Performance-based navigation (PBN), a key element in FAA’s NextGen air traffic control modernization initiative, is moving ahead, although at a somewhat slower pace than some airlines would like.

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...

[Avionics Magazine 05-09-2016] Europe has established its first Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance (LPV)-200 approaches at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris, France, according to the ...

With the influx of new RNAV approaches, the FAA is considering eliminating as many as 154 more existing approach procedures. The proposal is a cost-cutting move. Already up for cancelation are large ...