Article: Government report confirms safety risk to aviation; Satellite navigation ultrawideband devices pose threat to Global Positioning System (GPS).

M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2001-ATA: Government report confirms safety risk to aviation; Satellite navigation ultrawideband devices pose threat to Global Positioning System (GPS) (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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WASHINGTON -- Safety concerns of the Air Transport Association (ATA) were recently confirmed by a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) study highlighting the potential interference risk to the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other air navigation services from the unlicensed use of ultrawideband (UWB) devices. At the request of UWB proponents, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...

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