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This exemption terminates on November 30, 2012, unless sooner superseded or rescinded. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ 

K.C. Yanamura 

Acting Director, Aircraft Certification Service 

Enclosures