QPL qualification & retention support

NAVAIR QPL testing support for EWIS component manufacturers

Move from specification requirements to defensible test evidence with an independent EWIS laboratory experienced in wire, cable, connectors, contacts, protection products, and support hardware.

506cataloged test methods
ISO/IEC 17025accredited laboratory
EWIS focusedtesting and engineering
Choose the starting point

Five common qualification paths

Each route begins with a different business question. The test plan should answer that question directly.

Situation What you need to establish How Lectromec can support it
00Prepping for qualification

Ensure your product meets the critical performance requirements before starting qualification.

Critical tests identification, project planning, testing, and reporting.

01New qualification

Build the required evidence package and execute the authorized test plan.

Specification review, test-matrix development, sample planning, testing, and reporting.

02Retention

Maintain qualification through the applicable periodic review or retest cycle.

Requirement confirmation, scheduling, repeat testing, and traceable results.

03Product or process change

Understand whether a material, design, facility, or process change affects performance.

Targeted comparisons, stress testing, and evidence for technical discussions.

04Discrepancy or failed test

Determine what happened, what it means, and what should be tested next.

Failure analysis, corrective test matrices, controlled retesting, and engineering review.

EWIS product coverage

Qualification support across the interconnect system

Lectromec’s work spans individual materials and components through assembled electrical interconnect products. Testing is matched to the governing requirement and the laboratory’s accredited scope.

  • Wire & cable
  • Connectors & contacts
  • Heat-shrink sleeving
  • Splices & terminals
  • Terminations
  • Cable support hardware
  • Conduit & protection
  • Crimping Tooling
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Electrical test instrumentation used during aerospace wire and cable qualification testing
Test execution can include electrical, mechanical, thermal, chemical, physical, and environmental methods.
Beyond a pass/fail result

Show how the product performs, not only that it passed

Standard qualification demonstrates compliance with a minimum requirement. For a premium product, the stronger differentiator may be the margin above that minimum, the consistency across samples, or the way performance changes under combined stress.

Lectromec can adapt selected methods to collect numerical data, compare configurations, identify failure thresholds, and document repeatability while preserving a clear relationship to the standard method.

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Prepare the right inputs

A useful first conversation starts with four items

  1. 01
    Governing specification

    Include the revision and applicable slash sheet or detail specification.

  2. 02
    Product description

    Identify the configurations, materials, manufacturing location, and relevant product family.

  3. 03
    Qualification status

    Share the authorization letter, similarity position, prior data, or current retention requirement when available.

  4. 04
    Decision and schedule

    Describe what the results must support and the date by which the evidence is needed.

Start with the requirement

Preparing for qualification, retention, or a QPL-related test issue?

Send the specification, product description, available authorization information, and target schedule.