Tampa Bay Article

The Federal Aviation Administration warned pilots from Key West to Virginia this week that a Navy exercise in coastal waters may make a critical aircraft anticollision system "unreliable" for all of September, but poses no safety threat because they can always use a fail-safe tool to detect other aircraft — their eyeballs. The wording of the FAA warning suggests the Navy is employing some sort of electronic jamming. The FAA said, does not involve radar that tracks aircraft. The FAA said air traffic controllers will continue to provide safe separation of aircraft, as they normally do.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/airlines/faa-anti-collision-systems-used-by-aircraft-unreliable-due-to-military/2244054

Good ole FAA! They are always on the job protecting our safety! What could possibly go wrong with using our eyeballs for detecting aircraft all of September? Tweet