FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 228: Bonds and Insurance › Subpart 228.3
DFARS 228.371 Additional clauses.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This section tells contracting officers when to include certain DFARS clauses about insurance, risk, and liability in solicitations and contracts. It matters to contractors because these clauses affect who bears the risk for losses, mishaps, and liability, and whether the contractor must carry insurance. The section sets conditions for using clauses on war-hazard losses, ground and flight risk, capture and detention, mishap reporting, Spanish law compliance, and public or state aircraft operations.
Applies to: DoD contracting officers and contractors in aircraft, missile, space launch, and related overseas contracts
Key terms: war-hazard losses · Ground and Flight Risk · Capture and Detention · Mishap Reporting and Investigation · public aircraft operations
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Use the clause at 252.228-7000, Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses, when—
(1) The clause at FAR 52.228-4, Worker's Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas, is used; and
(2) The head of the contracting activity decides not to allow the contractor to buy insurance for war-hazard losses.
(b) Use the clause at 252.228-7001, Ground and Flight Risk, in solicitations and contracts—
(1) For the acquisition, development, production, modification, maintenance, repair, flight, or overhaul of aircraft owned by or to be delivered to the Government, except those solicitations and contracts—
(i) That are strictly for activities incidental to the normal operations of the aircraft (e.g., refueling operations, minor non-structural actions not requiring towing such as replacing aircraft tires due to wear and tear);
(ii) That are awarded for purchase under FAR part 12 procedures;
(iii) For which a non-DoD customer (including an FMS customer per 225.7305) has decided to allow the use of commercial insurance or other self-insurance;
(iv) For commercial derivative aircraft with an FAA certificate of airworthiness maintained to FAA standards. Performance under the exception in this paragraph (b)(1)(iv) must be at a licensed and certified FAA repair station rated for the type of aircraft and work to be maintained. This exception does not apply to contracts requiring flights with contractor crewmembers;
(v) Under which the aircraft are to be dismantled and removed from the inventory; or
(vi) Under which the aircraft are classified as Group 1 or 2 unmanned aircraft systems per DoD Instruction (DoDI) 6055.07, Mishap Notification, Investigation, Reporting, and Record Keeping, and the purchase price of the air vehicle, including installed Government-furnished equipment, is below the cost threshold for a Class C mishap per DoDI 6055.07; or
(2) Involving aircraft not owned by or to be delivered to the Government, only if the contracting officer decides that it is in the best interest of the Government. See 228.370-3.
(c) The clause at 252.228-7003, Capture and Detention, may be used when contractor employees are subject to capture and detention and may not be covered by the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(d) Use the clause at 252.228-7005, Mishap Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch Vehicles, in solicitations and contracts that involve the manufacture, modification, overhaul, or repair of aircraft, missiles, and space launch vehicles.
(e) Use the clause at 252.228-7006, Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance, in solicitations and contracts for services or construction to be performed in Spain, unless the contractor is a Spanish concern.
(f) Use the clause at 252.228-7007, Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability, in solicitations and contracts that do not include the clause at 252.228-7001 but involve public aircraft operations or state aircraft operations.
Sections it refers to
- 252.228-7000 Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses.
- 52.228-4 Workers' Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas.
- 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
- 225.7305 Limitation of liability.
- 228.370-3 Aircraft not owned by or to be delivered to the Government.
- 252.228-7003 Capture and Detention.
- 252.228-7005 Mishap Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch Vehicles.
- 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
- 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
Sections that refer to it
- 228.370-2 General.
- 252.228-7000 Reimbursement for War-Hazard Losses.
- 252.228-7001 Ground and Flight Risk.
- 252.228-7003 Capture and Detention.
- 252.228-7005 Mishap Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch Vehicles.
- 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
- 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability.
← 228.370-3 Aircraft not owned by or to be delivered to the Government.
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.