Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH is certified for the development, production and maintenance of sensors and systems for
- aviation applications
- land applications
- marine applications
- industrial applications
in accordance with EN 9100:2018 Quality Management Systems - Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defence Organizations - (based on ISO 9001:2015) by DNV GL Business Assurance Zertifizierung und Umweltgutachter GmbH (certificate no. 159354-2014-AQ-GER-DAkkS).
ULTIMATE QUALITY FOR EXTREME REQUIREMENTS
The LITEF quality aspiration applies to materials as well as to our products and to all processes.
QUALITY AWARENESS PROMOTES CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Our products and services meet high technical requirements and quality standards. For this, we use a comprehensive range of in-house test equipment and test facilities. Our military and civilian approvals and our certifications provide objective evidence of our capabilities. To assure this, our processes are monitored continuously, tested and, if necessary, they are optimised.
Since it is never possible to avoid faults altogether despite all of the Zero Defect Strategies, it is important to communicate to employees just how significant it is for them to communicate their own mistakes openly. With this understanding, knowledge, insights and, above all, quality awareness in relation to our products and processes, our employees contribute substantially towards meeting the high quality requirements that lead to customer satisfaction.
Sabine Preuss
Head of Quality Shared Services & Quality Auditor
CERTIFICATIONS
The LITEF management system meets the requirements of national and international standards, norms, specifications and legislation governing quality, the environment, health & safety at work and information security.
Northrop Grumman LITEF is certified for Data Center Services by DNV GL - Business Assurance in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Requirements (certificate no. 190946-2015-AIS-GER-UKAS).
Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH holds approval as an approved Aviation Organisation to work on German Army aircraft issued by the German Military Aviation Authority (LufABw) in acc. with section 30 (1) of German aviation legislation (LuftVG) in conjunction with no. 209 of the Central Specification of the German Army [Zentralvorschrift der Bundeswehr] A1-1525/0-8901 (authorisation no. LufABw-LTB-061-17).
Northrop Grumman LITEF is entitled to conduct development activities in the context of ETSO authorisation in accordance with Part 21.A.606(a) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) (APDOA Approval Ref. AP234).
Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH is authorised to operate Production Organisation with approval in accordance with Part-21, Main section A, Section G by the German Civil Aviation Authority (LBA) (File number: DE.21G.0104).
Northrop Grumman LITEF is a Maintenance Organisation in accordance with Part-145 approved by the German Civil Aviation Authority (LBA). (Reference: DE.145.0114)
Northrop Grumman LITEF is authorised by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate an approved Repair Station in accordance with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regualtions (14 CFR) parts 43 and 145 (Air Agency Certificate Number L9TY928N).
Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH is an EASA Part-145 organization, approved by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA)(Approved Organization Number: 810-15).
Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH is certified by DNV GL SE in accordance with the applicable requirements of the conformity assessment procedure described in Annex II, Directive 2014/90/EU of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment (MED) and Regulation (EU) 2018/773 according to Module B (EC type examination) and Module D (production quality assurance). (Modul B: Certificate No: MEDB00003ZY, Modul D: Certificate No: MEDD00001HJ).
The company LITEF satisfies all of the requirements relating to the health & safety at work management system, confirmed by the trade association, as well as to the environmental management system in accordance with applicable legislation and DIN EN ISO 14001.