new suggestions
Rosaviatsia instructed the State ATM Corporation to “assist aircrew when GPS is turned off.” Pilots are advised to promptly notify air traffic controllers of “glitches, degradation and abnormal performance of GPS” or related avionics. Carriers are required to conduct additional exercises with the flight crew to assess the risks and limitations associated with malfunctions of navigation devices and onboard systems using the GPS signal, and to implement actions in case of malfunctions of satellite navigation systems” – report “Izvestia”, familiar to the letter of Yadrov.
According to the document, at the flight planning stage, aircrew should be “ready to perform standard take-off and landing procedures unrelated to the use of the satellite signal, and to use backup air navigation aids.” Pilots were also advised to “monitor the aircraft’s position using conventional navigation aids when flying close to several areas, checking the availability of flight-critical radio equipment along a given route and landing approach.”
The vice-president of the Federal Air Transport Agency stated in a letter that the new proposals were developed after the European aviation regulator’s message published on March 17. According to him, after February 24, cases of “jamming” and possible substitution of GPS signals became more frequent. They were observed at various stages of flights in the Kaliningrad region, near the countries of the Baltic Sea basin, in the eastern part of Finland, in the Black Sea, in the Eastern Mediterranean region, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria. , Turkey and Northern Iraq.
According to Izvestia, there are four global navigation satellite systems today: US government-operated GPS, Russian GLONASS, European Galileo and Chinese Compass. They differ in the signal, the number of satellites in orbit, and the orbital flight parameters of the satellites. The systems allow you to determine the position with an accuracy of 3-15 centimeters.
“Critical” for Russia GPS
The test pilot, Honorary Pilot of the Russian Federation Vadim Bazykin told socialbites.ca that a possible disconnection from Russia’s GPS is “critical” for flights.
“Of course it’s critical. It’s just that people haven’t learned anything else for a long time. You see, now they take pilots to the Federal Air Transport Agency (pilots – socialbites.ca) according to other criteria. The first criterion is knowledge of English, the second is the ability to manage a computer. Because in a modern “The airplane is made up of more than a hundred computers. If third-generation airplanes were controlled by pilots, current airplanes are controlled by a computer,” he said.
According to him, in 2 weeks – a month, you can master another satellite navigation system, but so far there is no such “flight training method”.
“We need to gradually move on to real events, use what we have. There is a GLONASS system – use it. If there is no GLONASS system, just use navigation devices. Any aircraft is equipped with a fairly modern navigation system that allows you to fly without a GPS system, ”he added. honorable pilot.
At the same time, he noted that refusing to use GPS without developing its own systems could be a “backfire” for Russian aviation.
Transfer to GLONASS
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, is sure that the only way out of this situation is the transition to the domestic GLONASS.
“Despite our repeated warnings, Russian airlines continued to lease and purchase foreign aviation equipment, ignoring the requirements for installing GLONASS equipment. Now they will look for a solution in boiled cat mode. And there is one thing – to install GLONASS stations at all airports to provide a high-precision navigation signal, and to install GLONASS receivers on all aircraft operated in our country. And error free. Rogozin wrote on his Telegram channel:
He reminded that from January 1, 2017, all cars manufactured in Russia or imported into the Russian Federation, in accordance with the law, the ERA-GLONASS system is installed.
“It turns out that it can be installed on tens of millions of cars, but not on hundreds of foreign aircraft? It’s true what they say, the miser pays twice. Today, we will send to the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency our technical proposals for replacing GPS with GLONASS subscriber equipment, which can also receive a navigation signal from the Chinese Beidou orbital navigation system, which we manage. She has been interacting successfully for 8 years. Better late than never, gentlemen,” said the head of Roscosmos.
On March 23, Rogozin said that separating Russia from the GPS navigation system is technically difficult to implement.
“I would like to say that technically (separating Russia from GPS – ed.) is very difficult to do, because the GPS orbital constellation cannot be selectively turned off in the direction of Russia and in the direction of other countries,” the head of Roscosmos said on Channel One. .
At the same time, in April 2018, Rogozin told Russian President Vladimir Putin that GLONASS was catching GPS on positioning accuracy and “there will be no delays”.
Source: Gazeta
Barbara Dickson is a seasoned writer for “Social Bites”. She keeps readers informed on the latest news and trends, providing in-depth coverage and analysis on a variety of topics.