Bill Thompson

eLoran Gets Trials, Possibly a New Life As result of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the U.S. Coast Guard and UrsaNav, Inc., on-air tests are being conducted from the former Loran Support Unit site in New Jersey. PLUS: FAA's NextGen Plan, LightSquared, Galileo,...more >>

For about five years, the FAA has limped along with 23 short-term funding appropriations from Congress, but on Tuesday, congressional leaders said they have reached agreement on a four-year, $63 billion funding bill. The legislation has not yet been released, but according to USA Today, the funding...more >>

The most important development I see with regards to transportation in the next 10 to 15 years is the reliance of the transportation industry on the use of satellite navigation using the GNSS. This assumes, of course that the GNSS is maintained, expanded, and modernized. This appears to be the case...more >>

Last month we discussed the implementation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in the contiguous United States (CONUS).  This month we explore ADS-B implementation in Europe. ADS-B makes use of a GNSS-derived position,...more >>

Hello, and welcome to the second issue of GPS World's Avionics & Transportation e-newsletter, providing timely analysis and focused news on the use of global positioning technologies in the aviation, transportation, and freight industries, once every month.

Required Navigation Performance (RNP) operations can increase the number of aircraft that can occupy a particular airspace without compromising safety.