The roles and the responsibilities of registering MAA for a multi-national aircraft

(SAC C-17)

Presented by:

Major Sándor Simon, M.Sc.

Senior Airworthiness Officer

NTA-Aviation Authority, Hungary

EDA Military Airworthiness Conference 2015 Soesterberg, NL

Outlines

• About the SAC program;

• About the NTA/AA (as HUN MAA);

• Certification & Registration process;

• Supervisory tasks of the NTA/AA as SAC C-17 Flag nation’s MAA

The SAC Program

• The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) concept originated at NATO HQ

in mid-2006. NATO officials and national representatives envisaged

a partnered solution that would satisfy a need for strategic airlift for

member states without the economic resources to field a

permanent capability.

• 10 NATO member (Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and the United

States of America) country and 2 PfP country (Finland and Sweden)

joined to the program and signed the Letter of Intent ;

• The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) came into effect on 23

September 2008.

The SAC Program (cont’d)

According to the MoU:

• three (3) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III. heavy transport aircraft was acquired by the member states;

• the SAC organizations were established in order to support the program and operate the aircraft;

• Pápa AB in Hungary was designated as Main Operating Base (MOB) of the SAC C-17s;

• Hungary has been selected as Flag Nation of SAC aircraft - in this case the SAC planes were considered as HUN state aircraft for military purposes;

• NTA/AA (as HUN MAA) became the registering MAA of the SAC planes.

SAC – in Practice

BLG = Bulgaria EST = Estonia FIN = Finland HUN = Hungary LIT = Lithuania NLD = Netherlands NOR = Norway POL = Poland ROM = Romania SLO = Slovenia SWE = Sweden USA = United States

SAC C-17A x 3 Based in Hungary

Registered in Hungary Jointly Owned by 12 Nations

Jointly Operated by 12 Nations

Hungary is SAC C-17A’s Flag Nation

SAC Nations’ Share of: • Aircraft • Flight hours • Personnel • Crews • Costs

• Agreement & resources in MOU • 30 year partnership

Hungarian National Transport Authority - and the MAA -

Ministry of National

Development

National Transport Authority

Aviation Authority

Ground Transportation

Authority

Shipping Transportation

Authority

Railway Transportation

Authority

CAA MAA

NTA-AA - the Hungarian MAA in Detail -

Head of NTA/AA

Airworthiness and Flight OPS Division State Aviation Division

(MAA) Air Traffic Standards and Airport Divison Licensing and Training Division

Flight OPS Department Aeromedical Department State Aviation

Department

Flight OPS Inspectorate

Department

General Inspectorate and

SAFA Department

Airworthiness Department

FTSD and Training

Organisations Approval

Department

Lisencing Department

Maintenance Organisations

Approval Department

State Airworthiness

& Engineering

Department

State ATC &

Aerodromes

Department

Flight Authorization

Department

Air Traffic Department

Aerodrome and

Enviromental Department

Aviation Safety Department

Legal Department Aviation Security Department

National Supervisory Authority (NSA)

Department

Our main tasks as Hun MAA

• To secure and supervise of the continued/continuing airworthiness on the Hungarian state owned and state registered aircraft;

Type Design Certification/Validation of new (or modified) state aircraft;

Airworthiness Inspection of the state aircraft;

Certification of the aircraft production and maintenance

environment of the Hun state aircraft;

Authorization of the Hun state aircraft operator units;

Licensing of the Hun state aircraft air- and ground crew;

Certification & Registration

• In the beginning of the SAC Program (2006) multinational working groups were established (legal, finance, ops, etc..) in order to the

Program would be ready for the operation for the delivery of the

first SAC aircraft (14 July 2009);

• One of the groups was the Certification & Registration WG with the responsibility to establish a process/method for the SAC aircraft registration which method could satisfy the HUN airworthiness and

aviation safety rules and comparable and conform with the EU and

USAF regulations;

• An aviation safety certification system was created by the WG and

the methods were detailed in a document, called Concept of Total Aviation Safety (CONTAS).

Certification & Registration (cont’d)

According to the CONTAS, the HUN MAA had to carry out:

• SAC organizational approval process:

NAMA as MTC Holder Organization;

HAW as Air Operator and Maintenance Unit;

• Authorization of Boeing Co. as Aircraft Design and Production Organization:

On-desk and On Site Audit at the Boeing C-17 related facilities;

• SAC C-17 Weapon System certification (by issuing MTC and CoA):

Type Design Validation (TDV) of C-17 aircraft;

Gap Analysis of the SAC Weapon System and the US C-17 core system and

assessment of the SAC’s differences;

Airworthiness Certification of SAC planes;

• Aircraft registration

Basis: multiple desk-top assessments with subject matter experts, and upon results of on-site inspections. Also: OEM Drawings Organizational Records Production Plans Assorted airworthiness documentation Flight Test USAF certifications & approvals Evaluation of comparable work by MAAs

(e.g. CAN & UK). Military Type Certificate issued to the MTCHO (NAMA) on 10 June 2009. NAMA became NAMP on 1 June 2012.

Supervisory tasks of the NTA/AA

According to the Hungarian aviation safety and airworthiness rules and conform with CONTAS main principals the NTA/AA should carry out:

• Annual airworthiness inspections of the SAC aircraft; • Oversight of the approved SAC organizations:

Regular audit of the SAC Organizations; Annual site inspection of the operator unit (HAW) and the main

operating base (Pápa AB);

• Type Design management regarding the certified aircraft type (e.g. handle/approve of major type design modifications, block changes,

etc..) • Direct contact with the accepted, recognized C-17 related US

organizations (Boeing Defence Orgs., USAF, US Gov., etc..).

Involved organizations

C-17 Combined

Program Office

NAMP IPT

MTCHO

US Gov (Inc DCMA)

HAW

BOE CLS

NAMP

MTCHO

USAF

Boeing Co.

Weapon System Management

Supply Management

NAMP – NATO Airlift Management Programme

BOE CLS – (USAF-Boeing) Contracted Logistic Support

HAW – Heavy Airlift Wing

NAMP IPT MTCHO

Major Sándor Simon, M.Sc.

Senior Airworthiness Officer

NTA-Aviation Authority, Hungary Email: simon.sandor@nkh.gov.hu

Office: +36-1-273-5520

Mobile:+36-70-953-5409