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[FR Doc No: 94-18393]


[Federal Register: July 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA, Inc.; RTCA Special Committee 185; Aeronautical Spectrum 
Planning Issues

    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I), notice is hereby given for the 
formation of a new Special Committee (185), Aeronautical Spectrum 
Planning Issues. The notice and the Terms of Reference are as follows:
    Subject: Invitation to participate in the work of Special Committee 
185, Aeronautical Spectrum Planning Issues.
    At its meeting held on July 13, 1994, the RTCA Technical Management 
Committee established SC-185 to develop Aeronautical Spectrum Planning 
Issues that would:
     investigate current and anticipated frequency allocation 
initiatives
     their potential impact on the aviation community
     recommend appropriate action
    Mr. Kris Hutchison of ARINC was appointed by the Technical 
Management Committee.
    The work of this committee will likely be of particular interest to 
airlines, the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, NTIA, 
FCC, business and general aviation, airport operators, communications 
equipment designers, manufacturers, suppliers and users.
    The Proposed Terms of Reference for the committee are enclosed for 
your reference. All interested individuals are invited to participate 
in this activity and are encouraged to attend the first meeting to be 
held on September 1-2, 1994 at the RTCA Conference Room, 1140 
Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC.

Proposed Terms of Reference

Aeronautical Spectrum Planning Issues

    On July 13, 1994, the RTCA Technical Management Committee 
established Special Committee 185 to review current aeronautical 
frequency allocations and to develop a spectrum to accommodate the 
operational and technical requirements associated with the evolving 
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance system. The CNS system is 
placing new demands on aviation spectrum resources and is changing the 
way existing systems utilize those resources. Therefore, the Special 
Committee shall:
     Identify existing aviation spectrum resources
     Determine the near-term and long-term civil aviation 
spectrum requirements
     Prepare the related technician and operational 
justification supporting the aeronautical frequency allocations
     Develop and propose recommended changes or additions to 
the International Radio Regulations as needed to satisfy such 
requirements.

Guidance

    The Special Committee in its work should:
    1. Review current requirements and associated frequency allocations 
for continuing validity both near and long term.
    2. Identify requirements for new or planned systems and concepts 
expected to come into being during the referenced time-frame and 
recommended specific areas of the spectrum resource needed to satisfy 
these requirements.
    3. Consider the political and regulatory implications, both 
domestic and international; of current and foreseen demands upon the 
aeronautical frequency spectrum as they may relate to forthcoming World 
Radio Conferences of the International Telecommunication Union, and 
recommend alternative strategies to satisfy such spectrum requirements 
at these conferences and in the domestic regulatory form.
    4. The committee should complete its work within ten months.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 1994.
Steve Zaidman,
Acting Designated Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-18393 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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