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9

AEROSPACE AND PROPULSION

  • # 9A.

    Systems, Equipment and Components

    • # 9A001.

      Aero gas turbine engines having any of the following:

    • # 9A002.

      'Marine gas turbine engines' designed to use liquid fuel and having all of the following, and specially designed assemblies and components therefor:

      • # a.

        Maximum continuous power when operating in "steady state mode" at standard reference conditions specified by ISO 3977-2:1997 (or national equivalent) of 24 245 kW or more; and

      • # b.

        'Corrected specific fuel consumption' not exceeding 0.219 kg/kWh at 35% of the maximum continuous power when using liquid fuel.

    • # 9A003.

      Specially designed assemblies or components, incorporating any of the "technologies" specified in 9E003.a., 9E003.h., 9E003i., or 9E003.k., for any of the following aero gas turbine engines:

      • # a.

        Specified in 9A001; or

      • # b.

        Whose design or production origins are [either non- EU Member States]1 or non-Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States; or unknown to the manufacturer.

    • # 9A004.

      Space launch vehicles, "spacecraft", "spacecraft buses", "spacecraft mission equipment", "spacecraft" on-board systems or equipment, terrestrial equipment, air-launch platforms and "sub-orbital craft", as follows:

      • # a.

        Space launch vehicles;

      • # b.

        "Spacecraft";

      • # c.

        "Spacecraft buses";

      • # d.

        "Spacecraft mission equipment" incorporating items specified in 3A001.b.1.a.4., 3A002.g., 5A001.a.1., 5A001.b.3., 5A002.c., 5A002.e., 6A002.a.1., 6A002.a.2., 6A002.b., 6A002.d., 6A003.b., 6A004.c., 6A004.e., 6A008.d., 6A008.e., 6A008.k., 6A008.l. or 9A010.c.;

      • # e.

        On-board systems or equipment, specially designed for "spacecraft" and having any of the following functions:

        • # 1.

          Command and telemetry data handling;

        • # 2.

          Payload data handling; or

        • # 3.

          Attitude and orbit control;

      • # f.

        Terrestrial equipment specially designed for "spacecraft", as follows:

        • # 1.

          Telemetry and telecommand equipment specially designed for any of the following data processing functions:

          • # a.

            Telemetry data processing of frame synchronisation and error corrections, for monitoring of operational status (also known as health and safe status) of the "spacecraft bus"; or

          • # b.

            Command data processing for formatting command data being sent to the "spacecraft" to control the "spacecraft bus";

        • # 2.

          Simulators specially designed for 'verification of operational procedures' of "spacecraft";

      • # g.

        "Aircraft" specially designed or modified to be air-launch platforms for space launch vehicles or “sub orbital craft”;

      • # h.

        "Sub-orbital craft".

    • # 9A005.

      Liquid rocket propulsion systems containing any of the systems or components, specified in 9A006.

    • # 9A006.

      Systems and components, specially designed for liquid rocket propulsion systems, as follows:

      • # a.

        Cryogenic refrigerators, flightweight dewars, cryogenic heat pipes or cryogenic systems, designed to restricted cryogenic fluid losses to less than 30% per year;

      • # b.

        Cryogenic containers or closed-cycle refrigeration systems, designed to maintain or produce temperatures less than or equal to 100 K (-173.15°C);

      • # c.

        Slush hydrogen storage or transfer systems;

      • # d.

        High pressure (exceeding 17.5 MPa) turbo pumps, pump components or their associated gas generator or expander cycle turbine drive systems;

      • # e.

        High-pressure (exceeding 10.6 MPa) thrust chambers and nozzles therefor;

      • # f.

        Propellant storage systems using the principle of capillary containment or positive expulsion (i.e., with flexible bladders);

      • # g.

        Liquid propellant injectors with individual orifices of 0.381 mm or smaller in diameter (an area of 1.14 x 10-3 cm2 or smaller for non-circular orifices) and specially designed for liquid rocket engines;

      • # h.

        One-piece carbon-carbon thrust chambers or one-piece carbon-carbon exit cones, with densities exceeding 1.4 g/cm3 and tensile strengths exceeding 48 MPa.

    • # 9A007.

      Solid rocket propulsion systems having any of the following:

      • # a.

        Total impulse capacity exceeding 1.1 MNs;

      • # b.

        Specific impulse of 2.4 kNs/kg or more, when the nozzle flow is expanded to ambient sea level conditions for an adjusted chamber pressure of 7 MPa;

      • # c.

        Stage mass fractions exceeding 88% and propellant solid loadings exceeding 86%;

      • # d.

        Components specified in 9A008; or

      • # e.

        Insulation and propellant bonding systems, using direct-bonded motor designs to provide a "strong mechanical bond" or a barrier to chemical migration between the solid propellant and case insulation material.

    • # 9A008.

      Components specially designed for solid rocket propulsion systems, as follows:

      • # a.

        Insulation and propellant bonding systems, using liners to provide a "strong mechanical bond" or a barrier to chemical migration between the solid propellant and case insulation material;

      • # b.

        Filament-wound "composite" motor cases exceeding 0.61 m in diameter or having 'structural efficiency ratios (PV/W)' exceeding 25 km;

      • # c.

        Nozzles with thrust levels exceeding 45 kN or nozzle throat erosion rates of less than 0.075 mm/s;

      • # d.

        Movable nozzle or secondary fluid injection thrust vector control systems, capable of any of the following:

        • # 1.

          Omni-axial movement exceeding ± 5°;

        • # 2.

          Angular vector rotations of 20°/s or more; or

        • # 3.

          Angular vector accelerations of 40°/s2 or more.

    • # 9A009.

      Hybrid rocket propulsion systems having any of the following:

      • # a.

        Total impulse capacity exceeding 1.1 MNs; or

      • # b.

        Thrust levels exceeding 220 kN in vacuum exit conditions.

    • # 9A010.

      Specially designed components, systems and structures, for launch vehicles, launch vehicle propulsion systems or "spacecraft", as follows:

      • # a.

        Components and structures, each exceeding 10 kg and specially designed for launch vehicles manufactured using any of the following:

        • # 1.

          "Composite" materials consisting of "fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010.e. and resins specified in 1C008 or 1C009.b.;

        • # 2.

          Metal "matrix" "composites" reinforced by any of the following:

          • # a.

            Materials specified in 1C007;

          • # b.

            "Fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010; or

          • # c.

            Aluminides specified in 1C002.a.; or

        • # 3.

          Ceramic "matrix" "composite" materials specified in 1C007;

      • # b.

        Components and structures, specially designed for launch vehicle propulsion systems specified in 9A005 to 9A009 manufactured using any of the following:

        • # 1.

          "Fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010.e. and resins specified in 1C008 or 1C009.b.;

        • # 2.

          Metal "matrix" "composites" reinforced by any of the following:

          • # a.

            Materials specified in 1C007;

          • # b.

            "Fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010; or

          • # c.

            Aluminides specified in 1C002.a.; or

        • # 3.

          Ceramic "matrix" "composite" materials specified in 1C007;

      • # c.

        Structural components and isolation systems, specially designed to control actively the dynamic response or distortion of "spacecraft" structures;

      • # d.

        Pulsed liquid rocket engines with thrust-to-weight ratios equal to or more than 1 kN/kg and a 'response time' of less than 30 ms. Technical Note For the purposes of 9A010.d., 'response time' is the time required to achieve 90% of total rated thrust from start-up.

    • # 9A011.

      Ramjet, scramjet or 'combined cycle engines', and specially designed components

    • # 9A012.

      "Unmanned aerial vehicles" ("UAVs"), unmanned "airships", related equipment and components, as follows:

      • # a.

        "UAVs" or unmanned "airships", designed to have controlled flight out of the direct 'natural vision' of the 'operator' and having any of the following:

        • # 1.

          Having all of the following:

          • # a.

            A maximum 'endurance' greater than or equal to 30 minutes but less than 1 hour; and

          • # b.

            Designed to take-off and have stable controlled flight in wind gusts equal to or exceeding 46.3 km/h (25 knots); or

        • # 2.

          A maximum 'endurance' of 1 hour or greater;

      • # b.

        Related equipment and components, as follows:

        • # 1.

          Not used;

        • # 2.

          Not used;

        • # 3.

          Equipment or components, specially designed to convert a manned "aircraft" or manned "airship", to a "UAV" or unmanned "airship", specified in 9A012.a.;

        • # 4.

          Air breathing reciprocating or rotary internal combustion type engines, specially designed or modified to propel "UAVs" or unmanned "airships", at altitudes above 15 240 metres (50 000 feet).

    • # 9A101.

      Turbojet and turbofan engines, other than those specified in 9A001, as follows;

      • # a.

        Engines having all of the following characteristics:

        • # 1.

          'Maximum thrust value' greater than 400 N excluding civil certified engines with a 'maximum thrust value' greater than 8 890 N;

        • # 2.

          Specific fuel consumption of 0.15 kg N-1 h-1 or less;

        • # 3.

          'Dry weight' less than 750 kg; and

        • # 4.

          'First-stage rotor diameter' less than 1 m;

      • # b.

        Engines designed or modified for use in "missiles" or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a.

    • # 9A102.

      'Turboprop engine systems' specially designed for unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., and specially designed components therefor, having a 'maximum power' greater than 10 kW.

    • # 9A104.

      Sounding rockets, capable of a range of at least 300 km.

    • # 9A105.

      Liquid propellant rocket engines or gel propellant rocket motors, as follows:

      • # a.

        Liquid propellant rocket engines or gel propellant rocket motors, usable in "missiles", other than those specified in 9A005, integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant or gel propellant propulsion system which has a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 1.1 MNs;

      • # b.

        Liquid propellant rocket engines or gel propellant rocket motors, usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A005 or 9A105.a., integrated, or designed or modified to be integrated, into a liquid propellant or gel propellant propulsion system which has a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 0.841 MNs.

    • # 9A106.

      Systems or components, other than those specified in 9A006 as follows, specially designed for liquid rocket propulsion or gel propellant rocket systems:

      • # a.

        Not used;

      • # b.

        Not used;

      • # c.

        Thrust vector control sub-systems, usable in "missiles";

      • # d.

        Liquid, slurry and gel propellant (including oxidisers) control systems, and specially designed components therefor, usable in "missiles", designed or modified to operate in vibration environments greater than 10 g rms between 20 Hz and 2 kHz;

      • # e.

        Combustion chambers and nozzles for liquid propellant rocket engines or gel propellant rocket motors specified in 9A005 or 9A105.

    • # 9A107.

      Solid propellant rocket motors, usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A007, having total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 0.841 MNs.

    • # 9A108.

      Components, other than those specified in 9A008, as follows, specially designed for solid and hybrid rocket propulsion systems:

      • # a.

        Rocket motor cases and "insulation" components therefor, usable in subsystems specified in 9A007, 9A009, 9A107 or 9A109.a.;

      • # b.

        Rocket nozzles, usable in subsystems specified in 9A007, 9A009, 9A107 or 9A109.a.;

      • # c.

        Thrust vector control sub-systems, usable in "missiles".

    • # 9A109.

      Hybrid rocket motors and specially designed components as follows:

      • # a.

        Hybrid rocket motors usable in complete rocket systems or unmanned aerial vehicles, capable of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A009, having a total impulse capacity equal to or greater than 0.841 MNs, and specially designed components therefor;

      • # b.

        Specially designed components for hybrid rocket motors specified in 9A009 that are usable in "missiles".

    • # 9A110.

      Composite structures, laminates and manufactures thereof, other than those specified in 9A010, specially designed for use in 'missiles' or the subsystems specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A105, 9A106.c., 9A107, 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119.

    • # 9A111.

      Pulse jet or detonation engines, usable in "missiles" or unmanned aerial vehicles specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., and specially designed components therefor.

    • # 9A112.

      "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs"), other than those specified in 9A012, as follows:

      • # a.

        "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs") capable of a range of 300 km;

      • # b.

        "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs") having all of the following:

        • # 1.

          Having any of the following:

          • # a.

            An autonomous flight control and navigation capability; or

          • # b.

            Capability of controlled flight out of the direct vision range involving a human operator; and

        • # 2.

          Having any of the following:

          • # a.

            Incorporating an aerosol dispensing system/mechanism with a capacity greater than 20 litres; or

          • # b.

            Designed or modified to incorporate an aerosol dispensing system/mechanism with a capacity greater than 20 litres.

    • # 9A115.

      Launch support equipment as follows:

      • # a.

        Apparatus and devices for handling, control, activation or launching, designed or modified for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or 'missiles';

      • # b.

        Vehicles for transport, handling, control, activation or launching, designed or modified for space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or "missiles".

    • # 9A116.

      Reentry vehicles, usable in "missiles", and equipment designed or modified therefor, as follows:

      • # a.

        Reentry vehicles;

      • # b.

        Heat shields and components therefor, fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials;

      • # c.

        Heat sinks and components therefor, fabricated of light-weight, high heat capacity materials;

      • # d.

        Electronic equipment specially designed for reentry vehicles.

    • # 9A117.

      Staging mechanisms, separation mechanisms, and interstages, usable in "missiles".

    • # 9A118.

      Devices to regulate combustion usable in engines, which are usable in "missiles" or "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs") capable of a range of 300 km specified in 9A012 or 9A112.a., specified in 9A011 or 9A111.

    • # 9A119.

      Individual rocket stages, usable in complete rocket systems or "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs"), capable of a range of 300 km, other than those specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A009, 9A105, 9A107 and 9A109.

    • # 9A120.

      Liquid or gel propellant tanks, other than those specified in 9A006, specially designed for propellants specified in 1C111 or 'other liquid or gel propellants' used in rocket systems capable of delivering at least a 500 kg payload to a range of at least 300 km.

    • # 9A121.

      Umbilical and interstage electrical connectors specially designed for "missiles", space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104.

    • # 9A350.

      Spraying or fogging systems, specially designed or modified for fitting to aircraft, "lighter-than-air vehicles" or "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" ("UAVs"), and specially designed components therefor, as follows:

      • # a.

        Complete spraying or fogging systems capable of delivering, from a liquid suspension, an initial droplet 'VMD' of less than 50 µm at a flow rate of greater than two litres per minute;

      • # b.

        Spray booms or arrays of aerosol generating units capable of delivering, from a liquid suspension, an initial droplet 'VMD' of less than 50 µm at a flow rate of greater than two litres per minute;

      • # c.

        Aerosol generating units specially designed for fitting to systems specified in 9A350.a. and b.

  • # 9B.

    Test, Inspection and Production Equipment

    • # 9B001.

      Manufacturing equipment, tooling or fixtures, as follows:

      • # a.

        Directional solidification or single crystal casting equipment designed for "superalloys";

      • # b.

        Casting tooling, specially designed for manufacturing gas turbine engine blades, vanes or "tip shrouds", manufactured from refractory metals or ceramics, as follows:

        • # 1.

          Cores;

        • # 2.

          Shells (moulds);

        • # 3.

          Combined core and shell (mould) units;

      • # c.

        Directional-solidification or single-crystal additive-manufacturing equipment designed for "superalloys";

    • # 9B002.

      On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, having all of the following:

      • # a.

        Specially designed for the "development" of gas turbine engines, assemblies or components; and

      • # b.

        Incorporating any of the "technologies" specified in 9E003.h. or 9E003.i.

    • # 9B003.

      Equipment specially designed for the "production" or test of gas turbine engine brush seals designed to operate at tip speeds exceeding 335 m/s and temperatures in excess of 773 K (500°C), and specially designed components or accessories therefor.

    • # 9B004.

      Tools, dies or fixtures, for the solid-state joining of "superalloy", titanium or intermetallic aerofoil-to-disk combinations described in 9E003.a.3. or 9E003.a.6. for gas turbine engines.

    • # 9B005.

      On-line (real time) control systems, instrumentation (including sensors) or automated data acquisition and processing equipment, specially designed for use with any of the following:

      • # a.

        Wind tunnels designed for speeds of Mach 1.2 or more;

      • # b.

        Devices for simulating flow-environments at speeds exceeding Mach 5, including hot-shot tunnels, plasma arc tunnels, shock tubes, shock tunnels, gas tunnels and light gas guns; or

      • # c.

        Wind tunnels or devices, other than two-dimensional sections, capable of simulating Reynolds number flows exceeding 25 x 10

    • # 9B006.

      Acoustic vibration test equipment capable of producing sound pressure levels of 160 dB or more (referenced to 20 µPa) with a rated output of 4 kW or more at a test cell temperature exceeding 1 273 K (1 000°C), and specially designed quartz heaters therefor.

    • # 9B007.

      Equipment specially designed for inspecting the integrity of rocket motors and using Non-Destructive Test (NDT) techniques other than planar x-ray or basic physical or chemical analysis.

    • # 9B008.

      Direct measurement wall skin friction transducers specially designed to operate at a test flow total (stagnation) temperature exceeding 833 K (560°C).

    • # 9B009.

      Tooling specially designed for producing gas turbine engine powder metallurgy rotor components having all of the following:

      • # a.

        Designed to operate at stress levels of 60% of Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) or more measured at a temperature of 873 K (600°C); and

      • # b.

        Designed to operate at 873 K (600°C) or more.

    • # 9B010.

      Equipment specially designed for the "production" of items specified in 9A012.

    • # 9B105.

      'Aerodynamic test facilities' for speeds of Mach 0.9 or more, usable for 'missiles' and their subsystems.

    • # 9B106.

      Environmental chambers and anechoic chambers, as follows:

      • # a.

        Environmental chambers having all of the following:

        • # 1.

          Capable of simulating any of the following flight conditions:

          • # a.

            Altitude equal to or greater than 15 km; or

          • # b.

            Temperature range from below 223 K (-50oC) to above 398 K (+125oC); and

        • # 2.

          Incorporating, or 'designed or modified' to incorporate, a shaker unit or other vibration test equipment to produce vibration environments equal to or greater than 10 g rms, measured 'bare table', between 20 Hz and 2 kHz while imparting forces equal to or greater than 5 kN;

      • # b.

        Environmental chambers capable of simulating the following flight conditions:

        • # 1.

          Acoustic environments at an overall sound pressure level of 140 dB or greater (referenced to 20 µPa) or with a total rated acoustic power output of 4 kW or greater; and

        • # 2.

          Altitude equal to or greater than 15 km; or

        • # 3.

          Temperature range from below 223 K (-50oC) to above 398 K (+125oC).

    • # 9B107.

      'Aerothermodynamic test facilities', usable for 'missiles', 'missile' rocket propulsion systems, and reentry vehicles and equipment specified in 9A116, having any of the following characteristics:

      • # a.

        An electrical power supply equal to or greater than 5 MW; or

      • # b.

        A gas supply total pressure equal to or greater than 3 MPa.

    • # 9B115.

      Specially designed "production equipment" for the systems, sub-systems and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A105 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120.

    • # 9B116.

      Specially designed "production facilities" for the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, or systems, sub-systems, and components specified in 9A005 to 9A009, 9A011, 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A109, 9A111, 9A116 to 9A120 or 'missiles'.

    • # 9B117.

      Test benches or test stands for solid or liquid propellant rockets or rocket motors, having either of the following characteristics:

      • # a.

        The capacity to handle more than 68 kN of thrust; or

      • # b.

        Capable of simultaneously measuring the three axial thrust components.

  • # 9C.

    Materials

    • # 9C108.

      "Insulation" material in bulk form and "interior lining", other than those specified in 9A008, for rocket motor cases usable in "missiles" or specially designed for solid propellant rocket engines specified in 9A007 or 9A107.

    • # 9C110.

      Resin impregnated fibre prepregs and metal coated fibre preforms therefor, for composite structures, laminates and manufactures specified in 9A110, made either with organic matrix or metal matrix utilising fibrous or filamentary reinforcements having a "specific tensile strength" greater than 7.62 x 104 m and a "specific modulus" greater than 3.18 x 106 m.

  • # 9D.

    Software

    • # 9D001.

      "Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "development" of equipment or "technology", specified in 9A001 to 9A119, 9B or 9E003.

    • # 9D002.

      "Software", not specified in 9D003 or 9D004, specially designed or modified for the "production" of equipment specified in 9A001 to 9A119 or 9B.

    • # 9D003.

      "Software" incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.h. and used in "FADEC Systems" for systems specified in 9A or equipment specified in 9B.

    • # 9D004.

      Other "software" as follows:

      • # a.

        2D or 3D viscous "software", validated with wind tunnel or flight test data required for detailed engine flow modelling;

      • # b.

        "Software" for testing aero gas turbine engines, assemblies or components, having all of the following:

        • # 1.

          Specially designed for testing any of the following:

          • # a.

            Aero gas turbine engines, assemblies or components, incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.a., 9E003.h. or 9E003.i.; or

          • # b.

            Multi-stage compressors providing either bypass or core flow, specially designed for aero gas turbine engines incorporating "technology" specified in 9E003.a. or 9E003.h.; and

        • # 2.

          Specially designed for all of the following:

          • # a.

            Acquisition and processing of data, in real time; and

          • # b.

            Feedback control of the test article or test conditions (e.g. temperature, pressure, flow rate) while the test is in progress;

      • # c.

        "Software" specially designed to control directional solidification or single-crystal material growth in equipment specified in 9B001.a. or 9B001.c.;

      • # d.

        Not used;

      • # e.

        "Software" specially designed or modified for the operation of items specified in 9A012;

      • # f.

        "Software" specially designed to design the internal cooling passages of aero gas turbine blades, vans and "tip shrouds";

      • # g.

        "Software" having all of the following:

        • # 1.

          Specially designed to predict aero thermal, aeromechanical and combustion conditions in aero gas turbine engines; and

        • # 2.

          Theoretical modelling predictions of the aero thermal, aeromechanical and combustion conditions, which have been validated with actual aero gas turbine engine (experimental or production) performance data.

    • # 9D005.

      "Software" specially designed or modified for the operation of items specified in 9A004.e. or 9A004.f.

    • # 9D101.

      "Software" specially designed or modified for the "use" of goods specified in 9B105, 9B106, 9B107, 9B116 or 9B117.

    • # 9D103.

      "Software" specially designed for modelling, simulation or design integration of the space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or "missiles", or the subsystems specified in 9A005, 9A007, 9A105, 9A106.c., 9A107, 9A108.c., 9A116 or 9A119.

    • # 9D104.

      "Software" as follows:

    • # 9D105.

      "Software" specially designed or modified to coordinate the function of more than one subsystem, other than that specified in 9D004.e., in space launch vehicles specified in 9A004 or sounding rockets specified in 9A104 or 'missiles'.

  • # 9E.

    Technology

    • # 9E001.

      "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "development" of equipment or "software", specified in 9A004 to 9A012, 9A350, 9B or 9D.

    • # 9E002.

      "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "production" of equipment specified in 9A004 to 9A011, 9A350 or 9B.

    • # 9E003.

      Other "technology" as follows:

      • # a.

        "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of any of the following gas turbine engine components or systems:

        • # 1.

          Turbine blades, vanes or "tip shrouds", made from directionally solidified (DS) or single crystal (SC) alloys and having (in the 001 Miller Index Direction) a stress-rupture life exceeding 400 hours at 1 273 K (1 000°C) at a stress of 200 MPa, based on the average property values; Technical Note For the purposes of 9E003.a.1., stress-rupture life testing is typically conducted on a test specimen.

        • # 2.

          Combustors having any of the following:

          • # 1.

            For the purposes of 9E003.a.2.a., 'thermally decoupled liners' are liners that feature at least a support structure designed to carry mechanical loads and a combustion facing structure designed to protect the support structure from the heat of combustion. The combustion facing structure and support structure have independent thermal displacement (mechanical displacement due to thermal load) with respect to one another, i.e. they are thermally decoupled.

          • # 2.

            For the purposes of 9E003.a.2.a. and 9E003.a.2.d., 'combustor exit temperature' is the bulk average gas path total (stagnation) temperature between the combustor exit plane and the leading edge of the turbine inlet guide vane (i.e., measured at engine station T40 as defined in SAE ARP 755A) when the engine is running in a "steady state mode" of operation at the certificated maximum continuous operating temperature.

          • # 3.

            For the purposes of 9E003.a.2.e., 'pressure gain combustion' refers to a combustor where the bulk average stagnation pressure at the combustor outlet is greater than the bulk average stagnation pressure at the combustor inlet due primarily to the combustion process, when the engine is running in a "steady state mode" of operation.

          • # a.

            'Thermally decoupled liners' designed to operate at 'combustor exit temperature' exceeding 1 883K (1 610°C);

          • # b.

            Non-metallic liners;

          • # c.

            Non-metallic shells;

          • # d.

            Liners designed to operate at 'combustor exit temperature' exceeding 1 883K (1 610°C) and having holes that meet the parameters specified in 9E003.c. or;

          • # e.

            'Pressure gain combustion'

        • # 3.

          Components that are any of the following:

          • # a.

            Manufactured from organic "composite" materials designed to operate above 588 K (315°C);

          • # b.

            Manufactured from any of the following:

            • # 1.

              Metal "matrix" "composites" reinforced by any of the following:

              • # a.

                Materials specified in 1C007;

              • # b.

                "Fibrous or filamentary materials" specified in 1C010; or

              • # c.

                Aluminides specified in 1C002.a.; or

            • # 2.

              Ceramic "matrix" "composites" specified in 1C007.; or

          • # c.

            Stators, vanes, blades, tip seals (shrouds), rotating blings, rotating blisks, or 'splitter ducts', that are all of the following:

            • # 1.

              Not specified in 9E003.a.3.a.;

            • # 2.

              Designed for compressors or fans; and

            • # 3.

              Manufactured from material specified in 1C010.e. with resins specified in 1C008;

        • # 4.

          Uncooled turbine blades, vanes or "tip-shrouds", designed to operate at a 'gas path temperature' of 1 373 K (1 100°C) or more;

        • # 5.

          Cooled turbine blades, vanes, "tip-shrouds" other than those described in 9E003.a.1., designed to operate at a 'gas path temperature' of 1 693 K (1 420°C) or more;

        • # 6.

          Aerofoil-to-disk blade combinations using solid-state joining;

        • # 7.

          Not Used;

        • # 8.

          'Damage tolerant' rotor components using powder metallurgy materials specified in 1C002.b.; or

        • # 9.

          Not used;

        • # 10.

          Not used;

        • # 11.

          'Fan blades' having all of the following:

          • # a.

            20% or more of the total volume being one or more closed cavities containing vacuum or gas only; and

          • # b.

            One or more closed cavities having a volume of 5 cm3 or larger;

      • # b.

        "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of any of the following:

        • # 1.

          Wind tunnel aero-models equipped with non-intrusive sensors capable of transmitting data from the sensors to the data acquisition system; or

        • # 2.

          "Composite" propeller blades or propfans, capable of absorbing more than 2 000 kW at flight speeds exceeding Mach 0.55;

      • # c.

        "Technology" "required" for manufacturing cooling holes in gas turbine engine components incorporating any of the "technologies" specified in 9E003.a.1., 9E003.a.2. or 9E003.a.5., and having any of the following:

        • # 1.

          Having all of the following:

          • # a.

            Minimum 'cross-sectional area' less than 0.45 mm2;

          • # b.

            'Hole shape ratio' greater than 4.52; and

          • # c.

            'Incidence angle' equal to or less than 25°; or

        • # 2.

          Having all of the following:

          • # a.

            Minimum 'cross-sectional area' less than 0.12 mm2;

          • # b.

            'Hole shape ratio' greater than 5.65; and

          • # c.

            'Incidence angle' more than 25°;

      • # d.

        "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of helicopter power transfer systems or tilt rotor or tilt wing "aircraft" power transfer systems;

      • # e.

        "Technology" for the "development" or "production" of reciprocating diesel engine ground vehicle propulsion systems having all of the following:

        • # 1.

          'Box volume' of 1.2 m 3 or less;

        • # 2.

          An overall power output of more than 750 kW based on 80/1269/EEC, ISO 2534 or national equivalents; and

        • # 3.

          Power density of more than 700 kW/m3 of 'box volume';

      • # f.

        "Technology" "required" for the "production" of specially designed components for "high output diesel engines", as follows:

        • # 1.

          "Technology" "required" for the "production" of engine systems having all of the following components employing ceramics materials specified in 1C007:

          • # a.

            Cylinder liners;

          • # b.

            Pistons;

          • # c.

            Cylinder heads; and

          • # d.

            One or more other components (including exhaust ports, turbochargers, valve guides, valve assemblies or insulated fuel injectors);

        • # 2.

          "Technology" "required" for the "production" of turbocharger systems with single-stage compressors and having all of the following:

          • # a.

            Operating at pressure ratios of 4:1 or higher;

          • # b.

            Mass flow in the range from 30 to 130 kg per minute; and

          • # c.

            Variable flow area capability within the compressor or turbine sections;

        • # 3.

          "Technology" "required" for the "production" of fuel injection systems with a specially designed multifuel (e.g., diesel or jet fuel) capability covering a viscosity range from diesel fuel (2.5 cSt at 310.8 K (37.8°C)) down to gasoline fuel (0.5 cSt at 310.8 K (37.8°C)) and having all of the following:

          • # a.

            Injection amount in excess of 230 mm3 per injection per cylinder; and

          • # b.

            Electronic control features specially designed for switching governor characteristics automatically depending on fuel property to provide the same torque characteristics by using the appropriate sensors;

      • # g.

        "Technology" "required" for the "development" or "production" of "high output diesel engines" for solid, gas phase or liquid film (or combinations thereof) cylinder wall lubrication and permitting operation to temperatures exceeding 723 K (450°C), measured on the cylinder wall at the top limit of travel of the top ring of the piston;

      • # h.

        "Technology" for gas turbine engine "FADEC systems" as follows:

        • # 1.

          "Development" "technology" for deriving the functional requirements for the components necessary for the "FADEC system" to regulate engine thrust or shaft power (e.g., feedback sensor time constants and accuracies, fuel valve slew rate);

        • # 2.

          "Development" or "production" "technology" for control and diagnostic components unique to the "FADEC system" and used to regulate engine thrust or shaft power;

        • # 3.

          "Development" "technology" for the control law algorithms, including "source code", unique to the "FADEC system" and used to regulate engine thrust or shaft power;

      • # i.

        "Technology" for gas turbine engine adjustable flow path systems designed to maintain engine stability for gas generator turbines, fan or power turbines, or propelling nozzles, as follows:

        • # 1.

          "Development" "technology" for deriving the functional requirements for the components that maintain engine stability;

        • # 2.

          "Development" or "production" "technology" for components unique to the adjustable flow path system and that maintain engine stability;

        • # 3.

          "Development" "technology" for the control law algorithms, including "source code", unique to the adjustable flow path system and that maintain engine stability;

      • # j.

        "Technology" "required" for the "development" of wing-folding systems designed for fixed-wing "aircraft" powered by gas turbine engines.

      • # k.

        "Technology", not specified in 9E003.a., 9E003.h., or 9E003.i., "required" for the "development" of any of the following components or systems, specially designed for aero gas turbine engines to enable "aircraft" to cruise at Mach 1 or greater for more than 30 minutes:

        • # 1.

          Propulsion inlet systems;

        • # 2.

          Propulsion exhaust systems; and/or bypass flow downstream of the last turbomachinery stage. 'Reheat systems' are also referred to as afterburners.

        • # 3.

          'Reheat systems'; oil-to-air cooling or oil-to-fuel cooling, such as vapour cycle systems.

        • # 4.

          'Active thermal management systems' to condition fluids used to lubricate or cool 'engine rotor supports'; engine inlet face and the combustor that increases gas path pressure through mechanical work.

        • # 5.

          Oil-free 'engine rotor supports'; or that drives the compression system or turbine rotors.

        • # 6.

          Systems to remove heat from 'compression system' core gas path flow. Technical Notes For the purposes of 9E003.k.:

    • # 9E101.

    • # 9E102.

      "Technology" according to the General Technology Note for the "use" of space launch vehicles specified in 9A004, goods specified in 9A005 to 9A011, 'UAV's specified in 9A012 or goods specified in 9A101, 9A102, 9A104 to 9A111, 9A112.a., 9A115 to 9A121, 9B105, 9B106, 9B107, 9B115, 9B116, 9B117, 9D101 or 9D103.