FAA TSO C109 PDF

a. Applicability.

(1) Minimum Performance Standard. This Technical Standard Order (TSO) prescribes the minimum performance standard that airborne navigation data storage systems must meet in order to be identified with the applicable TSO marking. Models of airborne navigation data storage systems that are manufactured on or after the date of this TSO must meet the applicable standard set forth in Global Systems, Inc., document "Minimum Performance Standard (MPS) for the Airborne Navigation Data Storage/Systems," dated March 31, 1983.

(2) Environmental Standard. Global Systems, Inc., document "Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) for the Airborne Navigation Data Storage Systems," incorporates as a reference Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) Document No. DO-160B, "Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment," dated July 1984.