Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009Show full title

[7E] [F1 Technology U.K.

[7E001] "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" of equipment or "software", specified in 7A, 7B, 7D001, 7D002, 7D003, 7D005 and 7D101 to 7D103.

Note: 7E001 includes key management "technology" exclusively for equipment specified in 7A005.a. U.K.

[7E002] "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "production" of equipment specified in 7A or 7B.

[7E003] "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the repair, refurbishing or overhaul of equipment specified in 7A001 to 7A004.

Note: 7E003 does not control "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’. U.K.

NB: See Technical Notes to 7B001. U.K.

[7E004] Other "technology" as follows:

a.

"Technology" for the "development" or "production" of any of the following:

1.

Not used;

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";

4.

Not used;

5.

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

Technical Note: U.K.

‘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

Technical Note: U.K.

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";

2.

Not used;

3.

Real-time algorithms to analyse 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 control algorithms for purpose of off-line maintenance. U.K.

4.

Real-time algorithms to identify component failures and reconfigure force and moment controls to mitigate "active flight control system" degradations and failures;

Note: 7E004.b.4. does not control algorithms for the elimination of fault effects through comparison of redundant data sources, or off-line pre-planned responses to anticipated failures. U.K.

5.

Integration of digital flight control, navigation and propulsion control data, into a digital flight management system for "total control of flight";

Note: 7E004.b.5. does not control: U.K.

a.

"Technology" for integration of digital flight control, navigation and propulsion control data, into a digital flight management system for ‘flight path optimisation’;

b.

"Technology" for "aircraft" flight instrument systems integrated solely for VOR, DME, ILS or MLS navigation or approaches.

Technical Note: U.K.

‘Flight path optimisation’ is a procedure that minimises deviations from a four-dimensional (space and time) desired trajectory based on maximising performance or effectiveness for mission tasks.

6.

Not used;

7.

"Technology""required" for deriving the functional requirements for "fly-by-wire systems" having all of the following:

a.

‘Inner-loop’ airframe stability controls requiring loop closure rates of 40 Hz or greater; and

Technical Note: U.K.

‘Inner-loop’ refers to functions of "active flight control systems" that automate airframe stability controls.

b.

Having any of the following:

1.

Corrects an aerodynamically unstable airframe, measured at any point in the design flight envelope, that would lose recoverable control if not corrected within 0,5 seconds;

2.

Couples controls in two or more axes while compensating for ‘abnormal changes in aircraft state’;

Technical Note: U.K.

‘Abnormal changes in aircraft state’ include in-flight structural damage, loss of engine thrust, disabled control surface, or destabilizing shifts in cargo load.

3.

Performs the functions specified in 7E004.b.5.; or

Note: 7E004.b.7.b.3. does not control autopilots. U.K.

4.

Enables "aircraft" to have stable controlled flight, other than during take-off or landing, at greater than 18 degrees angle of attack, 15 degrees side slip, 15 degrees/second pitch or yaw rate, or 90 degrees/second roll rate;

8.

"Technology""required" for deriving the functional requirements for "fly-by-wire systems" to achieve all of the following:

a.

No loss of control of the "aircraft" in the event of a consecutive sequence of any two individual faults within the "fly-by-wire system"; and

b.

Probability of loss of control of the "aircraft" being less (better) than 1 × 10^–9 failures per flight hour;

Note: 7E004.b. does not control "technology" associated with common computer elements and utilities (e.g., input signal acquisition, output signal transmission, computer program and data loading, built-in test, task scheduling mechanisms) not providing a specific flight control system function. U.K.

c.

"Technology" for the "development" of helicopter systems, as follows:

1.

Multi-axis fly-by-wire or fly-by-light controllers, which combine the functions of at least two of the following into one controlling element:

a.

Collective controls;

b.

Cyclic controls;

c.

Yaw controls;

2.

"Circulation-controlled anti-torque or circulation-controlled direction control systems";

3.

Rotor blades incorporating ‘variable geometry airfoils’, for use in systems using individual blade control.

Technical Note: U.K.

‘Variable geometry airfoils’ use trailing edge flaps or tabs, or leading edge slats or pivoted nose droop, the position of which can be controlled in flight.

[7E101] "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "use" of equipment specified in 7A001 to 7A006, 7A101 to 7A106, 7A115 to 7A117, 7B001, 7B002, 7B003, 7B102, 7B103, 7D101 to 7D103.

[7E102] "Technology" for protection of avionics and electrical subsystems against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) hazards, from external sources, as follows:

a.

Design "technology" for shielding systems;

b.

Design "technology" for the configuration of hardened electrical circuits and subsystems;

c.

Design "technology" for the determination of hardening criteria of 7E102.a. and 7E102.b.

[7E104] "Technology" for the integration of the flight control, guidance, and propulsion data into a flight management system for optimisation of rocket system trajectory.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items.