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The Aircraft Electronics Association's international membership continues to grow. Currently, the AEA represents avionics
businesses in more than 40 countries throughout the world. To better serve the needs of the AEA's international membership,
the "International News and Regulatory Updates" section of Avionics News offers a greater focus on international regulatory
activity, international industry news and an international "Frequently Asked Questions" column to help promote standardization.
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UNITED STATES

News & Regulatory Updates
ADS-B Out Rebate Program
On June 6, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration
announced its intent to launch a rebate program to emphasize the urgent need for pilots to comply with Automatic
Dependent Surveillance Broadcast-Out requirements
ahead of the Jan. 1, 2020, compliance deadline. This
program will defray costs associated with the ADS-B
equipment and installation for eligible general aviation
aircraft, and help ensure that all general aviation aircraft
are equipped by the compliance date.
It is the FAA's intent that this limited-time rebate will
provide an incentive for early retrofitting, but it also is
intended to emphasize the urgent need for pilots to comply
with ADS-B Out requirements ahead of 2020.
Section 221 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act
of 2012 provided the FAA with the authority to establish
an incentive program for equipping general aviation and
commercial aircraft with communications, surveillance,
navigation and other avionics equipment. Thus, the FAA
is establishing an initiative (the ADS-B Rebate Program)
to address the rate of general aviation equipage by incentivizing those aircraft owners who are affected by the
ADS-B Out requirements and are the most price sensitive
to the cost of avionics and the associated installation. The
ADS-B Rebate Program will provide a one-time $500
rebate to an aircraft owner to defray some of the cost of
an ADS-B Out system meeting the program eligibility
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requirements. The rebates will be available on a firstcome, first-served basis.
The FAA, with input from industry partners (Aircraft
Electronics Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association, and General Aviation Manufacturers
Association), designed the rebate program targeting specific
eligibility requirements for avionics, aircraft types and aircraft owners. The eligibility requirements are as follows:
* Eligible avionics - Technical Standard Ordercertified Version 2 ADS-B Out system, purchased
on or after June 8, 2016. Such equipment must
have a TSO marking for TSO-C154c, or TSOC166b, or both. Eligible ADS-B Out system
equipment may have an embedded position source
compliant with one of the following TSOs: TSOC-145c (or subsequent versions), TSO-C146c (or
subsequent versions), or may be connected to a
separate position source compliant with TSO-C145c (or subsequent versions) or TSO-C146c (or
subsequent versions). Any separate position source
must comply with the guidance published in FAA
Advisory Circular 20-165B. ADS-B In/Out systems compliant with TSO-C154c, TSO-C166b, or
both, also are eligible.
* Eligible aircraft - Only U.S.-registered, fixed-wing
single-engine piston aircraft first registered before
Jan. 1, 2016, are eligible for the program. This
eligibility will be determined via the FAA Civil
Aircraft Registry. Program eligibility also requires
permanent installation of new avionics equipment
in a single aircraft in compliance with applicable
FAA regulations and guidance material.
* Aircraft owner - Program eligibility is limited to

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