What is the status of LAAS avionics development?
A. Rockwell Collins recently received FAA certification approval for their multimode receiver (MMR). Boeing has incorporated this LAAS/GLS functionality on their 737-800 NG series aircraft. Qantas Airlines has purchased several of these LAAS capable Boeing aircraft in anticipation of a future LAAS ground station at Sydney. Continental Airlines has retrofitted nine of its 737-NG with GLS in anticipation of a LAAS System being installed in Guam and a German Air Carrier recently purchased a new LAAS equipped Boeing 737-NG to fly against a new LAAS system in Bremen, Germany. Airbus plans to offer GLS functionality on several of its airframe types to include the new Airbus A380.