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European Partners, Sesar JU Complete Navigation Projects
Airlines and air navigation service providers played key roles in testing performance-based and augmented navigation, optimized descents.
An airliner lands at Munich airport after conducting an ILS approach. (Photo: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung)
An airliner lands at Munich airport after conducting an ILS approach. (Photo: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung)

European collaborations of airlines and air navigation service providers (Ansps) have completed two projects to implement performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures and optimized descent profiles at nearly 20 airports on the continent. The organization managing the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar) effort co-funded these efforts and a recently completed demonstration of augmented navigation and vision approaches to airports.