The Environmental Test Labs provide RTCA DO-160 testing and certification. DO-160 is a set of guidelines developed by the Radio Technical Commission on Aeronautics. RTCA, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues. RTCA functions as a Federal Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are used by the Federal Aviation Administration as the basis for policy, program and regulatory decisions, and by the private sector as the basis for development, investment and other business decisions. NIAR is an associate member of the RTCA. DO-160 CERTIFICATION CAPABILITIES
Section 4 - Temperature and Altitude
Section 5 - Temperature Variation
Section 6 - Humidity
Section 7 - Operational Shocks and Crash Safety
Section 8 - Vibration
Section 14 - Salt Fog
Section 15 - Magnetic Effect
Section 16 - Power Input
Section 17 - Voltage Spike
Section 18 - Audio Frequency Conducted Susceptibility/ Power Inputs
