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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA–2022–1198; Special
Conditions No. 25–831–SC]
Special Conditions: L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., Bombardier Model CL–
600–2B16 (604 Variant) Airplane;
Electronic System Security Protection
From Unauthorized Internal Access
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final special conditions; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
These special conditions are
issued for the Bombardier Model CL–
600–2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This
airplane, as modified by L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., will have a novel or
unusual design feature when compared
to the state of technology envisioned in
the airworthiness standards for
transport-category airplanes. This
design feature is associated with the
installation of a digital system that
contains a wireless and hardwired
network with hosted application
functionality that allows access, from
sources internal to the airplane, to the
airplane’s internal electronic
components. The applicable
airworthiness regulations do not contain
adequate or appropriate safety standards
for this design feature. These special
conditions contain the additional safety
standards that the Administrator
considers necessary to establish a level
of safety equivalent to that established
by the existing airworthiness standards.
SUMMARY:
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This action is effective on L2
Consulting Services, Inc., on September
21, 2022. Send comments on or before
November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by Docket No. FAA–2022–1198 using
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
Privacy: Except for Confidential
Business Information (CBI) as described
in the following paragraph, and other
information as described in title 14,
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR),
§ 11.35, the FAA will post all comments
received without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information you provide. The
FAA will also post a report
summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received about these special
conditions.
Confidential Business Information:
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
is commercial or financial information
that is both customarily and actually
treated as private by its owner. Under
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from
public disclosure. If your comments
responsive to these special conditions
contain commercial or financial
information that is customarily treated
as private, that you actually treat as
private, and that is relevant or
responsive to these special conditions, it
is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as CBI. Please
mark each page of your submission
containing CBI as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA
will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and the
indicated comments will not be placed
in the public docket of these special
conditions. Send submissions
containing CBI to Thuan T. Nguyen,
Aircraft Information Systems, AIR–622,
Technical Innovation Policy Branch,
Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft
Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 2200 South 216th
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Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198;
telephone; 206–231–3365; email
Thuan.T.Nguyen@faa.gov. Comments
the FAA receives, which are not
specifically designated as CBI, will be
placed in the public docket for these
special conditions.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov/ at any
time. Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thuan T. Nguyen, Aircraft Information
Systems, AIR–622, Technical
Innovation Policy Branch, Policy and
Innovation Division, Aircraft
Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 2200 South 216th
Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198;
telephone; 206–231–3365; email
Thuan.T.Nguyen@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
substance of these special conditions
has been published in the Federal
Register for public comment in several
prior instances with no substantive
comments received. Therefore, the FAA
finds, pursuant to 14 CFR 11.38(b), that
new comments are unlikely, and notice
and comment prior to this publication
are unnecessary.
Comments Invited
The FAA invites interested people to
take part in this rulemaking by sending
written comments, data, or views. The
most helpful comments reference a
specific portion of the special
conditions, explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data.
The FAA will consider all comments
received by the closing date for
comments. The FAA may change these
special conditions based on the
comments received.
Background
On March 17th, 2022, L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., applied for a
supplemental type certificate for the
installation of a digital system that
contains a wireless and hardwired
network with hosted application
functionality that allows access, from
sources internal to the airplane, to the
airplane’s internal electronic
components. The Bombardier Model
CL–600–2B16 (604 variant) airplane is a
twin-engine business jet with a
maximum takeoff weight of 47,600
pounds (21,591 Kg) and a maximum
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seating capacity of twenty passengers
and two crew members.
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR),
§ 21.101, L2 Consulting Services Inc.,
must show that the Bombardier Model
CL–600–2B16 (604 variant) airplane, as
changed, continues to meet the
applicable provisions of the regulations
listed in Type Certificate No. A21EA, or
the applicable regulations in effect on
the date of application for the change,
except for earlier amendments as agreed
upon by the FAA.
If the Administrator finds that the
applicable airworthiness regulations
(e.g., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain
adequate or appropriate safety standards
for the Bombardier Model CL–600–2B16
(604 variant) airplane, because of a
novel or unusual design feature, special
conditions are prescribed under the
provisions of § 21.16.
Special conditions are initially
applicable to the model for which they
are issued. Should the applicant apply
for a supplemental type certificate to
modify any other model included on the
same type certificate to incorporate the
same novel or unusual design feature,
these special conditions would also
apply to the other model under § 21.101.
In addition to the applicable
airworthiness regulations and special
conditions, the Bombardier Model CL–
600–2B16 (604 variant) airplane must
comply with the fuel-vent and exhaustemission requirements of 14 CFR part
34, and the noise-certification
requirements of 14 CFR part 36.
The FAA issues special conditions, as
defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance
with § 11.38, and they become part of
the type certification basis under
§ 21.101.
Novel or Unusual Design Feature
The Bombardier Model CL–600–2B16
(604 variant) airplane will incorporate
the following novel or unusual design
feature, which is the installation of a
digital system that contains a wireless
and hardwired network with hosted
application functionality that allows
access, from sources internal to the
airplane, to the airplane’s internal
electronic components.
Discussion
The Bombardier Model CL–600–2B16
(604 variant) airplane electronic system
architecture and network configuration
change is novel or unusual for
commercial transport airplanes because
it is composed of several connected
wireless and hardwired networks. This
proposed system and network
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architecture is used for a diverse set of
airplane functions, including:
• flight-safety related control and
navigation systems,
• airline business and administrative
support, and
• passenger entertainment.
The airplane’s control domain and
airline information services domain of
these networks perform functions
required for the safe operation and
maintenance of the airplane. Previously,
these domains had very limited
connectivity with other network
sources. This network architecture
creates a potential for unauthorized
persons to access the aircraft control
domain and airline information services
domain from sources internal to the
airplane, and presents security
vulnerabilities related to the
introduction of computer viruses and
worms, user errors, and intentional
sabotage of airplane electronic assets
(networks, systems, and databases)
critical to the safety and maintenance of
the airplane.
The existing FAA regulations did not
anticipate these networked airplanesystem architectures. Furthermore, these
regulations and the current guidance
material do not address potential
security vulnerabilities, which could be
exploited by unauthorized access to
airplane networks, data buses, and
servers. Therefore, these special
conditions ensure that the security (i.e.,
confidentiality, integrity, and
availability) of airplane systems will not
be compromised by unauthorized
hardwired or wireless electronic
connections from within the airplane.
These special conditions also require
the applicant to provide appropriate
instructions to the operator to maintain
all electronic-system safeguards that
have been implemented as part of the
original network design so that this
feature does not allow or reintroduce
security threats.
These special conditions contain the
additional safety standards that the
Administrator considers necessary to
establish a level of safety equivalent to
that established by the existing
airworthiness standards.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special
conditions are applicable to the
Bombardier Model CL–600–2B16 (604
variant) airplane. Should L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., apply at a later date for
a supplemental type certificate to
modify any other model included on
Type Certificate No. A21EA to
incorporate the same novel or unusual
design feature, these special conditions
would apply to that model as well.
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Conclusion
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
This action affects only a certain
novel or unusual design feature on the
Bombardier Model CL–600–2B16 (604
variant) airplane. It is not a rule of
general applicability and affects only
the applicant who applied to the FAA
for approval of this feature on the
airplane.
Federal Aviation Administration
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Authority Citation
The authority citation for these
special conditions is as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113,
44701, 44702, 44704.
The Special Conditions
Accordingly, pursuant to the
authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the following special
conditions are issued as part of the type
certification basis for the Bombardier
Model CL–600–2B16 (604 variant)
airplane for airplane electronic-system
internal access.
1. The applicant must ensure that the
design provides isolation from, or
airplane electronic-system security
protection against, access by
unauthorized sources internal to the
airplane. The design must prevent
inadvertent and malicious changes to,
and all adverse impacts upon, airplane
equipment, systems, networks, and
other assets required for safe flight and
operations.
2. The applicant must establish
appropriate procedures to allow the
operator to ensure that continued
airworthiness of the airplane is
maintained, including all post-typecertification modifications that may
have an impact on the approved
electronic-system security safeguards.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on
September 15, 2022.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Innovation Policy Branch
Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft
Certification Service.
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14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA–2022–1197; Special
Conditions No. 25–830–SC]
Special Conditions: L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., Bombardier Model CL–
600–2B16 (604 Variant) Airplane;
Electronic System Security Protection
From Unauthorized External Access
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final special conditions; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
These special conditions are
issued for the Bombardier Model CL–
600–2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This
airplane, as modified by L2 Consulting
Services, Inc., will have a novel or
unusual design feature when compared
to the state of technology envisioned in
the airworthiness standards for
airplanes. This design feature is
associated with the installation of an
electronic network system architecture
that will allow increased connectivity to
and access from external network
sources, (e.g., operator networks,
wireless devices, internet connectivity,
service provider satellite
communications, electronic flight bags,
etc.) to the airplane’s previously isolated
electronic assets (networks, systems,
and databases). The applicable
airworthiness regulations do not contain
adequate or appropriate safety standards
for this design feature. These special
conditions contain the additional safety
standards that the Administrator
considers necessary to establish a level
of safety equivalent to that established
by the existing airworthiness standards.
DATES: This action is effective on L2
Consulting Services, Inc., on September
21, 2022. Send comments on or before
November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by Docket No. FAA–2022–1197 using
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 25
[Docket No. FAA-2022-1198; Special Conditions No. 25-831-SC]
Special Conditions: L2 Consulting Services, Inc., Bombardier
Model CL-600-2B16 (604 Variant) Airplane; Electronic System Security
Protection From Unauthorized Internal Access
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Final special conditions; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for the Bombardier Model
CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. This airplane, as modified by L2
Consulting Services, Inc., will have a novel or unusual design feature
when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the
airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This design
feature is associated with the installation of a digital system that
contains a wireless and hardwired network with hosted application
functionality that allows access, from sources internal to the
airplane, to the airplane's internal electronic components. The
applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or
appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special
conditions contain the additional safety standards that the
Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety
equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
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DATES: This action is effective on L2 Consulting Services, Inc., on
September 21, 2022. Send comments on or before November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by Docket No. FAA-2022-1198 using
any of the following methods:
Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow the online instructions for sending
your comments electronically.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
Privacy: Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as
described in the following paragraph, and other information as
described in title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), Sec.
11.35, the FAA will post all comments received without change to
https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information you
provide. The FAA will also post a report summarizing each substantive
verbal contact received about these special conditions.
Confidential Business Information: Confidential Business
Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both
customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from
public disclosure. If your comments responsive to these special
conditions contain commercial or financial information that is
customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and
that is relevant or responsive to these special conditions, it is
important that you clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI.
Please mark each page of your submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN.''
The FAA will treat such marked submissions as confidential under the
FOIA, and the indicated comments will not be placed in the public
docket of these special conditions. Send submissions containing CBI to
Thuan T. Nguyen, Aircraft Information Systems, AIR-622, Technical
Innovation Policy Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft
Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South
216th Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198; telephone; 206-231-3365;
email [email protected]. Comments the FAA receives, which are not
specifically designated as CBI, will be placed in the public docket for
these special conditions.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov/ at any time. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the docket or go to Docket Operations in
Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thuan T. Nguyen, Aircraft Information
Systems, AIR-622, Technical Innovation Policy Branch, Policy and
Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, Washington 98198;
telephone; 206-231-3365; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The substance of these special conditions
has been published in the Federal Register for public comment in
several prior instances with no substantive comments received.
Therefore, the FAA finds, pursuant to 14 CFR 11.38(b), that new
comments are unlikely, and notice and comment prior to this publication
are unnecessary.
Comments Invited
The FAA invites interested people to take part in this rulemaking
by sending written comments, data, or views. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the special conditions, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data.
The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date for
comments. The FAA may change these special conditions based on the
comments received.
Background
On March 17th, 2022, L2 Consulting Services, Inc., applied for a
supplemental type certificate for the installation of a digital system
that contains a wireless and hardwired network with hosted application
functionality that allows access, from sources internal to the
airplane, to the airplane's internal electronic components. The
Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane is a twin-engine
business jet with a maximum takeoff weight of 47,600 pounds (21,591 Kg)
and a maximum seating capacity of twenty passengers and two crew
members.
Type Certification Basis
Under the provisions of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14
CFR), Sec. 21.101, L2 Consulting Services Inc., must show that the
Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane, as changed,
continues to meet the applicable provisions of the regulations listed
in Type Certificate No. A21EA, or the applicable regulations in effect
on the date of application for the change, except for earlier
amendments as agreed upon by the FAA.
If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness
regulations (e.g., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain adequate or
appropriate safety standards for the Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604
variant) airplane, because of a novel or unusual design feature,
special conditions are prescribed under the provisions of Sec. 21.16.
Special conditions are initially applicable to the model for which
they are issued. Should the applicant apply for a supplemental type
certificate to modify any other model included on the same type
certificate to incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature,
these special conditions would also apply to the other model under
Sec. 21.101.
In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special
conditions, the Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane
must comply with the fuel-vent and exhaust-emission requirements of 14
CFR part 34, and the noise-certification requirements of 14 CFR part
36.
The FAA issues special conditions, as defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in
accordance with Sec. 11.38, and they become part of the type
certification basis under Sec. 21.101.
Novel or Unusual Design Feature
The Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane will
incorporate the following novel or unusual design feature, which is the
installation of a digital system that contains a wireless and hardwired
network with hosted application functionality that allows access, from
sources internal to the airplane, to the airplane's internal electronic
components.
Discussion
The Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane electronic
system architecture and network configuration change is novel or
unusual for commercial transport airplanes because it is composed of
several connected wireless and hardwired networks. This proposed system
and network
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architecture is used for a diverse set of airplane functions,
including:
flight-safety related control and navigation systems,
airline business and administrative support, and
passenger entertainment.
The airplane's control domain and airline information services
domain of these networks perform functions required for the safe
operation and maintenance of the airplane. Previously, these domains
had very limited connectivity with other network sources. This network
architecture creates a potential for unauthorized persons to access the
aircraft control domain and airline information services domain from
sources internal to the airplane, and presents security vulnerabilities
related to the introduction of computer viruses and worms, user errors,
and intentional sabotage of airplane electronic assets (networks,
systems, and databases) critical to the safety and maintenance of the
airplane.
The existing FAA regulations did not anticipate these networked
airplane-system architectures. Furthermore, these regulations and the
current guidance material do not address potential security
vulnerabilities, which could be exploited by unauthorized access to
airplane networks, data buses, and servers. Therefore, these special
conditions ensure that the security (i.e., confidentiality, integrity,
and availability) of airplane systems will not be compromised by
unauthorized hardwired or wireless electronic connections from within
the airplane. These special conditions also require the applicant to
provide appropriate instructions to the operator to maintain all
electronic-system safeguards that have been implemented as part of the
original network design so that this feature does not allow or
reintroduce security threats.
These special conditions contain the additional safety standards
that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of
safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness
standards.
Applicability
As discussed above, these special conditions are applicable to the
Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. Should L2
Consulting Services, Inc., apply at a later date for a supplemental
type certificate to modify any other model included on Type Certificate
No. A21EA to incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature,
these special conditions would apply to that model as well.
Conclusion
This action affects only a certain novel or unusual design feature
on the Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604 variant) airplane. It is not a
rule of general applicability and affects only the applicant who
applied to the FAA for approval of this feature on the airplane.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Authority Citation
The authority citation for these special conditions is as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, 44704.
The Special Conditions
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the following special conditions are issued as part of
the type certification basis for the Bombardier Model CL-600-2B16 (604
variant) airplane for airplane electronic-system internal access.
1. The applicant must ensure that the design provides isolation
from, or airplane electronic-system security protection against, access
by unauthorized sources internal to the airplane. The design must
prevent inadvertent and malicious changes to, and all adverse impacts
upon, airplane equipment, systems, networks, and other assets required
for safe flight and operations.
2. The applicant must establish appropriate procedures to allow the
operator to ensure that continued airworthiness of the airplane is
maintained, including all post-type-certification modifications that
may have an impact on the approved electronic-system security
safeguards.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 15, 2022.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Innovation Policy Branch Policy and Innovation
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-20392 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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