In a major safety-enhancement move, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday got a “satellite-based ...

[Avionics Magazine 05-09-2016] Europe has established its first Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV)-200 approaches at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, according to the ...

The aviation landscape has largely shifted from traditional non-precision approaches to GPS-based "precision-like" (APV/LPV) approaches that provide vertical guidance, due to WAAS and the reduction of ...

Over half of the nearly 16,000 U.S. instrument approach procedures are RNAV, with 1884 featuring LPV minimums, and many LPV approaches specifically benefit General Aviation at non-Part 139 airports.

No audio available for this content. 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 ...

No audio available for this content. Aeroflex Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., has announced its capability to simulate WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) LPV ...

Thales recently won an FAA award for up to 300 ILS systems, to be installed between 2007 and 2013. Many will replace older equipment, but at least 100 systems will provide precision approaches at new ...

FlyingGroup says it is the first business aviation company in Belgium qualified to fly localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches. LPV approaches are based on GPS, which in Europe ...

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 ...

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 ...

Indigo using its ATR aircraft has flown an IAP with LPV minima of 250 feet, using GAGAN Service. Recently, the Airports Authority of India successfully conducted flight trials using GAGAN (GPS Aided ...