[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1741]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Seventy-Eighth Meeting--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 (GPS).

DATES: The meeting will be held February 9-13, 2008, 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. The agenda will 
include:

February 9

     Work Group Sessions, Half Day, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Working 
Group 2B, GPS L1 Only MOPS, MacIntosh-NBAA Room & Hilton-ATA Room.

February 10

     All Day, Working Group 2B, GPS L1 Only MOPS, ARINC Room.
     All Day, Working Group 2, GPS/WAAS), MacIntosh-NBAA Room & 
Hilton-ATA Room.

February 11

     All Day, Working Group 2B, GPS L1 Only MOPS, MacIntosh-
NBAA Room & Hilton-ATA Room.
     All Day, Working Group 2C, GPS/Inertial, Colson Board 
Room.

February 12

     All Day, Working Group 4, Precision Landing Guidance (GPS/
LAAS), MacIntosh-NBAA Room & Hilton-ATA Room.

February 13

     Open Plenary (Chairman's Introductory Remarks, Approval of 
Summary of the Seventy-Sixth Meeting held April 18, 2008, RTCA Paper 
No. 204-08/SC159-967).
     Review Working Group (WG) Progress and Identify Issues for 
Resolution
     GPS/3nd Civil Frequency (WG-1)
     GPS/WAAS (WG-2)
     GPS/GLONASS (WG-2A)
     GPS/L1 Only MOPS (WG-2B)
     GPS/Inertial (WG-2C)
     GPS/Precision Landing Guidance and (WG-4)
     GPS/Airport Surface Surveillance (WG-5)
     GPS/Interference (WG-6)
     GPS/Antennas (WG-7)
     GPS/GRAS (WG-8)
     Review of EUROCAE Activities.
     Consider for Approval, Revised DO-253B--Minimum 
Operational Performance Standards for GPS Local Area Augmentation 
System Airborne Equipment, RTCA Paper No. 202-08/SC159-965.
     Consider for Approval, Revised DO-246C--GNSS Based 
Precision Approach Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS), RTCA Paper 
No. 203-08/SC159-966.
     Closing Plenary Session (Assignment/Review of Future Work, 
Other, 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 January 16, 2009.
Francisco Estrada C.,
RTCA Advisory Committee.
 [FR Doc. E9-1741 Filed 1-27-09; 8:45 am]
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