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Special Conditions: Aerospace Design & Compliance, LLC (ADC), Textron Aviation Inc. Model 550, 560, and 560XL Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External Access
The Federal Aviation Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024. It took effect on May 22, 2024. Comments closed on July 8, 2024.
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What the agency says
These special conditions are issued for the Textron Aviation, Inc. (Textron) 550 (Bravo), 560 (Ultra Encore), and 560XL (Excel) series airplanes as modified by Aerospace Design & Compliance, LLC (ADC). This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This design feature is the installation of an electronic networks system architecture that will allow increased connectivity to and access from external network sources to the airplane's previously isolated electronic assets (networks, systems, and databases). The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-10498
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final special conditions; request for comments
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Published
- May 22, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 22, 2024
- Comments due
- July 8, 2024
- Dates
- This action is effective on ADC on May 22, 2024. Send comments on or before July 8, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FAA-2024-0722; Special Conditions No. 25-864-SC
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 14 CFR 25
- Topics
- Aircraft; Aviation safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 3
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