Shakespeare elegantly downplays the importance of naming in Romeo and Juliet, writing: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” What matters is the subject ...

The article clarifies the distinct definitions of RNAV (Area Navigation), RNP (Required Navigation Performance), and PBN (Performance Based Navigation), emphasizing RNP's requirement for onboard ...

The desire to free aviation from dependence on fixed routes defined by ground-based navaids–a concept known as free flight–has produced technologies that permit more direct flights from point to point ...

In August 2021, I participated in an inspection flight of a new approach procedure at one of the most challenging airports to land at in the U.S., Colorado’s Eagle County (KEGE) with Hughes Aerospace ...

Austrian conducted an RNP RNAV approach – the first in Europe – to Innsbruck’s runway 26 in June. “This [new approach procedure] enables substantially improved and safer course guidance, especially in ...

Gulfstream plans to offer Required Navigation Performance capability on its G450 and G550 large-cabin business jets with the support of Honeywell and Jeppesen. Gulfstream eventually will offer RNP on ...

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to assist government development of a standard set of interfaces for Required Navigation Performance Area ...

Several elements of the Next Generation Air Transportation System depend on GPS-based area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP). New plan suggests a necessary full certified ...

The study, awarded to Helios Technology, will investigate the region's options for next area navigation development European air navigation organisation Eurocontrol has awarded UK consultancy Helios ...