India to have GPS based navigation system by next year: Patel

Washington: India would have a GPS-based aviation navigation system by next year, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
Patel at a function organised by the US India Business Council here on Thursday told reporters that the GPS based navigation system would be in place by next year because by then India would launch its own satellite.
"In the meantime we would be doing trial run on borrowed satellite. This is for the entire Indian network. Our entire air mapping would be done by GPS," he said.
Patel also said that he has raised with top US officials the issue of American restrictions over dual use technology to India in the aviation sector. "Dual use technology restrictions were taken up by us also in our meeting with the US Commerce Secretary. Because of this there is a lot of restrictive growth in the aviation and aerospace industry."
"They (America) must be a little bit forthcoming in the aviation dual use technology," Patel said, adding that the issue was raised very strongly with the US officials during his meetings with them.
Patel said following the India-US Open Skies Agreement five years ago, the relationship between the two countries in the aviation sector has reached new heights.
26/03/10 PTI/Economic Times

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