AIR-11-027-E November 19, 2010 Exemption No. 10167 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2010-1094

Mr. Gregg George Chief Pilot and Senior Principal Systems Engineer Raytheon Missile Systems/Advanced Programs

P.O. Box 11337 Bldg 845, MS 5 Tucson, AZ 85734-1337

Dear Mr. George:

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 October 21, 2010, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Raytheon Missile Systems/Advanced Programs (Raytheon) for an exemption from §§ 45.23(b), 91.9(b)(2), and 91.203(a) and (b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). The exemption would allow Raytheon to use 1-inch lettering for the word “Experimental” on its unmanned aircraft. It would also permit Raytheon to keep the aircraft flight manual, the airworthiness certificate, a nd the U.S. registration certificate in the Ground Control Station, rather than in the aircraft.

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 Raytheon.

The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In Grant of Exemption No. 2513 (copy enclosed), the FAA found that due to the small fuselage, a very limited area existed for placing identifying marks2

on an aircraft. The FAA also found that relocating the identifying marks was in the public

interest.

In Grants of Exemption Nos. 8607 and 8651 (copies enclosed), the FAA found that it is unnecessary to carry and display the airworthiness, certification, and registration documents in unmanned aircraft systems for the operations described by the petitioner. The original intent of the subject regulation was to display the airworthiness and registration documents so they would be easily available to FAA inspectors and passengers.

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

 they don’t differ materially from those presented by the petitioner in the enclosed grants of exemption;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed exemptions 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 Raytheon Missile Systems/Advanced Programs an exemption from 14 CFR §§ 45.23(b), 91.9(b)(2), and 91.203(a) and (b) to the extent necessary to allow Raytheon to use 1-inch lettering for the word “Experimental” on its unmanned aircraft. It also permits Raytheon to keep the aircraft flight manual, the airworthiness certificate, and the U.S. registration certificate in the Ground Control Station, rather than in the aircraft. This exemption is subject to the conditions and limitations

described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. The word “Experimental” must be displayed on the aircraft to inform all parties of the aircraft’s overall operating status.

2. The petitioner may use 1-inch lettering at the location specified in the petition.

3. The documents required by §§ 91.9 and 91.203 must be available to the pilot in command of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems any time the aircraft is operating. Those documents must be made available within 10 days to any FAA, U.S. Department of Defense, or law enforcement official on request.3

This exemption terminates on November 30, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

K.C. Yanamura Acting Director, Aircraft Certification Service

Enclosures