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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 246: Quality Assurance › Subpart 246.4

DFARS 246.408-71 Aircraft.

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 explains that the FAA has its own responsibilities and certificates for commercial aircraft, aircraft equipment, and accessories, covering design, manufacture, and airworthiness. It clarifies that FAA evaluations do not replace normal DoD evaluations of a contractor's quality assurance measures, though FAA evaluation records should be used as much as possible. It also requires the contract administration office to confirm the contractor holds any required FAA certificates before acceptance.

Applies to: Contractors involved with commercial aircraft, aircraft equipment, and accessories, and the contract administration office (CAO)

What it requires

  • The CAO shall ensure the contractor possesses any required FAA certificates prior to acceptance.

Key terms: FAA · FAA certificates · contract administration office (CAO) · quality assurance measures · acceptance

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certain responsibilities and prerogatives in connection with some commercial aircraft and of aircraft equipment and accessories (Pub. L. 85-726 (72 Stat 776, 49 U.S.C. 1423)). This includes the issuance of various certificates applicable to design, manufacture, and airworthiness.

(b) FAA evaluations are not a substitute for normal DoD evaluations of the contractor's quality assurance measures. Actual records of FAA evaluations may be of use to the contract administration office (CAO) and should be used to their maximum advantage.

(c) The CAO shall ensure that the contractor possesses any required FAA certificates prior to acceptance.

← 246.408-70 Subsistence. · 246.470 Government contract quality assurance actions. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 246

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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