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T-X Family of Systems Program

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T-X-FoSFederal

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The T-X Family of Systems Program contract announces the transfer of program responsibility from the Aeronautical Systems Center's Capabilities and Integration Directorate (ASC/XR) to the Agile Combat Support Directorate, Training Aircraft Division (ASC/WNZ), following the conclusion of development planning activities. All future communications and correspondence regarding the T-X program are to be directed to the new point of contact, Mr. Thomas Rickey, Contracting Officer in the Training Aircraft Division. This transition also includes the posting of critical Military Airworthiness Certification information, which is essential for ensuring the T-X aircraft systems meet established airworthiness standards prior to contract award. The contract emphasizes the importance of timely completion of the Military Airworthiness Certification process, identifying it as a potential schedule risk for the program. It provides access to MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded Version, a comprehensive guide detailing the airworthiness certification criteria used by the U.S. Air Force for all manned and unmanned air vehicle systems. These criteria form the certification basis, which must be tailored, approved by the government, and adhered to for the issuance of Military Flight Releases and Certificates of Airworthiness. Additional referenced Airworthiness Bulletins further explain the certification process and requirements. Interested parties are encouraged to review these documents to understand the certification framework and to direct any questions to the designated contact.

General Info

T-X program responsibility shifted to Training Aircraft Division; focus on Military Airworthiness Certification completion.

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NAICS

336411 - Aircraft Manufacturing

Place of Performance

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PostedJun 12

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Organization & Contact Information

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Contacts

Thomas S. Rickey

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Full Description

Notice of T-X Family of Systems (FoS) Program Transfer, Identification of New Point of Contact, and Posting of Military Airworthiness Certification Infromation Aeronautical Systems Center's Capabilities and Integration Directorate (ASC/XR) has been the organiaztion responsible for development planning activites associated with the T-X FoS Program. As those activities conclude, SAF/AQ has transferred the pre-MDAP ACAT 1D program responsibility to the Agile Combat Support Directoracte, Training Aircraft Division (ASC/WNZ). There is no further status to provide at this time. Please continue to monitor FedBizOpps as it will be used to communicate with industry in the future. For all correspondance relating to T-X, please contact the T-X Contracting Officer in the Training Aircraft Division, Mr Thomas Rickey, 937-904-4173 or email Thomas.Rickey@wpafb.af.mil. Timely completion of the Military Airworthiness Certification has been identified as a potential schedule risk to the T-X Program. Provided for all interested parties is MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded Version, Airworthiness Certification Criteria. This document establishes the overall set of airworthiness certification criteria used in the determination of airworthiness of all United States Air Force (USAF) manned and unmanned, fixed and rotary wing air vehicle systems. It is a foundational document to be used by the system program manager, chief engineer, and contractors to define their air system's airwothiness certification basis. The criteria contained within the document are qualitative in nature and should be tailored to identify a complete (necessary and sufficient) subset of applicable airworthiness criteria to establish the air vehicle system's certification basis. The standards and methods of compliance must be tailored to the needs of the program and serve to identify how compliance with the air vehicle system's certification bais will be measured and verified. The certification basis will form the basis of an agreement between the military airworthiness authority and the system program office regarding airworthiness requirements of the T-X air vehicle system and must be defined and approved by the Government prior to contract award. Compliance to the certification basis must be shown to achieve issuance of a Military Flight Release or Military Type Certificate and Military Certificates of Airworthiness for the T-X aircraft. Please refer to MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded Version and the USAF-issued Airworthiness Bulletins for further details regarding the USAF airworthiness certification process. Any further questions regarding this posting should be addressed to Mr. Thomas Rickey, (937)904-4173. Attch 1: ASC/EN Airworthiness Certification Criteria Expanded Version of MIL-HDBK-516B - 26 Sep 2005 Attch 2: USAF Airworthiness Bulletin (AWB) - 002A - Airworthiness Planning - 17 May 2011 Attch 3: USAF AWB - 003A - Tailored Airworthiness Certification Criteria/Modification Airworthiness Certification Criteria (TACC/MACC) Document Approval Process - 17 Jun 2011 Attch 4: USAF AWB - 004A - Devlopment of an Airworthiness Certification Basis 17 Jun 2011 Attch 5: USAF AWB - 005 - Tailored Airwothiness Certification Criteria/Modification Airworthiness Certification Criteria (TACC/MACC) Document Construction and Format - 27 Sep 2010