99-3357. Notice of Public Meeting; Satellite-Based Navigation User Forum

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3357]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Public Meeting; Satellite-Based Navigation User Forum

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of System Architecture 
and Investment Analysis.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of System 
Architecture and Investment Analysis (ASD) will hold a forum to obtain 
information from the aviation user community as part of the investment 
analysis process to determine navigation alternatives as we transition 
to a satellite-based navigation (SatNav) infrastructure.

DATES: The SatNav User Forum will be held on February 25, 1999, at the 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC., in the third-floor auditorium from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. Time will be made available for specific follow-on meetings, as 
necessary, on the following day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Millie Butler-Harris, Investment 
Analysis and Operations Research, ASD-400, at [phone] and via e-
mail at [e-mail] or Dr. Robert Rovinsky, the SatNav 
Investment Analysis Team Lead, ASD-410, at [phone] and via e-
mail at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration is 
reviewing its plan to transition to a totally satellite-based 
navigation (SatNav) infrastructure. A SatNav User Forum is planned to 
obtain input from the aviation community as the FAA considers 
alternatives and develops a business case for a particular approach to 
navigation within the Nation's airspace.
    At this meeting, the FAA will provide: an overview of the SatNav 
Investment Analysis Plan and Approach, an Architecture Perspective, and 
a Review of Candidate Alternatives. A panel discussion and breakout 
sessions will further explore user input and exchange of information. 
Additional forums will be scheduled to review the alternatives analysis 
(in March or April 1999) and to review the economic analysis and 
preliminary findings (in April or May 1999). The FAA investment 
analysis team will incorporate user information from these forums into 
the investment analysis process leading to an FAA Joint Resources 
Council investment decision by the end of June 1999.
    The public is invited to attend the meetings as observers and/or to 
provide comment during the breakout sessions. Requests to attend this 
meeting and to obtain information should be directed to the contact 
persons listed above. Additional information will be posted on the 
internet after February 12 at www.faa.gov/asd.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 5, 1999.
Janice L. Peters,
Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 99-3357 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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