Yet the ADS-B in the U.S. was FAR over budget, and FAR over schedule.
HOW BAD does a product have to be when the government has to offer not only a MANDATE, but OFFER A BRIBE TO BUY IT?
Even today, there are a lot of aircraft owners that have simply said “No, thank you” to ADS B.
Adding insult to injury, the Russians rejected line-of-sight towers in favor of satellite systems–not only fixing one of the ADS-B shortcomings, but making it attractive all over the world–unlike our own ADS B. Canada, Mexico, and other sparsely populated areas of the world embraced the competing system–and our own ADS B will not work in much of the rest of the world. Unlike the Russian system, the U.S. system can be easily jammed. U.S. aircraft owners are paying AGAIN for the FAA mistake–especially if they want to operate in other countries.