NIS Glonass Signs Agreement With Indian Company
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Aug 27, 2010 BUSINESS BENGALURU, INDIA - In a new agreement with Hyderabad-based HBL Power Systems, Russian Navigation Information Systems (NIS) Glonass will market, manufacture and jointly propose products in India that draw upon the Russian satellite navigation system. HBL is a major player in India for batteries and standby power offerings in the railway, defense and telecom domains. It will mainly promote the product — Intelligent Transport System (ITS) — for police and rail systems. ITS helps in automated road traffic control, optimization of routes and emergency response. The deal will “build business opportunities in India for receivers and software for ITS,” Chairman Aluru Jagadish Prasad tells AVIATION WEEK. “We believe Glonass will offer better features that will be superior to the GPS. The system will operate on GPS and Glonass.” Integration of different satellite navigation systems helps prevent the reliance on just one system...