Italian airport systems firm finds growth potential in Asia

Asia is a prime potential market for Selex Systemi Integrati’s turnkey capability in air defense systems, air traffic management and airport communications systems. The Italian group, which set up shop in Singapore in 1972, most recently supplied mobile air traffic control systems to the Singapore Air Force and has established a terminal maneuvering area system for the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) at Changi Airport. Now, it is responding to a CAAS tender for primary L-band and mode-S secondary radars.
Selex has a long pedigree as a radar provider, but in the early 1990s it took a big step forward when it built the new air traffic control center at Milan’s Malpensa Airport. The facility, which comprises some 100 controller consoles and up to 20 radars, controls the whole of Italy’s upper airspace as well as the lower space in the country’s central region.
This project led to Selex being selected to provide equally advanced centers for countries such as Turkey, Malaysia and Thailand.
This increase in its ATC capabilities recently brought a $33 million contract from India to equip new airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The two facilities will be equipped with a primary ATCR- 33-S-DPC radar, a secondary SIR-S radar, an advanced surface movement guidance and control system, an area control center, digital and automated systems for telecommunication and information (ATIS), navaids (ILS and DME) and VHF communication systems. A $78 million contract signed late last year with India’s Bharat Electronics Ltd.
19/02/08 Paolo Valpolini/Aviation International News, USA

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