Joint Hearing on GPS Reliability:
A Review of Aviation Industry Performance, Safety Issues
and Avoiding Potential New and Costly Government Burden
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Subcommittees on Aviation and
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
June 23, 2011
The committee received testimony from federal government and industry witnesses regarding LightSquared's mobile broadband internet infrastructure plans and concerns with GPS interference associated with those plans; the possible impacts on GPS reliability, NextGen, and aviation job creation; and the potential remedies to GPS interference.
Senior federal officials and industry representatives warned that the GPS interference from LightSquared's system could disrupt military, civil, and commercial operations nationwide, including aviation, shipping, search and rescue, E911, farming, and communications.
Witnesses
Panel 1
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The Honorable Roy Kienitz
Under Secretary for Policy
U.S. Department of Transportation
View testimony...
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Ms. Teresa Takai
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of Defense
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Rear Admiral Robert Day, Jr.
Assistant Commandant for C4I
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
View testimony...
Panel 2
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Ms. Margaret Jenny
President
RTCA, Inc. -
Mr. Phil Straub
Vice President of Aviation Engineering
Garmin International, Inc. -
Mr. Craig Fuller
President
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association -
Mr. Thomas Hendricks
Senior Vice President of Safety, Security and Operations
Air Transport Association -
Mr. Jeffrey Carlisle
Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy
LightSquared Subsidiary LLC
![Roy Kienitz testifying](kienitz.jpg)
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