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GROUND-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
Airservices Australia
Australian airspace
GROUND- BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
(GBAS)
Presented byKeith McPherson
Manager GNSSAirservices Australia
(Caveat: Airservices Australia has a commercial
arrangement with Honeywell for GBAS Cat-1)
3rd MeetingMarch 2008
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A-380 lands at Sydney
International using GBAS Cat-I
June 2007
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Technical Cooperation
• Under a Technical Cooperation Agreement, Airservices Australia is working closely with the FAA to achieve GBAS Category I certification by the end of Calendar Year 2008
• Airservices Australia is partially funding technical support to the FAA.
• This relationship between the FAA and Airservices has seen the program moving forward and is greatly appreciated
• Mr Leo Eldredge deserves special mention for his foresight in putting this technical cooperation together
GROUND-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
Summary
• The GBAS era is here – Air Navigation Service Providers, equipment manufacturers and airlines understand the Value Proposition of GBAS
• A single GBAS ground station provides precision approach paths to all runway ends
• Certification of one GBAS manufacturer (Honeywell) by the end of 2008
• Airborne equipage rate increasing• Benefit quantification specific to each operational environment• Pre certification systems in operational use at Sydney Australia
(Qantas), Bremen Germany (TUIfly) and Guam (Continental Air Micronesia)
• There are four known manufacturers of GBAS (Companies in the USA; USA/Denmark; France; Russia)
GROUND-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEM
Thank you
