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>>

Skyguide, Switzerland's air navigation service provider, has adopted its first approach procedures using data from Europe's EGNOS satellite system. The new satellite-based approaches, which have been introduced at the regional airports of St. Gallen-Altenrhein and Les Eplatures (near La...More>>

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In the public interest, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has released some of the impact statements provided by federal agencies to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The reports reveal deep concerns about and...More>>

On Wednesday, October 12, at 1 p.m, the House Committee on Small Business will conduct a hearing titled "LightSquared: The Impact to Small Business GPS Users." The hearing will take place in room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the impact on small...More>>

PORTLAND, Oregon — Spectracom announced at the ION-GNSS conference the introduction of new capabilities for its GSG line of GPS GNSS constellation simulators. These features reinforce Spectracom’s offerings for flexible, user-friendly, and affordable characterization and test of GPS and GNSS...More>>

"A large number of companies and engineers have thrown billions of dollars at trying to improve GPS in urban and indoor applications,” states Locata Corporation co-founder Nunzio Gambale. “From a technological perspective, Locata has created something completely new: the capability to...More>>

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) today released the most comprehensive study to date on the scope of the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) industry in the United States and North America. Researchers found intelligent transportation to be a fast growing sector...More>>

An announcement was made by officials at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southwest Sichuan Province on Monday stating that a BeiDou satellite launch would be carried out in the "coming days." FAA Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) warning aviation interests to steer clear of the launch area...More>>

Following global marketing of its L1 repeater kit, Rojone has released details of its GPS L1-L2 repeater systems specifically designed to provide adequate GPS coverage of both L1 and L2 bands for aircraft and for use in surveying applications. These systems are available in a fixed-installation...More>>