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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (1990)	12/16/1997 5:20:00 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

More on Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a major new partnership to eliminate controlled flight into terrain - a major cause of air accidents worldwide. ATA member airlines will voluntarily equip 4,300 of their aircraft with advanced terrain awareness warning systems, such as the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS). Installation of the systems is expected to be substantially complete during 2003. In response to a recommendation earlier this year by the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security chaired by Vice President Gore, the FAA is continuing to develop a regulation that will require advanced terrain awareness warning systems for all U.S. carriers. The proposed rule, expected to be published early next year, will mandate installation of advanced terrain awareness warning systems in all aircraft with six or more seats in 2003. Today's announcement means that the airlines will get a head start on installation of these systems before the FAA makes the rule final. "This is a perfect example of government and the aviation industry working together toward a common goal that will give airline passengers added safety in the skies," said FAA Administrator Jane F. Garvey. "This partnership will speed installation of this important safety enhancement and make it available to the traveling public." "The airlines are not waiting for the regulatory process," said Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater. "The product is ready now, and it is more important than the process, so they are moving forward to install it." Controlled flight into terrain, or "CFIT," occurs when an aircraft is under control but the pilots lose their sense of where the plane is in relation to terrain features. In a report released on December 11, the National Civil Aviation Review Commission noted that CFIT accounts for about one-fourth of worldwide commercial air accidents over the last 10 years and recommended strong action to reduce such accidents. "Accidents in which aircraft run into the ground or mountains are the number-one global aviation safety problem," said ATA President Carol Hallett. "Installation of this new safety system will largely eliminate this type of accident and it represents a significant step forward for aviation safety." Advanced terrain awareness warning provide a detailed moving map of terrain around an aircraft to help pilots maintain proper altitude and terrain clearance. Using an existing navigation system, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), the aircraft's position is correlated with a database-driven terrain map that provides the pilot with real time awareness of the aircraft's position. EGPWS has already been voluntarily installed in 175 aircraft operated by ATA members.

To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (1990)	12/16/1997 5:32:00 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3506

EGPWS - Who benefits? Allied Signal - which leads the GPWS market. Honeywell and Rockwell must have competing products. Trimble should benefit. Would take some uncertainty out of the aviation GPS market. Jeppesen ( a division of Sanders) which provides aviation databases. Just a comment. Regulation seems to be driving GPS growth. For example: - Enhanced GPWS - GMDSS - Enhanced 911 Has anybody estimated the dollar impact on Trimble aviation sales from the EGPWS? Arun Arun