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FEATURE
New FAA Certification Process
Streamlines WAAS LPV Upgrade For
Universal Avionics FMS Operators
By: Dan Reida
Prompted by growing demand for its cation path for the WAAS/SBAS-FMS. WAAS Localizer Performance with Verti-
WAAS-capable Flight Management Sys- Referred to as the “Engineering Assisted cal (LPV) via FAA field approval (337).
tems, Universal Avionics collaborated with Field Approval Process,” it provides Uni- Using this method avoids a costly and la-
the FAA to develop a streamlined certifi- versal FMS operators an upgrade path to borious Supplemental Type Certificate
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