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NAVAIR INSTRUCTION 13050.6
From: Commander, Naval Air Systems Command
Subj: POLICY, PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MODIFICATION AND
CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF AIR VEHICLES, AIR VEHICLE STORES AND
AIR VEHICLE INSTALLED SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST
AND EVALUATION
Ref: (a) OPNAVINST
4790.2H
(b) NAVAIRINST 41 30.1 C
(c) NAVAIRINST 3960.4A
(d) NAVAIRINST 13034.1B
(e) NAVAIR 00-25-300
(f)
NAVAIRINST 7040.1
1
C
Encl: (I) NAVAIR Aircraft Modification Process Flow NAVAIR Modification Data Packages
(2) NAVAlR Modification Data Packages
1.
Pumose. To establish policy, responsibilities, definitions and procedures to approve, control,
and document the modification and reconfiguration of air vehicles, air vehicle stores and air
vehicle installed systems (hereafler referredto as air vehicles) by Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR) in support of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) efforts.
2.
b.
This instruction applies to all air vehicles assigned to or in the temporary custody of
NAVAIR as well as all air vehicles on which NAVAIR personnel perform modifications in
support of RDT&E effort.
3.
Background
a. Reference (a) specifies that the Commander Naval Air Systems Command
(COMNAVAIRSYSCOM) has the only authority to approve modification, or withhold
modification approval of aeronautical equipment. Also, COMNAVAIRSYSCOM approval is
required to modify more than one aircraft within any Aircraft Controlling Custodian's control.
COMNAVAIRSYSCOM is also the Aircraft Control Custodian (ACC) for all
aircraft assigned
to NAVAIR and its comoonent commands. Reference (b) establishes oolicv. orocedures. and
.
,
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responsibilities governing configuration management for configuration items managed by the
naval aviation Program Executive Officer (PEO) organizations and NAVAIR.
b. Neither reference (a) or (b) specifically addresses modifications in support of the unique
nature of
NAVAIR's RDT&E mission. Historically, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft
Division (NAVAIRWARCENACDIV) and Naval
Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
(NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV) have implemented separate configuration control processes to
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