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Range of service

FPL provides a comprehensive range of flight checking and calibration of radio and radar navigation aid services. These include:

ILS - Instrument Landing System
MLS - Microwave Landing System
DVOR - Doppler VHF Omni Range
DME - Distance Measuring Equipment
NDB - Non Directional Beacon
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation Equipment
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
SSR - Secondary Surveillance Radar
DF - Direction finding
Ship- borne aircraft navigation and landing systems
Procedure Evaluation

Also:

Technical advice and services in support of equipment and site trials
Training




Customers

FPL is proud to serve the following customers:
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NATS Ltd - Nav, Engineering and CNS for regular flight inspection activities at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and many other Airports. Also regular flight inspection activities on UK en-route navigation aids, and ad hoc flight inspections of MLS equipment at various airports.

Most the UK provincial airports - which include Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast and Cardiff airports.

UK CAA A-TSD (Safety Regulation Group) - for research consultancy.

UK Mod

Air Defence and Air Traffic Systems Integrated Project Team - RAF Brampton for regular flight checks of RAF, RN, and Army navigation aids in the UK, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands. NATO, the UK MOD and the RAF have also used FPL to provide a flight inspection services to bases in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afganistan and Iraq.

Irish Aviation Authority - for all navigation aids in Ireland.

The Belgian Defence Forces.

Belgocontrol - the Belgian Civilian Navaid Service Provider

ATC The Netherlands - for all the navigation aids in the Netherlands.

AENA Spain.

NAV-EP Portugal.

The Portuguese Airforce.

BAE Systems at Chester, Filton, Warton, Woodford & Walney Island.

FPL also formal Approval to conduct work in Denmark and Norway.