TS 10002

TS 10002 is a military quality assurance standard for design, development, and production activities. Its central concern is the quality system the contractor establishes and maintains in order to demonstrate that the product conforms to contract requirements and to provide objective evidence of that conformity. In other words, the standard focuses less on the finished item itself and more on the controlled quality framework used to prove compliance.

The standard addresses the rules for a quality system maintained by the contractor. In general quality management terms, such a system supports defined responsibilities, controlled processes, preserved records, and traceable evidence of conformity. In a military procurement context, this matters because complex technical products often require a disciplined link between design intent, manufacturing practice, and contractual requirements.

Why design, development, and production are treated together

The title brings together design, development, and production because these stages form a connected product lifecycle. Design and development establish what the product must be and how it should be verified; production is the controlled realization of that design. For quality assurance, the essential issue is whether the evidence generated at each stage is consistent, controlled, and sufficient to support the claim of conformity.

As an AQAP 110:1995-based military quality assurance document, this Turkish standard sits within a defense procurement framework that values documented assurance as much as technical performance. Read alongside the ISO 9000 family, it reflects the broader principle that quality is managed through planned processes, objective evidence, and clear accountability across the supply chain.

• Focused on a contractor-established and contractor-maintained quality system.
• Aims to demonstrate conformity to contract requirements.
• Emphasizes objective evidence and documented assurance.
• Applies to design, development, and production in a military context.
• Based on AQAP 110:1995.