- The Profile

Airworthiness and safety have been major issues of concern in aviation. Failure consequences
coupled with exacting operational needs and stringent environmental conditions demand strict
control over all facets of design, manufacture, operation and maintenance of aircraft. The
minimum acceptable levels of safety and reliability necessitate an independent regulatory
assurance system which anticipates potential failures, assess deviations in design and
manufacture, simulates operational demands, evaluates and certifies designs to ensure
airworthiness.

- The Beginning

The Regulatory System took shape in 1958 when the Resident Technical Office (Aircraft) was
set up at Bangalore. CEMILAC was established in 1995 to coordinate and consolidate
certification activities. In a span of twelve years CEMILAC has established its credentials in
Airworthiness Certification of Military Airborne stores. The CEMILAC corporate office,
located in Bangalore has 14 Regional Centres (RCMAs) spread all over the country, each
with an unique core competence.

- The Organisation

SA to RM

D’Aero CC R&D (AMS)

JOINT AIRWORTHINESS
CEMILAC ADVISORY
CEMILAC COMMITTEE ON
AIRWORTHINESS REGULATIONS
COUNCIL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEMS TECH COORD & A&A Know Mgt

GROUP GROUP GROUP SAFETY GROUP GROUP GROUP

RCMA RCMA RCMA ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES

Aircraft Engines Lucknow • Type Approval • Admin • MIS

Helicopters Koraput Hyderabad • Flight Safety • Accounts • HRD
Nasik Materials Korwa
Kanpur F&F Air
• Audit of • Security • TIC
RCMAs
Chandigarh Armaments • Stores
Missiles
• Technical
• Welfare
• Works

- Spectrum of Activities
 Design Evaluation
Conformance to
System Integration Airworthiness
including HW/SW Tech Spec, ATPs Requirements
Safety Assessment Software
integration V & V and
Performance Certification
evaluation
Updates
Modification Ab-initio Designs
Mid-life
upgradation

Life
Deviation Airworthiness evaluation
Continued
Assessment
Assurance in airworthiness
licence Abinitio/Licence/ Failure
manufacture Bought Out Analysis
Failure
analysis Weapon
Certification Design Integration
of systems Clearances
Evaluation of of unmanned
developed indigenised
abroad vehicles
systems
Qualification
Approval Design Conformance
Certificate
Design Qualification
Approval of
Approval of Approval
Firms
Test Houses

- The Strength
Expertise gained over the four decades of concurrent
involvement with aircraft design, development, manufacturing
and operational deployment involving a wide range of
technologies and methodologies.
Capability to undertake
certification of Full
Fledged Combat Aircraft, Helicopters, Engines,
Systems, Equipment and Software programs.
Sound Knowledge base to assess performance and
evaluate designs after identifying implication of technology in aerodynamics, structures,
systems and equipment.
Ability to devise qualification requirements for airworthiness certification at the component,
equipment, systems, subsystems and at the aircraft or engine
level.
Maturity and impartiality to safeguard the intellectual property
of a customer by ensuring confidentiality of information.

CEMILAC carries out the design evaluation and airworthiness certification in accordance
with the provisions of Ministry of Defence document “Design, Development and
Production of Military Aircraft and Airborne Systems – 2002” (DDPMAS - 2002). This
Document is periodically revised.

- The Experience
 Indigenous Development
Jet Fighter - HF-24, Ajeet,
Jet Trainer, Kiran MK I/IA, Mk II
1958 1975 1980 198 1990 2000 2010
5
Licence Production Jaguar MiG-29 Su-30 K
Bought out Turbo Jet engine 701, 703,
Cabberra, Hunter, Jet a/c Gnat, Accessories,
Packet Chetak, Cheetah Piston MiG-23
Helicopters MiG-21 Eng LCA LCA LCA
Trainer MiG-27
Turbo-prop AEW&C
Indigenisation of Turbo –prop Parachute Mirage
Eng DART Dornier
Materials Transport Overhaul
& Equipment HS - 748
Arrester Barriers AWACS
Sea Harrier
Turbo
Prop Ajeet Jet Trainer
Trainer ALH LCH
ALH Missiles
HTT - 34 EW
Unmanned Airborne Systems
Vehicles Surveillance Platform New MTA
Aircraft & System Upgrade Weapon
Weapon System Integration systems
EW
SHAKTI Systems
IJT AL-55 F Su-30

- Improving Life Cycle Costs through Life Evaluation

CEMILAC undertakes life evaluation of aircraft,
helicopter, engines and accessories to fully exploit the
life potential of its operational aircraft with the Military.
As a result of these exercises, the life of many front line
combat aircraft, helicopters, jets and turbo-prop engines,
rotables and parachutes have been extended. This activity
has resulted in exploitation of the design life thus saving of vast sums in FE.

- Keeping pace with Technologies through Upgrades

Mid-life upgrades today are a necessity to fully realize the potential of an aircraft and
helicopter. Such upgrades include weapon system, EW system, Avionic Systems etc.
CEMILAC has certified the airworthiness of these upgrades on indigenously designed, licence
produced as well as bought out aircraft/helicopters enhancing the operational effectiveness of
these aircraft and helicopters.

- Indigenisation Thrust
CEMILAC is mandated to approve products developed by DRDO, Public Sector and Private
companies in India and abroad for Indian Military Aircraft.

Has acted as catalyst for indigenising several airborne equipment and items including cables,
GPS, batteries and aircraft fuels worth several millions of Rupees.

Accorded 1079 Type Approvals to items used on different aircraft, helicopters and engines
after conducting rigorous and thorough evaluation, thus contributing towards operational
readiness of the fleet.

Electrical stores Instrumentation

Paints, Varnish
Metallic Raw
Materials
Avionics stores
Mechanical
Components
Communication
Seat & Safety
Systems
Valves

Rubber Compounds Non-metallic

Materials

Fuels, Oils &

Batteries
Lubricants
A/C & H/C
Glues & Resins

Approvals issued to different

organisations by CEMILAC
Public Sector
Units Private Sector
37% Industries
49%

Base Workshop
Units
8% R&D
Establishments
6%

- Approval of Design Houses and Test Houses

CEMILAC approves design houses for specific areas of design based on the experience and
past record of the design house.
 CEMILAC approves Test houses for specific tests and for generation of test reports.

- Regional Centres and their Core Competence

Each Regional centre has a specific Core Competence in Design Evaluation and Certification as
given below:

AIRCRAFT GROUP

RCMA (Aircraft) RCMA (Nasik)

Ab-initio designed Continued Airworthiness

Aircraft systems & Upgrades of Russian
and UAVs Fighters

RCMA (Kanpur) RCMA (Helicopters) RCMA (Chandigarh)

Military Transport Ab-initio designed Overhaul of transport aircraft,

Helicopters helicopters and engines from
Aircraft
Russia

SYSTEMS GROUP

RCMA (Air
RCMA (Lucknow) Armament) RCMA (Korwa) RCMA (Hyderabad) RCMA (Missiles)

Accessories for Air Armament Inertial Avionic Airborne

aircraft and stores Navigation, equipment & EW Missiles
engine FDR Systems

PROPULSION GROUP

RCMA (Engines) RCMA (Koraput) RCMA (Materials) RCMA (F&F)

Ab-initio designed Continued airworthiness Metallic materials for Castings, Forgings,

engines & continued of engines for Russian aeronautical & elastomers
A/W of Western Engines aircraft missile applications Fuels, Oils and allied

- Mission

To provide concurrent airworthiness certification support to indigenous development.

 To verify upgrades and integration of imported and indigenous systems.

- Vision

Be an internationally recognized Airworthiness Certification Centre for state-of-the-art

military airborne platforms and stores.

CEMILAC can…

Provide a window to the

strategic market segment
through Certification of
Products

Provide support to achieve

technical excellence.