CIS RADIONAVIGATION SYSTEM EVOLUTION AND INTERNATIONAL-COOPERATION INRADIONAVIGATION SUPPORT

In the former USSR, the Radionavigation Service was based on national radio systems without any real employment of foreign navigation aids. Separation of the independent sovereign States from the USSR caused pr oblems in operating separate radionavigation systems (RNS) and resulte d in failure to support the economic activity of the States with radio navigation data. Solving the problem for each new State individually s eems unrealistic. Its solution can, however, be found through cooperat ion amongst the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Internavig ation Committee therefore suggested an initiative to coordinate these efforts via a new Radionavigation Intergovernmental Advisory Council. This suggestion was approved by the Independent States and the Council has been formed. Also, since operating the RNS in limited national in terests seems inefficient, the Internavigation Committee is broadening international cooperation for the integration and joint exploitation of radionavigation systems in the interests of the world radionavigati on community.