Volume 8 · Issue 4 · April 2003

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The Impact of ISO 9000 in the Aerospace Sector

Is the increasing precision of aerospace and defense products an impact of the use of ISO 9000 and AS9100:2001? Gene Barker of Boeing and Dale K. Gordon of Rolls-Royce respond to three questions about the use of ISO 9000 and ISO 9001-aligned standards in the aerospace sector and their impact. Lawrence A. Wilson also responds to questions about ISO 9000, including whether its use in UK and US defense-related industries had given the forces invading Iraq an advantage in terms of equipment and weapons.