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USAF Center of Excellence for Airworthiness
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO
BULLETIN
AWB–1015
15July2015
United States Air Force (USAF) Airworthiness Bulletin (AWB)-1015
Subject: Airworthiness Process for Deploying New or Substitute Materials, Processes, and
Product Forms
Attachments: (1) Glossary of References and Supporting Information
(2) Standardized Requirements Form for Incoming New/Substitute Materials,
Processes or Product Form Proposals
1. Purpose: This bulletin describes the process for deploying new or substitute materials,
processes, and product form(s) on currently certified weapon systems/mission design series
(MDS). The process described in this bulletin shall be applied to proposed materials,
processes, or product forms that have been assessed by a weapon system’s Chief Engineer
(CE) as having an impact to the airworthiness of that weapon system.
2. Office of Primary Responsibility: The USAF Airworthiness Office, Air Force Life Cycle
Management Center/Engineering (AFLCMC/EN-EZ). New or substitute material, process,
and product forum proposals (using the template at Attachment 2), as well as comments,
suggestions, or questions on this bulletin should be emailed to the “Wright-Patterson
AFLCMC/EZP_Airworthiness Workflow” distribution list which can be found in the
Microsoft Outlook Global Address List.
3. Change Evaluation Team (CET): An integrated team of subject matter experts will be
established encompassing AFLCMC, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and if
appropriate, stakeholders such as commercial industry with knowledge of the new or
substitute materials, processes, and/or product form(s) in question. The CET is responsible
for coordination with the MDS CE Delegated Technical Authority (DTA) and associated
Director of Engineering DTA for impacted systems to identify unique requirements.
4. Process Description: This section provides details on the new or substitute materials,
process and/or product forms deployment procedure within the Airworthiness process on
platforms with existing Military Type Certificate or Military Flight Release. The steps are
listed in order of their completion. The Airworthiness process outlined in this bulletin does
not begin until the material, process, or product form under consideration has been properly
evaluated and determined to be a suitable candidate for implementation considering the five
primary factors: Stability, Producibility, Characterized Mechanical and Physical Properties,
Predictability of Performance and Supportability.
Stability means that maturation has occurred to where consistent and repeatable quality
and predictable costs have been achieved to meet system production and performance
requirements. Also, process parameters and methods are understood, and robust and
documented approaches for control of these factors (i.e. specifications) exist.
