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    AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL OF POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2014

    Publisher:  Federal Aviation Administration

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    Chapter 1 - General Information
    Chapter 2 - Technical Standard Order Authorization (TSOA)
                and Airworthiness Approval Considerations - General
    Chapter 3 - TSO Authorization
    Chapter 4 - Equipment Performance - Advisory Vertical Guidance
    Chapter 5 - Equipment Performance - GNSS
    Chapter 6 - Equipment Performance - RNAV Multi-Sensor Equipment
    Chapter 7 - Equipment Performance - RNP (General)
    Chapter 8 - Equipment Performance - RNP Approach
    Chapter 9 - Equipment Performance - RNP Enroute and Terminal
    Chapter 10 - Equipment Performance - RNP Oceanic
    Chapter 11 - Equipment Performance - Baro-VNAV
    Chapter 12 - General Installation Considerations
    Chapter 13 - General Installation Considerations - Antennas
    Chapter 14 - General Installation Considerations - Sensors
    Chapter 15 - Installation Considerations - GNSS
    Chapter 16 - Installation Considerations - RNAV
                 Multi-Sensor Equipment
    Chapter 17 - Installation Considerations - RNP
    Chapter 18 - Installation Considerations - Baro-VNAV
    Chapter 19 - Installed Performance - Data Submittal
    Chapter 20 - Installed Performance - Test (General)
    Chapter 21 - Installed Performance - Test (GNSS)
    Chapter 22 - Installed Performance - Test (RNAV
                 Multi-Sensor Equipment)
    Chapter 23 - Installed Performance - Test (Baro-VNAV)
    Appendix 1 - GPS Oceanic/Remote Navigation
    Appendix 2 - RNP AR Operations
    Appendix 3 - Advanced RNP Functions
    Appendix 4 - GNSS Tests to Support ADS-B
    Appendix 5 - Sample Airplane/Rotorcraft Flight Manual Supplement
    Appendix 6 - Installation of GNSS Equipment for VFR Use Only
    Appendix 7 - RF leg Demonstration Templates
    Appendix 8 - Integrating GLONASS with GNSS
    Appendix 9 - Definitions and Acronyms
    Appendix 10 - Related Documents

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Gives guidance material for the airworthiness approval of installed positioning and navigation equipment.

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    Development Note Supersedes FAA AC 20-129, FAA AC 20-130 and FAA AC 25-4. (10/2010) Partially supersedes FAA AC 90-45. (06/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Federal Aviation Administration
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    FAA AC 23.1311-1 : 2011 INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC DISPLAY IN PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA 8300.16 : 2014 MAJOR REPAIR AND ALTERATION DATA APPROVAL
    FAA AC 23-24 : 2005 AIRWORTHINESS COMPLIANCE CHECKLISTS FOR COMMON PART 23 SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC) PROJECTS
    FAA AC 23-8 : 2011 FLIGHT TEST GUIDE FOR CERTIFICATION OF PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 90-97 : 0 USE OF BAROMETRIC VERTICAL NAVIGATION (VNAV) FOR INSTRUMENT APPROACH OPERATIONS USING DECISION ALTITUDE
    FAA AC 90-96 : 2010 APPROVAL OF U.S. OPERATORS AND AIRCRAFT TO OPERATE UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) IN EUROPEAN AIRSPACE DESIGNATED FOR BASIC AREA NAVIGATION (B-RNAV)/RNAV 5 AND PRECISION AREA NAVIGATION (P-RNAV)
    FAA AC 90-105 : 2016 APPROVAL GUIDANCE FOR RNP OPERATIONS AND BAROMETRIC VERTICAL NAVIGATION IN THE U.S. NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM AND IN OCEANIC AND REMOTE CONTINENTAL AIRSPACE
    FAA AC 25-11 : 2014 ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DISPLAYS
    FAA 8400.33 : 2005 PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING AUTHORIZATION FOR REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE 4 (RNP-4) OCEANIC AND REMOTE AREA OPERATIONS
    MIL-HDBK-516 Revision C:2014 AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATION CRITERIA
    FAA AC 120-86 : 2005 AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
    FAA AC 90-100 : 2007 U.S. TERMINAL AND EN ROUTE AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV) OPERATIONS
    FAA AC 20-165 : 2015 AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL OF AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST OUT SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 91-70 : 2016 OCEANIC AND REMOTE CONTINENTAL AIRSPACE OPERATIONS
    FAA AC 21-16 : 2011 RTCA DOCUMENT DO-160 VERSIONS D, E, F, AND G, "ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT"
    ARINC 660B : 2014 CNS/ATM AVIONICS ARCHITECTURES SUPPORTING NEXTGEN/SESAR CONCEPTS
    FAA AC 25.1329-1 : 2016 APPROVAL OF FLIGHT GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 20-185 : 2015 AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL OF SYNTHETIC VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEM
    FAA AC 23.1309-1 : 2011 SYSTEM SAFETY ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT FOR PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 90-101 : 2011 APPROVAL GUIDANCE FOR RNP PROCEDURES WITH AR
    FAA AC 90-108 : 2011 USE OF SUITABLE AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV) SYSTEMS ON CONVENTIONAL ROUTES AND PROCEDURES
    FAA AC 120-29 : 0 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF CATEGORY 1 AND CATEGORY 2 WEATHER MINIMA FOR APPROACH
    FAA AC 90-94 : 0 GUIDELINES FOR USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT FOR IFR EN ROUTE AND TERMINAL OPERATIONS AND FOR NONPRECISION INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN THE U.S. NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
    FAA AC 43-210 : 2016 STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING APPROVAL OF DATA USED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MAJOR REPAIRS AND MAJOR ALTERATIONS

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    FAA AC 27-1 : 2008 CERTIFICATION OF NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT
    RTCA DO 301 : 2006 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) AIRBORNE ACTIVE ANTENNA EQUIPMENT FOR THE L1 FREQUENCY BAND
    FAA AC 43.13-2 : 2008 ACCEPTABLE METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND PRACTICES - AIRCRAFT ALTERATIONS
    RTCA DO 200B : 2015 STANDARDS FOR PROCESSING AERONAUTICAL DATA
    FAA AC 20-170 : 2010 INTEGRATED MODULAR AVIONICS DEVELOPMENT, VERIFICATION, INTEGRATION, AND APPROVAL USING RTCA/DO-297 AND TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER-C153
    FAA AC 23.1311-1 : 2011 INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC DISPLAY IN PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 23.1419-2 : 2007 CERTIFICATION OF PART 23 AIRPLANES FOR FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
    FAA AC 21-16 : 2011 RTCA DOCUMENT DO-160 VERSIONS D, E, F, AND G, "ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND TEST PROCEDURES FOR AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT"
    FAA AC 91-49 : 0 GENERAL AVIATION PROCEDURES FOR FLIGHT IN NORTH ATLANTIC MINIMUM NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AIRSPACE
    FAA AC 25-10 : 0 GUIDANCE FOR INSTALLATION OF MISCELLANEOUS, NON-REQUIRED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
    FAA AC 23-13 : 2005 FATIGUE, FAIL-SAFE, AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE EVALUATION OF METALLIC STRUCTURE FOR NORMAL, UTILITY, ACROBATIC, AND COMMUTER CATEGORY AIRPLANES
    RTCA DO 178 : C2011 SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS IN AIRBORNE SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATION
    RTCA DO-201A : 2000 STANDARDS FOR AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
    RTCA DO 189 : 1985 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR AIRBORNE DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (DME) OPERATING WITHIN THE RADIO FREQUENCY RANGE OF 960-1215 MHZ
    FAA AC 20-165 : 2015 AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL OF AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST OUT SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 20-174 : 2011 DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT AND SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 25-11 : 2014 ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DISPLAYS
    FAA AC 21-50 : 2011 INSTALLATION OF TSOA ARTICLES AND LODA APPLIANCES
    FAA AC 25.1329-1 : 2016 APPROVAL OF FLIGHT GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
    FAA AC 25.1419-1 : 0 CERTIFICATION OF TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES FOR FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
    FAA AC 20-167 : 2016 AIRWORTHINESS APPROVAL OF ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM, SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM, COMBINED VISION SYSTEM, AND ENHANCED FLIGHT VISION SYSTEM EQUIPMENT
    RTCA DO 282 : B2009 COR 1 2011 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRANSCEIVER (UAT) AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST
    FAA AC 25-23 : 0 AIRWORTHINESS CRITERIA FOR THE INSTALLATION APPROVAL OF A TERRAIN AWARENESS AND WARNING SYSTEM (TAWS) FOR PART 25 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 120-28 : 0 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF CATEGORY 3 WEATHER MINIMA FOR TAKEOFF, LANDING, AND ROLLOUT
    FAA AC 90-105 : 2016 APPROVAL GUIDANCE FOR RNP OPERATIONS AND BAROMETRIC VERTICAL NAVIGATION IN THE U.S. NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM AND IN OCEANIC AND REMOTE CONTINENTAL AIRSPACE
    RTCA DO 254 : 2000 DESIGN ASSURANCE GUIDANCE FOR AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC HARDWARE
    FAA AC 20-152 : 2005 RTCA, INC., DOCUMENT RTCA/DO-254, DESIGN ASSURANCE GUIDANCE FOR AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC HARDWARE
    FAA AC 21-46 : 2017 TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER PROGRAM
    RTCA DO 260 : B2009 COR 1 2011 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR 1090 MHZ EXTENDED SQUITTER AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST (ADS-B) AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICES - BROADCAST (TIS-B)
    FAA AC 23-8 : 2011 FLIGHT TEST GUIDE FOR CERTIFICATION OF PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 20-153 : 2016 ACCEPTANCE OF AERONAUTICAL DATA PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED DATABASES
    RTCA DO 283 : B2015 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE FOR AREA NAVIGATION
    FAA AC 23-18 : 0 INSTALLATION OF TERRAIN AWARENESS AND WARNING SYSTEM (TAWS) APPROVED FOR PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 43.9-1 : 2007 INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF FAA FORM 337
    FAA AC 20-107 : 2009 COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE
    FAA AC 25.1529-1 : 2007 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS OF STRUCTURAL REPAIRS ON TRANSPORT AIRPLANES
    RTCA DO 316 : 2009 DO-316 - Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Global Positioning System/Aircraft Base Augmentation System
    RTCA DO 253 : D2017 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR GPS LOCAL AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT
    FAA AC 90-100 : 2007 U.S. TERMINAL AND EN ROUTE AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV) OPERATIONS
    FAA AC 23.1309-1 : 2011 SYSTEM SAFETY ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT FOR PART 23 AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 25-15 : 1989 APPROVAL OF FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 20-163 : 2009 DISPLAYING GEOMETRIC ALTITUDE RELATIVE TO MEAN SEA LEVEL
    FAA AC 21-40 : 2007 GUIDE FOR OBTAINING A SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE
    FAA AC 23-21 : 2004 AIRWORTHINESS COMPLIANCE CHECKLISTS USED TO SUBSTANTIATE MAJOR ALTERATIONS FOR SMALL AIRPLANES
    FAA AC 120-29 : 0 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL OF CATEGORY 1 AND CATEGORY 2 WEATHER MINIMA FOR APPROACH
    RTCA DO 246 : E2017 GNSS-BASED PRECISION APPROACH LOCAL AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (LAAS) SIGNAL-IN-SPACE INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT (ICD)
    RTCA DO 229 : E2016 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM/SATELLITE-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT
    FAA AC 23-22 : 2005 GUIDANCE FOR APPROVED MODEL LIST (AML) SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE (STC) APPROVAL OF PART 23 AIRPLANE AVIONICS INSTALLATIONS
    FAA AC 29-2 : 2008 CERTIFICATION OF TRANSPORT CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT
    FAA AC 23-17 : 2011 SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT GUIDE FOR CERTIFICATION OF PART 23 AIRPLANES AND AIRSHIPS
    RTCA DO 187 : 1984 MINIMUM OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR AIRBORNE AREA NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT USING MULTI-SENSOR INPUTS
    FAA AC 90-96 : 2005 APPROVAL OF U.S. OPERATORS AND AIRCRAFT TO OPERATE UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) IN EUROPEAN AIRSPACE DESIGNATED FOR BASIC AREA NAVIGATION (B-RNAV)/RNAV 5 AND PRECISION AREA NAVIGATION (P-RNAV)
    FAA AC 25.1309-1 : 0 SYSTEM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
    FAA AC 20-115 : 2017 AIRBORNE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ASSURANCE USING EUROCAE ED-12( ) AND RTCA DO-178( )
    FAA AC 120-33 : 0 OPERATIONAL APPROVAL OF AIRBORNE LONG-RANGE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT WITHIN THE NORTH ATLANTIC MINIMUM NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS AIRSPACE
    FAA AC 25-7 : 2012 FLIGHT TEST GUIDE FOR CERTIFICATION OF TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES
    RTCA DO 235 : B2008 ASSESSMENT OF RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE RELEVANT TO THE GNSS L1 FREQUENCY BAND
    FAA AC 43.13-1 : 0 ACCEPTABLE METHODS, TECHNIQUES, AND PRACTICES - AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND REPAIR
    FAA AC 20-159 : 2007 OBTAINING DESIGN AND PRODUCTION APPROVAL OF AIRPORT MOVING MAP DISPLAY APPLICATIONS INTENDED FOR ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG SYSTEMS
    RTCA DO 236 : C2013 CHG 1 2014 MINIMUM AVIATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE FOR AREA NAVIGATION
    FAA AC 90-101 : 2011 APPROVAL GUIDANCE FOR RNP PROCEDURES WITH AR
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