Aeroflex has added the ability to simulate WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance) approach procedures to its GPSG-1000 portable GPS simulator to ...

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 ...

Hawker Beechcraft has begun offering a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) option for Hawker 800XP aircraft. The upgrade enables operators to fly ...

Garmin International Inc. has launched the GNC 355 — a GPS navigator with Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV) approach guidance and built-in communications radio. With the GNC 355, pilots can ...

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 ...

Garmin is putting a "W" on its best-selling GNS400/500-series GPS-based navigation systems after receiving US Federal Aviation Administration approval to use the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS).

The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) monitors and provides corrections and integrity information for GPS signals over North America to enable pilots to fly using augmented GPS data for safety of ...

Garmin just added a pair of new WAAS GPS navigators to its lineup, the GPS 175 and the GNX 375, which will allow pilots to use WAAS or SBAS to fly LPV instrument approaches. The GPS 175 is a ...