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ATC
LightSquared squabble raises questions about political games
The current GPS/LightSquared frequency battle could be described as Washington’s most recent electro-political struggle.
At least two years before Presiden
Regulations and Government
LightSquared Launches DC PR Assault
LightSquared is running an advertising campaign in Washington, D.C., that includes prominent multiple advertisements along the platforms of downtown stati
Regulations and Government
LightSquared Attempts To Bypass the FCC
Possibly recognizing that the July 1 final report on GPS testing showed that interference was worse than predicted, LightSquared lawyers are now bypassing
ATC
GPS users continue to fight proposed LightSquared network
The ongoing controversy about whether LightSquared’s proposed network of 40,000 powerful ground-based stations transmitting high-speed Internet across the
Avionics
The Dark Side of NextGen
The FAA’s March 2011 NextGen implementation plan is certainly a finely drawn view of what we should expect to see by 2018.
ATC
Crunch Time for LightSquared Tomorrow? Not Really
In accordance with the Federal Communication Commission’s January ruling, LightSquared must, in its June 15 final report on GPS compatibility tests, show t
Regulations and Government
LightSquared Controversy Catches Congress’s Attention
The controversy over potential interference to GPS from LightSquared’s planned nationwide network of powerful 4G broadband retransmitting stations has now
Lower-powered LightSquared Signals Skew Test Results
LightSquared documents submitted to the FCC last week reveal that its transmitters were transmitting at only half power during the tests recently conducted
Rep Raps LightSquared, FAA To Begin Interference Tests
The confrontation between LightSquared and the U.S.
Regulations and Government
Squabble Grows over LightSquared’s Potential GPS Threat
The controversy over LightSquared’s plan to operate 40,000 hi
ATC
Experts debate NAS-wide GPS jamming threat
by Andrew Wood
At press time, the first of three monthly reports of the technical arguments between experts from LightSquared and the GPS com
ATC
GPS Community Draws Line in Sand Against LightSquared
A panel of experts, selected jointly by the GPS Industry Council and LightSquared Corp., is currently determining whether
Regulations and Government
Panel To Study GPS Interference from LightSquared
Over the next three months, a panel of 14 experts will test and analyze whether LightSquared's proposal to transmit Internet data from a nationwide network
ATC
Satellite Internet plan could threaten GPS
Small, inexpensive GPS jammers carried by truckers have caused the occasional shutdown of the Laas test installation at Newark Airport.
ATC
Be Your Own Dispatcher
Garmin has introduced its GTU-10, a personal GPS-based tracking system that allows owners to instantly check via the Internet the location of children, pet
ATC
DOT IG Notes Technical Problems in FAA NextGen Programs
Last week, Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) Calvin Scovel III, along with an MIT representative and an FAA vice president, gave separate
Garmin: LightSquared Could Seriously Affect GPS
Garmin reports that LightSquared’s proposed nationwide broadband Internet service could seriously interfere with GPS signals.
ATC
UAVs pose little threat to civilian pilot jobs
Do UAVs threaten civil pilot careers? That’s the question that AIN posed to several attendees at a recent conference in Montreal, sponsored by industry tra
FBOs
Newark Airport GBAS Vulnerable to Truckers’ GPS Jammers
GPS designers understood from the beginning that the system’s weak signals would be vulnerable to inadvertent or deliberate interference, with the threat f
ATC
Eram Fixes Could Add $500M to FAA’s NextGen Tab
Software problems with the FAA's new, $2.1 billion en route automation modernization (Eram) computer system, originally scheduled to be operational at all
Regulations and Government
Equipage regs could delay ADS-B implementation
The road to ADS-B may well be paved with good intentions, but for operators of smaller aircraft there could be some serious financial potholes ahead.
ATC
GAO Warns NextGen Costs Could Quadruple
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure
ATC
Costly STC Requirements Threaten ADS-B Installations
Under a new FAA rule, ADS-B installation costs will at least double for corporate aircraft and could increase by up to 700 percent for general aviation air
ATC
ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear
Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the
Training and Workforce
Simulator tech just keeps evolving
Just when we might have thought that flight simulators are about as “leading edge” as they can get, it turns out that the engineers have been busy developi
Safety
FAA Issues Advisory Circular for Bird Tracking Radar
Bird strikes are as old as aviation itself, with the Wright brothers reporting the first such hit during an early test flight.
