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
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has published figures showing that the Chinese commercial aviation market is robust and growing! These figure came in a report examining the traffic numbers for 2023, and making predictions for 2024. Highlights from the CAAC report include: In the Report, CAAC touted its efforts to reform the supply … 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
There are just two weeks left to sign up for the 1:1 meetings at this year’s MARPA Conference! The 1:1 meetings match air carriers with aircraft parts producers, repair providers, and other solution providers. The 1:1 meetings are scheduled for the morning of the first day of the two-day conference, so you can meet business … Continue reading
MARPA is proud to announce that Peter Requa, Managing Director Technical Operations-Supply Chain at Southwest Airlines, will serve as keynote speaker for the 2023 MARPA Conference. Continue reading
James Careless has just published an insightful article about the success that the PMA industry is currently enjoying. Continue reading
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