US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently issued its expected Notice of Proposed Rule making to require airlines to equip all aircraft operating in controlled airspace with ADS-B compatible avionics by 2020.
“The proposal would require all aircraft flying in the nation’s busiest airspace to have satellite-based avionics by 2020, enabling air traffic controllers to track aircraft by satellites using [ADS-B], which is 10 times more accurate than current radar technology,” the agency said. The proposal is open to public comment for 90 days.