RTCA

Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, Inc.

Contents

1 History 2 RTCA Committees 3 RTCA made documents (mostly standards) 4 A sampling of their domestic membership: 5 External Links

History

RTCA, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues.

Organized in 1935 as the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, RTCA today includes roughly 250 government, industry and academic organizations from the United States and around the world.

RTCA Committees

• Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee
• SC-202 Portable Electronic Devices
• SC-201 Aeronautical Operational Control (AOC) Message Hazard Mitigation (AMHM)
• SC-200, Modular Avionics
• SC-197, Rechargeable and Starting Batteries
• SC-196, Night Vision Goggles
• SC-193, Terrain and Airport Data Bases
• SC-189, Air Traffic Services Safety and Interoperability Requirements (ATS SIR)
• SC-186, Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B)
• SC-172, VHF Air-Ground Communication
• SC-159, Global Positioning System (GPS)
• SC-147, Traffic Alert And Collision Avoidance (TCAS)
• SC-135, Environmental Testing (DO-160D)
• RTCA PMC, Program Management Committee

RTCA made documents (mostly standards)

• DO-290, Safety and Performance Requirements Standard for Air Traffic Data Link Services in Continental Airspace (Continental SPR Standard)

• DO-289, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Aircraft Surveillance Applications (ASA)

• DO-288, Next Generation Air/Ground Communication System (NEXCOM) Implementation Considerations: Factors and Issues to be Considered in planning for the Transition to VDL Mode 3 Based Integrated Voice Data Communications in the U.S. National Airspace System

• DO-287, Plans and Principles for the Implementation of Aeronautical Data Link System (ADLS) Edition 1. Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN)

• DO-286, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Traffic Information Service - Broadcast (TIS-B)

• DO-285, Next Generation Air/Ground Communications (NEXCOM) VDL Mode 3 Interoperability

• DO-284, Next Generation Air/Ground Communication System (NEXCOM)

• Safety and Performance Requirements (SPR)

• Change 1 to DO-284

• DO-283A, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Required Navigation Performance for Area Navigation

• DO-282, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast

• DO-281, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical, Link and Network Layer

• DO-280, Interoperability Requirements Standard For ATN Baseline 1 (INTEROP ATN B1)

• DO-279, Next Generation Air/Ground Communications (NEXCOM) Principles of Operation VDL Mode 3

• DO-278, Guidelines for Communications, Navigation, Surveillance, and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Systems Software Integrity Assurance

• DO-277, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for the High Frequency Data Link Operating in the Aeronautical Mobile (Route) Service (AM (R)S)

• DO-276, User Requirements for Terrain and Obstacle Data

• DO-275, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Integrated Night Vision Imaging System Equipment

• DO-274, Next Generation Air/Ground Communications (NEXCOM) Principles of Operation

• DO-273, Response to the Report of the RTCA Chairman’s Committee on NEXCOM

• DO-272, User Requirements for Aerodrome Mapping Information

• DO-271B, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aircraft VDL Mode 3 Transceiver Operating in the Frequency Range 117.975-137.000 MHz

• DO-270, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for the Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite (R) Service (AMS(R)S) as Used in Aeronautical Data Links

• DO-269, Concepts For Services Integrating Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Using Addressed Data Link

• DO-268, Concept of Operations, Night Vision Imaging System for Civil Operators

• DO-267A, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Flight Information Services-Broadcast (FIS-B) Data Link

• DO-266, Government and Industry Guidelines and Concepts for NAS Analysis and Redesign

• DO-265, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aeronautical Mobile High Frequency Data Link (HFDL)

• DO-264, Guidelines for Approval of the Provision and Use of Air Traffic Services Supported by Data Communications

• DO-263, Application of Airborne Conflict Management: Detection, Prevention, & Resolution

• DO-262, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Avionics Supporting Next Generation Satellite Systems (NGSS)

• Change 1-to-DO-262

• DO-261, NAVSTAR GPS L5 Signal Specification

• DO-260A, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for 1090 MHz Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) and Traffic Information Services (TIS-B)

• DO-259, Applications Descriptions for Initial Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI) Applications

• DO-258, Interoperability Requirements for ATS Applications Using ARINC 622 Data Communications

• DO-257A, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for the Depiction of Navigation Information on Electronic Maps

• DO-256, Minimum Human Factors Standards for Air Traffic Services Provided Via Data Communications Utilizing the ATN, Builds I and IA

• DO-255, Requirements Specification for Avionics Computer Resource (ACR)

• DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware

• DO-253A, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for GPS Local Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment

• DO-252, Minimum Interoperability Standards (MIS) for Automated Meteorological Transmission (AUTOMET)

• DO-251, U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) Plan for Air Traffic Services Data Link (Phase 1, En Route CONUS Implementation)

• DO-250, Guiding Principles for Air Traffic Services Provided via Data Communications Utilizing the ATN, Builds I and IA

• DO-249, Development and Implementation Planning Guide for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Applications

• DO-248B, Final Annual Report For Clarification Of DO-178B “Software Considerations In Airborne Systems And Equipment Certification”

• DO-247, The Role of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in Supporting Airport Surface Operations

• DO-246B, GNSS Based Precision Approach Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) – Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (ICD)

• DO-245, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards for Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)

• DO-244, Government/Industry Guidelines and Concept for National Airspace Analysis and Redesign

• DO-243, Guidance for Initial Implementation of Cockpit Display of Traffic Information

• DO-242A, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)

• DO-241, Operational Concepts and Information Elements Required to Improve Air Traffic Management (ATM) Aeronautical Operational Control (AOC) Ground-Ground Information Exchange to Facilitate Collaborative Decision Making

• DO-240, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) Avionics

• DO-239, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Traffic Information Service (TIS) Data Link Communications

• DO-238, Human Engineering Guidance for Data Link Systems

• DO-237, Aeronautical Spectrum Planning for 1997-2010

• DO-236B, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards: Required Navigation Performance for Area Navigation

• DO-235A, Assessment of Radio Frequency Interference Relevant to the GNSS

• DO-234, Minimum Performance and Installation Standards for Runway Guard Lights (RGLs)

• DO-233, Portable Electronic Devices Carried on Board Aircraft

• DO-232, Operations Concepts for Data Link Applications of Flight Information Services

• DO-231, Design Guidelines and Recommended Standards for the Implementation and Use of AMS(R)S Voice Services in a Data Link Environment

• DO-230A, Standards for Airport Security Access Control Systems

• DO-229C, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Global Positioning System/Wide Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment

• DO-228, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Airborne Antenna Equipment

• Change 1 to DO-228

• DO-227, Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Lithium Batteries

• DO-226, Guidance Material for Evolving Airborne Precision Area Navigation Equipment with Emphasis on MLS

• DO-225, VHF Air-Ground Communications System Improvements Alternatives Study and Selection of Proposals for Future Action

• DO-224A, Signal-in-Space Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for Advanced VHF Digital Data Communications Including Compatibility with Digital Voice Techniques

A sampling of their domestic membership:

• Federal Aviation Administration
• Air Line Pilots Association
• Air Transport Association of America
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
• ARINC Incorporated
• Avwrite
• The Boeing Company
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• GARMIN International
• Honeywell International, Inc.
• The Johns Hopkins University
• Lockheed Martin
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• MITRE/CAASD
• NASA
• National Business Aviation Association
• Raytheon.

External Links

• Official page (http://www.RTCA.org/)