NATIONAL SPACE-BASED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING [PNT]
ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA
Fourth Meeting
October 16-17, 2008
Gallery II – Second Floor
Hilton Arlington
950 North Stafford Street
Arlington, Virginia 22203
(Ballston-MU Metro – Orange Line)
Thursday, October 16
9:00 – 9:05
BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order & Welcome
Ms. Diane Rausch, NASA
PNT Board Executive Director
9:05 – 09:15
Introductions, Announcements, & Agenda
What we want to accomplish – Preparing for
Report to PNT EXCOM on November 5
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
9:15 – 09:45
U.S. Update on GPS, PNT Policy, & PNT EXCOM Mr. Michael Shaw, Director - National
PNT EXCOM Expectations, Transition Planning
Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT
9:45 – 10:15
U.S. International Initiatives
Update on Intl. Committee on GNSS (ICG)
Galileo, GLONASS, & COMPASS
10:15 – 10:30
International Member Regional Updates (at member’s discretion)
 Gerhard Beutler (CH)
International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Switzerland
 Arve Dimmen (NO)
Maritime Safety of the Norwegian Coastal Administration
 Hiroshi Nishiguchi (JP)
Secretary General of the Japan GPS Council
 Richard Smith (UK)
International Association of Institutes of Navigation
10:30 – 10:45
BREAK
10:45 – 11:10
GPS in the National Airspace System
WAAS, LAAS, and ADS-B
Leo Eldredge, SatNav Program Manager
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
11:10 – 11:30
GPS Space Service Volume (SSV)
New Capabilities for Space Users
Dr. Michael Moreau, Constellation Program
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
11:30 – 11:50
GPS and Homeland Security
John Merrill, Manager
Interference Detection & Mitigation (IDM) DHS Geospatial Management Office
Implementation Strategy – Central Data Repository
And Interference Analysis
11:50 – 12:00
Morning Session Discussion & Announcements
12:00 – 1:00
LUNCH
1:00 – 1:30
Pseudolites - Augmenting GPS in Regions
of Reduced Geometric Availability
Mr. Dave Turner, Deputy Director
Space and Advanced Technology
U.S. State Department
All
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
Stanford University
1:30 – 1:50
Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS)
Advantages of a MEOSAR System
Chris O’Conners, NOAA
SARSAT Program Manager
1:50 – 2:30
Civil Input to GPS III
IFOR Update - SLR & DASS Examples
2:30 – 2:45
BREAK
2:45 – 3:30
“Big 5” and Civilian Service
Panel Findings
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
Stanford University
3:30 - 4:00
Future GPS & Free Services
PNT Policy “Lessons Learned”
Dr. Scott Pace, Director
Space Policy Institute, GWU
4:00 – 4:45
Getting to 30+ satellites
Panel Discussion – Next Steps
All
4:45 – 5:00
Afternoon “Wrap-Up” Discussion & Announcements
5:00
ADJOURNMENT
Hank Skalski, Civil Liaison, AF Space Command
Col. Dave Buckman, USAF, AF Space Command
Friday, October 17
9:00 – 9:05
BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order – Good Morning
9:05 – 10:15
Board Recommendations 2007-08
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair
Messages for the Transition Team
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair
 Review PNT Board Report Summary
& prepare for PNT EXCOM Briefing
 Address critical Panel issues and positions that
should be included in the Administration transition plan
10:15 – 10:30
BREAK
10:30 – 11:30
Transitioning & Strengthening the PNT Advisory Board
All
 Discuss changes that could be made to the PNT
Board Panel structure and processes to be more effective
 Panel Work Assignments - Preparation for 2009 -10
11:30 – 1:00
WORKING LUNCH – PNT Advisory Board “Wrap-Up” Discussions
1:00
ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Diane Rausch, NASA
PNT Board Executive Director
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ACRONYMS
ADS-B:
AFSPC:
CH:
COMPASS:
DASS:
DHS:
EXCOM:
FAA:
GLONASS:
GNSS:
GPS:
GWU:
IAG:
ICG:
IDM:
IFOR:
IN:
JP:
LAAS:
MEOSAR:
NASA:
NO:
NOAA:
PNT:
SARSAT:
SATNAV:
SLR:
USAF:
UK:
U.S.:
WAAS:
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
Air Force Space Command
Switzerland
Beidou-2 Satellite Navigation and Positioning System
Distress Alerting Satellite System
Department of Homeland Security
National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT
Federal Aviation Administration
GLObal'naya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema
Global Navigation Satellite System
Global Positioning System
The George Washington University
International Association of Geodesy
International Committee on GNSS
Interference Detection & Mitigation
Interagency Forum for Operational Requirements
India
Japan
Local Area Augmentation System
Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue Satellites
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Norway
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Positioning, Navigation, & Timing
Satellite Aided Search and Rescue
Satellite Navigation
Satellite Laser Retro-Reflectors
United States Air Force
United Kingdom
United States
Wide Area Augmentation System
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