RTCA Special Committee 159; Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Airborne Navigation Equipment Using Global Positioning System (GPS)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12514]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA Special Committee 159; Minimum Operational Performance 
Standards for Airborne Navigation Equipment Using Global Positioning 
System (GPS)

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is hereby given for a 
Special Committee 159 meeting to be held June 7-11, 1999, starting at 
9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    The agenda will be as follows:
    Specific Working Group Sessions: June 7: Working Group 1, Third 
Civil Frequency; Working Group 2C, Global Positioning System (GPS)/
Inertial; 1:30-4:30 p.m., Working Group 6, Interference. June 8: 
Working Group 4, Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III); 1:30-
4:30 p.m., Ad Hoc, Recommendation Support. June 9: Working Group 2, 
WAAS; Working Group 4, Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III). 
June 10: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Working Group 4, Precision Landing 
Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III); 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Working Group 5, 
Airport Surface Surveillance.
    June 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Plenary Session (continuing on June 11): 
(1) Chairman's Introductory Remarks; (2) Review/Approval of Minutes of 
Previous Meeting; (3) Review WG Progress and Identify Issues for 
Resolution: (a) GPS/Third Civil Frequency (WG-1); (b) GPS/WAAS (WG-2); 
(c) GPS/GLONASS (WG-2A); (d) GPS/Inertial (WG-2C); (e) GPS/Precision 
Landing Guidance (WG-4); (f) GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance (WG-5); 
(g) GPS/Interference (WG-6); (h) SC-159 Ad Hoc; (4) Review of EUROCAE 
Activities; (5) Review/Approval of Minimum Operational Performance 
Standards for Global Positioning System/Wide Area Augmentation System 
Airborne Equipment (DO-229B) and Minimum Operational Performance 
Standards for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Airborne 
Antenna Equipment (Change 1 to DO-228); (6) Assignment/Review of Future 
Work; (7) Other Business; (8) Date and Location of Next Meeting.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact Mr. Harold Moses, RTCA 
Program Director, at (202) 833-9339 (phone), (202) 833-9434 (fax), or 
hmoses@rtca.org (electronic mail). Members of the public may present a 
written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 1999.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 99-12514 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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