FAA certification affects a program’s schedule, budget, and risk long before first article. Most delays don’t come from the engineering itself. They come from gaps in planning, documentation, and conformity that surface too late to fix cheaply.

Re:Build’s FAA Certification Guidance lays out the path in practical terms: what the FAA expects at each stage, where programs commonly stall, and how early design and manufacturing decisions shape what follows. It draws on our team’s experience building aerospace hardware for commercial and defense programs.