autoevolution 1 Jun 2021, 14:05 UTC · by It is called SmartPath Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS), and it is a technology meant to revolutionize the way planes are handled as they approach airports. Already deployed in two locations, in Newark at the Liberty Airport and in Houston at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the system is presently getting ready for deployment at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). 1 photo Described by its maker, American company Honeywell, as “the world’s only certified satellite-based navigation and precision landing system,” SmartPath is designed in such a way as to handle a multitude of airplanes approaching multiple runways simultaneously, while at the same time providing pilots with the best and shortest approach route.