Jan Plevka

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Military Airworthiness Harmonisation
WorkshopOlomouc, CZ Republic MAWA Forum
Chairman
Jan Plevka,Ph.D. Armaments Directorate jan.plevk
a_at_eda.europa.eu
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Workshop presentation outline

• Background information to Harmonised European
  Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMARs)
• Current status of Military Airworthiness
  Authorities Forum activities within EDA
• Comparable evolution to JAA-EASA (first
  airworthiness followed by total aviation
  approach)
• Exploring internal and external cooperation
• Civil-military relationship in airworthiness area

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Involvement of EDA in Airworthiness and Aviation
Safety

• Number of international activities for
  coordination of military airworthiness started in
  2004,
• EMAAG, NSA Airworthiness group, FINAS, OCCAR,
  JMAAN, ETAP...
• November 2008 an important milestone in EU
  military Airworthiness history
• EU Ministers of Defence approved the
  establishment of Military AirWorthiness
  Authorities (MAWA) Forum and endorsed the
  European Military Airworthiness Roadmap

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European Military Certification and Airworthiness
Roadmap

• EDA/MAWAs Seven objectives
• Common regulatory framework
• Common certification processes
• Common approach to organisational approvals
• Common certification/design codes
• Common approach to preservation of airworthiness
• Arrangements for mutual recognition
• Formation of a European Military Joint
  Airworthiness Authority.

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Involvement of EDA in Airworthiness and Aviation
Safety

• European Defence Agency (EDA) was entrusted to
  facilitate associated activities
• EDA was established under a Joint Action of the
  council of Ministers on 12 July, 2004, "to
  support the Member States and the Council in
  their effort to improve European defence
  capabilities in the field of crisis management
  and to sustain the European Security and Defence
  Policy as it stands now and develops in the
  future.
• What are the benefits for working together?
• Military aviation safety,
• Military-military civil-military cooperation,
• Reducing time cost for new aircraft
• Helping to improve competiveness of EDTIB

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Involvement of EDA in Airworthiness and Aviation
Safety

• The priorities are different as nations have
  different perspectives and needs.
• Thus the co-ordination between 26 pMS is very
  important to achieve consensus and to keep
  synergies.
• EDA being aware of the scare resources in
  military airworthiness is ready to enforce the
  development by using OB, ER, and manning to
  achieve the expected benefits.
• EDA with pMS is aiming to establish
  administrative and technical procedures which
  would require a single administrative action from
  the applicant (industry) valid under the national
  regulations and procedures of each Authority.
• Work together towards a European Military Joint
  Airworthiness Authority.

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MAWA European Military Airworthiness Requirements
(EMARs) development






National Airworthiness app.
Project harmo.
Set of harmonised European MAWA documents
European MAWA Basic Framework
Basic Framework
EASA Part 21
MAA remains national
EMAR 21, 145, M, . STANAG
OCCAR ETAP
JMAAN ..
NATO FINAS USARS
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MAWA current structure
EDA SB MODs
MAWA Forum
MAWA TF1 Basic Framework
MAWA TF2 EMAR Part 21
MAWA TF3 EMAR Maintenance
MAWA TF4 Certification criteria
Airworthiness req. Military type-cert.
Restricted type-cert. Supp. type-cert. Changes
to those cert. Design approvals. Cert. of
parts and app. Cert. of design org. Issue of
airw. direc.
Definitions Functions of MAWA Commitments of
Authori. Organization and proced. Membership Recor
d of Parties Amendment to Arranents. Appendices
and Annexes Withdrawal Signatures of all nations
General Certification req. Housing,
Facilities Equipment, Materials Data,
Personnel Operating rules Training Training
org. Quality
Define the new air systems airworthiness
certification basis.
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MAWA current structure
MAWA TF1 Basic Framework
Chairman Mr. John Allan The Basic Framework of
MAWA is exploring the JAA Cyprus agreement with
main goals,

• That the 26 nations commit themselves work
  together on the field of harmonisation of
  military airworthiness
• To define the whole set and scope of EMARs so
  that each Authority can adopt this structure and
  remove national regulatory differences with the
  aim that EMAR becomes a uniform code for all
  European countries and minimal further national
  regulatory differences will be applied.
• To establish procedures that will
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• allow the use of only one set of technical
  findings in the field of design, manufacture and
  maintenance for the benefit of all and in a
  manner acceptable to Military Authorities
• include practical measures for making the
  technical findings only once including acceptance
  of technical findings made by industry, where
  industry conforms to agreed approval standards
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• cover the initial certification (of products,
  services, organisations or people) as well as the
  continuation of safety standards in service.
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MAWA current structure
MAWA TF2 EMAR Part 21

• LtCol Rik van Zwol
• Based on JMAAN EASA Documents PART 21
• EMAR 21
• Subpart A General provisions
• Subpart B Military type-certificates Military
  restricted-type certificates
• Subpart J Military design organisation approval
• Subpart D Changes to Military type-certificates
  Military restricted-type certificates
• Subpart E Military supplemental
  type-certificates
• Subpart H Airworthiness certificates
• Subpart K Parts and appliances
• Subpart Q Identification of specific parts and
  appliances
• Section B
• For the Regulator

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MAWA current structure
MAWA TF3 EMAR Maintenance
Col Dominique COLIN Based EASA Documents PART
M PART 145 PART 147PART 66 The taskforce is
developing the following common EMARs on the
field of continuing Airworthiness. Basically
EMARs will cover the certification of maintenance
organisations and personnel including educational
requirements and licensing EMAR Part 145
(Maintenance) EMAR Part M (Continuing AW)
EMAR Part 147 (Tech training) EMAR Part 66 (a/c
maintenance licences)
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MAWA current structure
MAWA TF4 Certification codes

• LtCol Alessio GRASSO
• Based on existing national documents (Mil Hdbk.
  516B, DEF std)
• The taskforce is focusing on the development of
  military certification codes/standards and safety
  requirements for future military aircraft
  programmes.
• Furthermore platform unique criteria (special
  conditions) need to be added to fully address the
  safety aspects of unique military configurations.
• This document establishes the airworthiness
  certification criteria to be used in the
  determination of airworthiness of all manned and
  unmanned, fixed and rotary wing air vehicle
  systems.
• This document should cross reference relevant
  military and civil requirements.
• These documents should be used to define the
  technical specification and should be the result
  of harmonization efforts across the MAWA pMS.

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Coherence with other relevant intergovernmental
organisations
pMS
NATO FINAS and USARs groups
EDA SB MODs
MAWA database for sharing national and
IO regulations
MAWA Forum
MAWA Common EMARs
MAWA TF1 Basic Framework
MAWA TF2 EMAR Part 21
MAWA TF3 EMAR Maintenance
MAWA TF4 Certification crit.
TBD General Certification criteria Mutual
recognitions Monitoring Operating
rules Audits Quality
Definitions Functions of MAWA Commitments of
Authori. Organization and proced. Membership Recor
d of Parties Amendment to Arranents. Appendices
and Annexes Withdrawal Signatures of all nations
TBD Airworthiness req. Military type-cert.
Restricted type-cert. Supp. type-cert. Changes
to those cert. Design approvals. Cert. of
parts and app. Cert. of design org. Issue of
airwort direc.
TBD General Certification req. Housing,
Facilities Equipment, Materials Data,
Personnel Operating rules Training Training
org. Quality
JMAAN
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Conclusive remarks

• EDA/MAWA is committed to developing the
  regulatory framework (EMARS) for military/state
  aircraft including UAS.
• EMARS shall be ready for future European aircraft
  programmes, but all existing military aircraft
  may benefit from continuing airworthiness also.
• EDA/MAWA will develop links to actively
  contribute to this goals in cooperation with
  other stakeholders and regulatory bodies.
• We expect to discuss this goals with all our
  stakeholders (industry, regulatory organisations,
  national authorities) in specific panel sessions
  and to give us your feedback for the MAWA Forum
  as guidance for the way forward.
• How to continue with UAS airworthiness
  harmonisation?

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Jan Plevka,Ph.D. Armaments Directorate jan.plevk
a_at_eda.europa.eu