Avionics
Smartpath GBAS Eases Approach to Challenging Airports
Honeywell continues to tweak its Smartpath GBAS.

Honeywell Aerospace will be releasing a third generation of software for its FAA-certified ground-based satellite augmentation system (GBAS) Smartpath. The software enhances the system for guiding aircraft to safe landings in challenging weather and low visibility at airports that, because of atypical terrain, are not good candidates for land-based precision landing systems. SmartPath is installed at 15 airports around the world, among them Chennai, India; Frankfurt, Germany; Houston and Newark, USA; Shanghai, China; and Sydney, Australia.