What is DO-311A battery testing?

DO-311A is the aviation industry standard for rechargeable lithium battery qualification. It defines test procedures for capacity, cycle life, thermal stability, and abuse tolerance. Micantis helps manage DO-311A test data, automate analysis, and generate certification documentation.

How long does eVTOL battery certification take?

eVTOL battery certification typically takes 12 to 24 months depending on certification basis and battery chemistry. Micantis accelerates this by automating test data analysis, providing consistent documentation, and enabling faster iteration on qualification testing.

What battery testing is required for FAA certification?

FAA certification requires battery testing per DO-311A (or equivalent), including capacity verification, cycle life testing, thermal runaway characterization, abuse testing, and environmental qualification. All test data must be documented with full traceability for certification review.

For Electric Aviation

Battery analytics, cleared for takeoff.

Centralize qualification, certification, and production data in one platform. Cut DO-311A analysis from weeks to hours and ship certification-ready reports.

eVTOL Electric Aircraft Unmanned Aerial Systems Hybrid-Electric

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Test Coverage

Every test category required for aviation certification.

Micantis integrates qualification, environmental, and abuse-test data from every cycler and chamber on your floor.

Performance & Cycle Life

Capacity, energy, and resistance verification
Cycle life and calendar life tracking
HPPC and dynamic discharge profiles
Self-discharge and OCV stability
Cell matching for pack assembly

Standards: DO-311A, DO-347, MIL-STD-810

Safety & Abuse

Thermal runaway containment and propagation
Overcharge, over-discharge, short circuit
Drop, crush, and nail penetration
Single-cell trigger and pack response
Multi-channel temperature gradients

Standards: DO-311A, UL 9540A, UN 38.3

Environmental Qualification

Temperature cycling (-40°C to +85°C)
Altitude / low pressure simulation
Humidity, salt fog, and fluid exposure
Vibration and mechanical shock
EMI / EMC test data correlation

Standards: RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-810

How Micantis Helps

From rapid R&D to type certification to production scale.

Phase-Aware Workflows

The right tools for R&D, certification, and production.

Aviation programs span years and three different regulatory contexts. Micantis adapts to where you are: predictions for fast R&D iteration, full test data for certification submissions, and automated acceptance once you scale.

R&D phase: early cycle life predictions for design decisions
Certification phase: full test data, no predictions in submissions
Production phase: automated acceptance and certificates
Version freeze available during active certification

DO-311A Reporting

Quality Test Plans in days, not weeks.

Generate 50–150 page DO-311A compliant Quality Test Plans, acceptance certificates, and submission packages from connected test data. Templates handle the formatting so engineers stay focused on the analysis.

QTP templates aligned to DO-311A and DO-347
Auto-populated from cyclers, chambers, and abuse test rigs
Export to PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
Version controlled for FAA / EASA submission audits

Thermal Runaway

Containment and propagation analysis, automated.

Multi-channel temperature, voltage, and gas data from every trigger event lined up on a single timeline. Compare runs across chemistries and pack architectures without rebuilding spreadsheets.

Containment vs. propagation classification per DO-311A
Trigger characterization with peak rate and time-to-event
Temperature gradients mapped across the pack
Side-by-side comparison across designs and lots

Production Acceptance

Every battery, every batch, automatically certified.

Once you scale from prototype packs to production, manual certificate generation does not. Micantis evaluates each battery against your spec and produces an acceptance certificate ready for shipment.

Spec-driven pass / fail evaluation per cell and pack
One-click acceptance certificates with full pedigree
SPC charts for capacity, OCV, and impedance trends
Anomaly alerts when a batch drifts from baseline

Traceability

Cell to aircraft, in one searchable record.

Tie supplier lot, formation data, qualification results, and acceptance certificates back to the tail number a battery ships on. When a field event happens, you scope the affected fleet in minutes.

Bidirectional drill down from aircraft to supplier cert
Time-stamped records for FAA / EASA audit trails
Lot scoping for service bulletins and recalls
Custom data export for independent verification

Used Across

Trusted across electric aviation programs.

eVTOL & urban air mobility

High C-rate packs powering vertical take off and hover.

Multi-pack architectures with redundancy
High peak power and cell balancing
Type certification under DO-311A
Emergency landing power validation

Key challenge: Power density, thermal management, certification with no precedent.

Electric & hybrid aircraft

Fixed-wing electric and hybrid-electric propulsion.

Energy density for range
Long-duration discharge profiling
Auxiliary power and ground operations
Hybrid generator / battery integration

Key challenge: Range vs. weight tradeoffs, lifecycle economics.

Unmanned aerial systems

Commercial, defense, and delivery drones.

Rapid swap and field charging
Fleet-level performance tracking
Wide ambient temperature operation
Hot-swap and parallel pack analysis

Key challenge: Cycle life at scale, mission reliability, supplier variability.

Defense & advanced air mobility

Mission critical aviation programs with custom requirements.

MIL-STD-810 environmental compliance
Hardened security and access controls
Custom abuse test correlation
Configurable spec management

Key challenge: Bespoke requirements, classified data handling, mission survivability.

Measurable Impact

What aviation battery teams gain.

3 weeks to 4 hours

Qualification test analysis cut by 95% with automated thermal, drop, and environmental workflows.

2 weeks to 2 days

50–150 page DO-311A Quality Test Plans generated from connected data, not manual assembly.

Hours to minutes

Find any test result, compare across programs, and scope a fleet event without hunting through folders.

Audit ready

Version controlled records, exportable raw data, and configurable access controls for every regulator review.

FAQ

Common questions from aviation teams.

Is Micantis flight-critical software?

No. Micantis is a data management and analysis platform — not airborne or flight-critical software. We provide calculation transparency, audit trails, and full data export so you can independently verify every result used in a certification package.

Can Micantis generate FAA / EASA submission documents?

Micantis generates DO-311A compliant test reports, analysis outputs, and formatted QTPs that form the foundation of regulatory submissions. Final packages typically need additional narrative, but the data and analysis layer is ready to ship.

What test equipment do you integrate with?

Automated import from Arbin, Maccor, Bitrode, PEC, Digatron, Neware, BaSyTec cyclers and Espec, Thermotron, Cincinnati Sub-Zero chambers. Custom abuse-test setups and generic CSV / Excel / HDF5 are supported out of the box.

How do you handle software updates during certification?

Customers in active certification can freeze their software version until after submission. Release notes and version control let you document exactly which build produced every analysis in the package.

How long does implementation take?

Most programs are analyzing data within 2–4 weeks. Week 1 covers data integration, week 2 training and template configuration, weeks 3–4 pilot testing and report customization.

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From prototype testing to type certification to production acceptance, Micantis supports your entire electric aviation journey.

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