RTCA is a United States standards organization for aviation electronics. Its
DO-260 series of Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) defines the
ADS-B requirements that aircraft transponders must meet, alongside
the international standards from ICAO.1
RTCA's DO-260 standards define how ADS-B transponders must perform.
Overview
RTCA’s DO-260B is the ADS-B specification most often cited in decoder documentation; its
European counterpart is EUROCAE’s ED-102A.
Sources
RTCA — Wikipedia, on RTCA and its DO-260 MOPS defining ADS-B performance requirements. ↩
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