[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10149]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Request for Comments on GPS-Modernization
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy is seeking
comments on the planning for the future of the Global Positioning
System (GPS).
DATES: The input must be received by close of business (COB) Thursday,
May 15, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The submissions should be made to the attention of Hank
Skalski: (mail) US DOT--HQ AFSPC/DRFN, 150 Vandenberg St., Suite 1105,
Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-4590; (e-mail) hskalski@spacecom.af.mil; or
(fax) (719) 554-9604. Information and comments may be made via the
World Wide Web at: http//:www.navcen.uscg.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hank Skalski: (mail) US DOT--HQ AFSPC/
DRFN, 150 Vandenberg St., Suite 1105, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-4590; (e-
mail) hskalski@spacecom.af.mil; telephone (719) 554-2570, and facsimile
(719) 554-9604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a
dual use (military and civil) space-based radionavigation system,
providing navigation, positioning, and timing services. The US Air
Force has begun an effort to develop a Future Worldwide Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing System Capstone Requirements Document (CRD) to
address the near, mid, and far term modernization of the GPS. The CRD
is an over-arching document that will identify ``performance-based,
operational requirements'' that address military and civil navigation,
positioning, and timing needs for GPS or future space-based navigation
systems. The Air Force requested DOT to coordinate the civil sector CRD
input. The requirements in the CRD will be reviewed and ranked to
develop an Acquisition Master Plan.
This request for information seeks data related to the formulation
of the civil performance-based, operational requirements which will be
used to derive future GPS technical, operational, and management
characteristics. Input should consider a system of systems approach and
address all segments of the basic GPS, as well as related applications/
systems. Submission of data is requested no later than May 15, 1997,
and should be made to the attention of Hank Skalski: (mail) US DOT--HQ
AFSPC/DRFN, 150 Vandenberg St., Suite 1105, Peterson AFB, CO, 80914-
4590; (e-mail) hskalski@spacecom.af.mil; (fax) 719-554-9604; or via the
World Wide Web at: http//:www.navcen.uscg.mil. All inputs should
include contact information.
Issued in Washington, DC on April 11, 1997.
Joseph F. Canny,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Department of
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-10149 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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