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The FAA's Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

Raymond Swider ,
Ronald Braff  and
Victor Wullschleger
Raymond Swider
Affiliation:
(FAA Satellite Program Office, Washington, DC)
Ronald Braff
Affiliation:
(The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia)
Victor Wullschleger
Affiliation:
(William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) as a public use local area differential GPS system. The LAAS is required to support all categories of precision approach navigation. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the FAA's LAAS technical activities and programme plans. First, the complementary roles of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) and LAAS are summarized. Then technical activities are discussed, including requirements, system architecture, and flight tests. The paper concludes with a summary of the FAA's plans for LAAS, including the planned schedule of major programme activities.

Keywords

1. Satellite navigation.2. Differential systems.3. Terminal area navigation.4. Augmentation.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , May 1997 , pp. 183 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1997

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