AFS-11-441-E November 22, 2011

Exemption No. 10395 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2011-0953

Mr. James Louis Ferris, Jr. Lockheed Martin Corporation MS2

1801 State Route 17C Owego, NY 13827

Dear Mr. Ferris:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated August 25, 2011 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Lockheed Martin Corporation MS2 (Lockheed Martin) for an exemption from §§ 45.22(d), 91.9(b)(2), and 91.203(a) and (b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption will allow Lockheed Martin to operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that does not carry and display the aircraft’s airworthiness, certification, and registration documents required under part 91. Although you have requested relief from § 45.22(d), the FAA finds that you should follow § 45.29(f) instead.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Lockheed Martin.

The FAA has issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 8607 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that it is unnecessary to carry and display the airworthiness, certification, and registration documents in UASs for the operation described by the petitioner. The original2

intent of the subject regulations was to display the airworthiness and registration documents so they would be easily available to the FAA inspectors and passengers.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that—

 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 8607;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 8607 also apply to the situation you present; and

 a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Lockheed Martin Corporation MS2 an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 91.9(b)(2) and 91.203(a) and (b) to the extent necessary to allow Lockheed Martin to operate a UAS that does not carry and display the aircraft’s airworthiness, certification, and registration documents required under part 91, subject to the conditions and limitations

described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. The documents required under §§ 91.9 and 91.203 must be available to the pilot in command of the UAS anytime the aircraft is operating.

2. Those documents required under §§ 91.9 and 91.203 must be made available within 10 days to any FAA, U.S. Department of Defense, or law enforcement

official.

3. This exemption is not valid for operations outside the United States.

This exemption terminates on November 30, 2013, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/ Raymond Towles Acting Director, Flight Standards

Service

Enclosure