Dynamic databases and innovative digital tools including artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced simulation software to streamline the qualification process, using databases of information from numerous sources (e.g., design specifications, legacy documentation, analytical results, digital twins, test data, and operational data from qualified components) along with AI to provide a streamlined qualification methodology, qualification data tracking as a digital thread where new material, process, and component qualifications are fed back into the database for continuous qualification and improvement to create a "living qualification"