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Legal Panel GNSS and Aviation
| Abstract: | It is a distinct pleasure for me to address this audience to-day and to be able to share with you some views, hopes and maybe even anxieties, at a moment when CNS/ATM and its promises of progress begin to come to fruition. A key element of the ICAO CNS/ATM systems for the 21st century is GNSS. Originally it was thought that reliance could be placed on the existing systems, GPS and GLONASS but for both technical and institutional reasons, neither system satisfies all civil aviation requirements, thereby restricting their operational approval and use. In order to exploit this new technology, a number of civil augmentations are being developed which will improve the accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity of service of the core systems. Three satellite-based augmentation systems are under development by Europe (EGNOS), the USA (WAAS) and Japan (MSAS). Together they will provide the first seamless world-wide navigation service meeting high standards of accuracy and integrity. They represent the first major investment in GNSSI. Work has already started towards a second generation GNSS. In Europe the definition phase of a European navigation satellite constellation, named GALILEO, is under way, as Dr. Erdmenger has already informed you. |
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Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1999) September 14 - 17, 1999 Nashville, TN |
| Pages: | 975 - 982 |
| Cite this article: | van Dam, Roderick D., "Legal Panel GNSS and Aviation," Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1999), Nashville, TN, September 1999, pp. 975-982. |
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