Avionics
En route and terminal GPS failures simulated
Goers and GOTS describe two critical FAA programs planned for later this year and early next year, respectively.

Goers and GOTS describe two critical FAA programs planned for later this year and early next year, respectively. Goers stands for GPS outage en route simulation, while GOTS is similar, but with terminal replacing en route.

Each program will assess how well air traffic controllers can cope with GPS outages in IMC, handling a mix of aircraft with different levels of avionics equipage and with current and future reduced levels of conventional navaids. Goers and GOTS were first conceived in 1999, but received major impetus from the September 10 GPS interference report produced by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and from September 11.