2017 Federal Radionavigation Plan

The purpose of the Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) is to describe the U.S. Government’s (USG) roles, responsibilities, and policies applicable to positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems. It describes PNT user requirements, operating plans, and a national architecture that serves as a framework to advance United States Government (USG) provided PNT systems. This plan highlights the importance of the supporting infrastructure necessary to implement and maintain future PNT services, addresses known capability gaps, and articulates initiatives to close those gaps (or mitigate their effects). It does this by guiding future PNT capabilities that will sustain U.S. military, civil, and scientific activities through the mid-21st century or longer; motivating studies, analyses, and assessments for the development, demonstration, implementation, and security of PNT technology; and providing a coordinated framework to inform USG investment decisions regarding PNT. This plan encompasses terrestrial- and space-based, common-use, federally operated PNT systems including: Global Positioning System (GPS); Augmentations to GPS; Instrument Landing System (ILS); Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range (VOR); Distance Measuring Equipment (DME); Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN); Aeronautical Nondirectional Beacon (NDB); Internet Time Service (ITS); Radio Station WWVB signal; Two-Way Satellite Time Transfer (TWSTT); and Network Time Protocol (NTP). Contents include: Introduction, Roles and Responsibilities, Policy, PNT User requirements, Operating plans, and PNT Architecture Assessment and Evolution.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32801
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Defense

  1400 Wilson Boulevard
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209

  Department of Homeland Security

  Washington, DC  United States  20528

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 217p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distance measuring equipment; Global Positioning System; Instrument landing systems; Policy; Radio navigation; Tactical air navigation system; Transportation planning; Very high frequency omnidirectional radio range
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01647969
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-OST-R-15-01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 2 2017 4:31PM