VITA is accepting registrations to be a member of a public review VITA Consensus Body for voting to transition these standards to Stabilized Maintenance. You do not have to be a VITA member to participate in this Consensus Body. VITA members with active Workspace profiles should sign up in Workspace.
VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. The response deadline to register for this consensus body is: August 17, 2026.
Transition of VITA Standards to Stabilized Maintenance
Under ANSI rules after 5 years of a standard being reaffirmed, a standard may enter a 10 year stabilized maintenance period. There have been no requests for revision nor errata for these standards in question, hence it is recommended that it be maintained in stabilized maintenance state. Consensus body registration for voting for VITA approval of the following standards for the approval process is now open.
Stabilized Maintenance of ANSI/VITA 49A-2015(R2021) - Spectrum Survey Interoperability Standard
Abstract: This document specifies an interoperability specification that is applicable to spectrum-survey applications. It is intended to foster high-throughput and adaptable processing in a large-scale environment. It specifically considers the needs of devices based around 32-/64-bit general-purpose processors (GPP) and FPGAs that utilize Internet Protocol (IP) as the underlying transport between processing devices.
Stabilized Maintenance of ANSI/VITA 49.0-2015 (R2021) -VITA Radio Transport (VRT) Standard
Abstract:This document describes an open standard for an optional encapsulation protocol for VITA-49.0 (VRT) packets.
Stabilized Maintenance of ANSI/VITA 49.1-2015 (R2021) -VITA Radio Link Layer (VRL) Standard
Abstract:This document describes an open standard for an optional encapsulation protocol for VITA-49.0 (VRT) packets.
How to Apply for the Consensus Body
Currently, this consensus body needs voting members from the following interest categories in order to be able to proceed with this process. The consensus body will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the consensus body for voting.
- Producer: An appropriate participant designs, develops, or manufactures products using this standard.
- User-Industrial/Commercial: An appropriate participant is using this standard in an industrial or commercial application
- User-Government/Military: An appropriate participant is a representative of a government agency using this standard in a government or military application.
- Research: An appropriate participant is involved in research or consulting that may use this standard.
- General Interest: An appropriate participant is an interested party not necessarily involved in producing, directly using, or acquiring product using this standard.
Please note that company membership in VITA is NOT a requirement to join this consensus body. This registration is open to both VITA members and non-members. You must register via this form if you wish to participate in the upcoming ballot. VITA Members can sign up for free (while logged into their account) while non-members must pay a nominal fee to participate. This solicitation will be open for 14 days. The roster will be vetted to ensure it meets balance, lack of dominance and openness rules. Following which a formal ballot will be sent to the roster for voting.
In the case that you believe this standard needs a revision, please indicate so in the comments field of the registration form and be prepared to sponsor and actively participate in the revision effort. If you are selected for the consensus body, you may provide minor editorial comments during the balloting.
Please register ONLY IF you intend to vote. The ballot will be voided if we do not get enough returned votes.
The VITA policies and ANSI Function can be found on our governance page at http://www.vita.com/Governance.
