Aerospace Diary

IHS Jane's Airport Review Neelam Mathews   - IHS Jane's Airport Review 23 October 2014   Saab has been selected by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy its Advanced - Surface Movement Guidance & Control System (A-SMGCS) at five airports. The product is expected to save costs and significantly improve situational awareness, runway safety, and capacity. A3000 A-SMGCS plus Saab multilateration sensors and SR-3 surface-movement radars will be installed at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Guwahati, Jaipur, and Lucknow airports. The system "will enable the airport to reduce runway incursions while maximising the use of runways and taxiways", said Anders Carp, head of Saab's traffic management business unit. Installing the Saab equipment "will enhance ground surveillance, leading to improved access and enhanced safety of aircraft operations" at the five airports, said V Somasundaram, board member (ANS) at the AAI.........More on Janes...

Posted by Neelam Mathews June 26, 2011 Northrop Grumman Corporation'sEurope-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, is providing Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) for Muscat International and Salalah International airports in the Sultanate of Oman. The contract awarded by the Spanish information technology company Indra Sistemas forms part of the nationwide air traffic management modernisation and upgrade program for the Directorate General of Meteorology and Air Navigation Services in Oman and is expected to be completed in April 2015. "This was an extremely competitive tender involving several strong international companies. Winning this contract confirms our position as the leading provider of surface movement systems in the Gulf region," said Eldar Hauge, managing director of Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in Norway.  "The collaboration with Indra will result in a world-c...