RNAV GPS approaches are common, with most requiring RNP 0.3 accuracy. Different types exist, including LNAV (non-precision, lateral only), LP (non-precision WAAS-mandatory), LNAV/VNAV (precision-like, ...

A Dassault Falcon 2000LXS has become the first business jet to fly an instrument approach with a published localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) minima of 200ft (LPV200), using the ...

Flight1 Tech's Enterprise G1000 simulator accurately replicates real-world flight experiences, including WAAS approaches and VNAV regimes, using proprietary software and hardware closely resembling ...

Advanced Aerospace Solutions (AdvAero) upgraded its Piaggio P.180 Avanti human factors research aircraft with a WAAS/SBAS-capable UNS-1Ew Flight Management System (FMS) and LP/LPV Monitor from ...

On May 3, the first LPV-200 approaches were implemented at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG) — the first such approaches to be implemented in Europe. The milestone follows publication of the ...

Raytheon is to increase the availability of precision approach guidance using the GPS wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) under a new agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration. Under a ...

Textron’s Bell Helicopter announced its Bell 429 won certification of a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) permitting a 9-deg. glidepath on LPV approaches at a minimum velocity for instrument ...

AgustaWestland and ENAV, the Italian air navigation company, have successfully completed the first stage of qualification and authorization tests for the creation of the first helicopter localizer ...

The FAA is preparing publication of the first LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches, a new type of precision approach procedure designe ...

Chennai, April 28 (IANS) IndiGo Airlines owned by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd on Thursday became the first airline in Asia to use the Localiser Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) Approach, the ...