7ETechnology

7E Technology

7E001 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software”, specified by 7A, 7B or 7D001., 7D002., 7D003. or 7D005.

Note: 7E001. includes key management “technology” exclusively for equipment specified by 7A005.a.

7E002 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 7A or 7B.

7E003 “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the repair, refurbishing or overhaul of equipment specified by 7A001 to 7A004.

Note: 7E003 does not apply to "technology" for maintenance, directly associated with calibration, removal or replacement of damaged or unserviceable LRUs and SRAs of a "civil aircraft" as described in 'Maintenance Level I' or 'Maintenance Level II'.

N.B.: See Technical Notes to 7B001.

7E004 Other “technology” as follows:

a. “Technology” for the “development” or “production” of any of the following:

2. Air data systems based on surface static data only, i.e., which dispense with conventional air data probes;

3. Three dimensional displays for “aircraft”;

5. Electric actuators (i.e., electromechanical, electrohydrostatic and integrated actuator package) specially designed for ‘primary flight control’;

‘Primary flight control’ is “aircraft” stability or manoeuvring control using force/moment generators, i.e. aerodynamic control surfaces or propulsive thrust vectoring.

6. ‘Flight control optical sensor array’ specially designed for implementing “active flight control systems”; or

A ‘flight control optical sensor array’ is a network of distributed optical sensors, using “laser” beams, to provide real‑time flight control data for on‑board processing.

7. “DBRN” systems designed to navigate underwater, using sonar or gravity databases, that provide a positioning “accuracy” equal to or less (better) than 0.4 nautical miles;

b. “Development” “technology”, as follows, for “active flight control systems” (including "fly‑by‑wire systems" or "fly‑by‑light systems"):

1. Photonic‑based “technology” for sensing “aircraft” or flight control component state, transferring flight control data, or commanding actuator movement, “required” for "fly‑by‑light systems" “active flight control systems”;

3. Real‑time algorithms to analyze component sensor information to predict and preemptively mitigate impending degradation and failures of components within an “active flight control system”;

Note:  7E004.b.3. does not include algorithms for the purpose of off‑line maintenance.

4. Real‑time algorithms to identify component failures and reconfigure force and moment controls to mitigate “active flight control system” degradations and failures;