
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71183-71184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29297]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


23rd Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary: 
AIS and MET Data Link Services

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary: 
AIS and MET Data Link Services meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a 
meeting of RTCA Special Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 Plenary: AIS and 
MET Data Link Services.

DATES: The meeting will be held December 14-16, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., 
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 
Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 833-9339; fax (202) 
833-9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice 
is hereby given for a RTCA Special Committee 206: EUROCAE WG 76 
Plenary: AIS and MET Data Link Services meeting. The agenda will 
include:
     Special Committee (SC) 206, Aeronautical Information and 
Meteorological Data Link Services, is finishing it's work on the Safety 
and Performance Requirements for Aeronautical Information Services 
(AIS) and Meteorological (MET) Data Link Services and a revised Terms 
of Reference (TOR) for SC-206 has been approved by the RTCA Program 
Management Committee. A brief description of the document deliverables 
called out in the revised SC-206 TOR is provided below to inform 
industry decisions relating to SC-206 participation.
     These deliverables not only provide data link independent 
Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) data 
link standards and guidelines, but also guidance to RTCA Special 
Committees that may be developing data link specific standards for AIS 
and MET data link services. In addition to a Minimum Aviation System 
Performance Standards (MASPS) for Flight Information Services-Broadcast 
(FIS-B) Data Link, RTCA DO-267A, revision and an AIS and MET Data Link 
MASPS, that defines the system-level requirements to provide for data 
driven intended functional use of AIS/MET data link information as the 
normal (or primary) means for cockpit receipt, a Concept of Use for AIS 
and MET Data Link Services and an AIS and MET Services Delivery 
Architecture Recommendations are included in the TOR deliverables.
     The Concept of Use for AIS and MET Data Link Services 
document includes, in a data-link independent manner, AIS and MET 
services to the aircraft and MET data link services from the aircraft 
to ground, to provide a common operating picture for evolving global 
ATM concepts. The AIS and MET Services Delivery Architecture 
Recommendations deliverable is a holistic, data-link-agnostic technical 
analysis of delivery methods to and from the aircraft with respect to 
the operational and safety requirements for AIS and MET services and 
provides recommended alternatives for AIS and MET data delivery 
architectures. The Concept of Use and Delivery Architectures document 
will inform the AIS and MET Data Link MASPS on its scope and content 
and help determine whether a revision to the Minimum Interoperability 
Standards (MIS) for

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Automated Meteorological Transmission (AUTOMET), RTCA DO-252, may be 
required. See attached Agenda for Meeting  23 schedule.

14 December--Tuesday

     9 a.m.--Opening Plenary
      Chairmen's remarks and Host's comments
      Introductions, approval of previous meeting minutes, 
review and approve meeting agenda
      Schedule for this week
      Action Item Review
      SC Revised TOR Background and Plan--Chairmen
      Working Group 1, Wake Vortex, Air Traffic Management, and 
Weather Applications, WG1 Chairmen
      Working Group 2, AIS Uplink and MET Uplink, Downlink, and 
Crosslink, Concept of Use--WG2 Chairmen
      Working Group 3, AIS and MET Services Delivery 
Architecture Recommendations--WG3 Chairmen
     1 p.m. WG1, WG2, and WG3 Meetings

15 December--Wednesday

     9 a.m. WG1, WG2, and WG3 Meetings

16 December--Thursday

     9 a.m. WG1, WG2, and WG3 Meetings
     2 p.m. Plenary Session
      SAE G-10--Gary Livack
      Working Group Reports
      Action Item Review
     Other Business
     Meeting Plans and Dates
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairmen, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 2010.
Robert L. Bostiga,
RTCA Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2010-29297 Filed 11-19-10; 8:45 am]
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