FAA PLANS TO PULL THE PLUG ON MODE S

The other shoe has fallen. The FAA is giving up its struggle to work out the bugs in using Mode S transponders for reducing separation, providing datalink and for supporting ``free flight.'' Instead, the agency has proposed rescinding the current requirement for Mode S in commercial operations...

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