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Old 8th September 2010 | 14:36
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Major Tom:

As IRRenewal says "RNP" is in a way a state of mind, and not a physical 'box' (like that of a DME or VOR).
State of mind? No. Performance based navigation (PBN) that in theory is not tied to a specific sensor; yes.

But, as a practical matter the present sensors are GPS and secondarily at least one IRU. Further, there has to be at least two FMSes, sometimes three, and for lower RNP values a tailored EGPWS/TAWS. Roll steering is also required instead of CDI steering for RF legs. And, generally for RNP values of less than RNP 0.30 a roll steering autopilot must be used, and probably with a second autopilot available.

That is a whole lot of hardware.

Each OEM has some latitude as to how they make their airframe qualify.
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