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Global Positioning Systems (GPS) may already guide millions of cars around the world, but airplanes are still guided by a 70-year-old radar technology. That is changing in the United States where engineering firm ITT is building out a GPS-based system as part of a larger "NextGen" system to vastly upgrade the country's air traffic control systems.
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NavWorx Inc. has received Federal Communications Commission authorization for an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transceiver. FCC authorization is a significant step for the Texas-based company's ADS600-B Universal Access Transceiver (UAT). The unit allows pilots to see real-time display of traffic and weather on a variety of cockpit displays.
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In May, the equipment forming the base of the new system [NextGen] was rolled out around the First Coast, one of the first places in the nation to get the equipment needed for the change. There are now 20 ADS-B ground radios operating in Florida, allowing a properly equipped plane flying in the area to see the traffic around it and receive up-to-date weather information.
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	ADS-B Equipment Required in Next Decade On May 27, 2010, the FAA published new rules (contained in 14 CFR 92.225 and 91.227) mandating "ADS-B Out" avionics installed and operating in aircraft in order to fly in Class A, B, and C airspace after January 1, 2020. Read the entire article...

Controllers in the Philadelphia area now have the capability to use a satellite-based system to more efficiently and safely track and separate aircraft. Philadelphia is one of four key sites that the FAA selected to demonstrate ADS-B services. The other sites include Houston, Louisville, KY, and Juneau, AK. The sites were selected because of their unique airspace environments and local needs.
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ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, is a revolutionary technology and a cornerstone of the national Next Generation Air Transportation System -- NextGen. At the end of this month when ADS-B is turned on in Juneau, ground controllers will be able to use the satellite-based GPS system to monitor and separate aircraft in Juneau airspace. There are immediate benefits: Controllers will have more accurate information, while air traffic and weather information will be up-linked directly to the cockpit of properly equipped aircraft. By Marion C. Blakey, Anchorage Daily News, April 23, 2010.
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	NextGen: Aviation's smart phone In a speech to the Wings Club, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt calls NextGen—the Next Generation Air Traffic Control system—"aviation's smart phone." By Janice Wood, General Aviation News, April 22, 2010. Read the entire article...

	The future of flight The federal government is spending billions to equip the nation's airports with the Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen. March 21, 2010. Read the entire article...

	ADS-B Is Almost Ready for You; Are You Ready for It? ANSWER THIS WEEK'S QUESTION AND VIEW THE SURVEY RESULTS (March 18, 2010): ADS-B is available over the Gulf of Mexico and was just switched on around Philadelphia. What are your plans to equip? Is ADS-B equipage on your radar? Read the entire article...

	ADS-B Goes Live In Philadelphia Pilots of properly equipped aircraft flying through the Philadelphia area can get a glimpse of the future of flight now that ADS-B service has been switched on there. March 17, 2010. Read the entire article...

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