Flow customer and contract requirements down to subsystems and suppliers, and trace them to design, test and acceptance.
Configuration management
Control baselines, effectivity and configuration status for every product, with a complete audit trail of every change.
Engineering change
Classify and route changes through impact assessment, change board review and implementation across engineering, manufacturing and suppliers.
Risk & FMEA
Manage program risks, design and process FMEAs and key characteristics, and track mitigations to closure.
Controlled technical data
Keep export-controlled technical data in permissioned document vaults, with access managed by role and program.
Production readiness & supply chain
Suppliers ready, first articles approved
Much of an A&D product is built by suppliers. Cogence extends your processes to them, so requirements flow down and evidence flows back.
First article inspection
Plan and manage first article inspections in AS9102 format for your parts and your suppliers' parts, including partial and delta FAIs after change.
Supplier quality flow-down
Flow quality clauses and special-process requirements to suppliers, and collect certifications and PPAP evidence through a supplier portal.
Counterfeit parts prevention
Control sourcing from authorized channels and manage suspect-part investigations and reporting.
Quality & sustainment
Support fielded systems for decades
Cogence keeps quality and sustainment closed-loop, with out-of-the-box templates for continuous-improvement processes and several types of root cause analysis.
Non-conformance & MRB
Manage non-conformances, material review board dispositions, deviations and waivers, and CAPA to closure.
Obsolescence (DMSMS)
Analyze supplier end-of-life and change notices, identify affected assemblies and programs, and plan resolutions.
Field issues & upgrades
Turn field reports into engineering action, and plan upgrades and modifications across the fielded fleet.
Built for rigor
Quality and supplier development built in
Cogence brings quality engineering and supplier development into the program from the start. FMEAs, control plans, supplier assessments and corrective action are part of development, not an afterthought.
Cogence Applications
Ready-to-use applications for every step
Cogence includes ready-to-use applications for phase gates, design and process FMEA, engineering change, PPAP, supplier quality and corrective action, so your engineers can focus on the mission.
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