National Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board Named

Mar. 22, 2007

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730

Doc Mirelson
National PNT Coordination Office
202-482-1496/5809

RELEASE: 07-71

NATIONAL POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ADVISORY BOARD NAMED

WASHINGTON - 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>U.S. Advisory Board Members:</u>

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

<u>International Committee:</u>

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

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