DOT's IG sees long-term need for WAAS backup

A backup for the Wide Area Augmentation System "will be needed for the foreseeable future" because of uncertainties related to signal interference, according to the U.S. Dept. of Trans-portation's inspector general. The IG, Kenneth Mead, told FAA Administrator Jane Garvey this week that interference...

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