European aircraft manufacturers Airbus and American Boeing have expressed their “worry“about possible disturbances to their aircraft’s instruments by 5G, in a letter to the US Department of Transportation, Airbus said Tuesday.”We confirm that Airbus Americas Managing Director Jeff Knittel and Boeing CEO David Calhoun co-signed a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, detailing the aviation industry’s shared concerns over the deployment of 5G in the United States“, a spokesperson for Airbus told AFP.
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“Airbus and Boeing are working, with other players in the aviation industry in the United States, to understand the potential interference of 5G with radio altimeters“, according to the source. For its part, Boeing noticed that”aviation industry focuses on comprehensive assessment and response to possible 5G interference with radio altimeters“.
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Two of the major mobile operators, Verizon and AT&T, were initially due to start using the 3.7-3.8 GHz frequency bands on December 5, which were allocated to them in February following a call from offers of several tens of billions of dollars. They had agreed in early November to postpone the launch until January, amid concerns from the US Aviation Agency over potential interference problems with devices measuring altitude in planes. She requested additional information on these instruments, which operate on frequency bands that can be used for 5G.
The FAA has also issued new guidelines restricting the use of these aircraft in certain situations. American airlines have expressed their concern over the potential costs incurred, and called on the authorities to quickly find a solution.
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