GPS, developed following the launch of Sputnik, is the foundational technology for modern aviation's Performance Based Navigation (PBN), which encompasses Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required ...

ICAO proposes renaming RNAV approach charts to RNP to standardize performance-based navigation (PBN) and simplify pilot understanding of required capabilities. The FAA and other international bodies ...

In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...

The desire to free aviation from dependence on fixed routes defined by ground-based navaids–a concept known as free flight–has produced technologies that permit more direct flights from point to point ...

Austrian conducted an RNP RNAV approach – the first in Europe – to Innsbruck’s runway 26 in June. “This [new approach procedure] enables substantially improved and safer course guidance, especially in ...

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to assist government development of a standard set of interfaces for Required Navigation Performance Area ...

The study, awarded to Helios Technology, will investigate the region's options for next area navigation development European air navigation organisation Eurocontrol has awarded UK consultancy Helios ...

The Portland International Jetport is working to keep more approaching planes over the water in an effort to reduce noise over local neighborhoods in South Portland. The Federal Aviation ...