FAA’s Amended Type Certificate Process Effective, Can Be Improved, Mitre Finds

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Limiting the issuance of amended type certificates to a certain timeframe following the initial design’s approval would bring “no clear safety benefit,” while targeting safety-critical areas in newer rules when negotiating a derivative product’s certification basis shows promise, a Mitre study found...

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