aim of creating new value by providing telecommunications network connectivity
worldwide through the utilization of high altitude vehicles.
In particular, the HAPS Alliance is seeking to create an ecosystem to support
the next-generation of global connectivity needed to revolutionize the world’s
mobile networks by:
• Accelerating the development and adoption of HAPS technology through
industry-wide standards, interoperability guidelines and regulatory
policies.
• Liaising with industry organizations by delivering focused and pertinent
guidance relating to HAPS technology and market opportunities.
• Building a safe and non-discriminatory HAPS ecosystem with telecoms and
aviation regulators.
• Coalescing the voices of many HAPS industry leaders into a compelling
message.
• Advocating for global harmonization of the HAPS spectrum at the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and national level.
• Influencing emerging commercial standards, including the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) of non-terrestrial networks.
• Promoting industry-managed cooperative separation in the upper airspace,
including collaborative testing, simulations and pilot programs.
• Demonstrating the industry’s viability to potential customers and building a
cooperative HAPS ecosystem.
• Developing product specifications and promoting the standardization of
interoperable HAPS network elements.
5.10 GLOBAL AEROSPACE
Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC) is an innovative aerospace research and
development company with its main corporate office in Irwindale, CA near the
foothills northeast of Los Angeles. It conducts cutting edge R&D in the areas of
space, undersea, lighter-than-air, reentry of the atmosphere, defense, and power
technologies, as well as new concepts development and software.
5.10.1 Brief History
In 1999, GAC proposed to develop a totally new concept for latitude trajectory
control system (TCS) for NASA’s Ultra Long Duration Balloons (ULDB). The
advantages of the TCS concept are that it uses little power, operates at night, is
lightweight, doesn’t require detailed knowledge of the wind field, and it allows the
balloon to fly at a constant altitude. The TCS enables the balloon to avoid
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worldwide through the utilization of high altitude vehicles.
In particular, the HAPS Alliance is seeking to create an ecosystem to support
the next-generation of global connectivity needed to revolutionize the world’s
mobile networks by:
• Accelerating the development and adoption of HAPS technology through
industry-wide standards, interoperability guidelines and regulatory
policies.
• Liaising with industry organizations by delivering focused and pertinent
guidance relating to HAPS technology and market opportunities.
• Building a safe and non-discriminatory HAPS ecosystem with telecoms and
aviation regulators.
• Coalescing the voices of many HAPS industry leaders into a compelling
message.
• Advocating for global harmonization of the HAPS spectrum at the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and national level.
• Influencing emerging commercial standards, including the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP) of non-terrestrial networks.
• Promoting industry-managed cooperative separation in the upper airspace,
including collaborative testing, simulations and pilot programs.
• Demonstrating the industry’s viability to potential customers and building a
cooperative HAPS ecosystem.
• Developing product specifications and promoting the standardization of
interoperable HAPS network elements.
5.10 GLOBAL AEROSPACE
Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC) is an innovative aerospace research and
development company with its main corporate office in Irwindale, CA near the
foothills northeast of Los Angeles. It conducts cutting edge R&D in the areas of
space, undersea, lighter-than-air, reentry of the atmosphere, defense, and power
technologies, as well as new concepts development and software.
5.10.1 Brief History
In 1999, GAC proposed to develop a totally new concept for latitude trajectory
control system (TCS) for NASA’s Ultra Long Duration Balloons (ULDB). The
advantages of the TCS concept are that it uses little power, operates at night, is
lightweight, doesn’t require detailed knowledge of the wind field, and it allows the
balloon to fly at a constant altitude. The TCS enables the balloon to avoid
114 Commercial Corporations and Applications