Aerospace Diary

Business Aerospace Daily & Defense Report Oct 12 , 2010 , p. 04 NEW DELHI — Russian Navigation Information Systems (NIS)-Glonass will sign a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Antrix Corporation by the end of October to market NIS satellite-based services in India, AVIATION WEEK has learned. Antrix is the marketing arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The terms of the joint venture are not known. The two partners are planning a road show in four Indian cities to promote NIS satellite-based operator services to police, forestry and private logistics businesses. NIS-Glonass also will open an office in November to support ongoing projects and bids released for its products (Aerospace DAILY, Aug. 27). NIS-Glonass will market, manufacture and jointly propose products in India. The multifunctional Glonass/GPS user telematic terminal, Cyber GLX, is installed into mobile platforms and is part of a tran...

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...