Tucson, Arizona – June 13, 2006 - Universal Avionics is pleased to announce its GLS-1250 GPS Landing Sensor System received European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) Authorization number EASA.IM.210.515 on June 2, 2006. The GLS-1250 Global Positioning System (GPS) Landing System is an integrated system that provides the capability to perform Special Category I (SCAT-I) approaches using differential GPS in conjunction with the UASC Flight Management System (FMS). The system also provides the capability to perform non-precision approaches using GPS or GPS/Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).

This system is in use in Norway at airports that lie down in between the fiordes and rugged mountainous terrain. A considerable level of safety is achieved in Norway because airports deep in a valley will likely not accommodate normal precision ILS facilities to be used because of the terrain. Use of Ground Based Aided Satellite (GBAS) with SCAT-1 allows precision approaches into these rugged airports for an increased level of safety.

The GLS-1250 contains an GPS/GLONASS receiver (Thales Navigation GG12 Receiver), a very high frequency (VHF) data link (VDL) receiver (ASII Model 8800 Data Link Receiver), and a System Monitor housed in a 2-modular concept unit (MCU) box.

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