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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 ...

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 International has received the first certification of a GPS wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) receiver providing instrument landing system (ILS) -like precision approach capability. The ...

Credit: JIM CLEPLAK/MITRE CORP. The FAA's newly commissioned GPS Wide Area Augmentation System was a major step in expanding satellite navigation capabilities. A similar boost could come from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once the subject of criticism, WAAS is on the majority of general aviation aircraft The FAA now has nearly 5,000 WAAS LPV and LP approaches. (Image: The FAA) Peraton, formerly part of Harris Corp., ...

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 ...