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2017 Avionics Mandates: Changes, Dates and Requirements
Jan 11,2017In 2017, civil aviation regulators and agencies from around the world have established several avionics equipage mandates for airspace users. Over the last year, several civil aviation authorities have made changes to equipage requirements and timelines. Here are the latest dates, equipage requirements and changes you¡¯ll need to be aware of.
Boeing 737 MAX cockpit. Photo: Boeing.
Russia¡¯s GLONASS Mandate: Jan, 1, 2017
The Russian Federation is requiring Russian and
non-Russian-built aircraft to have Globalnaya Navigazionnaya Sputnikovaya
Sistema (GLONASS) satellite navigation equipment installed by Jan. 1, 2017.
This mandate was originally established by Russia in 2012, and is applicable to
aircraft weighing above 12,500 pounds registered on an operational certificate
issued by Russia¡¯s civil aviation authority, the Federal Air Transport Agency
(FATA). According to a working paper issued by the International Civil Aviation
Organization in September 2016, assessments of the operational performance of
GLONASS conducted between January 2012 and April 2016 confirmed the system
meets the precision and reliability requirements of ICAO¡¯s Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).
China¡¯s Taipei ADS-B Mandate: Changed From Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec.
31, 2019
An aeronautical information supplement issued by China¡¯s air
traffic services division in September 2016 confirmed the nation¡¯s decision to
delay its mandate for aircraft flying in the Taipei Flight Information Region
(FIR) to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out (ADS-B
Out) avionics from Jan. 1, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2020. This mandate is applicable
only to aircraft flying at or above Flight Level 290 (FL290) within the Taipei
FIR. In issuing the delay, China¡¯s Civil Aeronautics Administration expressed
concern with the rate of the ADS-B Out equipage level of aircraft flying in the
Taipei FIR. China¡¯s ADS-B Out mandate requires equipment that meets
configuration standards of either the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) 20-24 or Appendix XI of Civil Aviation
Order 20.18 of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA).
Australia¡¯s ADS-B Mandate: Feb. 2, 2017
Australian civil aviation regulator CASA is requiring all
aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules in Australian airspace to be
equipped with ADS-B Out by Feb. 2, 2017. Airservices Australia has been
introducing ADS-B surveillance into the nation¡¯s airspace since 2007. More than
1,800 Australian registered IFR aircraft have already been equipped with the
technology, as well as another 350 non-IFR aircraft. Aircraft operating under
Visual Flight Rules (VFR) are not required to be equipped with ADS-B in
Australia. In November,CASA extended the Feb. 2,
2017 equipage deadline for
aircraft weighing less than 12,500 pounds to Jan. 1, 2020. This is only
applicable to aircraft weighing less than 12,500 pounds.
United States Part 135 Radio Altimeters Mandate: April 24, 2017
Beginning April 24, 2017, Part 135 category rotorcraft are
required by the FAA to be
equipped with an ¡°operable FAA-approved radio altimeter, or an FAA-approved device that
incorporates a radio altimeter, unless otherwise authorized in the certificate
holder¡¯s approved minimum equipment list,¡± according to the agency¡¯s rules for
Part 135 operations.
North Atlantic Track System Data Link Mandate: Dec. 7, 2017
Operators flying the optimum North Atlantic Tracks routes should
be aware of phase 2 of the North Atlantic Data Link Mandate (NAT DLM), which
was adopted by the North Atlantic Systems Planning Group as occurring in 3
steps: Phase 2A, 2B and 2C. Currently, all aircraft operating on or at any
point along two specified tracks within the NAT Organized Track System (OTS)
between Flight Level 360 FL360 to FL390 (inclusive) during the OTS validity
period are required to be fitted with and using Future Air Navigation System
(FANS) 1/A (or equivalent) Controller to Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)
and Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Contract (ADS-C) equipment. By Dec. 7,
2017, this requirement is expanded to apply to these altitudes across the
entire ICAO NAT region.
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