GPS for Precision Approaches: Flight Test Results

Robert Till and Victor Wullschleger, Ronald Braff

Abstract:	The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center and The MITRE Corporation, in support of the FAA Satellite Program Office, have evaluated various differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) implementations for precision approaches. Included in the evaluation are a 2channel sequential receiver, a carrier phase aiding receiver, a narrow-correlator spacing receiver, and kinematic carrier phase tracking. The paper contains an introduction to the FAA/Industry flight test programs, a description of each system tested, and a presentation of the flight test results. The interpretation of the results describes sensor accuracy and total system errors, including flight technical error (FTE) considerations.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993) June 21 - 23, 1993 Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge, MA
Pages:	313 - 320
Cite this article:	Till, Robert, Wullschleger, Victor, Braff, Ronald, "GPS for Precision Approaches: Flight Test Results," Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993), Cambridge, MA, June 1993, pp. 313-320.
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