[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47258-47259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22775]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Link Decision

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of FAA Public Meetings on ADS-B Link Decision.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting to: (1) provide an update on the progress that has been made 
toward making a decision on the link architecture to be used for 
enabling Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) as a 
surveillance technology within the National Airspace System; and (2) to 
share with industry the results of the

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technical assessments that will be used by the FAA as the basis for 
making the decision on the ADS-B link architecture.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 19, 2001, from 9:00 am to 
2:20 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in conference rooms 6244-6248 on 
the sixth floor of the Department of Transportation Headquarters 
Building, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC. Meeting participants 
should use the entrance at the southeast corner of the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) Ron Jones, CNS Systems Branch, 
ADS-140, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 358-5345; e-mail 
[email protected]; Ms. Kelly Weathers, Management Assistant, ADS-
140, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 358-5271; fax (202) 358-4922; e-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This will be the third public meeting held 
by the FAA on the subject of the ADS-B link architecture decision. The 
first meeting was held on June 6, 2001, and the second on June 25-26, 
2001. The briefing materials from these prior ADS-B link decision 
meetings are available on the following website: http://adsb.tc.faa.gov/ADS-B/186-subf.htm. The purpose of the October 19, 
2001, meeting is to: (1) review the most recent results of the 
evaluations of the alternative ADS-B link technologies and 
architectures versus the required functional, performance and 
operational capabilities; (2) review the results of the economic 
assessments of the core set of alternate ADS-B link architecture 
scenarios. The meeting outcome will be to provide the aviation industry 
better insight into the factors that are expected to be the basis for 
the future FAA decision on the ADS-B link architecture. The agenda for 
the meeting will include:
     Introductions and Objectives
     Baseline ADS-B Requirements
     ADS-B Link Architecture Alternatives
     Overview of the Results of the Assessment of the 
Funcational/Performance/Operational Capabilities of the ADS-B Link 
Architecture Alternatives
     Overview of the Cost Benefit Analysis of Alternative ADS-B 
Link Architecture Scenarios
     Summary and Plans for Moving Forward with an ADS-B Link 
Architecture Decision
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. Persons wishing to attend or obtain information should 
contact the (2) person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section, and provide their name, company or organization, address, 
phone number, fax number and e-mail address.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2001.
John A. Scardina,
Director, FAA Office of System Architecture and Investment Analysis.
[FR Doc. 01-22775 Filed 9-10-01; 8:45 am]
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