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JRA achieves ISO 14001 Environmental Standard

JRA is very pleased to announce that they have achieved the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Standard, confirming their commitment to long-term environmental protection.more

JRA AEROSPACE and Northwest Data Solutions form SMS Pro™ Strategic Partnership

The cornerstone of the JRA AEROSPACE-NWDS SMS service is SMS Pro™ an integrated software application that assists the operations of airlines, airports, helicopter operators, towers, and MROs increase the efficiency of business processes through the enhancement of operational and management safety event reporting. more

JRA Aerospace Exibits at Paris Airshow with SITEC

JRA took their core offerings of safety management systems, unmanned airborne systems, and airworthiness to Paris Airshow.more

Safety

  SAFETY

Airworthiness

  AIRWORTHINESS

Environmental Management

  ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Project Management

  PROJECT MANAGEMENT       

Airports & Airlines

  AIRPORTS & AIRLINES       

Unmanned Airbourne Systems

  UNMANNED AIRBOURNE SYSTEMS


Safety

JRA provides practical approaches for safety assurance of equipment and systems (Product Safety), throughout the project lifecycle. Support covers projects ranging from new system developments using novel technology and critical software, to COTS / Legacy systems and from individual equipment to broad 'Systems of Systems'. Our services include: More

  • Development of project Safety Management Plans, and identification of Safety Requirements from legislation, regulation, standards, user requirements and Preliminary Hazard Assessment.
  • Hazard identification and analyses, e.g. PHA, SWIFT, HAZOP, FHA techniques.
  • Hazard management, including development / maintenance of Hazard Logs and support to ALARP justifications.
  • Safety assessment throughout the project, using qualitative and (where appropriate) quantitative methods, to support development, integration and certification, e.g. FTA, FMEA and CCA techniques.
  • Development / maintenance of Safety Cases to provide safety assurance and support acceptance and certification.
  • Independent Safety Assessment of project or sub-system safety submissions.

JRA also provides pragmatic support to organisations, in their assurance of Corporate Safety including:

  • Initiating Safety Management Systems, drawing on existing policy and processes where sensible.
  • Compliance with civil requirements such as Health & Safety legislation, or standards such as OHSAS18001; military requirements such as Defence Standard 00-56.
  • Establishing, detailed safety processes using process mapping tools.
  • Development and delivery of safety training.
  • Independent Safety Audit (ISA) of the corporate Safety Management System.

Airworthiness

JRA has over 10 years experience of airworthiness management, having undertaken audits and provided support for the management of airworthiness documentation for a high proportion of the MoD military fleet, including Ageing Aircraft Audits to support the continuing airworthiness of Harrier and Islander aircraft. We also prepare Continuing Airworthiness Management Expositions to meet the requirements of Mil Part M Subpart G for aircraft. More

We have established and developed plans to satisfy the airworthiness requirements for the provision of an aerial target service to the MoD and more recently provided advice to the RN on airworthiness requirements and a programme to achieve the airworthiness clearance and registration of a ship-based UAS.

Environmental Management

JRA develops both project Environmental Management Systems and individual equipment Environment Cases on behalf of customers by producing solutions which are in accordance with the ISO 14001 and the MoD Project-Oriented Environmental Management System (POEMS), dependent upon the specific needs of clients. We can offer a phased approach to meet customer requirements. Our work includes: More

  • Review and identification of pertinent environmental legislation.
  • Identification and alignment of individual stakeholder responsibilities, and refine associated communications plan.
  • Identification of environmental aspects and potential environmental impacts during a project lifecycle including the classification and prioritisation of such impacts.
  • Provision of Environment Impact Assessments and associated plans.
  • Development of Environmental Management Plans.
  • Alignment of environmental and safety procedures to provide a user friendly integrated safety and environmental management system.
  • Independent assessment of environmental management systems.
  • On-going support to clients eg through training or internal auditing.

Project Management

JRA has a wealth of Project Management experience across a broad range of industry and the MoD. We also undertake management studies and reviews, and are able to provide short, medium and long term specialist manpower support to overcome peak workload problems. More

Business Process Management: We have expertise in Business Process Management including Process Mapping, and can assemble interactive business process maps for our customers. Clients are then able to use their PC desktops to guide them through any company process thereby ensuring consistency, quality and a rapid induction of new staff.

Bid Management: JRA has assisted defence and civil companies to bid for, and win, major contracts often being acknowledged as having provided the winning edge to a successful proposal. Support ranges from the co-ordination of complex multi-company, multi-national tenders for major high technology programmes, to the provision of a one-stop proposal production service to first-time bidders to the Ministry of Defence, the European Union or European Space Agency. We can assist with the formulation of bidding procedures tailored to a company's requirements, or provide a critical review of existing company bidding procedures.

Unmanned Airborne Systems

UAS are assuming greater importance to the military. JRA provides a number of key services to support their clearance and operation under military regulation, including: More

  • Derivation of Safety Requirements based on regulation, airworthiness standards and our own ‘UAS-friendly’ Functional Hazard Assessment methods.
  • Preparation and traceability of Release to Service operational limitations documents, from clearance activities.
  • Development of Hazard Assessments and Safety Cases, to support UAS acceptance and ongoing assurance.
  • Provision of domain expertise for the integration of UAS with existing military systems and environments, such as onboard ship.

In the civil arena we are aware of the challenges UAS pose in un-segregated airspace and can provide support in their civil integration through:

  • EUROCAE Working Group 73, the international body advising on UAS integration into manned airspace. Our specific activities include providing the lead in developing civil Safety Assessment and Clearance requirements.
  • Application of our ‘UAV-Friendly’ safety assessment process aligned with manned certification requirements and tailored to ensure UAS hazards are clearly identified and robustly managed.

Airports and Airlines

The aviation sector is currently going through a new age of air travel. Market liberalisation has raised the importance of customer management, technical cooperation and safety management strategies. The permanent threat of terrorism creates an additional element of uncertainty and challenges airlines and travel companies to implement highly effective safety and risk management systems. More

This is where JRA can assist you with your safety management system and required infrastructure. As experts in our field, our consulting activities focus in the area of safety assurance such as Operational Safety Cases, Safety Management Systems for Ground Handling, Hazard and Risk Assessment with associated mitigation strategies, Safety Management Reviews, Environmental Management Systems and Development of Safety Management Plans.

  • We support in areas of safety and environmental assessment.
  • We operate across the whole aviation sector and bring a broad perspective
  • We operate at policy-making level with several partnered organisations
  • Our activities are professionally executed and driven to add value
  • We have extensive experience with the MoD
  • We focus on practical and pragmatic solutions in the operational environment
  • We work alongside clients to deliver a product that is required and easy to use
  • We have unrivalled experiences and skills in our expert areas
  • Safety is both our passion and our profession
  • We are flexible in our approach and create many bespoke client beneficial solutions