[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8108-8109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


NextGen Solutions Vendors Guide

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for response.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth a request for responses from U.S. 
vendors capable of exporting goods or services for the implementation 
of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) solutions that 
meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation 
Organization's (ICAO) Aviation System Block Upgrade (ASBU) initiative. 
The NextGen solutions address the ICAO ASBU-designated performance 
improvement areas of: (a) Airport operations, (b) globally 
interoperable systems and data, (c) optimum capacity and flexible 
flights, and (d) efficient flight paths. In addition, this request 
seeks responses from (e) the knowledge and service providers who can 
facilitate these solutions. The International Trade Administration 
(ITA) of the Department of Commerce is developing a web-based NextGen 
Solutions Vendors Guide intended to be used by foreign air navigation 
service providers, airport operators, and governmental authorities to 
identify U.S. goods and services that can be used to help implement 
ICAO-consistent NextGen solutions. The guide will highlight the U.S. 
producers and suppliers who indicate that they have products that can 
be used to implement one or more of the listed NextGen solutions. The 
NextGen Solutions Vendors Guide will support the President's National 
Export Initiative by fostering export opportunities for the U.S. air 
navigation equipment and services industry.

DATES: U.S. vendors capable of exporting goods or services relevant to 
the NextGen solutions outlined above that are interested in 
participating in the NextGen Solutions Vendors Guide should self-
identify by March 29, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

ADDRESSES: Please indicate interest in participating in the NextGen 
Solutions Vendors Guide by post or email to the attention of Jonathan 
Alvear, Office of Transportation and Machinery, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. 
NW., Room 4036, Washington, DC 20230; 202-482-4125; email 
[email protected]. Electronic responses should be submitted in 
Microsoft Word format.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jonathan Alvear, Office of 
Transportation and Machinery (OTM), International Trade Administration, 
Room 4036, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. (Phone: 
202-482-4125; email: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The development of the NextGen Solutions 
Vendors Guide requires the identification of U.S. vendors capable of 
supplying relevant goods and services to foreign buyers. United States 
vendors of NextGen goods and services interested in being listed on the 
Vendors Guide Web site should submit their company's name, Web site 
address, contact information, and aviation solution category (or 
categories) of interest from the following list:

(a) Airport operations
    Example: Airport Accesibility--Optimization of Approach 
Procedures including vertical guidance
(b) Globally interoperable systems and data
    Example: Digital Aeronautical Information Management--Service 
Improvement through Integration of all Digital ATM Information
(c) Optimum capacity and flexible flights
    Example: Optimum Flight Levels--Improved Access to Optimum 
Flight Levels through Climb/Descent Procedures using ADS-B
(d) Efficient flight paths
    Example: Trajectory-Based Operations--Improved Safety and 
Efficiency through the initial application of Data Link En-Route
(e) Knowledge and service providers (related to aviation system 
upgrades)
    Example: Engineering Services

    More information on the four ICAO ASBU-designated performance 
improvement areas can be found at http://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Documents/ASBU.en.july%202012.pdf
    Responding to this notice will serve as a certification that the 
vendor named in the response is a United States exporter, as defined by 
15 U.S.C. 4721(j), and seeks to export NextGen solutions that fall 
within the category or categories indicated in the response.
    For purposes of this certification, ``United States exporter'' has 
the meaning found in 15 U.S.C. 4721(j), which provides: ``United States 
exporter means (A) a United States citizen; (B) a corporation, 
partnership, or other association created under the laws of the United 
States or of any State; or (C)

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a foreign corporation, partnership, or other association, more than 95 
percent of which is owned by persons described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), that exports, or seeks to export, goods or services produced in 
the United States.''
    Responding to this notice constitutes consent to participate in the 
Vendors Guide and to the public sharing of the vendor's name. It also 
constitutes consent to the inclusion of the name of the vendor on the 
Vendors Guide Web site. The vendor name will be listed next to the 
self-identified aviation solution category(ies) indicated in the 
response, along with a link to the vendor-specific Web site included in 
the response. No additional vendor information will be posted.
    The NextGen Solutions Vendors Guide is intended to refer users in 
foreign markets to U.S. producers and suppliers that seek to promote 
U.S. exports related to one or more of the listed NextGen solutions 
that can help to fulfill the requirements of the ICAO ASBU initiative. 
The Vendors Guide Web site will note that it is not an exhaustive list 
of all U.S. vendors in this sector and that listing on the web site 
does not constitute endorsement of the vendor or business or its 
products, services or technology by ITA. ITA reserves the right not to 
list any vendor.

    Dated: January 30, 2013.
Thomas Sobotta,
Director (Acting), Office of Transportation and Machinery.
[FR Doc. 2013-02406 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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