---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 437.5"
title: "14"
number: "437.5"
heading: "Eligibility for an experimental permit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/437.5"
---

# §437.5. Eligibility for an experimental permit.


The FAA will issue an experimental permit to a person to launch or reenter a reusable suborbital vehicle only for—

- (a) Research and development to test design concepts, equipment, or operating techniques;
- (b) A showing of compliance with requirements for obtaining a license under this subchapter; or
- (c) Crew training for a launch or reentry using the design of the reusable suborbital vehicle for which the permit would be issued.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437- 4, 89 FR 76726, Sept. 19, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Doc. No. FAA-2023-1656, Amdt. No. 437- 4, 89 FR 76726, Sept. 19, 2024]