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B -- LOCAL AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM (LAAS) COST, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) POC Mr. Karl Kaser, (202) 358-5408. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is evaluating the resources and costs required to obtain from industry a certified LAAS system including both airborne and ground station segments, and any tasks associated with siting and installation of such a system. Although, the FAA LAAS ground system specification and the RTCA airborne system Minimum Operational Procedures (MOPS) are not yet complete, drafts of these documents are available for review to industry through the FAA World Wide Web homepage, and through RTCA respectively. Specifically, the FAA is interested in determining the estimated costs and schedule required for the upgrade of existing Local Area Differential GPS (LADGPS) ground systems to meet the LAAS specification for both Category I and Category IIIb Precision Approach. Specifically, the FAA requests estimates of cost and delivery schedule for the following: (1) Purchase of an off-the-shelf LADGPS system; (2) Upgrade of existing LADGPS system to LAAS Specification for Category I operations; (3) Upgrade of existing LADGPS systems to LAAS Specification for Category IIIb operations. This should include the cost and installation of pseudolites; (4) Integrated Contractor Maintenance and Logistics -- Estimated Cost of all maintenance of #2 and #3 above for a period of 5 years; (5) All costs associated with site installation for #2 and #3 above; (6) Costs of providing the NAS Implementation Management System (NIMS) maintenance and operations status monitoring for #2 and #3 above in accordance with FAA Order 6000.30B, Policy for Maintenance of the NAS through the year 2000; (7) Costs of obtaining associated LAAS MOPS compliant avionics for aircraft (per unit) including the estimated number of units per aircraft. This cost estimate should include the costs of obtaining all the avionics for an aircraft installation. In addition to the listed items, the FAA is also interested in determining the costs for the following options if available. Delivery of the primary cost estimates (Items 1-7 above) should not be delayed in order to refine these estimates; (8) Upgrade of #2 and #3 above for: (a) Inclusion of GLONASS; (b) Inclusion of Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) ranging signals for availability augmentation; (c) Use of LAAS ground systems as WAAS reference stations (in accordance with WAAS specification); (9) Addition of multiple pseudolites at airport to preclude GPS jamming; and (10) Siting and installation costs should be provided for the following airports: A. For Category I facilities: (1) Philadelphia, PA; (2) Juneau, AK; (3) Miami, FL; (4) Newark, NJ; and (5) New York La Guardia, NY. B. For Category IIIb facilities: (1) Atlanta, GA; (2) Chicago O'Hare, IL; (3) St. Louis, MO; (4) Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; (5) San Francisco, CA; (6) Los Angeles, CA; (7) Detroit, MI; (8) Minneapolis; (9) National Airport, Washington, DC; (10) Memphis, TN; and (11) Louisville, KY. C. Foreign Cat IIIb Facilities: (1) Schipol International Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and (2) Montreal Dorval Airport, Quebec, Canada. (0307)

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