THE Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of the United Nations has officially endorsed China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System as a global standard, reports Beijing's People's Daily.
Beidou now stands among the four global satellite navigation systems recognised by the UN, alongside the United States GPS, Russia's GLONASS, and the European Union's Galileo.
With a footprint in over 200 countries and regions worldwide, Beidou has gained widespread acceptance.
Developed domestically, Beidou fulfills the criteria for global civil aviation applications and demonstrates compatibility and interoperability with other navigation systems.
The standardisation of Beidou in civil aviation serves as the cornerstone for its global application, as stated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CC).
The journey to achieve this recognition began in 2010 when the CC initially submitted the application for Beidou's inclusion in ICAO standards.
Collaborating with entities such as the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office and research institutions like the National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM (communication, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management) at Beihang University, the CC established a dedicated team to drive related initiatives.
Over the past decade, this team has convened 28 meetings, participated in over 50 discussions, submitted more than a hundred technical documents, and addressed over 2,000 inquiries.
According to the Air Traffic Management Office of the CC, this marks the first instance where China's civil aviation has successfully advocated for the inclusion of a domestically developed complex system into ICAO standards through its independent efforts.
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Beidou now stands among the four global satellite navigation systems recognised by the UN, alongside the United States GPS, Russia's GLONASS, and the European Union's Galileo.
With a footprint in over 200 countries and regions worldwide, Beidou has gained widespread acceptance.
Developed domestically, Beidou fulfills the criteria for global civil aviation applications and demonstrates compatibility and interoperability with other navigation systems.
The standardisation of Beidou in civil aviation serves as the cornerstone for its global application, as stated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CC).
The journey to achieve this recognition began in 2010 when the CC initially submitted the application for Beidou's inclusion in ICAO standards.
Collaborating with entities such as the China Satellite Navigation System Management Office and research institutions like the National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM (communication, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management) at Beihang University, the CC established a dedicated team to drive related initiatives.
Over the past decade, this team has convened 28 meetings, participated in over 50 discussions, submitted more than a hundred technical documents, and addressed over 2,000 inquiries.
According to the Air Traffic Management Office of the CC, this marks the first instance where China's civil aviation has successfully advocated for the inclusion of a domestically developed complex system into ICAO standards through its independent efforts.
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