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Old September 4th 07, 02:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bob Noel
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Default FAA Awards $1.8 BILLION ADS-B Ground Station Contract

In article om,
wrote:

If they do it right the ADS-B box will
cost less than $10K and will interface with most moving map displays
(expect software updates from all the vendors to support it).


cripes!!! for $10,000 it better include a moving map display and a whole
bunch of other stuff. There isn't anywhere enough stuff to the ADS-B equipment
to justify anything close to $10,000.

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Bob Noel
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