Equipment required for FANS
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Hachiouji-shi, WAAS-I think- wide area augmentation system, don't know much, but I think It will be system of satellites and ground stations, that reverts to RAIM GPS if a failure were to occur.... I'd Goolgle it too 
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I don't think WAAS has anything to do with FANS. WAAS relates to GPS precision approaches, while FANS relates to enroute navigation capbility.
From what I know, FANS (Future Air Navigation System) includes GPS-updated FMSs, Datalink capability, ADS-B capability and CPDLC.
It is used over remote areas where radar coverage, and sometimes VHF communication is not available, for example airway L-888 over the Himalaya Mountains, across china.
From what I know, FANS (Future Air Navigation System) includes GPS-updated FMSs, Datalink capability, ADS-B capability and CPDLC.
It is used over remote areas where radar coverage, and sometimes VHF communication is not available, for example airway L-888 over the Himalaya Mountains, across china.
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