Monday, July 20, 2015

Indigenous visibility measuring system Drishti installed at Delhi airport

New Delhi: An indigenous visibility measuring system Drishti, designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bangalore, has been made fully operational at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.

The sophisiticated instruments in the system as used for reporting the runway visual range, which is a critical parameter for safe landing and take-off of aircraft in poor visibility conditions (<25 to="">2000 meters), an official press release siad.

Drishti Transmissometers have been installed at the airport as a part of the first phase installation of 20 such systems in 10 airports across the country.

The CAT III B IGIA is now the first airport in the country to have 10 indigenous systems operating on all its three runways.
20/07/15 Net Indian
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