Case Study: Cirrus Aircraft achieves 88% faster reconciliation and streamlined FAA certification with iBASEt

Cirrus Aircraft Simplifies Personal Air Travel

Cirrus Aircraft, the maker of the Vision SF50 personal jet, faced a highly manual, six‑step FAA conformity process—creating design/work documents, delivering changes, generating NCRs, processing RFC paperwork, reconciling to the FAA, and scanning/transmitting records—that was time consuming and labor intensive. To digitize certification and achieve part‑piece level conformity, Cirrus partnered with iBase-t and deployed iBase-t’s MES (powered by Solumina) to replace paper workflows and support FAA requirements.

iBase-t implemented a digital MES that consolidated configuration management, streamlined inspections and NCRs, and unified as‑built/as‑tested records, earning FAA approval to use the solution for conformity management. The iBase-t deployment cut six manual steps to three digital steps, reduced reconciliation time by 88% (from ~40 minutes to ~5 minutes per packet), delivered substantial labor savings and scalability, and accelerated certification and product‑to‑market timelines.

Cirrus Aircraft

Chris Mitchell

Executive Director