New Delhi: The GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, aimed at making Indian skies safer, is undergoing the final operation phase which will be over in the next three years before it is commissioned.
“The GAGAN project is currently undergoing the final operation phase since June last year and is scheduled to be completed by June 2013,” an official from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said.
The AAI, in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is developing and implementing this state-of-the-art satellite-based navigation system.
Once operational, GAGAN project would provide augmented information for satellite navigation to aircraft flying over Indian airspace and the routes over the high seas with high level of accuracy, integrity and continuity at all phases of flight operations, he added.
“The system is being implemented in a phased manner. The first phase of technical demonstration got over in August 2007,” he said.
The Flight Management System (FMS), based on GAGAN, will also help the operators to save time and money by managing climb, descent and engine performance profiles of aircraft.
01/08/10 PTI/The Hindu
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