Sierra Nevada Urges FCC to Provide Certainty on 95 GHz Flight Radar
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) asked the FCC to act on its 2018 proposal to use 95 GHz spectrum for enhanced flight vision systems (EFVS) on aircraft. The Haystack Observatory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology raised objections (see 2203250061). “Time…
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is now of the essence for the FCC to act,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 19-140. “SNC’s customers require regulatory certainty and the reassurance that will only come when permanent rules for EFVS radar are put into place,” the company said: “The international community is waiting for FCC action. The International Civil Aviation Organization and the European Union have been engaged in efforts to provide spectrum protection for EFVS in the millimeter wave bands, including 95 GHz. … By acting now, the FCC can take the lead on these international efforts.”