Chennai:The Department of Space (DoS) to sign a MoU with Airports Authority of India (AAI) to provide scientific parameters for airports' construction. It will also provide data on the landscape around the airports.The department will also sign MoU with Department of Posts, where the space technology will be helpful in the tracking the movement of a parcel.
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that Isro will help by providing scientific parameters for airports' construction.
It will also provide data on the landscape around the airports. The space technology will help in making the flights safer and provide the optimum utilisation of the land, he added.
In the field of aviation sector, the minister said that the use of space technology is being done on pilot basis in the Hyderabad and Port Blair airport. Based on the experience of these pilot projects, the space technology will be utilised in 42 airports in future.
31/03/16 Business Standard
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The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said that Isro will help by providing scientific parameters for airports' construction.
It will also provide data on the landscape around the airports. The space technology will help in making the flights safer and provide the optimum utilisation of the land, he added.
In the field of aviation sector, the minister said that the use of space technology is being done on pilot basis in the Hyderabad and Port Blair airport. Based on the experience of these pilot projects, the space technology will be utilised in 42 airports in future.
31/03/16 Business Standard
