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Massive investment imperative to enhance the air traffic control system in India |
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By Nitasha Chawla and Atul Chandra |
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As India continues to strengthen its fleet of aircrafts and helicopters with many deals being announced by the MoD, be it the MMRCA competition or the requirement for 197 reconnaissance and surveillance helicopters, the need to have massive investments in support infrastructure cannot be overemphasised. The country is in need of near-term solutions to rapidly expand their infrastructure and system capacity in order to have a sound air traffic control system.
The growth projections in the military air traffic in the future make the market for air traffic control, which is at a nascent stage at the moment, impossible for any global company to ignore. Therefore, global companies are looking to cash in on this opportunity by providing systems that are powerful, advanced and completely reliable to India.
Raytheon has a broad range of products and services to meet the needs of both the civil and military air traffic management mission. The all solid-state air traffic control surveillance systems (ASR-10SS, ASR-11, ASR-23SS and Series 300 Monoplse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR)) provide cost effective surveillance and have been used by civil/military air navigation service providers around the world. Raytheon’s AutoTrac family of open architecture, fully integrated surveillance and flight data processing systems provides a modern automation platform that is capable of growth and easy insertion of newly developed tools and functionality to meet the needs of the global growth in air transportation. Raytheon air traffic management radars (ASR-10SS, ASR-23SS) and automation systems (AutoTrac II) are operational at Mumbai and Delhi since the mid-Nineties.
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“Raytheon is also pioneering the transition from land-based navigation systems
to space/satellite-based navigation capability through the application of its
satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) capability. The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) has contracted with Raytheon to supply the GPS Aided Geo
Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, which is now in deployment across Indian
airspace,” said Raytheon network centric systems air traffic management
director, Joe Paone. He added that with the current and projected growth of air
travel and airlines throughout India, it presents a large market opportunity for
Raytheon’s products and services. “Our current partnerships with both ISRO and
the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have provided mutually beneficial
capabilities to keep India at the forefront of modern air traffic management.
AAI and the IAF have plans to continue modernisation of air traffic management
to keep pace with the projections for growth in air travel.”
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January 2012
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