The Microwave Landing System was developed as a more precise and flexible replacement for the Instrument Landing System, which harkened back to World War II. By the late 1960s, air traffic and radio ...

After a long trial period at London Heathrow, British Airways has gone fully operational with microwave landing system approaches there and hopes to eventually see the capability offered at Gatwick.

ROCKWELL COLLINS completed flight tests for a Microwave Landing System (MLS) receiver integrated in a Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR). The MMR provides the aircraft's primary position, velocity and time ...