ASTM Volume 15.09

Published annually, this is the 2024 edition. The next edition is expected June 2025.

This volume contains 148 standards.

Standards cover:

• Aerospace Personnel: These standards play a pre-eminent role in all aspects of aerospace personnel education, training, qualification, testing, certification requirements, and continued education concurrent with technological advancement.
• Light Sport Aircraft: Design, performance, quality acceptance tests, and safety monitoring for light sport aircraft (LSA) and their components. LSA include airplanes, sailplane, weight shift control, lighter-than-air, gyroplane, and powered parachutes.
• General Aviation Aircraft: Addresses issues related to design and construction, systems and performance, quality acceptance tests, and safety monitoring for general aviation aircraft that is less than 19,000 pounds and 12 passengers.
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Deals with airframe design and performance, operational and software issues, and pilot/crew qualification for small and large UAS.
• Aircraft Systems: Electrical wiring systems as well as the design, alteration and certification of electric propulsion systems in general aviation aircraft.
• Commercial Spaceflight: Standards include, but are not limited to, design, manufacturing and operational use of vehicles used for spaceflight. There is also a prioritized focus on human spaceflight safety standards.