FAA to pilots: Expect â€˜unreliable or unavailableâ€™ GPS signals

Unspecified Pentagon ‘tests’ cited

“The US Federal Aviation Administration is warning pilots to expect â€œunreliable or unavailableâ€ signals from their global positioning gear as a result unspecified tests being carried out by the Department of Defense.

The Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM (PDF) said the GPS tests will be carried out beginning Thursday and are expected to last through February 22. They will cause spotty GPS signals in a several hundred mile radius centered off the coast of Florida.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/unavailabe_gps_warning/

civilian pilots, department of defense, faa, florida, GPS

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