Demonstration of Backup and Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Capabilities of Global Positioning System (GPS)

Published date03 May 2019
Record Number2019-09092
SectionNotices
CourtThe Secretary Of Transportation Office
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 86 (Friday, May 3, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 19154-19155]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-09092]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Office of the Secretary of Transportation
                [DOT-OST-2019-0051]
                Demonstration of Backup and Complementary Positioning,
                Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Capabilities of Global Positioning System
                (GPS)
                AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of
                Transportation (DOT).
                ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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                SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is planning to
                conduct a field demonstration of technologies with a Technology
                Readiness Level (TRL) of six or higher, as described in the Federal
                Highway Administration Technology Readiness Level Guidebook,\1\ that
                are capable of providing backup positioning, navigation, and/or timing
                services to critical infrastructure (CI) in the event of a temporary
                disruption to GPS. This demonstration effort also is expected to
                encompass technologies capable of providing complementary PNT functions
                to GPS by either expanding PNT capabilities, including cross checks, or
                extending them to GPS or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-
                denied or degraded user environments. DOT is issuing this Request for
                Information (RFI) to seek levels of interest and additional information
                from PNT technology vendors on participation in the demonstration. The
                information requested can be found in the supplemental information
                section of this RFI.
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                 \1\ Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research
                Program Technology Readiness Level Guidebook, FHWA-HRT-17-047,
                September 2017.
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                DATES: Responses should be filed by June 3, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: You may file responses identified by the docket number DOT-
                OST-2019-0051 by any of the following methods:
                 Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting
                comments.
                 Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
                Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor,
                Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
                 Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room
                W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET,
                Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
                 Fax: (202) 493-2251.
                 Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
                DOT-OST-2019-0051 at the beginning of your submission. All submissions
                received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov,
                including any personal information provided, unless proprietary and
                other sensitive information is so marked with requested disposition
                instructions.
                 Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
                submissions received in any of our dockets by the name of the
                individual submitting the document (or signing the submission, if
                submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
                You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act statement in the Federal
                Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit
                http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
                 Docket: For access to the docket and comments received, go to
                http://www.regulations.gov or to the street address listed above.
                Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen L. Van Dyke, Director,
                Positioning, Navigation, and Timing & Spectrum Management, Office of
                the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of
                Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-
                3180, [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                1. Overview
                 As a co-chair and member of the National Executive Committee for
                Space-based PNT, a provider and user of U.S. critical infrastructure
                (CI) services,
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                and as the lead civil agency for PNT in the Federal Government, DOT is
                interested in leveraging PNT service technology initiatives currently
                being undertaken by industry.
                 Section 1606 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
                Year 2018 (Pub. L. 115-91), directed the Secretary of Defense, the
                Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to
                jointly develop a plan for carrying out a backup GPS capability and
                complementary PNT demonstration.
                 This RFI outlines the information requested for DOT, in
                coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and Department of
                Defense, to conduct a demonstration of candidate technologies capable
                of serving as a backup and/or complement to GPS in order to ensure
                resilient PNT services for U.S. CI operations.
                2. Technical Information
                 DOT is seeking the following information from technology vendors
                for the purpose of conducting a successful demonstration, and to
                develop an efficient schedule for scenario development, deployment of
                demonstration systems, and completion of data collection and analysis.
                The respondents are being asked to provide the information below with
                respect to their proposed PNT backup technology(ies), and may also
                provide supplemental information that they believe to be relevant to a
                successful demonstration if they so choose. The information requested
                consists of the following:
                 1. A description of the technology(ies) and CI application(s),
                including cybersecurity and other security measures inherent in the
                system, and if the technology(ies) is/are for timing only, location
                only, or both timing and location.
                 2. Identify the TRL for the proposed technology(ies).
                 3. Identify whether the vendor is willing to participate in the
                demonstration by providing material (hardware and user equipment when
                applicable), engineering (technology deployment, configuration, and
                data collection support), and logistical support during the preparation
                and execution phases of the demonstration.
                 4. Identify whether this support is contingent on the government
                providing some funding.
                 5. Provide information about the needed infrastructure (e.g.,
                power, network, etc.) that would be necessary to deploy the vendor
                technology(ies) at a DOT-furnished demonstration site.
                 6. Identify any constraints on participation, e.g., lead-time,
                demonstration timelines, funding, infrastructure (HVAC, power, shelter,
                and equipment space, etc.).
                 7. Identify radiofrequency bands and transmit power levels in terms
                of peak Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP). This is needed
                during the planning phase depending on the selected demonstration
                site(s).
                 8. Identify where the technology(ies) is/are currently deployed and
                in use, if applicable. Provide location, date of deployment, and if the
                deployment is available for examination.
                 Abbreviations should be defined either on first use or in a
                glossary. Charts and graphics should have quantitative data clearly
                labeled. Assumptions should be clearly identified. Proprietary and
                other sensitive information should be so marked with requested
                disposition instructions. Submitted responses shall be UNCLASSIFIED
                unless prior arrangements are made with the Contracting Office.
                Submitted materials will not be returned.
                 Responses are limited to fifteen (15) 8.5'' x 11'' pages with 1''
                margins, and 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman), including any
                appendices and other supporting materials. Pages must be numbered and
                submitted electronically via email as Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat
                files. Please send responses to the contact information provided in the
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of the notice.
                 DOT will be developing a demonstration plan taking into
                consideration the information received pursuant to responses received
                under this RFI. This is an RFI only. This request is for planning
                purposes, and shall not be construed as a solicitation announcement,
                invitation for bids, request for proposals, quotes or an indication
                that the Government will contract for the items contained in this
                notice.
                 Additionally, responses will be treated only as information for the
                Government to consider. Respondents will not be entitled to payment for
                direct or indirect costs that are incurred in responding to this RFI.
                Further, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals
                or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract.
                Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary,
                restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their
                responses.
                 Issued This Day of April 29, 2019, In Washington, DC.
                Diana Furchtgott-Roth,
                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department
                of Transportation.
                [FR Doc. 2019-09092 Filed 5-2-19; 8:45 am]
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