Airworthiness and safety have been major issues of concern in aviation. Failure consequences

coupled with exacting operational needs and stringent environmental conditions demand strict control over all facets of design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of aircraft. The minimum acceptable levels of safety and reliability necessitate an independent regulatory assurance system which anticipates potential failures, assess deviations in design and manufacture, simulates operational demands, evaluates and certifies designs to ensure airworthiness.

The Regulatory System took shape in 1958 when the Resident Technical Office (Aircraft) was set up at Bangalore. CEMILAC was established in 1995 to coordinate and consolidate certification activities. In a span of twelve years CEMILAC has established its credentials in Airworthiness Certification of Military Airborne stores. The CEMILAC corporate office, located in Bangalore has 14 Regional Centres (RCMAs) spread all over the country, each with an unique core competence.

RCMA RCMA RCMA

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

• Type Approval

• Flight Safety

• Audit of RCMAs

• Technical

ACTIVITIES

CEMILAC CEMILAC ADVISORY COUNCIL

JOINT AIRWORTHINESS COMMITTEE ON

AIRWORTHINESS REGULATIONS

AIRCRAFT GROUP

TECH COORD & SAFETY GROUP

SYSTEMS GROUP

PROPULSION GROUP

D’Aero

A & A GROUP

• Admin

• Accounts

• Security

• Stores

• Welfare

• Works

ACTIVITIES

Know Mgt GROUP

ACTIVITIES

• MIS

• HRD

• TIC

Aircraft Helicopters Nasik Kanpur Chandigarh

Engines Koraput Materials F&F

Lucknow Hyderabad Korwa Air

Armaments Missiles

SA to RM

CC R&D (AMS)

- The Beginning

- The Organisation

- Spectrum of Activities

- The Profile

Expertise gained over the four decades of concurrent involvement with aircraft design, development, manufacturing and operational deployment involving a wide range of technologies and methodologies.

Capability to undertake certification of Full

Fledged Combat Aircraft, Helicopters, Engines, Systems, Equipment and Software programs.

Sound Knowledge base to assess performance and evaluate designs after identifying implication of technology in aerodynamics, structures, systems and equipment.

Ability to devise qualification requirements for airworthiness certification at the component, equipment, systems, subsystems and at the aircraft or engine level.

Maturity and impartiality to safeguard the intellectual property of a customer by ensuring confidentiality of information.

Ab-initio Designs

Airworthiness Assurance in

licence manufacture

Continued airworthiness

Abinitio/Licence/ Bought Out

Software V & V and

Certification

Certification of systems developed

abroad

Evaluation of indigenised

systems

Design Clearances

of unmanned vehicles

Deviation Assessment

Modification

Updates

Failure analysis

Mid-life upgradation

Life evaluation

Weapon Integration

Failure Analysis

Tech Spec, ATPsSafety Assessment

Design EvaluationConformance to Airworthiness Requirements

Performance evaluation

System Integration including HW/SW

integration

Qualification Approval

Design Approval of

Firms Approval of Test Houses

Qualification Approval

Design Conformance Certificate

- The Strength

- The Experience

CEMILAC carries out the design evaluation and airworthiness certification in accordance with the provisions of Ministry of Defence document “Design, Development and

Production of Military Aircraft and Airborne Systems – 2002” (DDPMAS - 2002). This Document is periodically revised.

CEMILAC undertakes life evaluation of aircraft,

helicopter, engines and accessories to fully exploit the life potential of its operational aircraft with the Military. As a result of these exercises, the life of many front line combat aircraft, helicopters, jets and turbo-prop engines, rotables and parachutes have been extended. This activity

has resulted in exploitation of the design life thus saving of vast sums in FE.

Mid-life upgrades today are a necessity to fully realize the potential of an aircraft and helicopter. Such upgrades include weapon system, EW system, Avionic Systems etc. CEMILAC has certified the airworthiness of these upgrades on indigenously designed, licence produced as well as bought out aircraft/helicopters enhancing the operational effectiveness of these aircraft and helicopters.

- Keeping pace with Technologies through Upgrades

- Improving Life Cycle Costs through Life Evaluation

- Indigenisation Thrust

Indigenous Development Jet Fighter - HF-24, Ajeet, Jet Trainer, Kiran MK I/IA, Mk II

Licence Production Turbo Jet engine 701, 703, Jet a/c Gnat, Accessories, Chetak, Cheetah Helicopters MiG-21

Bought out Cabberra, Hunter, Packet

1980 1990 1985

1958

Indigenisation of Materials & Equipment

Turbo-prop Eng DART Turbo –prop

Transport HS - 748

Piston Eng Trainer

Jaguar

Dornier

Ajeet Jet Trainer

Sea Harrier

Unmanned Vehicles

Airborne Surveillance Platform

EW Systems

Missiles

Arrester Barriers

Parachute

LCA

Mirage Overhaul

Aircraft & System Upgrade New Weapon systems

2000 1975

Turbo Prop Trainer HTT - 34

ALH

MiG-23

MiG-27

2010

MiG-29

LCALCA

Weapon System Integration

ALH

AEW&C

AWACS

LCH

MTA

EW Systems

Su-30 AL-55 FIJT SHAKTI

Su-30 K

CEMILAC is mandated to approve products developed by DRDO, Public Sector and Private companies in India and abroad for Indian Military Aircraft.

Has acted as catalyst for indigenising several airborne equipment and items including cables,

GPS, batteries and aircraft fuels worth several millions of Rupees.

Accorded 1079 Type Approvals to items used on different aircraft, helicopters and engines after conducting rigorous and thorough evaluation, thus contributing towards operational readiness of the fleet.

Communication Systems

Batteries

Rubber Compounds

InstrumentationPaints, Varnish

Avionics storesMechanical

Components

Seat & Safety

Valves

Non-metallic Materials

Fuels, Oils & Lubricants

Glues & ResinsA/C & H/C

Metallic Raw Materials

Electrical stores

Approvals issued to different organisations by CEMILAC

R&D Establishments

6%

Base Workshop Units8%

Public Sector Units37%

Private Sector Industries

49%

CEMILAC approves design houses for specific areas of design based on the experience and

past record of the design house.

- Approval of Design Houses and Test Houses

CEMILAC approves Test houses for specific tests and for generation of test reports. Each Regional centre has a specific Core Competence in Design Evaluation and Certification as given below:

To provide concurrent airworthiness certification support to indigenous development.

- Regional Centres and their Core Competence

- Mission

Ab-initio designed Aircraft systems and UAVs

Ab-initio designed engines & continued A/W of Western Engines

Airborne Missiles

Overhaul of transport aircraft, helicopters and engines from Russia

Inertial Navigation, FDR

Accessories for aircraft and engine

Air Armament stores

Avionic equipment & EW Systems

Castings, Forgings, elastomers Fuels, Oils and allied

PROPULSION GROUP

SYSTEMS GROUP

Continued airworthiness of engines for Russian aircraft

RCMA (Aircraft)

RCMA (Helicopters)RCMA (Kanpur)

RCMA (Nasik)

RCMA (Lucknow) RCMA (Air Armament) RCMA (Korwa) RCMA (Hyderabad)

RCMA (Chandigarh)

RCMA (Materials)RCMA (Engines) RCMA (Koraput)

Ab-initio designed Helicopters

Military Transport Aircraft

Continued Airworthiness & Upgrades of Russian Fighters

AIRCRAFT GROUP

Metallic materials for aeronautical & missile applications

RCMA (Missiles)

RCMA (F&F)

To verify upgrades and integration of imported and indigenous systems.

Be an internationally recognized Airworthiness Certification Centre for state-of-the-art

military airborne platforms and stores.

CEMILAC can…

Provide a window to the

strategic market segmentthrough Certification ofProducts

Provide support to achieve

technical excellence.

- Vision