crucial for the aerospace industry, both for safety and efficiency issues. In 2009 SAE International increased its global role in this area, building upon its already world’s largest collection of consensus aerospace standards – more than 6,800. The standards cover just about every aspect of aviation. Several specific standards and accomplishments highlighted the year for SAE International’s aerospace standards initiative: • At the request of industry (led by NASA), published the first counterfeit electronic parts standard • Formed an ATM (Air Traffic Management) Standards Steering Group to advise SAE on progress and issues from NextGen and SESAR and to identify potential areas for standardization and direct it to the appropriate Technical Committees A comprehensive collection of technical standards is • IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group) – which SAE International works with to publish the AS9100-series quality systems standards and (based upon those standards) for whom SAE manages the OASIS database, decided to affiliate formally with SAE International under the SAE Institute • Tasked by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop new standards related to runway lighting • Led an industry-requested effort to develop standards related to IVHM (Integrated Vehicle Health Management) • Had a presence at ATC Global, Paris Air Show, and FAA International Safety Forum Ground vehicle standards are written by 7,684 members sitting on 505 committees. SAE International has 1,672 existing standards and another 672 documents in progress. 2009 Annual Report 11http://www.sae.org/technical/standards/ http://www.sae.org/technical/standards/