Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Chapter 1 Introduction 1–1. Purpose This regulation prescribes the policies, responsibilities, and procedures for airworthiness qualification of aircraft systems and subsystems, including the installation of allied equipment and modifications to Army aircraft that are assigned, bailed, borrowed, loaned, leased, otherwise authorized for operation by Army personnel, or after modification under an Army contract. 1–2. References Required and related publications are listed in appendix A. 1–3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms Abbreviations and special terms used in this regulation are explained in the glossary. 1–4. Responsibilities a.
Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command. The Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG, AMC),— (1) Exercises staff supervision for airworthiness qualification within the Army. (2) Ensures that product improvement programs (PIP) for aircraft systems and their major components include appropriate efforts for airworthiness qualification. (3) Ensures that approved configurations of aircraft systems, including officially promulgated modification work orders (MWO), have been determined to be airworthy before issuing the item to the user. b. Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. The Commanding General, U.S.
Army Aviation and Missile Command (CG, USAAMCOM), is the approving authority for the airworthiness of Army aircraft for which USAAMCOM has engineering cognizance. The CG, USAAMCOM,— (1) Develops and implements a fully coordinated program for airworthiness qualification for aircraft systems, subsystems, and allied equipment. (2) Reviews all planned Army aircraft development programs; off-the-shelf procurements; and alterations to sys- tems, subsystems, and allied equipment affecting airworthiness to establish requirements for airworthiness qualification.
(3) Identifies and coordinates appropriate test requirements with those agencies that will witness or confirm that the specified qualification requirements have been met. (4) Grants engineering approval for individual documents that are needed for airworthiness qualification of aircraft systems, subsystems, and allied equipment. (5) Issues the official notice of airworthiness release for Army tests or operations, statement of interim airworthiness qualification, and statement of airworthiness qualification, together with the applicable flight envelope and specific operating instructions.
This notice includes— (a) Approval of all qualification data published in technical manuals for the system; and (b) Procedures, cautions, warnings, limitations, and performance data. (6) Ensures that the maximum degree of safety is applied through the practical application of systems safety engineering. (7) Establishes and maintains a single office for the execution of all airworthiness qualification actions. (8) Provides a single point of contact between the Army and other agencies (such as the Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy) performing qualifica- tion or certification tasks on Army aviation materiel.
(9) Issues appropriate delegation of authority to activities with mission requirements for prototype or unique aircraft systems that have adequate procedures in place and engineering cognizance of the aircraft system commensurate with the requested authority. c. Commanders of major subordinate commands and commanders of separate installations and activities reporting directly to Headquarters, AMC. These commanders will participate in and furnish personnel for, airworthiness evaluations on aircraft systems, subsystems, or aircraft allied equipment under their cognizance. d.
Heads of appropriate Army activities, program executive office, program managers, project managers, and product managers. The head of each appropriate Army activity and program executive office, program manager, project manager, or product manager (when they develop or modify aircraft, aircraft allied equipment, or carry-on equipment for in-flight operation) is responsible for— (1) Funding for development and qualification. (2) Ensuring that the airworthiness requirements of USAAMCOM or other applicable airworthiness authority have been met. (3) Ensuring all other regulatory requirements, such as spectrum management clearances, are met.
(4) Obtaining airworthiness release prior to fielding the aircraft system. 1 AR 70–62 • 7 July 2000