National Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board Named

To: SCIENCE EDITORS

Contact: David E. Steitz, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358- 1730, or Doc Mirelson, National PNT Coordination Office, +1-202-482- 1496-5809, both of NASA

WASHINGTON, March 22 /PRNewswire/ — NASA and the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) announced Thursday, March 22 the members of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. James Schlesinger will chair the 24-member board; Brad Parkinson is the vice-chair.

The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy of December 8, 2004, established a permanent National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee. The committee is co-chaired by the Deputy Secretaries of the Departments of Defense and Transportation with equivalent representatives from the Departments of State, Commerce, and Homeland Security; the Joint Chiefs of Staff and NASA.

NASA established the advisory board on behalf of the executive committee. The board will operate in an advisory capacity as directed by the national PNT policy and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The board will provide advice, as directed by the executive committee, about U.S. space-based PNT policy, services, planning and program management. The board’s first meeting is in Washington March 29-30. The public meetings will be in the Polaris Suite, Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. For additional board information, contact the Advisory Committee Management Officer, Diane Rausch at 202-358-4510.

For information about U.S. national PNT policy, the executive committee, advisory board members, charter, meeting dates and public sessions, visit:

http://www.pnt.gov

U.S. Advisory Board Members:

James R. Schlesinger, Chair – Chairman, Board of Trustees, MITRE

Bradford Parkinson, Vice Chair – Professor, Stanford University

Phil Boyer – Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Capt. Joseph D. Burns, U.S. Navy (Ret.) – United Airlines

Ann Ciganer – U.S. GPS Industry Council

Susan M. Cischke – Ford Motor Company

Per K. Enge – Professor, Stanford University

Martin C. Faga – Former President and CEO, MITRE

Keith R. Hall – Booz Allen Hamilton

Robert J. Hermann – Global Technology Partners, LLC

Chester A. Huber – OnStar Corporation

David Logsdon – U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Gen. Lance Lord, USAF (Ret.) – Former Commander, U.S. Air Force Space

Command

Timothy A. Murphy – The Boeing Company

Terence J. McGurn – CIA (Ret.); currently, private consultant

Gen. James P. McCarthy, USAF (Ret.) – Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy

Ruth Neilan – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Charles R. Trimble – Chairman, U.S. GPS Industry Council

International Committee:

Gerhard Beutler – International Association of Geodesy, Switzerland

Arve Dimmen – Norwegian Coastal Administration

Suresh V. Kibe – Indian Space Research Organization

Keith McPherson – Airservices Australia

Hiroshi Nishiguchi – Japan GPS Council

Capt. Richard A. Smith, Royal Navy (Ret.) – International Association of

Institutes of Navigation, England

SOURCE NASA

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