Thirty years ago, NAVSYS was deep into the development of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). I had the honor of being the chair of the RTCA SC-159 Integrity Working Group, which developed the ...

WACO, Texas, March 15 /PRNewswire/ — FreeFlight Systems, a global provider of high quality critical avionics, announced their 1203 WAAS GPS receiver has been selected by the FAA as part of the ...

Garmin is putting a "W" on its best-selling GNS400/500-series GPS-based navigation systems after receiving US Federal Aviation Administration approval to use the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS).

No audio available for this content. Aeroflex Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., has announced its capability to simulate WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) LPV ...

Aeroflex has added the ability to simulate WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) approach procedures to its GPSG-1000 portable GPS simulator to ...

MILITARY WAAS: Although the Air Force is considering developing a military version of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), the difficulties involved with maintaining secure ground stations around ...

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The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new 10-year contract to Raytheon Intelligence & Space that will provide a technical refresh for the Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS)—a space-based ...

FAA FLIPS SWITCH ON WAAS GPS SYSTEM - In a move that will soon allow precision approaches to more than 200 U.S. airports, the Federal Aviation Administration turned on the Wide Area Augmentation ...

Garmin just added a pair of new WAAS GPS navigators to its lineup, the GPS 175 and the GNX 375, which will allow pilots to use WAAS or SBAS to fly LPV instrument approaches. The GPS 175 is a ...