The Canadian Enterprise Aviation Affiliation (CBAA) and NBAA lately joined different business teams expressing opposition to an software from Ligado Networks Canada to function an ancillary terrestrial part (ATC) in L-band, adjoining to bands utilized by the aviation sector.
CBAA and NBAA despatched a joint letter late final week to Martin Proulx, a director basic for Innovation, Science, and Financial Improvement Canada, asking the company to reject the appliance. The associations famous that Ligado is proposing to function equally to the way it was licensed within the U.S. “Nevertheless, Ligado Canada’s software is for considerably greater energy ranges (roughly 82 instances better) and relaxed Out-Of-Band-Emissions limits.”
They expressed concern that this will likely pose a risk to security and famous the opposition to the appliance of quite a few different organizations, together with the Nationwide Airways Council of Canada, Air Transport Affiliation of Canada, Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation, and Air Line Pilots Affiliation, amongst them.