[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55266-55267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7830]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System (GPS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special Committee 159 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System.

DATES: The meeting will be held October 9-13, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. (unless stated otherwise).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., 
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 833-9339; fax (202) 
833-9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Note: Specific 
working group sessions will be held October 9-13. October 9 is Columbus 
Day (USA). There will be no scheduled activities. The plenary agenda 
will include:

 October 13:
 Opening Plenary Session (Welcome and Introductory Remarks, 
Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting).
 Review Working Group (WG) Progress and Identify Issues for 
Resolution.
     Global Positioning System (GPS)/3rd Civil Frequency (WG-
1).
     GPS/Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) (WG-2).
     GPS/GLONASS (WG-2A).
     GPS/Inertial (WG-2C).
     GPS/Precision Landing Guidance (WG-4).
     GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance (WG-5).
     GPS/Interference (WG-6).
     GPS/Antennas (WG-7).

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 GPS/GRAS (WG-8).
 Review of EUROCAE activities.
 Review Final Review and Comment Status of DO-229C Revision.
 Consider for Approval--new document--Minimum Operational 
Performance Standards for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 
Airborne Active Antenna Equipment for the L1 Frequency Band, RTCA Paper 
No. 192-06/SC-159-941.
 Closing Plenary Session (Assignment/Review of Future Work, 
Other Business, Date and Place of Next Meeting).
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairmen, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2006.
Francisco Estrada C.,
RTCA Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 06-7830 Filed 9-20-06; 8:45 am]
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