scope:

Objectives and Scope.

The objective of the advisory committee is to seek resolutions to issues and challenges involving air transportation concepts, requirements, operational capabilities, and the associated use of technology and related considerations to aeronautical operations that impact the future air traffic management system.

a. To achieve this, specific objectives include the following:

(1) Coalesce aviation system user and provider requirements in a manner that helps government and industry meet their common objectives and responsibilities.

(2) Analyze and recommend solutions to the challenges that the aviation community faces as it continues to increase safety, security, system capacity, and efficiency.

(3) Develop consensus on relevant solutions to meet user and provider requirements, including development of minimum operational performance standards for electronic systems and equipment that support aviation.

(4) Aid in developing the appropriate material on which to base U.S. positions for International Civil Aviation Organization, International Telecommunication Union, and other international organizations, when requested.

b. The RTCA provides the following two categories of recommendations:

(1) Broad-gauged policy and investment priority recommendations used by the FAA when considering for policy and program decisions.

(2) Performance standards, reports, and guidance documents used by the FAA in regulatory decisions and rulemaking. Government regulatory and procurement practices reference or use RTCA standards (with or without change). The RTCA recommendations are used in the private sector as the basis for development, investment, and other business decisions.

c. The advisory committee will not aid in the coordination or review of safety and certification issues, which are inherently governmental. This does not preclude the procedures and standards work above or efforts to streamline government and industry processes.

Purpose of This Order.

This order renews and forms the charter for using RTCA, Inc. (formerly Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) and some of its components as an advisory committee. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other Federal Government members of RTCA, Inc. would use parts of RTCA (for example, the Program Management Committee (PMC), Air Traffic Management (ATM) Advisory Committee and Special Committees) as an advisory committee. The advisory committee functions under Section 3 (2) (C) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C., App.