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To: Step1 who wrote (79)	5/15/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: Bernard Elbaum	Respond to of 115

According to Pelorus IR, the issue of a backup system is nothing new. Pelorus is already working on one potential backup solution. But as stated in the IR post here the other week, FAA remains committed to bringing GPS forward. I am going to check out the FAA web site and see if I can document the precise position taken by the FAA in its public statements. GPS Revenue seems 2 years off. But that's not so terribly long to wait.

To: Step1 who wrote (79)	5/20/1998 3:44:00 PM
From: Bernard Elbaum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 115

I went to the FAA site on gps.faa.gov/programs to see what they were saying for myself. The FAA is projecting that most major airlines will have at least single use GPS by 2005--I think this means that they won't be relying solely on GPS but will have it--and that older navigation systems will be decommissioned by 2010. This translates into most major US airports having GPS capability by 2005, and all of them by 2010. There seem to be several potential hitches to this projection. 1. The government will have to spend some money for the airports to pay for new GPS capability. However, it's not a lot of money for ground installations. 2. The airlines have to pay much more money for GPS cockpit avionics. If they feel cash poor and would rather make do with what they have, the airlines could lobby for delay, though their own public pronouncements to date are supportive of GPS in a general sense. 3. The FAA site also refers to some lobbying by other nations to slow down the move to GPS, though the IR person for Pelorus tells me that the international aviation authority has been lobbying for speeding things up. 4. There could be some technological hitch. The most worrying of these potential hitches strikes me as #2. Any idea what the major US airlines think about switching over to GPS?