[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9248]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -
Situational Awareness for Safety Systems Requirements Team
Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Situational Awareness for Safety (SAS) focuses on: increasing
pilot situational awareness of self, others, and environment;
establishing enabling standards, specifications, and technologies for
Free Flight; and facilitating means and opportunities for affordable
avionics. The SAS concept increases the pilot awareness of position,
terrain, weather, and other information, through next-generation
avionics. SAS promotes more efficient, safe, and free use of airspace.
As a project, SAS teams the FAA critical players with industry to
implement the SAS concept through certification of affordable avionics
in all aircraft.
DATES: The meeting will be held May 7-8, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Annapolis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Cato, Crown Communications,
Inc., 1133 21st Street NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036; telephone
(202) 785-2600, extension 3020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. app. II), notice is
hereby given of a meeting to solicit information from the aviation
community concerning the standards and technical guidelines necessary
to certify affordable avionics for Free Flight applications. The
information is requested to assist the SAS Systems Requirement Team
(SAS-SRT) in its deliberations with regard to a task assigned to SAS-
SRT by the Federal Aviation Administration. Specifically the task is as
follows:
Develop guidance, standards, and procedures that will: foster
implementation of Situational Awareness for Safety (SAS) Systems;
develop standards for the manufacture of equipment, hardware, software,
and operational procedures; and coordinate validation of the SAS
concept. This information exchange will contribute to an environment
that will promote an efficient and safe National Airspace System.
Attendance is open to the interested public, but may be limited to
the space available. An agenda and background material will be provided
to all interested parties before the meeting. In addition, sign and
oral interpretation can be made available at the meeting, as well as an
assistive listening device, if requested 10 calendar days before the
meeting. Arrangements may be made by contacting the meeting coordinator
listed under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 1996.
James I. McDaniel,
Program Manager, Situational Awareness for Safety.
[FR Doc. 96-9248 Filed 4-12-96; 8:45 am]
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