DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

1 C TREE ROAD

MCALESTER OK 74501-9002

5 August 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Management System

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE

Washington, DC 20590

Re: Application for Issuance of Section 333 Exemption Based upon 

Exemption 11110 Issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. 

Dear Sir or Madam,

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (“MCAAP”) herewith applies for the issuance of an 

exemption under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 based 

upon Exemption 11110 issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. (“Trimble”) on December 10, 

2014 in FAA Docket 2014-0367. The requested exemption would allow MCAAP to 

operate the UX5 aircraft manufactured by Trimble or other Trimble aircraft approved for 

commercial operations under Exemption 11110, as amended, such as the UX5hp for 

which an amendment has been filed. MCAAP notes that the FAA recently authorized 

use of the Trimble UX5 by a third party in Exemption No. 11257, Regulatory Docket No. 

FAA–2014–0889, on April 2, 2015, under updated conditions, and MCAAP hereby 

confirms that it will accept such conditions as well as those set forth in Exemption 

No. 11240, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0894.

The name and contact information for the applicant are:

Albert Alexander

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant

1 C Tree Road, BLDG 12

McAlester, OK 74501-9002

Phone: (918) 420-7537

albert.d.alexander.civ@mail.mil

MCAAP intends to operate the UX5 or the UX5hp from Trimble and will operate it in 

strict compliance with the conditions set forth in Exemption 11110, as such conditions 

may be amended or modified by the FAA from time to time, as was done in Exemption 

Nos. 11240 and 11257, or such other conditions as the FAA shall specify, and the 

following manuals: 

1) Trimble UX5 Data Sheet; and

2) Trimble UX5 Aerial Imaging Solution User Guide (User Guide)

Copies of these manuals are attached. 

REPLY TO 

ATTENTION OF 
U.S. Department of Transportation

5 August 2015

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These manuals are very similar to the manuals submitted by Trimble in support of the 

issuance of Exemption 11110, updated to reflect changes reported in Trimble’s 

March 4, 2015 amendment to Exemption 11110. The manuals will be updated by 

Trimble, as needed to reflect any changes to Exemption 11110, based on amendments 

thereto.

MCAAP acknowledges that under current FAA guidance a separate Certificate of 

Waiver or Authorization (“COA”) is required to fly at altitudes in excess of 200 feet AGL, 

and it will apply for COAs where required. MCAAP hereby requests a blanket COA for 

flights up to 200 feet AGL in the form approved by the FAA. MCAAP will also file 

NOTAMs for its flights, as required. 

To the extent necessary, MCAAP refers the FAA to the original exemption and the 

amended exemption requests submitted by Trimble in Docket FAA-2014-0367 for 

demonstration of the public interest and an equivalent level of safety. Because the UX5 

and the UX5hp specified in this request are the same or, essentially the same, as the 

craft already approved in Exemption 11110, and MCAAP will operate the aircraft in strict 

compliance with the conditions in existing exemptions previously granted by the FAA, or 

as they may be amended, notice need not be provided in the Federal Register nor 

public comment solicited.1

If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned.

Very truly yours,

Albert Alexander

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant

1 C Tree Road, BLDG 12

McAlester, OK 74501-9002

 

1 Applicant reads Section 333 as placing the duty on the Administrator not only to process applications for 

exemptions under Section 333 but, if he determines that the conditions set forth herein do not fulfill the statutory 

requirements for approval, to craft conditions for the safe operation of the UAS.