The International Civil Aviation Organization continues to be concerned about Russia’s plan to require that its GLONASS satellite navigation equipment be installed on certain aircraft starting in 2017. Russian- and non-Russian-built aircraft, including those registered abroad and put onto an operator’s certificate issued by the Russian Federation, weighing more than 12,500 pounds (5,700 kg) mtow and used for commercial transportation will be required to install GLONASS by Jan. 1, 2017. That deadline is Jan. 1, 2018, for general aviation aircraft.
According to a 2012 ICAO Working Paper, still the current ICAO thinking, the mandate is imposing new requirements on non-Russian-certified operators, including operators certified by the U.S., although the Russian Federation says it does not have the intention of prohibiting the use of other constellations in Russian airspace. Because there are currently no international standards for such equipment, it will be “extremely difficult” for airframe manufacturers to develop certified receivers and install them on foreign-manufactured aircraft by 2017, ICAO said.