World Leader in RF and Microwave Amplifiers

Ciao Wireless, Inc. has always considered quality to be our highest priority. Our original quality system was based on the stringent MIL-I-45208A standard.

October 2005: Ciao Wireless passes AS9003 Audit by major government aerospace contractor.

However, as Ciao Wireless is committed to Total Quality Through Continuous Improvement, we felt that migration to a new quality standard would be beneficial for validation of our systems and procedures. As of February 2006, Ciao Wireless is fully compliant and certified to ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100B.

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What is AS9100B?

Major manufacturers in the aircraft and aerospace industry identified quality suppliers as a valuable link in the supply chain. Instead of writing their own quality management system standard, the manufacturers chose to build upon the well-known ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standard. By incorporating sector specific supplier requirements, the aircraft and aerospace industry established AS9100 and AS9100B as quality standards. AS9100 was published by SAE - Society for Automotive Engineers in 1999. AS9100 resulted from cooperation between major aerospace corporations - American Aerospace Quality Group (AAQG) - with input from ANAB (fka: ANSI-RAB) and the Independent Association of Accredited Registrars (IAAR). AS9100 Rev A contained both ISO9001/2, 1994 and ISO9001:2000. Each of these base-standards were present until ISO9001/2, 1994 expired in December of 2003. Once this standard expired, AS9100 was reissued as Rev B and the only difference was that references to ISO9001/2, 1994 were removed.