[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10522]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Industry Day Briefings--Information on the New Global Positioning 
System (GPS) L2 and L5 Civil Signals

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Notice, announcement of opportunity to attend.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces Global Positioning System (GPS) L2/L5 
Civil Signal Industry Day on May 2, 2001. The L2 briefing will be from 
9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at which the GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) will 
provide information on the new civil signal being planned for the GPS 
L2 frequency (1227.60 MHz). Additional GPS L5 Civil Signal briefings 
will be presented from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at which the GPS JPO will 
provide additional information on the new civil signal being planned 
for the GPS L5 (1176.45 MHz) frequency. Information presented at this 
Industry Day may be important to those involved in the development, 
production or support of satellite navigation products and services for 
the civil and military markets.
    The morning L2 agenda includes: Overview of GPS Modernization 
Program; Benefits of a new L2 Civil Signal; Technical Description of 
the Planned Design; Laboratory Implementation of the New L2 Civil 
Signal; Question and Answer Session. The afternoon L5 agenda includes: 
Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) Process and Procedures 
Description; Benefits and Technical Description of the new L5 Civil 
Signal; Laboratory Implementation of the L5 Signal; Question and Answer 
Session.
    Both sessions will be held in Building A-1, Conference Room 1062 of 
the Aerospace Corporation offices, 2350 El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, 
CA 90245. The Industry Day conference is unclassified and formal visit 
requests are not necessary for U.S. citizens, although picture 
identification is required. For Foreign Nationals traveling on a VISA, 
please provide advance notification of your attendance, including the 
government or industry you represent to: Veronique Benjamins (SAIC), 
Phone (310) 363-6515, Fax (310) 363-1581. To expedite check-in security 
procedures, all attendees should provide email notification to: 
Veronique.Benjamins@ LOSANGELES.AF.MIL. Please include the words, ``L2/
L5 Civil Signal Industry Day Attendee'' in the subject line of your 
email. The A-1 conference room allows participation for about 200 
attendees and seating will be on a first come basis. The Government 
will not pay for any costs associated with attending this briefing or 
for any information.

ADDRESSES: JPO Point of Contact: SMC/CZER, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467, 
El Segundo, CA 90245-4659, ATTN: First Lieutenant Reginald C. Victoria.

DATES: If you intend to participate in these meetings, please submit 
your notification not later than April 27, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Veronique Benjamins, (310) 363-
6515, or Lieutenant Commander Richard Fontana, USCG, (310) 363-1703, 
GPS Deputy Program Manager, Department of Transportation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Global Positioning System employs a constellation of 24 
satellites to provide continuously transmitted positioning/navigation 
signals for use with appropriately configured GPS user equipment. The 
GPS satellite vehicles transmit signals at the L2 and L5 (future) 
frequencies to allow GPS user equipment to perform its positioning and 
navigation functions. The civilian and military communities employ the 
Global Positioning System.

Janet A. Long,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-10522 Filed 4-24-01; 3:25 pm]
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