Airliner Tests China’s BeiDou System For Navigation

Bill Carey January 13, 2020
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Credit: China Electronics Technology Avionics Co.
An Air China Boeing 737-800 recently completed a trial flight using China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system, which is nearing global coverage. Using the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) as its main position source, the 737 “landed smoothly” in Kashgar, in the Xinjiang autonomous region of...
Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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