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Cleared Direct Jul 31, 2026

WAAS, the Wide Area Augmentation System, and How a Web of Ground Stations Turns Plain GPS Into a Precision Approach You Can Fly Almost Anywhere

How WAAS turns ordinary GPS into a precision approach system that brings ILS-like minimums to thousands of airports with no ground equipment.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 23, 2026

Waas, the L P V Approach, and the Space-Based Signal That Slipped an Instrument Landing System Into Every Cockpit at Oshkosh

How WAAS turns free GPS into a precision LPV approach that brings ILS-quality minimums to small airports that never had an instrument landing system.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jun 19, 2026

WAAS and the LPV approach that turned a thirty-dollar GPS signal into an ILS for ten thousand airports

How WAAS turns ordinary GPS into ILS-grade LPV approaches at thousands of small airports - no ground equipment required.

Vector

ATIS May 6, 2026

State Department greenlights three hundred seventy-three million dollar JDAM sale to Ukraine

The State Department approved a $373.6 million JDAM-ER sale to Ukraine, with implications across defense and general aviation.

Tower