[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9647]


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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 April 27-May 1, 1998, starting 
at 9 a.m. on April 27. The meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140 
Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    The agenda will be as follows:
    Specific Working Group Sessions: April 27: Working Group (WG)-2, 
WAAS, Rooms A and B; WG-4B Airport Surface Surveillance, Room C; April 
28: WG-4A, Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III), Rooms A and 
B; WG-2, WAAS, Room C; April 29: WG-4A, Precision Landing Guidance 
(LAAS CAT I/II/III), Rooms A and B; WG-2, WAAS, Room C; WG-2A, GPS/
GLONASS, Room D, 9 a.m.-12 noon; WG-2C, GPS/Inertial, Room D, 1 p.m.-
4:30 p.m.; April 30: WG-4A, Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/
III), Rooms A and B, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
    Plenary Session Agenda, April 30, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Rooms A and 
B; May 1, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Rooms A and B: (1) Chairman's Introductory 
Remarks; (2) Review/Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting; (3) Review 
WG Progress and Identify Issues for Resolution: (a) GPS/WAAS (WG-2); 
(b) GPS/GLONASS (WG-2A); (c) GPS/Inertial (WG-2C); (d) GPS/Precision 
Landing Guidance and Airport Surface Surveillance (WG-4); (e) 
Interference (WG-6); (4) Review of EUROCAE Activities; (5) Review/
Approval of Proposed Final Drafts: MASPS for LAAS Cat I/II/III, 
Interface Control Document for LAAS, and Change 3 to RTCA/DO-229; (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 
http://www.rtca.org (web site). Members of the public may present a 
written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 7, 1998.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 98-9647 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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