Aerospace Diary

AINONLINE by    NEELAM MATHEWS Business aircraft are once again expected to be prominent on the static display for the India Aviation show. [Photo: Neelam Mathews] March 11, 2014, 2:13 PM The India Aviation show opens on Wednesday against a backdrop of a general election campaign that will see a new government take office in just over two months on May 16. Many of the trade visitors to the biennial event (March 12-16) held at Hyderabad’s Old Begumpet Airport will be hoping that the election will mark the end of a two-year period of stagnation for India’s aviation sector, in which political inertia has blocked much-needed reform. A depressed Indian economy and a weakened rupee this year have made attendance for international visitors cost effective, although not for domestic companies that are increasingly cutting costs. In the absence of anticipated airliner orders, business aviation is expected to enjoy a high profile in Hyderabad t...

SINGAPORE AIR SHOW  »  2014 by    NEELAM MATHEWS February 13, 2014, 12:35 AM India’s  GPS -Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (Gagan) system, jointly developed by Airports Authority of India ( AAI ), the Indian Space Research Organization and Raytheon, has been awarded certification for in Required Navigation Performance ( RNP ) 0.1 operations. Achieved with the help of quasi- U.S. government non-profit  MITRE  Corporation, the certification makes it the world’s fourth  SBAS  system certified for operational use. The first test flight using the system will fly an approach in mid-2014 from Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat. The aircraft is likely to be an  AAI -owned Beechcraft aircraft, according to S.V Satish, general manager ( ATM -Gagan),  AAI . Raytheon has built 15 ground reference stations for the Gagan System, which will provide satellite-based navigation for civil aviation over Indian ...