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  QY2.9 (9/26/01) FAT-QCS-4

The supplier shall obtain First Article Approval (FAA) for this assembly or it's sub- components when a line item is included on this Purchase Order that requires the delivery of the final test report. The absence of this line item indicates that no FAA has been contracted or is required for this Purchase Order and a previous approval satisfies the Technical Data Package (TDP) requirements for FAA. First Article Approval will be granted upon successful completion of a First Article Inspection (FAI) and a First Article Test (FAT). Shipments under this Purchase Order prior to FAA are not allowed. FAI and FAT shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of the TDP drawing, QAR/QAP, production function/fabrication specification and/or military specification and this Purchase Order. Additional supplier instructions for FAI are contained within GDLS Supplier Instruction QCS 83-4 revision "F" dated July 2000 and for FAT within QCS-4 dated August 2001. Test sample selection shall be accomplished under the supervision of the Government. Government notification is required to allow test monitoring prior to test start (reference QCS-4, Section 4.2.1). Within 30 days of receiving the FAA requirement notification by activation of the FAA Purchase Order line item you must notify the GDLS Buyer of the test facility name, location, contact, phone number and purchase order/work authorization number.