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Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer, takes over as AAI chairman

The AAI, which comes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, owns and manages more than 100 airports across the country

Current Affairs:Arvind Singh, a 1988-bunch IAS official of Maharashtra framework, on Wednesday assumed responsibility as the administrator of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), an official discharge said.

The AAI, which goes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, claims and oversees in excess of 100 air terminals the nation over.

Before this arrangement, Singh was the extra boss secretary (Energy) of Maharashtra government.

He additionally filled in as executive and overseeing chief of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited and Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited.

“In his new task as the Chairman of the AAI, Singh will lead endeavors to accomplish AAI’s authoritative objectives of giving world-class air terminal foundation, first class offices and driving air route benefits on the planet,” the AAI said in the discharge.

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Airports Authority of India to soon implement real-time surveillance system

Implementation of Space-Based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data services would fill the gap as the present ground- based infrastructure covers only terrestrial airspace

Current Affairs:-Air terminals Authority of India (AAI) will before long begin constant observation of planes flying over seas in the Indian airspace with sending of another innovation framework.

Execution of Space-Based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) information administrations would fill the hole as the present ground-based foundation covers just earthly airspace and has constrained inclusion over maritime areas.

On Thursday, state-claimed AAI inked an agreement concurrence with Aireon LLC for the space-based air traffic reconnaissance administration in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata’s maritime airspaces.

“These districts are situated in the Arabian ocean, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean and speak to more than 6 million square kilometers,” a discharge said.

The framework is relied upon to be conveyed continuously end.

“Ongoing air traffic reconnaissance over the bustling courses between South East Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe and past will essentially expand productivity and improve advances among maritime and local airspace,” the discharge said.

Existing reconnaissance innovation involves a system of 30 radars and 31 ground based ADS-B at vital areas over the landmass that gathers constant data about where planes are flying.

The new framework would be executed through a group of stars of satellites with 64 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites with between satellite connections.

“AAI will be the principal air route specialist organization in the area to execute an innovative activity, on this scale, and offer upgraded air traffic reconnaissance administrations to its clients,” AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra said.

India would join 26 different nations that are effectively conveying Aireon’s Space-based ADS-B for air traffic observation.

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