DLR Tests Space-Based Augmentation Landing System

Graham Warwick February 09, 2021
GLASS landing system
DLR’s Airbus a320 ATRA research aircraft flies an approach to Salzburg Airport in Austria using the GLASS landing system.
Credit: DLR
German researchers are flight-testing a satellite-based landing system for commercial aircraft that uses signals from a space-based augmentation system, potentially reducing the cost of providing precision approach capability at smaller airports. At present, automated landings can only be performed...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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