Defence Production Act — D-1 3
1 Bomb racks, missile launchers, missile rails, weapon pylons, pylon-to-launcher adapters, “unmanned aerial vehicle” (“UAV”) launching systems, and external stores support systems for ordnance or weapons; 2 Damage adaptive or failure adaptive flight control systems; 3 Face gear gearboxes, split-torque gearboxes, variable speed gearboxes, synchronization shafts, interconnecting drive shafts and gearboxes with internal pitch line velocities exceeding 20,000 feet per minute and able to operate 30 minutes with loss of lubrication; 4 Tail boom, stabilator and automatic rotor blade folding systems; 5 Wing folding systems; 6 Tail hooks and arresting gear; 7 Threat-adaptive autonomous flight control systems; 8 Non-surface-based flight control systems and effectors, (e.g., thrust vectoring from gas ports other than main engine thrust vector); 9 Lithium-ion batteries that provide 28 VDC nominal; 10 Lift fans, clutches and roll posts for short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft; 11 Integrated helmets incorporating optical sights or slewing devices, which include the ability to aim, launch, track or manage munitions (e.g., Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), Helmet Mounted Displays, Display and Sight Helmets (DASH)); 12 Fire control computers, stores management systems, armaments control processors, aircraft-weapon interface units and computers (e.g., AGM-88 HARM Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer (ALIC)); 13 Radomes or electromagnetic antenna windows specially designed for aircraft or “unmanned aerial vehicles” “UAVs” that a incorporate radio frequency selective surfaces, b operate in multiple or more non-adjacent radar bands, c incorporate a structure that is specially designed to provide ballistic protection from bullets, shrapnel or blast, d have a melting point greater than 1,300 °C and maintain a dielectric constant less than 6 at a temperature greater than 500 °C, e are manufactured from ceramic materials with a dielectric constant less than 6 at any frequency from 100 MHz to 100 GHz, f maintain structural integrity at stagnation pressures greater than 287.28 kPa (6,000 pounds per square foot), or g withstand a combined thermal shock greater than 4.184 x 106 J/m 2 accompanied by a peak overpressure of greater than 50 kPa; 14 Drive systems and flight control systems specially designed to function after impact of a 7.62 mm or larger projectile; 15 Radar altimeters with output power management or signal modulation (i.e., frequency hopping, chirping and direct sequence-spectrum spreading) LPI (low probability of intercept) capabilities; 16 Air-to-air refuelling systems and hover-in-flight refuelling (HIFR) systems; or 17 Thrust reversers specially designed to be deployed in flight. b Not used since 2011; (j) item 2-10.c of the Guide is to be read as follows: c “Unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”) and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows: 1 “Unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”) including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), autonomous programmable vehicles and “lighter-than-air vehicles”; 2 Associated launchers and ground support equipment; 3 Related equipment for command and control; The “unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”) and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use, include “unmanned aerial vehicle” (“UAV”) flight control systems and vehicle management systems with swarming capability (i.e., “unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”) that interact with each other to avoid collisions and stay together or, if weaponized, to coordinate targeting). (k) item 2-10.d of the Guide is to be read as follows: d Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use for the propulsion of combat aircraft or “unmanned aerial vehicles” (“UAVs”), and the following specially designed components: 1 Hot section components (i.e., combustion chambers and liners; high pressure turbine blades, vanes, disks and related cooled structure; cooled