| 29 January 1999 For Immediate Release Johns Hopkins APL Releases GPS Report The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), Laurel, Md., delivered a final report, "GPS Risk Assessment Study," to the Air Transport Association on Jan. 29. This study of Global Positioning System (GPS) risks and capabilities affirms that an augmented GPS can "satisfy the performance requirements to be the only navigation system installed in an aircraft and the only service provided by the FAA for operations anywhere in the National Airspace System." Press releases are available at the following Web sites: Air Transport Association (ATA) Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Helen Worth |