CS-ETSO Amendment 18
This Decision introduces new or updated standards for parts and appliances, taking into account the principles of efficiency and harmonisation. The objective is to maintain a high level of safety by harmonising with the corresponding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) and by ensuring the incorporation of the latest industry standards.
The following changes are introduced in CS-ETSO:
- CS-ETSO Subpart A – updates in paragraphs 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.6
- ETSO-C30d A1 ‘Aircraft Position Lights’
- ETSO-C90e ‘Cargo Pallets, Nets and Containers (Unit Load Devices)’
- ETSO-C96c A1 ‘Anticollision Light Systems’
- ETSO-C112f ‘Secondary Surveillance Radar Mode S Transponder’
- ETSO-C132b ‘Geosynchronous Orbit Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Services Aircraft Earth Station Equipment’
- ETSO-C159e ‘Next Generation Satellite Systems (NGSS) Equipment’
- ETSO-C164a ‘Night Vision Goggles (NVG)’
- ETSO-C166c ‘Extended Squitter Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Services-Broadcast (TIS-B) Equipment Operating on the Radio Frequency of 1090 Megahertz (MHz)’
- New ETSO-C219a ‘Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) Xa/Xo’
- New ETSO-C220 ‘GNSS-Aided Inertial Systems’
- ETSO-2C169b ‘VHF Radio Communications Transceiver Equipment Operating within the Radio Frequency Range 117.975 to 137.000 Megahertz’
- ETSO-2C502a ‘Rotorcraft Integrated Immersion Suits’
- ETSO-2C503a ‘Rotorcraft Immersion Suits for Operations to or from Helidecks Located in a Hostile Sea Area’
- ETSO-2C504a ‘Rotorcraft Constant-Wear Lifejackets for Operations to or from Helidecks located in a Hostile Sea Area’
- ETSO-2C505a ‘Rotorcraft Life Rafts for Operations to or from Helidecks Located in a Hostile Sea Area’
- ETSO-2C519a ‘Emergency Breathing Systems (EBSs)’
- ETSO-2C521 A1 ‘Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Software Applications’.
The regulatory material is expected to offer more opportunities for EU applicants to obtain ETSO authorisations and to align CS-ETSO with the state of the art and with the European operational requirements.
The amendments are expected to ensure a level playing field for European manufacturers and increase the cost-effectiveness of compliance demonstrations.