Annex A: Recognized Airworthiness Authorities
| Country | Regulator Type | Lead Organization | Recognition Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Military | Australian Defence Force – Australian Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) | Recognition Letter (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1765373) Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1718589) |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| Canada | Civil | Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) |
TAM Part 1, Chapter 4 | See Note 1 See Note 2 |
| Europe | Civil | European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) |
TAM Part 1, Chapter 4 |
See Note 1 See Note 2 |
| Italy | Military | Italian Defence and National Armament Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) |
Recognition Letter Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1984141) |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| New Zealand | Military | New Zealand Defence Aviation Authority (DAA) | Recognition Letter Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| Spain | Military | Spanish Defence Airworthiness Authority (DAA), including the Directorate General of Armament and Materiel (DGAM), and the National Institute of Aerospace Technologies (INTA) |
Recognition Letter (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1802674) Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| United Kingdom | Military | UK Military Aviation Authority (MAA) | Recognition Letter (available internally, within DND, at AEPM Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| USA | Civil | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) | TAM Part 1, Chapter 4 | See Note 1 See Note 2 |
| USA | Military | United States Air Force (USAF) – Technical Airworthiness Authority (TAA), in particular the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Engineering and Technical Management/Services Directorate (AFLCMC/EN-EZ) | Recognition Letter (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1564387) Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| USA | Military | United States Department of Navy (DON) Airworthiness Authority (AA), in particular Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and the Airworthiness and Cybersafe Directorate (AIR-4.0P) |
Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM RDIMS #1840497) |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
| USA | Military | US Army Airworthiness Authority (AA), in particular Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) and the Aviation Engineering Directorate (AED) |
Recognition Justification Report (available internally, within DND, at AEPM |
See Note 3 See Note 4 See Note 5 |
Note 1
All organizational approvals issued by a recognized CAA for work performed in support of civil and military type aircraft on the DND register fall within the scope of the TAA recognition. Use of the TCCA/FAA/EASA-approved organization for military work is normally limited to work on systems where the system used on the military aircraft is similar to the system covered under the civil organizational approval. For example, there are military aircraft using engines and propellers that have civil type certificates.
Note 2
Design approvals issued by a recognized CAA for civil aircraft types similar to those operated by DND will normally be given full credit by the TAA. DND’s recognition confirms that its processes, procedures and standards meet the ‘Assessment of Acceptability’ criteria identified in the Type Design Examination (TDE) chapter of reference 3.2.b. of this advisory. As required in the TAM TDE chapter, Part 2, Chapter 5, an assessment of applicability must always be performed to determine if any additional certification work is required to address differences between the civil aircraft design related to the destination DND aircraft’s configuration, role and environment (CRE). Each fleet’s Type Certificate Holder will have a TAA-approved Engineering Process Manual (EPM) that will identify those CAAs that generate approved design changes applicable to that fleet. The EPM will describe the procedures that the Fleet Senior Design Engineer (SDE) will follow completing the Technical Airworthiness Clearance. Where a design change is common to the original civil design and there are no significant CRE issues, the TAA staff will not normally be involved.
Note 3
All organizational approvals issued by the recognized MAA for work performed in support of civil and military type aircraft on the DND register fall within the scope of the TAA recognition. Use of the recognized MAA-approved organization for DND work is normally limited to work on systems where the system used on the aircraft is similar to the system covered under the MAA organizational approval.
Note 4
Design approvals issued by the recognized MAA for military aircraft types similar to those operated by DND will normally be given full credit by the TAA. DND’s recognition confirms that its processes, procedures and standards meet the ‘Assessment of Acceptability’ criteria identified in the TDE chapter of reference 3.2.b. of this advisory. As required in the TAM TDE chapter, Part 2, Chapter 5, an assessment of applicability must always be performed to determine if any additional certification work is required to address differences between the military aircraft design related to the destination DND aircraft’s configuration, role and environment (CRE). Each fleet’s Type Certificate Holder will have a TAA-approved Engineering Process Manual (EPM) that will identify those MAAs that generate approved design changes applicable to that fleet. The EPM will describe the procedures that the Fleet SDE will follow completing the Technical Airworthiness Clearance. Where a design change is common to the original military design and there are no significant CRE issues, the TAA staff will not normally be involved.