Civil aircraft makes first approach using military GPS, Raytheon says
The first precision approach by a civil aircraft using a military GPS landing system occurred Aug. 25 at Holloman AFB, N.M., Raytheon announced Oct. 1. A FedEx Express 727 equipped with a Rockwell-Collins multi-mode receiver landed using a Raytheon-developed military ground station, Aerospace Daily...
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