Title :
Federal Radionavigation Plan-pie in the sky for civil aviation?
Author_Institution :
Crow Associates, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
fDate :
10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Federal Radionavigation Plan states that all present navigation and landing guidance facilities will be retired starting in 2005, and full dependence for these functions will be placed on augmented GPS. Once this is implemented, civil aviation will be totally vulnerable to terrorist jamming of the GPS signals over wide earth areas with widespread disruption of air traffic and potential disasters. It has become apparent that the use of GPS/GNSS is complex and expensive for the required civil aviation functions. It is clear that a different system form is needed for civil aviation, a redundant satellite/ground based system that will prevent it from being a jamming target while providing ATC surveillance, area navigation, collision warning/avoidance, high-speed data link and Category I landing guidance globally, plus precision Category III guidance in the terminal areas as needed. Such a system will be described
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; aircraft landing guidance; government policies; jamming; radionavigation; surveillance; ATC surveillance; Category I landing guidance; Federal Radionavigation Plan; GPS/GNSS use; IGSAGS system; area navigation; augmented GPS; civil aviation; collision warning/avoidance; high-speed data link; integrated global surveillance and guidance system; precision Category III guidance; redundant satellite/ground based system; terrorist jamming; Costs; Earth; Global Positioning System; Jamming; Radio navigation; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems; Springs; Surveillance; US Department of Transportation;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE