The FAA continuously evaluates GPS (SPS) and WAAS performance through quarterly reports to ensure the system's safety and reliability for all users. For the April-June 2013 reporting period, GPS SPS ...

See a mistake? Contact us. The FAAs Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) has been widely hyped as a boon to safety because it offers more precise approach guidance with vertical capability. While ...

Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s RTX business segment, Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), recently won a contract to provide technical refresh and Dual Frequency Operation (DFO) upgrades to the FAA's ...

originators of the first GPS handheld, announced today its first shipment of upgraded GPS receivers offering accuracy of better than three meters. Selected Magellan handhelds now feature Wide Area ...

Navigation system promises to improve approach guidance down to as low as 250ft UPS Aviation Technologies (UPSAT) has received the first certification for a wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) GPS ...

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 ...

An official evaluation of Advanced RAIM (ARAIM), a GPS technique used in aviation receivers for safer landings and take-offs, is being conducted by the William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) of ...