[Federal Register: March 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 51)]
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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 (Sat/Nav) infrastructure.

DATES: The Sat/Nav user forum public meeting will be held on April 6, 
1999, at the Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC, in the third-floor auditorium from 8:30 am to 12 
noon. Time will be made available for specific follow-on meetings, as 
necessary, in the afternoon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Millie Butler-Harris, Investment 
Analysis and Operations Research, ASD-400, at (202) 358-5399 and via 
e:mail at millie.butler-harris@faa.gov or Dr. Robert Rovinsky, the 
SatNav Investment Analysis Team Lead, ASD-410, at (202) 358-5212 and 
via e:mail at robert.rovinsky@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration is 
reviewing its plan to transition to a totally satellite-based 
navigation (Sat/Nav) infrastructure. A Sat/Nav public meeting 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 organizations an opportunity 
to review the preliminary results of the alternatives analysis led by 
the MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development 
(CAASD). This is the second in a series of three public meetings. The 
first one was held on February 25 to solicit comments on the 
alternatives analysis. The next public meeting is tentatively scheduled 
for May 19 to review the economic analysis and preliminary findings. 
The FAA investment analysis team will incorporate user information from 
these meetings 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 meeting 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 at www.faa.gov/asd.

    Issued in Washington, DC., on March 11, 1999.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 99-6520 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]
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