The FAA has issued a notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203: Unmanned Aircraft Systems to be held at the RTCA Conference Rooms, in Washington on May 17-19, 2011. Here is the AGENDA:
Tuesday, May 17 Morning–Opening Plenary Session
- Welcome/Introductions and Administrative Remarks
- Approval of Summary of 17th Plenary Summary
- Plenary Presentations
- Chairperson/Leadership Updates
- Designated Federal Official (DFO) Update
- Work Plan Status
- Work Group Update
- Overview of Product Team Breakout Session
- Closing Plenary Session
- Plenary Adjourns
Mid-Morning/Afternoon–Workgroup Breakout Sessions
- Systems Engineering Workgroup
- Requirements Status and Overview
- AV2 Overview
- Control and Communications Workgroup
- Sense and Avoid Workgroup
- Ad Hoc Group Report
- Architecture Group Report
- Modelling and Simulation Group Report
- Safety Workgroup
- Ad Hoc Activities Update
Wednesday, May 18 All Day–Work Group Breakout Sessions
- Systems Engineering Workgroup
- Workgroup Support Discussion and Assignments
- Work Products and Schedule
- MASPS Discussion and Assignments
- OV6c for SA Deployment
- Control and Communications Workgroup
- Spectrum Paper Update
- Continuity Paper Update
- Availability Paper Updates
- Sense and Avoid Workgroup
- Discussion of MASPS contents and Organization
- Safety Workgroup
- Severity and Probability Definitions Status
- FHA Worksheet Review/Development
Thursday, May 19 Morning–Workgroup Breakout Session
- Systems Engineering Workgroup
- OV6c Continued
- Control and Communications Workgroup
- Modelling and Simulation
- Requirements Review
- Sense and Avoid Workgroup
- High-level algorithm requirements
- Schedule Update
- Safety Workgroup
- FHA worksheet Development
- Schedule Review and Update
Afternoon–1-2 p.m.
- Workgroup Back Briefs
- Other Business
- Date, Place, and Time for next Plenary
- Adjourn
Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, 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.
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.