MARPA has published a white paper explaining the intellectual property ramifications of sharing a page from an illustrated parts catalog in support of an FAA-PMA application. In order to produce an aircraft part in the United States, the producer typically needs to obtain design and production approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A parts … Continue reading
What do you think Instructions for Continued Airworthiness are? MARPA is participating as a member of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). The ARC’s next task is to produce a short statement identifying what ICA are. There are many pages of the regulations and still more pages of FAA guidance material … Continue reading
MARPA plans to participate in two meetings in Asia in September, and we are seeking participation from our members. September 17 in Kuala Lumpur: We plan to hold a meeting in Malaysia for government representatives from throughout Southeast Asia. The main focus of this session is expected to be (1) approved/unapproved parts and (2) … Continue reading
Section 314 of the FAA Reauthorization Act requires the FAA to examine its production oversight, including the risk-based decision making approach to allocation of manpower to facility oversight. This affects the oversight decisions made by FAA Certificate Management Sections (previously known as MIDOs). This is a potential opportunity to influence the system for FAA audits … Continue reading
The Department of Homeland Security is adding new cyber-security reporting requirements that would apply to PMA manufacturers. The requirement is to report cyber-incidents (including ransomware attacks) to the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA). This rulemaking is intended to implement provisions from the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) [found at … Continue reading
The new Safety Management Systems (SMS) regulation will be published on Friday April 26. A pre-publication version of the rule is currently available for inspection. The new regulation will expand the applicability of FAA’s SMS rule to include type certificate (TC) holders and production certificate (PC) holders. It will also expand the scope to include … Continue reading
FAA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on False Statements. MARPA filed comments in response to the NPRM today. The comments made recommendations about how to make the NPRM a stronger proposal. In summary, MARPA supported the efforts to standardize and harmonize the false statements rules. However, MARPA posted comments on some specific issues … Continue reading
MARPA is partnering with Oppland to host a PMA Parts Management Seminar in Guangzhou, China on March 21-22. In addition to the FAA-PMA companies that are attending, Oppland has a significant list of Chinese air carriers and MROs that they expect to attend, so this should be a productive opportunity for FAA-PMA companies to make connections … Continue reading
As we’ve discussed at several of our live events, MARPA is collaborating with Oppland to host a PMA conference in China. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet Chinese air carriers and Chinese MROs; and to discuss with them ways that YOUR products could help them meet reliability, safety and availability challenges. The Details: Online … Continue reading
This morning, the FAA circulated Change 2 to the FAA Order 8110.42D. FAA Order 8110.42 is the internal FAA order that tells FAA employees how to process PMA applications. It has been very important for PMA applicants to read it in order to now how to assemble a PMA application so that it is acceptable … Continue reading
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