Propulsion Systems Regulation review task for the MAA Case Study for MOD

Description

The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) is the Regulator for all UK Defence aviation activity.  The Head of Mechanical, Propulsion and Systems (MPS) within the MAA Certification Division initiated an Independent Technical Review and re-write of the Regulatory Articles (RA) 5600 Series and the Engine Publications Suite. AACE’s team of highly qualified and experienced personnel in the field of Propulsion Systems and Regulation won the contract to complete this task.

Scope

The task required:

1. The review of 3 extant but out-dated publications of the Engine Publications Suite and the extraction of relevant regulatory material for inclusion in the RA5600 Series.
2. The review of the extant 14 RAs in the RA5600 Series and the production of a revised RA5600 Series.
3. The submission of a draft Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) including the revised RA5600 Series to the Head of MPS.
4. The necessary documents to support the withdrawal of the 3 publications as obsolete at the release of new RA5600 Series under a Notice of Authorized Amendment (NAA).

Outcome

The AACE team reviewed the 3 publications and the extant RA5600 Series for appropriate regulatory content for inclusion in the revised RA5600 Series.  A Disposition Matrix was introduced detailing all 224 elements of the reviewed documents and used to record the sentencing of the elements, the proposals made by the team and the agreement by MPS of the review process.  The Disposition Matrix provided an auditable account of the review. The AACE team engaged with 22 Project Teams and Industry partners from the Regulated Community and their feedback was used to support the team’s thinking during the re-write of the RAs.  The 14 original RAs were reduced to 5 more relevant and coherent regulations.