Understand how aircraft in the Civil Aviation domain get certified right now in this ½ day on-demand training course. As a pre-requisite to the DO-254 and DO-178C training, and suitable for all team members—including management—for avionics projects, this course defines what it means to be certified and how that process works. It clarifies the use of the word “certification” in this context and answers why this has to be done, where the requirements come from, and who you must work with to get your project certified. It covers the hierarchy of regulation and how the rules feed down to and utilize industry standards, such as ARP 4754B, DO-254 and DO-178C. It describes the authorities involved, the process from concept to aircraft certification, and all the steps in between.

This on-demand course, which is a recording from a live training session, is rich with all the essential information that avionics development teams should know regarding certification. Taught by industry-renowned certification expert and FAA DER, Tammy Reeve, this course offers all the information and tips you need to start your systems, software or hardware development project with your eyes wide open with respect to the certification process.

You will learn where the requirements for certification come from and how to navigate the CFRs (or CSs) to find the parts and sub-parts pertinent to aircraft certification. You will learn about the hierarchy of this regulation and how it flows down through systems and safety to the item (i.e., software/hardware) level.

You will be introduced to the regulatory authorities involved in the process, the internal organizations that in part hold this authority, and their approved designees. You will understand how industry organization like SAE and RTCA contribute to this process and how their products become means to comply with the regulations. You will learn about the various types of approvals for aircraft and systems and the differences between them.

By the end of the course, you gain an understand of the top down, safety-driven flow towards aircraft certification and how your role fits within this context.

1. Civil Aircraft Certification and the FAA

  • Certification Authorities
  • ODAs and DERs in this process
  • CFR Regulations
  • Systems Development objectives and tailoring based on DAL
  • Types of Approvals

2. Means of Compliance and the FAA Regulation

  • FAA Advisory Circulars & EASA AMCs
  • DO-178C
  • DO-254
  • DO-160G
  • ARP 4754B

3. ARP 4754B overview

4. References

5. Acronyms

 

IMPORTANT—READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legal agreement between you (or designee) and Airworthiness Certification Services, LLC (“COMPANY”) for the training that accompanies this EULA (“Training”). The Training is licensed, not sold. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY ACCESSING, DOWNLOADING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE TRAINING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR USE THE TRAINING.

  1. LICENSE GRANTS.

1.1 The purpose of this EULA is to provide you with Training for your education. Therefore, all licenses granted for Training are granted solely for the purpose of your education. COMPANY reserves all rights not expressly granted.

1.2 COMPANY grants to you a personal, non-exclusive, nontransferable, perpetual, royalty-free license for a single student to use and download the Training solely for your individual use. This Training may not be shared with other individuals as is available for your use for as long as it is available from COMPANY.

This Training is proprietary to COMPANY and should not be distributed or copied in any format without written permission. It is to be used solely as the basis of education for the purchaser of this Training. Also, it should not be viewed as FAA opinion or regulatory guidance and presents only opinion and interpretation of FAA information by COMPANY.

All references to DO-178C and/or DO-254 material are copyrighted by and used with permission from:

RTCA, Inc.

1150 18th Street NW, Suite 910

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 833-9339

www.rtca.org

1.3 If you choose to exercise your rights under Section 1.2, you agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend COMPANY from and against any claims or lawsuits, including attorney’s fees, that arise or result from your use of the Training.

  1. TERM AND TERMINATION.

This EULA shall continue perpetually but may be terminated by either party upon prior written notice. Without prejudice to any other rights, COMPANY may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the Training and all of its component parts.

  1. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.

COMPANY hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with respect to this Training, express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability, of satisfactory quality, of fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy, or quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement of third-party rights. COMPANY does not warranty against interference with client’s enjoyment of the Training, that the functions contained in the Training will meet your requirements, that the Training will be error-free or that defects in the Training will be corrected.

No oral or written information or advice given by COMPANY or by a COMPANY authorized representative shall create a warranty should the Training prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction.

  1. LIMITATION ON REMEDIES; NO CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES.

Except for any refund elected by COMPANY, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, and, to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose.

  1. GOVERNING LAW; ATTORNEYS’ FEES.

This Agreement shall be construed and controlled by the laws of Washington, and you consent to the jurisdiction and venue in the courts sitting in Pierce County. You waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. Process may be served on either party in the manner authorized by applicable law or court rule. If either COMPANY or you employ attorneys to enforce any rights arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees.

  1. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY.

This EULA is the entire agreement between you and COMPANY relating to the Training and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals and representations with respect to the Training or any other subject matter covered by this EULA. If any provision of this EULA is held to be void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, the other provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Purchasing this Training signifies you have read and accepted these conditions, and that you have access to a legally acquired/purchased copy of RTCA/DO-178C