[1] DCA-BR activities range from training, professional qualification, consultancy, regulation, acting with aerospace authorities, manufacturers, agents and users of the Civil and Military aviation sectors.
Among its goals, can be highlighted those related to the acquisition and dissemination of the knowledge and the experience accumulated in the process of implementing aeronautical and space certification systems, with international recognition, in emergent countries from Latin America and Asia, notably in Brazil.
[1] The DCA-BR mission is to contribute for the development, disseminating and maintenance of knowledge acquired in certification, flight safety and environment protection, in the aeronautical and space fields.
[2] The DCA-BR vision is to be recognized as a national and international reference as possessing and disseminating knowledge related to certification, flight safety and environmental protection, in the aeronautical and space fields, developing its activities in an autonomous and sustainable manner.
Such activity is of exclusive responsibility of the Country's primary airworthiness authorities (in Brazil, ANAC for civil aviation, and CTA/IFI for the military and defense sectors).
The organization's role is to perform consultancy on aeronautical products and projects, orienting aircraft and equipment certification, compliance methods and airworthiness regulations.
DCA-BR offers consultancy on many aeronautical subjects to private companies, governmental organizations and civil aviation authorities in Brazil and other countries.
The main customer of DCA-BR, currently, is ANAC, consisting fundamentally of the technical training and development of new and old Agency's employees, besides the specialized technical consultancy in products certification, operational safety and airworthiness regulation [2] DCA-BR undertakes negotiations with private companies and organizations of the public administration (Federal administration and local States), aiming at new partnerships and long-term, autonomous existence.
Among on-going business, it can be mentioned several advisory for air transport companies, aircraft design offices, maintenance shops, training, and organization of specific workshops.