Aeronautical Navigation

Course Rationale

In the early years of aviation, pilots navigated the airspace using bon fires. The aviation industry has come a long way since those days, but conventional navigational aids will not be able to meet the needs of the civil aviation in the 21st century. To overcome the inefficiencies of the current navigation systems, satellite navigation is being more widely used in civil aviation. The accuracy provided by systems such as Global Positioning System (GPS), the European Galileo, and the Japanese MTSAT systems along with augmentation systems, will enable changing the current ATC paradigm. More efficient procedures providing user flexibility, improved avionics utilizations, accurate position information will improve the safety and efficiency of the air traffic operations.

Course Description

The Aeronautical Navigation course builds upon the information provided in the CNS/ATM course, which contains a general overview of navigation in the NAS. This course provides a detailed description of principles of conventional radio aids to navigation, inertial navigation, and satellite navigation systems. The operational use of these systems, future trends, FAA implementation strategy and international perspectives will be discussed.

Pre-Requisite

It is strongly recommended that students have completed MAI's CNS/ATM course.

Intended Audience

This course is aimed at engineers and managers who need to be aware of the technology advancements and planned implementation and upgrades of the current navigation systems in the National Airspace System (NAS), and across the globe.

Cost

One Day Course: $600

FAA employees will be invoiced upon completion of the course. The above-listed cost may be used as an estimate.

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