Neelam Mathews
Sept 19, 2012
Honeywell and Airports Authority of India have signed an
agreement under the US-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) to set up a Ground
Based Augmentation System (GBAS) system at the Delhi International Airport. It
will be launched on Oct 9, Aerospace Diary learns. Honeywell is also expected
to demonstrate its SmartRunway and SmartLanding products that increase flight
safety by improving situational awareness for pilots and crew during approach,
landing, taxi and take-off.
USTDA, had
last year concluded an agreement for $407,325 to support AAI’s efforts to install
and commission a pilot GBAS at Chennai International Airport. The location was
recently changed to Delhi.
Honeywell’s SmartPath Precision Landing
System represents the latest technology in a CAT I certified GBAS solution for
precision approach and landings, enabling aircraft to fly either complex or
straight-in approaches. Easy to install, it is expected to have major cost
savings compared to ILS. SmartPath accuracy enables
closely-spaced parallel and curved path approaches and an improved navigation
accuracy over Instrument Landing Systems (ILS). It is also more flexible than
ILS – one GBAS can broadcast 26 unique approaches covering all runways at an
airport. It utilizes differential GPS, and broadcasts both pseudorange
corrections for each satellite in view, as well as approach path information in
a digital broadcast. One GBAS can cover all ends of all qualified runways. The
ILS covers only one end of one runway, requiring additional installations for
complete coverage.
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