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Regulatory Agency Final Publications

EASA CM-SWCEH-001 Issue 01 Revision 02; Development Assurance of Airborne Electronic Hardware

The purpose of this Certification Memorandum is to provide specific guidance material on certification
aspects associated with the use of electronic hardware in airborne systems (referred to as airborne electronic
hardware). Airborne electronic hardware includes line replaceable units, circuit board assemblies, application
specific integrated circuits, programmable logic devices, microprocessors, microcontrollers, integrated
circuits, etc.

Note:
Editorial change in section 6 to reflect that the guidance material provided in section 6 is repealed and superseded byEASA CM-AS-004 Issue 01 Revision 00 on Single Event Effects (SEE) Caused by Atmospheric Radiation, dated 08/01/2018

ED Decision 2017/025/R issuing Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) to Certification Specifications for Normal-Category Aeroplanes (CS-23)

CS-23 (Normal Category Aeroplanes) has been reorganised by its Amendment 5 into objective specifications. This
Decision introduces the first issue of the acceptable means of compliance (AMC) and guidance material (GM) to the new,
reorganised CS-23.
This AMC complements the CS-23 Amendment 5 objective specifications. An AMC is expected to require regular
amendments to take specific safety issues into consideration and introduce new technologies and AMC methods, so this
AMC to CS-23 is managed as a separate document.
This AMC was established from the existing technical details of the original CS-23 Amendment 4 and CS-VLA (Very Light
Aircraft) Amendment 1. In addition to that, a new set of consensus standards from ASTM International is accepted as a
means of compliance (with deviations, where necessary, as specified in the decision). These consensus standards were
created in close cooperation between industry stakeholders and the aviation authorities. The basis for this first set of
accepted consensus standards is the existing CS-23, CS-VLA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part-23.

FAA Docket No. 2017-1194 Change to Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Services

This action announces changes in ADS–B services, including Traffic Information Service—Broadcast (TIS–B), for a small number of aircraft. The FAA is implementing a filter for certain ADS–B equipped aircraft broadcasting erroneous or improper information when the broadcast information could affect the safe provision of air traffic services. Any aircraft subject to the filter will not have its ADS–B information sent to an air traffic control (ATC) facility nor will the aircraft be a client for TIS–B services. Affected aircraft will continue to receive ATC services within radar coverage using secondary radar information.

FAA AC_120-117 Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Date: 12/20/17 AC No: 120-117 Program for Apparent Violations Initiated by: AAM-800 Change: of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations

Any employer or contractor regulated under Title 14 ofthe Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 120 may voluntarily disclose to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) violations ofthe drug and alcohol testing regulations under the
voluntary disclosure reporting program (VDRP) described in this Advisory Circular
(AC). This AC provides the information and guidance material an employer or contractor
needs in order to voluntarily disclose an apparent violation ofthe drug and alcohol testing
regulations listed in paragraph 3 ofthis AC.

FAA AC 90-80C Approval of Offshore Standard Approach Procedures, Airborne Radar Approaches, and Helicopter En Route Descent Areas

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for instrument operations to offshore landing
facilities. This AC includes application and procedures to show an alternate means authorized by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for compliance with the regulations contained in
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91, which address instrument
approach requirements. Specifically, this AC provides guidance for obtaining approval for
Offshore Standard Approach Procedures (OSAP), Airborne Radar Approaches (ARA), and
Helicopter En Route Descent Areas (HEDA). This AC retains the ARA, parallel offset OSAP,
Delta 30° OSAP and the HEDA along with Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation for the
OSAP and HEDA operations contained in AC 90-80B. Approvals issued to U.S. operators may
be used as a basis for authorization by other state authorities to conduct equivalent operations.