2012 Annual Report - RTCA

2012 

Annual Report 

Demonstrating the Value of Working Together

Demonstrating the Value of Working Together... 

“We take very seriously the trust placed in RTCA by the FAA 

and its many and diverse stakeholders to provide the venue for 

the preeminent public-private partnership for evolving the air 

transportation system.” 

—Margaret Jenny, President, RTCA

Table of Contents 

President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

Who is RTCA?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 

RTCA Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

RTCA Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

RTCA Federal Advisory Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

RTCA Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 

Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

International Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

RTCA Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 

RTCA Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Financial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 

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President’s MESSAGE 

Demonstrating the Value of Working Together 

Optimism, dedICATIOn, COMITy, COllabORATIOn, COuRAGe and determinATIOn 

were all on display by RTCA volunteers during 2012. RTCA’s primary objective is to 

support the FAA and its stakeholders in modernizing air traffic management in a globally 

harmonized manner that meets the needs of all members of the aviation community and users of 

the aviation system. 

The aviation community exhibited their dedication by coming together in hundreds of RTCA 

meetings throughout the year to understand and resolve the challenges of modernizing the air transportation system. These 

efforts have continued to lead to tangible results, whether they are new policies and procedures, or new or updated regulatory 

guidance documents. In 2012 alone, the FAA issued or updated a dozen regulatory documents, such as Technical Standard 

Orders (TSOs) and Advisory Circulars (ACs), which reference the RTCA standards as means of compliance. 

Building upon the prescient recommendations of Task Force 5, the FAA showed good foresight by creating the NextGen 

Advisory Committee (NAC) to provide an industry consensus forum to address the challenging issues associated with 

implementing NextGen. In response to Taskings from the FAA, the NAC has provided recommendations on difficult and critical 

subjects. Working together through the NAC, RTCA volunteers have continued to shape NextGen by setting priorities for 

NextGen capabilities and locations, establishing performance metrics and advancing the dialog on appropriate use of incentives. 

On the forefront of technical advancements, the 17 active Special Committees, overseen by the Program Management 

Committee (PMC), have continued the important efforts to provide the basis for timely certification of key NextGen technologies 

and capabilities. This includes ADS-B and its emerging applications, Data Communications, future Traffic Collision Avoidance, 

Automatic Flight Guidance and Control, and Software, among others. Under the masterful leadership of Chris Hegarty, the 

PMC has produced an updated framework for minimum performance standards documents to ensure that they provide a 

comprehensive basis not only for FAA regulatory requirements but also International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards 

and recommended practices, that will serve as the foundation for air transportation modernization around the globe. 

The RTCA staff has also contributed valuable inputs to the Aviation System Block Upgrades, working to ensure that the 

hard work of our committees is embedded in the international standards and leads to globally harmonized standards and 

capabilities. During 2012, RTCA’s visibility and standing in the international aviation community has increased substantially 

as evidenced by the amount of interaction with key international aviation institutions and invitations to participate in major 

international conferences and committees. 

This year saw a smooth transition in leadership of the RTCA Board of Directors from Agam Sinha to Craig Fuller. I want to 

thank Agam for his steady leadership of the organization through transitions in many aspects of our business including our 

IT infrastructure, the establishment of the NextGen Advisory Committee and a physical move of RTCA’s office. I also want to 

thank Dave Barger who so ably served as the Chair of the NAC, and newly appointed NAC Chair, Bill Ayer, for their continued 

dedication and enthusiasm that they bring to the challenging work of RTCA. 

As I reflect on 2012, I am most struck by the continued commitment of RTCA committee members who persistently show 

their strong support by actively participating in the committee process. I am humbled by the trust placed in RTCA by the 

FAA and its many and diverse stakeholders to provide the continuing venue for the preeminent public-private partnership 

in air transportation. 

RTCA remains committed to ensuring that all voices are heard and that solid, defensible standards and recommendations are 

delivered in a timely manner, and in so doing, strengthening the aviation industry through enhanced operations and a larger 

market place for the industry’s products and services. 

Margaret T. Jenny 

President, RTCA, Inc. 

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Who is RTCA? 

Founded as the Radio Technical Committee for Aeronautics in 1935, RTCA has provided the foundation for virtually every 

modern technical advance in aviation. RTCA products serve as the basis for government certification of equipment used 

by the tens of thousands of aircraft flying daily through the world’s airspace. A private, not-for-profit corporation utilized 

as a Federal advisory committee, RTCA works in response to requests from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 

develop comprehensive, industry-vetted and endorsed recommendations for the government on issues ranging from 

technical performance standards to operational concepts and policies for air transportation. 

RTCA products drive the certification of the safety and efficiency of new aircraft equipment and provides an expanded competitive 

market for the provision of these technologies. Our deliberations are open to the public and our products are recommendations, 

developed by aviation community volunteers functioning in a consensus-based, collaborative, peer-reviewed environment. 

These recommendations help achieve the necessary improvements in the safety and efficiency of the air transportation system. 

The FAA has taken positive action on recommendations it has sought from RTCA, leading to tangible outcomes such as timely 

availability of certified equipment and capabilities, along with improvements in the air traffic management system. 

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Provides a forum in which all participants can be heard, and provides the leadership to encourage the necessary 

give and take that is so critical in reaching a consensus opinion to which all involved can commit. 

Brings a single industry voice to the FAA on issues critical to the development and implementation of NextGen. 

Enables the government to convene private sector participants consistent with U.S. Anti-Trust laws to work 

together in an open, fair and balanced partnership. 

Develops minimum performance standards that expand the marketplace of solutions for equipment and 

capabilities that must be certified by the FAA. 

Generates consensus-based recommendations that routinely form the basis for FAA regulatory guidance, policy 

making, and planning and budgeting decisions, as well as private sector investment and development decisions. These 

include regulatory references, Technical Standard Orders and Advisory Circulars. 

Offers value-added services related to our products, such as training courses, to further the effectiveness of our 

standards and guidance materials. 


RTCA GOVERNANCE 

The RTCA Board of Directors, comprised of individuals from RTCA member companies, provides management and 

fiduciary oversight by reviewing and approving the annual operating budget. The Board of Directors also works in 

conjunction with the RTCA Policy Board to establish RTCA policies and programs. 

Board of Directors 2012 

Craig L. Fuller 

(Chair) 

Aircraft Owners and 

Pilots Association 

Nicholas E. Calio 

Airlines for 

America 

Edward M. Bolen 

National Business 

Aviation Association 

Margaret T. Jenny 

(ex officio) 

RTCA, Inc. 

Policy Board 2012 

Agam Sinha, Ph.D. 

The MITRE 

Corporation 

(Retired 2012) 

Robert Hanley 

(Treasurer) 

ARINC, Inc. 

Mary Beth Guaspari 

(Corporate Secretary) 


The Policy Board serves as an important link between the members of RTCA and the organization’s policy development 

activities by establishing RTCA policies and programs. Individuals from RTCA member organizations are elected 

to serve on the Policy Board. This includes, for the first time, a representative from the Transportation Security 

Administration, reflecting RTCA’s increasing role in addressing issues affecting aviation security. The Policy Board includes 

all the members of the Board of Directors and the following: 

Pete Bunce 

General Aviation 

Manufacturers Association 

Roger Cohen 

Regional Airline Association 

Peggy Gilligan (ex officio) 

Federal Aviation Administration 

David Grizzle (ex officio) 

Federal Aviation 

Administration 

Keith Hagy 

Air Line Pilots Association 

Ron Hawkins 

ARINC, Inc. 

Debby McElroy 

Airports Council International- 

North America 

Julie Oettinger (ex officio) 


Steve Pennington 

Department of Defense 

Lillian Ryals 

The MITRE 

Corporation 

John Sammon 

Transportation Security 


Sandy Samuel 

Lockheed Martin Corporation 

Steve Timm 

Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

Karlin Toner, Ph.D 

Joint Planning and 

Development Office 

Todd Zarfos 

The Boeing Company 

Transition in Leadership 

At the 2012 Annual Meeting of RTCA members, Craig Fuller, President and CEO of 

the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, was elected to serve a two-year term 

as the organization’s Chair. Fuller succeeds Agam Sinha of The MITRE Corporation. 


RTCA Staff 

December 2012 

Margaret Jenny 

President 

Perla Domingo 

Operations 

Administrator 

Hal Moses 

Program Director 

Sophie Bousquet 


Mary Beth Guaspari 

Director, Business 

Operations 

Will Mountain 

Office Administrator/ 

Receptionist 

Andy Cebula 

Vice President, 

Strategy & Programs 

Jennifer Iversen 


Gwen Parker 

Executive Coordinator 

RTCA FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES 

At the core of RTCA are the hundreds of 

dedicated individuals from the U.S. and 

around the world who come together to 

provide two categories of recommendations 

to the government: (1) policy and investment 

priorities to facilitate implementation of air 

traffic management system improvements, 

and (2) minimum performance standards, 

reports and guidance documents used by 

the FAA as a partial basis for the certification 

of equipment and systems. In 2012, the FAA 

issued twelve Technical Standard Orders 

and one Advisory Circular invoking RTCA 

documents. 

RTCA recommendations, whether technical, policy, financial or operational, lead to positive, timely, tangible, measurable 

results, returning value to all who participate as well as to the broader aviation community. 

Understanding the importance of global harmonization in air transportation, RTCA encourages international participation 

in its activities and participates in the international aviation standards roundtable that was established under the auspices of 

the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 


All Federal advisory committee meetings are open to the public and attract a broad range of committee participants and 

interested public. Annual participation in RTCA Federal advisory committee meetings is reported to the FAA on a fiscal year 

(FY) basis. During FY2012, RTCA conducted 58 Federal advisory committee meetings. There were a total of 2,220 attendees 

at these meetings from 369 different organizations. 

During 2012, RTCA managed the following Federal advisory committees: 

Policy 

m NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC): Provides the FAA with recommendations related to NextGen implementation. 

Technical 

m Program Management Committee (PMC): Establishes Special Committees, oversees progress, integrates and 

coordinates across committees, and reviews and provides product approval for transmittal to the FAA. 

m Special Committees (SCs): 17 separate committees currently are involved in developing performance standards, 

guidance documents and reports. 

NextGen Advisory CommiTTee 

The NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) is a 

28-member Federal advisory committee formed in 

2010 at the request of the FAA. It consists of top level 

executives tasked with forging a consensus on complex 

policy issues and committing their organization to the 

consensus recommendations. Its focus is on policy-level 

issues facing the aviation community in implementing 

NextGen (modernizing the aviation system). 

NAC Members, December 2012 

William Ayer (Chair) 

Alaska Air Group 

The Honorable Michael 

Huerta (Designated 

Federal Official) 



Sue Baer 

Port Authority NY&NJ 

Dave Barger 

(Inaugural Chair) 

JetBlue Airways 

Ed Bolen 

National Business Aviation 

Association 

Frank Brenner 

Eurocontrol 

Sherry Carbary 


Vicki Cox 



Kim Day 

Denver International 

Airport 

Carl Esposito 

Honeywell Aerospace 

Christa Fornarotto 



Craig Fuller 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots 

Association 

Bob Gray 

ABX Air 

David Grizzle 

Air Traffic Organization, 



John Harris 

Raytheon Technical 

Services 

John Hickey 



Stephanie Hill 

Lockheed Martin 

Corporation 



James Jones 

U.S. Air Force 

Patrick Ky 

SESAR Joint Undertaking 

Lee Moak 


Arlene J. Mulder (Mayor) 

Village Of Arlington Heights 

Julie Oettinger 



Mike Perrone 

Professional Aviation 

Safety Specialists 

Jim Rankin 

Air Wisconsin Airlines 

Corporation 

Paul Rinaldi 

National Air Traffic 

Controllers Association 

Lillian Ryals 

The MITRE Corporation 

Eric Stefanello 

Airbus ProSky SAS 

NAC Secretary 

Andy Cebula 



The NAC is supported by a group of technical and policy experts. The NAC hierarchy includes a NAC Subcommittee, two 

standing Work Groups and temporarily established Task Groups: 

NEXTGEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

Equipage 

Ad Hoc 

NAC SUBCOMMITTEE 

BUSINESS CASE & 

PERFORMANCE 

METRICS 

WORK GROUP 

OPERATIONAL 

CAPABILITIES 

WORK GROUP 

CATEGORICAL 

NACSC 

EXCLUSION 

WORK GROUPS 

TASK GROUP 

DATACOMM 

ROADMAP 

Task GROUP 

NAC 2012 Meetings 

The NAC met three times in 2012, using the meeting locations as opportunities to tour facilities and see real world 

examples of research, trials, NextGen-related capabilities, deployments and other activities. The meeting locations: 

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February - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida NextGen Test Bed, Daytona Beach, FL (hosted by Lockheed 

Martin Corporation) 

May - The Boeing Company, Renton, WA 

October - United States Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 

Recommendations 

During 2012, the NAC approved six actionable recommendations 

addressing NextGen policy issues and forwarded 

these to the FAA. Some of the recommendations were preliminary, 

with additional work to be performed for consideration 

by the NAC in 2013. 

All recommendations were developed in response to Taskings 

or questions from the FAA. These are summarized below: 

Metrics for Measuring NextGen Implementation - Six 

metrics designed to measure the impact of NextGen on the 

performance of the air transportation system. 

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Flight Safety – measured as the change in airborne/ground separation alert rate 

Operational Efficiency – measured as the mean aircraft operation time 


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Fuel Efficiency – measured as the fuel efficiency normalized by weight and distance 

Air Traffic Control (ATC) Cost Efficiency – measured as the ATC cost per instrument flight rules (IFR) hour 

Metroplex Capacity – measured as the Metroplex peak allowable throughput 

Metroplex Access – measured as the Metroplex achieved utilization 

Key City Pairs - An initial recommendation of 24 key city pairs (Metroplex Pairs) between which the FAA can measure the 

impact of NextGen on National Airspace System (NAS) performance for fuel burned, average distance flown, and actual 

versus filed flight times. 

DataComm Roadmap- Recommendation for Tower and domestic En Route DataComm services and associated 

technologies. 

Metroplex: Refinement of Integrated Capabilities Definitions and Completion of Mapping of NextGen Capabilities 

to Metroplexes - A recommendation for prioritization of 27 Metroplexes and mapping the NextGen capabilities for 

implementation at each Metroplex in the mid-term time frame (2018). Among all NextGen capabilities, the NAC approved 

the three areas of capabilities identified as delivering the highest benefits to be surface management, Performance Based 

Navigation (PBN) procedures and the FAA’s Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM). 

Applying the Metroplex Prioritization Criteria and Mapping the Integrated Capabilities to Identified Metroplexes 

- This recommendation provided priorities for implementing NextGen capabilities at seven Metroplexes (New York, 

Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas/Ft Worth and Southern California), thereby focusing on those that have 

the greatest promise to improve system performance. 

Program Management CommiTTee 

The Program Management Committee (PMC) provides important oversight of the technical work conducted by RTCA’s 

Special Committees. Chaired by Chris Hegarty of The MITRE Corporation, the 19-member PMC approves the establishment 

of the Special Committees, including the leadership and Terms of Reference, oversees progress, integrates and 

coordinates across committees, and reviews and provides product approval for transmittal to the FAA. As part of its role 

in overseeing the Special Committees, the Integration and Coordination Committee (ICC), an advisory group of the PMC, 

develops standards and guidelines for Special Committees to follow in generating their recommendations. 

The PMC met four times during 2012, approving 12 documents for publication, eight of which were new and four were 

revisions. 


PMC Members, December 2012 

Dr. Chris Hegarty (Chair) 


Douglas Arbuckle 


Chris Baum 


Gregory Bowles 

General Aviation 

Manufacturers Association 

Lawrence Dibble 

U.S. Army 

Chris Durkin 

Honeywell International, Inc. 

Cdr. Brett Easler 

U.S. Navy 

Robert Grove 

Garmin, Ltd. 

Richard Heinrich 


Richard Jennings 





Dr. George Ligler 

Project Management 

Enterprises, Inc. 

Michele Merkle 



Col. Juan Narvid 


Paul Railsback 

Airlines for America 

Michael Rockwell 

ARINC, Inc. 

William Stine 

National Business Aviation 

Association 

Jessie Turner 


Heidi Williams 

Aircraft Owners and 

Pilots Association 

PMC Secretary 

Harold Moses 


Special CommiTTees 

RTCA’s Special Committees (SCs) leverage the expertise of the aviation community to generate minimum performance 

standards and guidance materials that shape the certification of the safety and efficiency of new equipment and technologies. 

These standards are frequently invoked by the FAA in Technical Standard Orders and Advisory Circulars and, thereby, provide a 

partial basis for the certification of equipment and systems. RTCA documents are also used by the private sector for development, 

investment and other business decisions. 

RTCA began the year with 20 Special Committees, three of which completed their work and were sunset in March. 

Five of RTCA’s committees also work jointly with the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) to achieve 

internationally harmonized recommendations on aviation issues, while seven committees work parallel with EUROCAE. 


The work of the Special Committees is summarized in the 

following pages. 

SC-227, Standards of Navigation Performance, established 

December 13, 2011, is developing navigation standards 

intended for designers, manufacturers and installers 

of avionics equipment; airspace managers and service 

providers; and the users of these navigation systems for 

world-wide operations. The revision to DO-283, Minimum 

Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for Required 

Navigation Performance for Area Navigation, will provide 

guidance for the development of airspace and operational 

concepts needed to obtain the benefits of enhanced 

navigation capability in the aircraft. The revision to DO-236, 

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) 

Required Navigation Performance for Area Navigation, will 

provide the minimum set of requirements needed to 

demonstrate compliance with the performance and functions 

in the MASPS while enabling compliance with the 

PBN operations envisioned to support NextGen and SESAR. 

The MOPS will also be compatible with the upcoming ICAO 

navigation specification for advanced RNP, to be published 

in the update to the ICAO PBN Manual, Document 9613. 

Co-Chairs: Dave Nakamura, The Boeing Company; 

Sylvain Raynaud, Airbus 

Designated Federal Official: Jarrett Larrow, FAA 

SC-225, Small and Medium-Sized Rechargeable Lithium 

Batteries & Battery Systems, established December 8, 

2010, is developing certification guidance for small- and 

medium-sized rechargeable lithium batteries and battery 

systems. The document will provide certification guidance 

for batteries permanently installed in an aircraft, including 

those installed within line-replaceable units (LRUs). 

The development of minimum standards for small- and 

medium-sized rechargeable lithium batteries and battery 

systems will help to ensure safety and efficiency in battery 

design, testing, installation and system management. 

Chair: Richard Nguyen, The Boeing Company 

Designated Federal Official: Norman Pereira, FAA 

SC-224, Airport Security Access Control Systems, established 

September 15, 2010, DO-230C, Integrated Security 

System Standard for Airport Access Control is restructuring 

into separate sections that will allow asynchronous 

updates from the main document. All U.S. commercial 

airports nationwide rely on this document as the primary 

resource for baseline minimum performance standards for 

design of airport access control systems and the related 

electronic security systems, and as the basis for meeting 

minimum requirements for Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) funding. 

Chair: Christer Wilkinson, AECOM Technical Solutions 

Designated Federal Official: Joe Hebert, FAA 

SC-223, Airport Surface Wireless Communications, 

established August 7, 2009, is developing standards for the 

Airport Wireless Surface Communications System. These 

standards are required to support data communication 

developments for collaborative decision making (CDM), 

surveillance broadcast system (SBS) and system wide information 

management (SWIM), as well as weather and flight 

information systems (FIS) efforts on the airport surface. 

Co-Chairs: Edward (Ward) Hall, ITT/Aerospace Communications 

Division; Aloke Roy, Honeywell International, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Brent Phillips, FAA 

SC-226, Audio Systems and Equipment, established September 

28, 2011, is developing airworthiness guidance for 

aircraft audio systems and equipment standards intended 

to support aircraft audio systems’ response characteristics. 

SC-226 is working on a revision to DO-214, Audio Systems 

Characteristics and Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment, which 

will consider and incorporate emerging technological 

advances in airborne flight crew communication products 

providing improved audio quality while enabling a more 

efficient and standardized certification approach across the 

industry. 

Co-Chairs: Don Hamilton, Alto Technologies; Allan Prince, 

Cobham Aerospace Communications 

Designated Federal Official: Christophe Hamel, FAA 

SC-222, Inmarsat AMS(R)S, established October 2, 2008, 

is developing Minimum Aviation Performance Standards 

(MASPS) for the Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite (R) Service 

((AMS(R)S)) incorporating DO-270 satellite subnetwork 

material and aligned with ICAO’s Global Operational Data 

Link (GOLD) document. SC-222 also will define system 

level requirements and equipment specifications for 

the production of “Technique Specific Appendices” to 

revised DO-262 and Change 4 to DO-210, as necessary, 

to add safety service capability to SwiftBroadband. 

SwiftBroadband is Inmarsat’s latest generation aviation 

service and is currently a non-safety service. 

Co-Chairs: E.F. Charles LaBerge, EFC LaBerge Engineering & 

Analysis, LLC and UMBC; Daryl McCall, Avionics Engineering, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Dave Robinson, FAA 


SC-220, Automatic Flight Guidance and Control (AF- 

G&C), established June 19, 2008, the Committee completed 

the following documents in 2012: DO-335, Guidance for 

Installation of Automatic Flight Guidance and Control Systems 

(AFGCS) for Part 23 Airplanes, and DO-336, Guidance 

for Certification of Installed Automatic Flight Guidance and 

Control Systems (AFGCS) for Parts 27/29 Rotorcraft. Aircraft 

operators are increasing equipage of AFG&CS in support of 

safe and efficient flight operations. The MOPS and installation 

guidance will be used to support AFG&CS equipage of 

a wide variety of aircraft types including transport category 

airplanes, small business jets and commuters, small 

airplanes and rotorcraft. The Committee sunset in March 

2012. 

Chair: Sherif Ali, Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Steve Ramdeen, FAA 

SC-219, Attitude and Heading Reference Systems 

(AHRS), established June 19, 2008, developed MOPS 

published in March 2012 as DO-334, Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards (MOPS) for Strapdown Attitude 

and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS).The designs of the 

majority of the mechanical gyroscopes used in general 

aviation were created in the 1950s or before and have 

significant operational, performance and failure mode 

properties relative to current technology. Low-cost AHRS 

based on solid-state technologies have started to replace 

conventional attitude and heading instruments to increase 

their reliability and accuracy. The MOPS addresses system 

performance, failure conditions and environmental testing 

requirements not covered in earlier guidance. The Committee 

sunset in March 2012. 

Chair: Keith Kerley, Rockwell Collins, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Dara Gibson, FAA 

SC-217, Aeronautical Databases, established March 13, 

2008, completed updates to DO-272C, User Requirements 

for Aerodrome Mapping Information, and DO-291B and 

Interchange Standards for Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome 

Mapping Data. They will publish a new Standard, DO-342, 

Guidelines for the Verification and Validation of Aerodrome 

Mapping Databases (AMDB) Aerodrome Surface Routing 

Networks (ASRN) for Routing Applications, in 2013. Moreover, 

the Committee started working on revised DO-200A, 

Standard for Processing Aeronautical Databases; revised 

DO-272C, User Requirements for Aerodrome Mapping Information; 

revised DO-276B, User Requirements for Terrain & 

Obstacle Data; and revised DO-291B, Minimum Interchange 

Standards for Terrain, Obstacle and Aerodrome Mapping 

Data, to support future ATM requirements of NextGen 

and SESAR. The applications need additional aeronautical 

information beyond the requirements captured in the 

current RTCA documents DO-272C, DO-276B and DO- 

291B. The DO-200A revision is necessary to be aligned with 

ICAO, ARINC and EUROCAE changes in standards and with 

the implementation of Aeronautical Data Quality (ADQ) for 

Single European Sky (SES). The Committee completed the 

following document in 2012: DO-276B, User Requirements 

for Terrain and Obstacle Data. 

Co-Chairs: John Kasten, Jeppesen; Stéphane Dubet, SIA 

Designated Federal Official: Michael Burski, FAA 

SC-216, Aeronautical Systems Security, established June 

26, 2007, is developing airworthiness security methods 

and considerations, guidance for instructions for continued 

airworthiness and a revision to DO-326. The Committee’s 

recommendations and guidance material will help ensure 

safe, secure and efficient operations amid the growing 

use of highly integrated electronic systems and network 

technologies used on-board aircraft, for CNS/ATM systems, 

and air carrier operations and maintenance. 

Co-Chairs: Dan Johnson, Honeywell International, Inc.; 

Chuck Royalty, The Boeing Company 

Designated Federal Official: Raymond DeCerchio, FAA 

SC-214, Standards for Air Traffic Data Communication 

Services, established March 22, 2007, is developing Safety 

and Performance Requirements (SPR) and Interoperability 

Requirements (INTEROPS) documents in support of the Next 

Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) for services 

in defined environments through 2025. Data communications 

in support of the NextGen and Single European Sky 

ATM Research (SESAR) initiatives will introduce services that 

allow evolution from the current workload-intensive, voicebased 

air traffic control concepts, to collaborative, management-by-exception 

operations. Advanced data links between 

ground and airborne systems are envisioned to increase 

capacity, allowing greater user access and more efficient 

flight routing. The Committee completed the following documents 

in 2012: DO-281B, Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards (MOPS) for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical Link and 

Network Layer; and DO-305A, Future Air Navigation System 

1/A - Aeronautical Telecommunication Network Interoperability 

Standard (FANS 1/A - ATN B1 Interop Standard). 

Co-Chairs: Paul Mettus, LS Technologies, LLC; 

Jerome Condis, Airbus 

Designated Federal Official: Gregg Anderson, FAA 


SC-213, Enhanced Flight Vision Systems and Synthetic 

Vision Systems (EFVS/SVS), established December 2006, 

is developing Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards 

(MASPS)-level guidance for Synthetic Vision Systems 

(SVS), Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS), Enhanced 

Vision System (EVS) and combined architectures to identify 

intended operations and systems architectures and enable 

the development of Minimum Operation Performance 

Standards (MOPS); and DO-315B, Minimum Aviation System 

Performance Standards (MASPS) for Enhanced Vision Systems, 

Synthetic Vision Systems, Combined Vision Systems and 

Enhanced Flight Vision Systems. They will develop another 

revision to DO-315 as well as a MASPS for vision systems 

for approach, landing and rollout (300ft. RVR). The Committee 

completed the following documents in 2012: DO-315, 

Enhanced Vision Systems, Synthetic Vision Systems, Combined 

Vision Systems and Enhanced Flight Vision Systems; DO-315A, 

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for 

Enhanced Vision Systems, Synthetic Vision Systems, Combined 

Vision Systems and Enhanced Flight Vision Systems; DO-341, 

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) 

for an Enhanced Flight Vision System to Enable All-Weather 

Approach, Landing and Roll-Out to a Safe Taxi Speed. 

Co-Chairs: Tim Etherington, Rockwell Collins, Inc.; 

Patrick Krohn, Universal Avionics 

Designated Federal Official: Trent Prange, FAA 

SC-209, ATCRBS/Mode S Transponder, established January 

7, 2005, completed DO-181E, Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System/ 

Mode Select (ATCRBS/Mode S) Airborne Equipment. DO-181E 

includes the decisions on 1090 Extended Squitter that resulted 

from updating DO-260A to DO-260B, Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards for 1090 MHz Extended Squitter 

Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) and 

Traffic Information Services – Broadcast (TIS-B). The Committee 

is monitoring ICAO and industry Mode S developments. 

Co-Chairs: Thomas Pagano, FAA; Robert Saffel, Rockwell 

Collins, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: John Fisher, FAA 

SC-206, Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Data 

Link, established February 11, 2005, is identifying the AIS 

(Aeronautical Information Services) and MET (Meteorological) 

data link services that are envisaged to be implemented 

within the next decade, and developing new Standards, AIS 

and MET Services Delivery Architecture Recommendations, 

MASPS for AIS and MET Services, MOPS for Flight Information 

Services—Broadcast (FIS-B) with Universal Access Transceiver 

(UAT) and the Revised DO-252, Minimum Interoperability 

Standards (MIS) for Automated Meteorological Transmission 

(AUTOMET), to further define the requirements that support 

the global aeronautical information management concept. 

The Committee completed the following documents in 

2012: DO-339, Aircraft Derived Meteorological Data via Data 

Link for Wake Vortex, Air Traffic Management and Weather Applications 

– Operational Services and Environmental Definition 

(OSED); and DO-340, Concept of Use for Aeronautical Information 

Services (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) Data Link Services. 

Co-Chairs: Allan Hart, Honeywell International, Inc.; 

Rocky Stone, United Airlines, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Eldridge Frazier, FAA 

SC-205, Software Considerations, established January 7, 

2005, developed updates to three documents; DO-178C, 

Software Considerations in Airport Systems and Equipment; 

DO-278A, Software Integrity Assurance Considerations for 

Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic 

Management (CNS/ATM) Systems; and DO-248C, Supporting 

Information for DO-178C and DO-278A. These updates 

continue the current objective-based approach and 

technology-independent nature of software assurance 

for the continued safe implementation of aeronautical 

software. The updated documents consolidate software 

development guidance and guidelines to provide clear 

and consistent ties with the systems and safety processes, 

address emerging software trends and technologies, 

and implement an approach that can change with the 

technology. The Committee also completed the following 

documents in 2012: DO-330, Software Tool Qualification 

Considerations; DO-331, Model-Based Design and Veri- 


fication Supplement of DO-178C and DO-278A; DO-332, 

Object-Oriented Supplement to DO-178C and DO-278A; and 

DO-333, Formal Methods Supplement of DO-178C and DO- 

278A. After completing all these documents in December 

2011, the Committee sunset in March 2012. 

Co-Chairs: Jim Krodel, Pratt & Whitney; Gérard Ladier, 

Airbus France 

Designated Federal Official: Barbara Lingberg, FAA 

SC-203, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), established 

October 19, 2004, is developing standards, certification 

criteria, and procedures for sense and avoid systems as 

well as protocols to be used for the certification of command, 

control and communication systems in the defined 

flight environment. Many federal agencies and commercial 

operators are currently operating or seeking authority 

to operate UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS). 

SC-203 products will help assure the safe, efficient and 

compatible operation of UAS with other vehicles operating 

within the NAS. The Committee is developing Minimum 

Aviation System Performance Standards for Sense & 

Avoid and Control & Communications. 

Co-Chairs: Rose Mooney, Archangel Aero, LLC; 

John Walker, JS Walker Group, Inc./Aviation Solutions, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: James Sizemore, FAA 

SC-186, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast 

(ADS-B), established February 1, 1995, is developing 

operational requirements and minimum performance 

standards for airborne and ground user applications of 

ADS-B. Over 70 ADS-B operational capabilities have been 

identified that could provide enhanced safety, increased 

capacity and improved efficiency. The Committee has 

completed over 20 ADS-B documents, including the 

MASPS document for ADS-B and Aircraft Surveillance 

Applications (ASA), several MOPS documents, and is currently 

developing safety, performance and interoperability 

requirements documents for specific ADS-B applications. 

The Committee completed the following documents in 

2012: Supplement to DO-312, Safety, Performance and 

Interoperability Requirements Document for the In-Trail 

Procedure in the Oceanic Airspace (ATSA-ITP) Application; 

DO-317A, Minimum Operational Performance Standards 

(MOPS) for Aircraft Surveillance Applications (ASA) System; 

and DO-338, Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards 

(MASPS) for ADS-B Traffic Surveillance Systems and 

Applications (ATSSA). 

Co-Chairs: Vincent Capezzuto, FAA; Rocky Stone, United 

Airlines, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Don Walker, FAA 

SC-159, Global Positioning System (GPS), established 

March 1, 1985, is developing minimum standards that 

form the basis for FAA approval of equipment using GPS 

as a primary means of civil aircraft navigation. The Committee’s 

most recent publication, DO-327, Assessment of 

the LightSquared Ancillary Terrestrial Component Radio 

Frequency Interference Impact on GNSS L1 Band Airborne 

Receiver Operations, documents the issue of compatibility 

between GPS and the operation of a terrestrial wireless 

broadband network by LightSquared, pursuant to its 

FCC license. Change 1 to DO-229D, Minimum Operation 

Performance Standards for Global Positioning System/Wide 

Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment, was under 

development in 2012 

Co-Chairs: Chris Hegarty, The MITRE Corporation; 

George Ligler, Program Management Enterprises, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Ken Alexander, FAA 

SC-147, Traffic Alert & Collision Avoidance System 

(TCAS), established November 1, 1980, has defined and 

updated the TCAS and TCAS II performance standards, 

thereby contributing to one of the most significant 

advances in aviation safety in the past twenty years. The 

Committee completed the following document in 2012: 

DO-337, Recommendations for Future Collision Avoidance 

Systems. The Committee is developing a revised DO-300, 

MOPS for TCAS II Hybrid Surveillance Systems, and Change 2 

to DO-185B, MOPS for TCAS II Systems. 

Co-Chairs: Robert Buley, Aircraft Data Fusion, Inc.; 

J. Stuart Searight, FAA 

Designated Federal Official: Steve Plummer, FAA 

SC-135, Environmental Testing, established October 1, 

1977, continues to maintain RTCA DO-160 (current version 

is DO-160G), Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures 

for Airborne Equipment. This document is the international 

de facto standard for environmental testing of commercial 

avionics and provides standard procedures and environmental 

test criteria for testing airborne equipment to 

determine their performance characteristics. DO-160G 

was published in December 2010, and the Users’ Guide 

material for this document is in development, with the 

aim of providing rationales, guidance and background 

information for the environmental, test procedures and 

requirements, as well as lessons learned from aircraft and 

laboratory experience. 

Chair: Brad Green, Honeywell International, Inc. 

Designated Federal Official: Lee Nguyen, FAA 


RTCA Publications 

Over the years, RTCA has produced over 300 documents 

providing important safety, technical and policy 

information. For the year 2012, RTCA Special Committees (SCs) 

have developed 12 guidance documents, eight new and four 

revised, that cover issues ranging from technical performance 

standards to operational concepts for air transportation. 

NEW Documents 


Document 

DO-341 

DO-340 

DO-339 

DO-338 

Title 

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for an Enhanced Flight 

Vision System to Enable All-Weather Approach, Landing and Roll-Out to a Safe 

Taxi Speed 

Concept of Use for Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) and Meteorological 

(MET) Data Link Services 

Aircraft Derived Meteorological Data via Data Link for Wake Vortex, Air Traffic 

Management and Weather Applications – Operational Services and Environmental 

Definition (OSED) 

Minimum Aviation System Performance Standards (MASPS) for ADS-B Traffic 

Surveillance Systems and Applications (ATSSA) 

Prepared by: 

SC-213 

SC-206 

SC-206 

SC-186 

DO-337 Recommendations for Future Collision Avoidance Systems SC-147 

DO-336 

DO-335 

Guidance for Certification of Installed Automatic Flight Guidance and Control Systems 

(AFGCS) for Part 27/29 Rotorcraft 

Guidance for Installation of Automatic Flight Guidance and Control Systems (AFGCS) for 

Part 23 Airplanes 

SC-220 

SC-220 

DO-334 

Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for Strapdown Attitude 

and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) 

SC-219 

REVISED Documents 


Document 

Supplement to 

DO-312 

Title 

Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements Document for the In-Trail 

Procedure in Oceanic Airspace (ATSA-ITP) Application 

Prepared by: 

SC-186 

DO-305A 

DO-281B 

Future Air Navigation System 1/A – Aeronautical Telecommunication Network 

Interoperability Standard (FANS 1/A – ATN B1 Interop Standard)” 

Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical 

Link and Network Layer 

SC-214 

SC-214 

DO-276B User Requirements for Terrain and Obstacle Data SC-217 


OUTREACH 

Annual Symposium 

Each year RTCA conducts an annual Symposium to examine current and emerging issues facing the aviation 

community related to the policy and technical issues under consideration by industry volunteers. In June 2012, more 

than 300 aviation industry and government executives met for two days to discuss Advancing the Goals of NextGen. 

Keynote speakers included The Honorable Michael Huerta, FAA Administrator; Dave Barger, JetBlue President and CEO, 

and inaugural Chair of the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC); Clay Jones, President, CEO and Chairman of Rockwell 

Collins, Inc.; and Bill Ayer, Chairman of Alaska Air Group, and Chair of the NAC. 

The Symposium also included 11 sessions, featuring 

interactive discussions and presentations from industry 

leaders and government officials. 

Informing Members 

and Industry 

The RTCA Digest provides RTCA members with timely updates six times a year on the activities 

of the NAC, PMC, Special Committees and release of RTCA documents, as well as other RTCA 

related actions. 

Additionally, RTCA maintains a website to provide current information on RTCA events, 

committee activities and actions, and access to meeting schedules and documents. 

NAC Members participate in CEO/Student Roundtable at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. 

RTCA staff and committee 

leaders periodically 

participate in national 

and international industry 

events to report on the 

organization’s activities 

and recommendations 

and to remain current on 

emerging issues. 


Congress Displays Continued 

Interest in NextGen 

Congress reviewed the status of NextGen, including the 

work of the NAC and the RTCA Special Committees at 

several hearings during the year. In a roundtable conducted 

by the leaders of the House Aviation Subcommittee and 

in a hearing held by the Subcommittee in mid-September, 

an industry panel of NAC members at both events 

provided perspectives from the aircraft, airport operator 

and controller points of view. The hearing provided an 

opportunity for Members of Congress to hear first-hand 

about the efforts underway by the hundreds of volunteers 

involved in the NAC, the NAC Subcommittee and its Work 

Groups who are committed to working with the FAA on 

implementing NextGen. 

The NAC members applauded the FAA collaboration with industries through the NAC, but expressed a desire for NextGen 

implementation to move faster. They also acknowledged that NextGen implementation is an evolutionary process, which 

can offer significant improvements in efficiency, reductions in environmental impact and capacity expansion along 

the way. The industry panel members stressed that NextGen is more than technology. The resolution of non-technical 

barriers, such as changes to policies, procedures and training as well as streamlining of regulatory approval processes, are 

all necessary to achieve the goals of NextGen. 

TRAINING 

RTCA Launches Training Initiative 

Professionals from across the aviation industry gave 

RTCA’s “Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and 

Equipment Certification” training course high marks for the 

usefulness of the material covered, relevance of the course 

to practical application and the detailed information and 

answers they received to complex questions. During the 

first year the course was offered, more than 100 individuals 

participated in the three-day, highly interactive course 

taught by two experienced and extremely knowledgeable 

professionals, John Angermayer and Kent Hollinger of The 

MITRE Aviation Institute. 

The training course addresses the standards 

and recommended practices contained in 

DO-178C, Software Considerations in Airborne 

Systems and Equipment Certification. It covers 

the requirements and parameters for avionics 

software development necessary to obtain 

FAA certification contained in DO-178C. 


INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY 

Facilitating Harmonization 

Reflecting the global nature of the aviation industry, RTCA engaged in numerous discussions with key aviation leaders 

in Europe and around the world, including invited participation in global conferences and workshops. RTCA has 

established effective working relationships with leaders from EUROCAE, EUROCONTROL, ICAO, CANSO, EASA, IATA, SJU 

and other organizations in its continual pursuit of global harmonization. 

ICAO Aviation System Block Upgrades Approach 

Endorsed by Members 

RTCA supported the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 12th Air Navigation Conference held at its 

headquarters in Quebec, Canada. The conference provided Member States with the opportunity to endorse the new and 

industry-aligned strategy captured in the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU), as reflected in ICAO’s revised Global Air 

Navigation Plan. The work of the 12th Air Navigation Conference was to prepare for ICAO’s 38th Assembly in 2013. 

Through our participation in the ICAO Technical Team (TT) and 

Challenge Team, RTCA supported the development of the Aviation 

System Block Upgrades (ABSUs). Jennifer Iversen, who was a member 

of the TT, was seconded to ICAO to support the very successful 

12th Air Navigation Conference (ANC) held at its headquarters in 

Quebec, Canada. The conference provided Member States with 

the opportunity to endorse the new and industry-aligned strategy 

captured in the ABSUs, as reflected in ICAO’s revised Global Air 

Navigation Plan. The goal of the 12th ANC was to prepare for ICAO’s 

38th Assembly in 2013. 


RTCA AWARDS 

Recognizing Extraordinary Efforts 

Illustrating the vital role of volunteers during the 2012 

Annual Symposium, RTCA recognized those making 

special contributions by presenting four categories 

of awards - the William E. Jackson Award, the RTCA 

Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Leader and 

Significant Contributor Awards. 

The RTCA Achievement Award 

The RTCA Achievement Award is the organization’s highest 

honor, recognizing those who are deemed by the RTCA Policy 

Board to have gone above and beyond helping RTCA achieve 

its goals. In 2012, the RTCA Achievement Award was given 

to Jim Krodel, a Fellow of the Control Systems Verification 

and Validation Group at Pratt & Whitney Jet Engines and a 

Designated Engineering Representative (DER) for software, 

acting on behalf of the FAA in recommending and approving 

airborne software. Jim was recognized for his exceptional 

leadership in developing standards for certification of software 

and associated equipment, for guiding Special Committee 205, 

Software Considerations, and serving as Co-Chair of SC-205. 

The William E. Jackson Award 

The William E. Jackson Award is presented to an 

outstanding student in the field of aviation electronics and 

telecommunications. The award memorializes Mr. Jackson, 

a pioneer in the development and implementation of the 

nation’s air traffic control system. Dr. Ing. Andrew Sammut 

of the University of Malta was the recipient of the 2012 

award. During his time as research staff at the University, Dr. 

Sammut was involved in the design and evaluation of avionic 

systems and novel human-machine interface (HMI) cockpit 

configurations for safety critical applications, from both the 

engineering and human factors perspective. Other areas that 

Andrew aspires to explore further include autonomous flight 

and navigation, flight trajectory design and optimization, and 

aerodome safety and design. 


Outstanding Leaders 

The Outstanding Leader 

Award recognizes the added 

demands placed on RTCA 

Special Committee chairs and/ 

or other RTCA participants 

who serve in leadership roles, 

to ensure timely and quality 

products. 

Leslie Alford 


DO-248C, Supporting Information for 

DO-178C and DO-278A 

and DO-330: Software Tool Qualification 

Considerations 

James Chelini 

Verocel 

DO-332, Object-Oriented Technology 

and Related Techniques Supplement to 


Robert Erlandson 

NISC III 

DO-327, Assessment of the 

LightSquared Ancillary Terrestrial 

Component Radio Frequency Interference 

Impact on GNSS L1 Band Airborne 

Receiver Operations 

Tim Etherington 


DO-315B, Minimum Aviation System 

Performance Standards (MASPS) for 

Enhanced Vision Systems, Synthetic Vision 

Systems, Combined Vision Systems 

and Enhanced Flight Vision Systems 

Ed Folsom 

United Airlines, Inc. 

DO-329, Aircraft Secondary Barriers 

and Alternative Flight Deck Security 

Procedures 

Marty Gasiorowski 

Worldwide Certification Services 

DO-178C, Software Considerations 

in Airborne Systems and Equipment 

Certification 

Brian Gilbert 


DO-272C, User Requirements for Aerodrome 

Mapping Information 

Kelly Hayhurst 

NASA 

DO-333, Formal Methods Supplement 

to DO-178C and DO-278A 

Don Heck 


DO-278A, Software Integrity Assurance 

Considerations for Communication, 

Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic 

Management (CNS/ATM) Systems 

Patrick Krohn 

Universal Avionics Systems 

Corporation 



Enhanced Vision Systems, Synthetic Vision 

Systems, Combined Vision Systems 


Ian Levitt 


DO-328, Safety, Performance and Interoperability 

Requirements Document 

for Airborne Spacing—Flight Deck 

Interval Management (ASPA-FIM) 

Mark Lillis 

Goodrich GPECS 

DO-331, Model-Based Development 

and Verification Supplement to DO- 

178C and DO-278A 

Barbara Lingberg 




Certification 

and DO-330: Software Tool Qualification 


Leanna Rierson 

Digital Safety Consulting 

DO-330, Software Tool Qualification 


Richard Shiefelbein 




Procedures 

Don Walker 


DO-317A, Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards (MOPS) for 

Aircraft Surveillance Applications (ASA) 

System 

Todd White 

L-3 Communications 



Christer Wilkinson 

AECOM Technical Solutions 

DO-230C, Integrated Security System 

Standard for Airport Access Control 


Significant Contributors 

The Significant Contributor Award recognizes individuals 

for very important and noteworthy contributions to Special 

Committees and its products. 

Bryan Barmore 

NASA 

DO-328, Safety, Performance and 

Interoperability Requirements 

Document for Airborne Spacing—Flight 

Deck Interval Management (ASPA-FIM) 

Duncan Brown 

Rolls Royce 



Hervé Delseny 

Airbus 



David Domino 




Enhanced Vision Systems, Synthetic 

Vision Systems, Combined Vision Systems 


Robert Eftekari 


DO-317A, Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards (MOPS) for 

Aircraft Surveillance Applications (ASA) 

System 

Scott Graham 




Procedures 

Ross Hannan 

Sigma 



Lisa Haskell 

Jeppesen 

DO-272C, User Requirements for 

Aerodrome Mapping Information 

David Hawken 

NATS 





Peter Heller 

Airbus Operations GmbH 

DO-332, Object-Oriented Technology 

and Related Techniques Supplement to 


Nienke Jester–ten Veen 






Candace Kolander 

Association of Flight Attendants 



Procedures 

Art Kosatka 

TranSecure, Inc. 

DO-230C, Integrated Security System 

Standard for Airport Access Control 

Pierre Lionne 

EADS APSYS 

DO-331, Model-Based Development 

and Verification Supplement to DO- 

178C and DO-278A 

Johan Martensson 

EUROCONTROL 

DO-317A, Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards (MOPS) for Aircraft 

Surveillance Applications (ASA) System 

Fred Moyer 




Kenneth Peterson 

NISC III 

DO-327, Assessment of the 

LightSquared Ancillary Terrestrial 

Component Radio Frequency 

Interference Impact on GNSS L1 Band 

Airborne Receiver Operations 

Frederic Pothon 

ACG Solutions 



Jim Stewart 

NATS 





Lesley Weitz 






Todd White 




Certification 

Scott Wilson 

EUROCONTROL 

DO-291B, Minimum Interchange 

Standards for Terrain, Obstacle and 

Aerodrome Mapping Data 

Dongsong Zeng 


DO-224C, Signal-in-Space Minimum 

Aviation System Performance Standards 

(MASPS) for Advanced VHF Digital Data 

Communications Including Compatibility 

with Digital Voice Techniques 


Members as of December 31, 2012 


Membership 

International 

34% 

U.S. Govt. 

1% 

Academic 

7% 

Domestic 

58% 

500 

450 

Total 

Domestic 

Members 

International 

Associates 

Academic 

Associates 

U.S. Government 

400 

350 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 

A 

AAI Corporation 

AATC Systeme & Software 

Absolute Tracking Solutions, Inc. 

ABX Air 

ACC COLUMBIA Jet Service 

GmbH 

Accord Software & Systems, Inc. 

ACK Technologies, Inc. 

ACR Electronics, Inc. 

AdaCore Technologies 

Adaptive Aerospace Corporation 

Adaptive Aerospace Group 

Advanced Management 

Technology, Inc. 

Advanced Technical Group, Inc. 

Aero Engine Controls - North America 

Aero Sense Technologiesm, Ltd. 

AERO&SPACE USA, INC. 

AeroAntenna Technology, Inc. 

AeroAstro GmbH 

Aerodata Systems & Services GmbH 

Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. 

AeroMech, Inc. 

AeroNavData, Inc. 

Aerospace Vehicle Systems Institute 

Agencia Nacional de Aviacao 

Civil - Gerencia Geral de 

Certicacao 

AgiLynx, Inc. 

AgustaWestland S.p.A. 

Air Canada 

Air Informatics, LLC 


Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation 

Airbus Americas, Inc. 

Aircell, LLC 

Aircraft Electronics Association, Inc. 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 

Aircrafts of Long Island, Inc. 


AirDat, LLC 

Airline Services, Ltd. 

Airlines for America, Inc. 

AIRPlus Engineering 

Airports Council International - 

North America 

Airservices Australia 

Airtran Airways 

AirVOD 

Airways Corporation of 

New Zealand, Ltd. 

Alaska Airlines, Inc. 

Albatroz Engineering 

Alhena International Srl 

Altaphon, Inc. 

Altreonic NV 

American Airlines, Inc. 

American Eagle Airlines 

American Kestrel Company, LLC 

Anderson Aerospace, LLC 

Andre Consulting, Inc. 

AQL EMC, Ltd. 

ARINC, Inc. 

Arthur Feinberg Associates, LLC 

Aspen Avionics, Inc. 

Association for Unmanned 

Vehicle Systems International 

(AUVSI) 

Association of Air Medical Services 

(AAMS) 

ASTAR Air Cargo 

Astronautics Corporation of 

America 

Atlas Air 

Aurora Sciences, LLC 

Austrian Military - AIR MATERIAL STAFF 

Avia Satcom Company, Ltd. 

Aviation Data Communication 

Corporation 

Aviation Design Management 

Aviation Management Associates, Inc. 

Aviation Safety Facilitators 

Corporation 

Aviation Spectrum Resources, Inc. 

(ASRI) 

AVIC Avionics Company, Ltd. 

Avidyne Corporation 

AvioHeliTronics InfoSystems Pvt., Ltd. 

Avionica, LLC 

Avionyx 

AVISTA, Inc. 

Avitech AG 

B 

BAE Systems Controls 

BAE Systems, Inc. - Electronic Sector 

Beacon Management Group 

Beijing Weibang Yuanhang Wireless 

Technology Company, Ltd. 

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. 

Beyond Aviation 

Bombardier Aerospace 

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. 

Bundeswehr Technical and 

Airworthiness Center for 

Aircraft (wtd 61) 

BVR Technologies 

C 

Cadmos Microsystems Srl 

CARERI 

Cascade Technical Sciences, Inc. 

Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. 

Center for Unmanned System 

Studies ITB 

Centre for Airborne Systems, 

Bangalore 

Certification Services, Inc. 

Certon Software, Inc. 

Cessna Aircraft Company 

Chippewa Aerospace 

Civil Aeronautics Administration 

MOTC, ROC 

Civil Aviation Authority of 

New Zealand 

Civil Aviation Authority of 

Singapore 

Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan 

Civil Aviation Flight University 

of China 

Civil Aviation University of China 

Clairus, LLC 

CMS Group in Orbit Communication 

Systems, Ltd. 

Cobham Aerospace Communications 

College Edouard-Montpetit - Ecole 

Nationale D’Aerotechnique 

Comant Industries, Inc. 

CommutAir/Continental Connection 

Computer Sciences Corporation 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Cool City Electronics, Inc. 

Cooper Antennas, Ltd. 

Crane Aerospace & Electronics 

Cranfield University 

Creager Certification Services, LLC 

CS Soft a.s. 

CSSI, Inc. 

D 

Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation 

Dautec GmbH 

DCS Consulting, LLC 

DDC-I, Inc. 

Defence Science Technology 

Laboratory (DSTL) 

Defense Concept Associates, Inc. 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

Delta Engineering Corporation 

Design Assurance 

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH 

DIGAMC 

Digital Sectional, LLC 

DME Corporation 

DornerWorks, Ltd. 

Duke Pro, Inc. 

Dynamic Aerospace, Inc. 

Dynamic Analytical Solutions, LLC 

Dynon Radio, LLC 

E 

Eagle Security Group, Inc. 

Ecole Nationale De L Aviation Civile 

(ENAC) 

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal 

Eirtech Aviation Services 


Elbit Systems, Ltd. 

Electromagnetic Testing Services, Ltd. 

Electronic Design Office Schlehaus 

Electronic Navigation Research 

Institute 

EMBRAER 

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 

EMC-Testcenter Zurich AG 

Emergency Beacon Corporation 

Empire Airlines 

EMS Technologies Canada 

ENSCO - Avionics 

Environ Laboratories, LLC 

Esterline CMC Electronics 

EuroAvionics Navigationssysteme 

GmbH & Co. KG 

EUROCAE 

EUROCONTROL 

Eurofins Product Service Gmbh 

European Aviation Safety Agency 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

ExpressJet Airlines 

Extreme Engineering Solutions 

F 


Federal Express Corporation 

Federation Aeronautique International 

Ferrell and Associates Consulting, Inc. 

Flight Data Systems Pty., Ltd. 

Flight Focus Pte, Ltd. 

Flightech Systems Europe S.A. 

Foliage, Inc. 

Frasca International, Inc. 

FreeFlight Systems 

Frequentis USA, Inc. 

G 

Gables Engineering, Inc. 

Garmin, Ltd. 

GE Aviation Systems, LLC 

General Atomics Aeronautical 

Systems, Inc. 

General Aviation Manufacturers 

Association 

General Dynamics Information 

Technology 

GeoEye 

George Mason University 

Georgian Aerospace Group, Inc. 

German Aerospace Center - 

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und 

Raumfahrt 

Globatrac, LLC 

GMV (Spain) 

Goodrich Corporation Sensor Systems 

Division 

Grays Engineering 

GT Software Services, LLC 

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 

H 

Harris Corporation 

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. 

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 

HeliTrak, Inc. 

Heriot-Watt University 

Hilton Software, LLC 

Hirsch Electronics 

Hi-Tec Systems, Inc. 

Honda Aircraft Company, Inc. 

Honeywell International, Inc. 

Horizon Air 

Houghton Associates, Inc. 

I 

IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. 

IFEN GmbH 

iJet Technologies, Inc. 

IMANNA Lab, Inc. 

Imperial College London 

Incline SoftWorks, LLC 

Ingenium Aerospace, LLC 

INMARSAT 

Innovative Solutions International, Inc. 

Insitu, Inc. 

International Aeronavigational 

Systems, Ltd. (IANS) 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization 

International Communications Group 

International Federation of Air Traffic 

Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) 

Intertek Testing Services NA - Grand 

Rapids MI Aerospace EMC Testing 

Group 

Iridium Satellite, LLC 

ITESO AC 

ITT Corporation 

J 

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 

Japan Radio Air Navigation Systems 

Association 

Jeppesen 

Jerry Thompson & Associates, Inc. 

JetBlue Airways 

Jetcraft Avionics, LLC 

John Ferrara Consulting 

Joint Stock Company Scientific Design 

Bureau of Computer Systems 

JSWalker Group / Aviation Solutions, 

Inc. 

Jupiter Avionics Corporation 

K 

Kaigai Corporation 

KalScott Engineering, Inc. 

Karem Aircraft, Inc. 

Kestrel Aircraft Co. 

KNMI 

Kollsman, Inc. 

Korea Aerospace Research Institute 

Korea Aerospace University 

Korea Civil Aviation Development 

Association -KADA 

KSdF-Conseil 

Kuerzi Avionics AG 


L 

L&T Integrated Engineering Services - 

Avionics Group 

L.S.P., Inc. 


LEAT Srl - Engineering Unit 

Lees Avionics, Ltd. 

LeighFisher, Inc. 

Lexavia Integrated Systems, Inc. 

Lockheed Martin Corporation 

Logicircuit, Inc. 

Luma Technologies, LLC 

M 

Mannarino Systems & Software, Inc. 

MAP Aircraft Projects AS 

Marenco Swisshelicopter, Ltd. 

Marinvent Corporation 

Marshall Aerospace Australia 

Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems 

Metron Aviation, Inc. 

Micom Consulting, Ltd. 

Microair Avionics 

MicroPilot 

Midwest Airlines 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory 

MJF Strategies, LLC 

MOASOFT Corporation 

Mobile Power Solutions 

Modernization of Aviation Complexes, 

LLC 

MonkeyProof Solutions 

Moog, Inc. 

Mosaic ATM, Inc. 

N 

Nanjing University of Aeronautics & 

Astronautics 

NASA 

National Air Carrier Association 

National Air Traffic Controllers 

Association 

National Business Aviation Association 

National Institute for Aviation 

Research (NIAR) at Wichita State 

University 

National University of Colombia 

Nautel, Ltd. 

NAV Canada 

Navcast, Inc. 

Navicom Aviation Corporation 

NavWorx, Inc. 

NEC Corporation, Air Traffic Control 

Systems Division 

NEC Corporation, Radio Applications 

Division 

NIIAO (Institute of Aircraft Equipment) 

NMSU/PSL Aerospace & Autonomous 

Systems Laboratory 

Noblis, Inc. 

North Star Group, LLC 

Northrop Grumman Corporation 

NovAtel, Inc. 

NTC Promtehaero 

O 

Ohio University - Avionics Engineering 

Center 

OpenTech EDV Research GmbH 

Optimal Synthesis, Inc. 

Organizacao Brasileira para o 

Desenvolvimento da Certificacao 

Aeronautica 

Orscheln Products, LLC 

Oscar Nelson Group 

P 

paconsult GmbH 

Panasonic Avionics Corporation 

Parker Hannifin - Aerospace, Control 

Systems 

PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. 

Patmos Engineering Services, Inc. 

Peregrine 

Peter Matthews 

PHI Associates 

Philotech Systementwicklung und 

Software GmbH 

Piedmont Airlines, Inc. 

Pinnacle Airlines Corporation 

Predesa, LLC 

Prescient Wireless, Inc. 

Project Management Enterprises, Inc. 

Q 

QA Systems, Ltd. 

Qualtest, Inc. 

Queensland University of Technology 

Quiet Technologies, Inc. 

R 

R4 Integration, Inc. 

Radiometrics Midwest Corporation 

Raytheon Company 

RDRTec, Inc. 

Redak Consulting GmbH 

Regional Airline Association 

Republic Airways Holdings 

Research Design Lab NAVIS 

Rianta Technologies 

Richland Technologies, LLC 

RightHand Technologies, Inc. 


Rossell Techsys -Engineering Division 

Row 44, Inc. 

Royal New Zealand Air Force 

S 

Saab AB 

Saab Sensis Corporation 

Safety Analytical Technologies, Inc. 

Sagem Avionics, Inc. 

Sagetech Corporation 

SAIC 

Sandel Avionics, Inc. 

Scientific Research Corporation 


SEKAS GmbH 

SELEX Sistemi Integrati, Inc. 

Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG 

- Aviation Division 

Sensor Technology Ltd. 

Sensurion, LLC 

Septentrio Satellite Navigation 

SESAR Joint Undertaking 

Shanghai Aircraft Airworthiness 

Certification Center of CAAC 

Sierra Nevada Corporation 

Signum Altum, Inc. 

Simtec Buergel AG 

SITA 

Situ Biosciences, LLC 

Skyguide Magazine 

SkyWest Airlines 

Smithsonian Institution Libraries 

Soaring Society of America 

Society of Japanese Aerospace 

Companies 

SoftwAir Assurance, Inc. 

Software Engineering Institute 

Softwcare SL 

Solers, Inc. 

Southwest Airlines 

Spectrum EMC Consulting, LLC 

Springton Technologies, Inc. 

SRC, Inc. 

Stanford University 

Star Navigation Systems Group, Ltd. 

State Research Institute of Aviation 

Systems (GosNIIAS) 

S-TEC 

Stewart Motor Co, LLC 

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company 

Swedish Defence Materiel 


Syncroness, Inc. 

Systems & Electronics, Inc. 

Systima Technologies 

T 

TAI - Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. 

Tatenhill Aviation, Ltd. 

TDI Power 

Technische Universitaet Muenchen 

- Institute of Flight System 

Dynamics 

Technische Universitat Darmstadt 

Tek Fusion Global, Inc. 

Teledyne Controls Division 

Telenergy 

Telephonics Corporation 

TESTCORP 

Thales Global Services 


The Brake Control Works 

The Johns Hopkins University 


The Raven Team, Memorial University 

Thompson Aerospace 

Thrane & Thrane A/S 

TLD Solutions, Inc. 

Trans States Holdings Group 

Transas Telematica 

Transport Canada 

Transport Workers Union of America 

Transportation Security 


Trig Avionics, Ltd. 

Trimble Military and Advanced 

Systems (Trimble MAS) 

Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. 

TUV SUD America, Inc. 

U 


U.S. Army 

U.S. Navy 

U.S. Technical 

UniqueSoft, LLC 

UNITE Alliance 

United Airlines, Inc. 

United Parcel Service 

United Technologies Corporation 

Universal Avionics Systems 

Corporation 

University Corporation for 

Atmospheric Research 

University of Applied Sciences 

Hamburg 

University of Idaho 

University of Kansas 

University of Malta 

University of North Dakota 

University of York 

US Airways 

V 

Validated Software Corporation 

van Dam Ingenieurbuero 

VEROCEL, Inc. 

Vestel Savunma Sanayi A.S. 

VictorTango, LLC 

Virtual Engineering Centre 

Volpe National Transportation 

Systems Center 

W 

William E. Payne & Associates, Inc. 

Worldwide Certification Services, Inc. 

X 

XMobots Robotics Systems 

Z 

Zee.Aero 


Financial Report 

RTCA, Inc. demonstrated sound fiscal management and accountability measures in 2012, as shown in the 

audit completed in April 2012 by Calibre CPA Group. Operating revenue exceeded expenditures by $621 

thousand. 

Operating Revenue totaled $3.4 million. RTCA, Inc. is a membership organization, with revenue from sources 

depicted in figure below. 

Operating Expenses totaled $2.7 million as depicted in the figure below. 

The positive outcome is a result of careful management of expenses and strong membership, document 

sales, and training course revenue. The 2012 operating income will continue to support RTCA’s programs and 

services. 

2012 Operating Revenue 

$3.4 Million 

2012 Operating Expenses 

$2.7 Million 

Publication 

Sales 

23% 

Training Seminars 

5% 

Interest and Divdend Income 


Balance Sheet 

December 31, 2012 

December 31, 2012 

(With Comparative Totals as of December 31, 2011) 

(With comparative totals as of December 31, 2011) 

Assets 

Working 

Capital and 

Operating Jackson Reserve 2012 2011 

Funds Fund Fund Total Total 

Current assets 

Cash and cash equivalents $ 698,570 $ 11,403 $ 721,655 $ 1,431,628 $ 1,409,319 

Accounts receivable 

Dues 363,812 - - 363,812 375,000 

Other 2,750 - - 2,750 26,575 

Prepaid expenses 76,597 - - 76,597 58,532 

Due from (to) other funds 18,360 (18,360) - - - 

Publications inventory 15,864 - - 15,864 15,281 

Total current assets 1,175,953 (6,957) 721,655 1,890,651 1,884,707 

Long-term investments 3,465,100 88,158 1,329,519 4,882,777 3,889,540 

Property and equipment, net 1,024,752 - - 1,024,752 1,013,908 

Security deposits 33,713 - - 33,713 33,713 

Total assets $ 5,699,518 $ 81,201 $ 2,051,174 $ 7,831,893 $ 6,821,868 

Liabilities and Net Assets 

Current liabilities 

Accounts payable $ 40,643 $ - $ - $ 40,643 $ 66,352 

Accrued salaries and benefits 75,072 - - 75,072 50,479 

Accrued rent 45,057 - - 45,057 35,977 

Other liabilities 6,040 - - 6,040 8,817 

Deferred revenues 500,073 - - 500,073 549,090 

Total current liabilities 666,885 - - 666,885 710,715 

Long-term liabilities 

Accrued rent, net of current portion 732,553 - - 732,553 777,610 

Other liabilities, net of current portion 3,042 - - 3,042 9,082 

Total liabilities 1,402,480 - - 1,402,480 1,497,407 

Net assets 

Unrestricted 4,297,038 81,201 1,162,468 5,540,707 4,549,468 

Temporarily restricted - - 888,706 888,706 774,993 

Total net assets 4,297,038 81,201 2,051,174 6,429,413 5,324,461 

Total liabilities and net assets $ 5,699,518 $ 81,201 $ 2,051,174 $ 7,831,893 $ 6,821,868 

A copy of the audited financial statement is available upon request. 

See accompanying notes to financial statements. 



Statement of Activities 

Statement of Activities 

Year Ended December 31, 2012 

(With Comparative Totals December for the 31, Year 2012 Ended December 31, 2011) 

(With comparative totals for the year ended December 31, 2011) 

Working 

Capital and 

Operating Jackson Reserve 2012 2011 

Funds Fund Fund Total Total 

Operating revenues 

Member dues $ 2,230,688 $ - $ - $ 2,230,688 $ 1,981,219 

Publication sales 759,392 - - 759,392 638,623 

Symposium 219,190 - - 219,190 54,729 

Training seminars 155,512 - - 155,512 - 

Interest and dividend income 313 - - 313 1,026 

Conference room sponsors 2,750 - - 2,750 2,750 

Total operating revenues 3,367,845 - - 3,367,845 2,678,347 

Operating expenses 

Program services 

Committees and task forces 910,527 - - 910,527 897,966 

Symposium 262,052 6,559 - 268,611 91,901 

Publications 161,017 - - 161,017 187,393 

Membership services 165,018 - - 165,018 149,455 

Public education 78,209 - - 78,209 81,566 

Training seminars 168,951 - - 168,951 77,903 

Supporting services 

Management and general 956,402 - - 956,402 865,348 

Membership development 37,768 - - 37,768 55,058 

Total operating expenses 2,739,944 6,559 - 2,746,503 2,406,590 

Excess (deficiency) of operating 

revenues over operating expenses 627,901 (6,559) - 621,342 271,757 

Other income 

Net gain (loss) on long-term 

investments 300,172 10,550 172,888 483,610 (174,748) 

Change in net assets $ 928,073 $ 3,991 $ 172,888 $ 1,104,952 $ 97,009 

A copy of the audited financial statement is available upon request. 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements. 

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