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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raytheon has delivered the Wide Area Augmentation System Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 6 satellite navigation payload to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to broadcast the WAAS message, ...

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Rockwell Collins recently introduced its Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable GPS-4000S. The new capability will be available in early 2007, according to the company. The GPS sensor and WAAS ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...