Ahmedabad The Ahmedabad international airport is set to get two brand new radars, which will replace more than 15-year-old ‘outdated’ radars. The development comes as a respite for the air traffic controllers (ATC) as the existing radars often go blank for hours, creating air safety issues.
As part of airport modernisation, the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) and Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) are being replaced at a cost of 15 lakh Euro. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is said to have struck a deal with Czech republic-based ELDIS Pardubice.
ASR is also known as primary radar in air traffic management and MSSR as secondary radar. They both are popularly known as the ‘eyes’ of traffic controllers. Through these radars, ATC officials are able to see the location of flights up to 200 miles depending on the need. These radar give information of flights’ movements right from landing, taking off to weather condition, aircraft’s identity and its height or altitude information among others.
31/03/12 Express India
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