Gagan to make air space safer

Farnborough: Indian skies are set to become safer and the aviation sector can look forward to achieving greater efficiency in the near future.
US aerospace and defence-systems giant Raytheon has successfully completed the preliminary system-acceptance tests for GAGAN-TDS (GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration System) -- a space-based navigation programme sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
On Tuesday, making this announcement at Farnborough, outside London, Raytheon said the system functioned properly and exceeded the accuracy requirements. GAGAN will meet the Indian aviation industry's emerging needs in a broad spectrum of areas like communication, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic management.
During the test period, the average accuracy was better than 1 metre horizontally and only slightly more than 1 metre vertically, thus surpassing the 7.6 metre requirement.
19/07/06 Rahul Singh/Hindustan Times

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