AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of meetings.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces the 2016 meetings of the Equip 2020 Plenary and Working Groups. Equip 2020 is a joint FAA and Industry group tasked with moving forward significantly on ADS-B Out implementation. Formed as a result of the Call to Action held October 28, 2014, Equip 2020 was given 32 tasks, reflecting barriers to implementation, which forms the basis of our agendas and discussions.
DATES:
Meeting 1 will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.; meeting 2 will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.; and meeting 3 will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting 1 will be held at RTCA, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. Meetings 2 and 3 will be held at Helicopter Association International, 1920 Ballenger Ave., Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elisabeth Auld, Program Support—FAA AVS Safety Technical Support Services Flight Technologies and Procedures Division; Email: Elisabeth.ctr.auld@faa.gov, Phone: 202-267-4976.
More information on ADS-B Out can be found at https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Procedures
(a) Meeting attendance is by invitation only, and is generally limited to those that have participated in previous meetings or are a proxy from their organization.
(b) All meetings start at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each meeting.
(c) Equip 2020 meetings generally start with 2 hours of Plenary briefings/discussion, 2-3 hours of working group meetings and 1-2 hours of Plenary for working group out briefs. Working groups are currently: Air Carrier Equipage, General Aviation Equipage and Engagement, Benefits and ADS-B In and Installation and Approvals.
(d) Contact Elisabeth Auld (elisabeth.ctr.auld@faa.gov) to request an invitation. There are no plans for telecon/webex access to these meetings.
(e) The meetings will not be formally recorded. However, minutes are posted approximately 2-3 weeks after the meeting on the Equip 2020 SharePoint site https://avssp.faa.gov/avs/afs400/EQUIP2020/SitePages/Equip2020.aspx.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9665, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2nd, 2016.
Mark Steinbicker,
Assistant Manager, Flight Technologies and Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-10751 Filed 5-5-16; 8:45 am]
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