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AEA urges action to set
aside FCC's Ligado Order
On the two-year anniversary of the Federal
Communications Commission's Ligado Order (released
April 22, 2020) when eight petitions for reconsideration
of the Order remain pending, the Aircraft Electronics
Association joined a broad coalition of nearly 100
organizations urging President Joe
Biden's administration and Congress
to work with the FCC to ultimately set
aside the flawed Ligado Order that,
if left in place, would upend decades
of sound spectrum policy, negatively
impact a significant cross-section of commercial, federal,
and academic users who rely on the many different
L-band satellite services, and threaten the safety of most
Americans.
On April 25, 2022, multiple groups representing
various constituencies across the American economy
signed letters to President Biden and congressional
leaders in both the United States Senate and House of
Representatives.
Both letters stated, in part: " Staying the Order is
necessitated by the clear bipartisan will of Congress.
In consecutive years after the adoption of the Order,
Congress mandated an independent technical review to
further assess the harmful interference that would be
caused by Ligado's proposed network and required the
Department of Defense to brief federal representatives
across the government 'at the highest level of
classification' on the potential for widespread harm from
Ligado's proposed terrestrial operations.
On this basis alone, the FCC should stay
the Order to adequately consider the
material new information that will be
uncovered as a result of these ongoing
Congressionally-mandated processes.
" The FCC must also stay the Order to address
the imminent harm implicated by Ligado's recent
announcement that it intends to deploy as soon as Sept.
30, 2022 - well before it appears the FCC may address
the petitions for reconsideration - and in light of the
full record before the agency. The record convincingly
demonstrates that the Order is legally and factually
deficient, and the potential for harm grows closer on a
daily basis, but the FCC may not have the additional
information regarding the full extent of harmful
interference in advance of Ligado's planned launch. "
To read the letters sent to President Biden and
congressional leaders, visit aea.net/news.asp. q
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