The Diplomat
The Spanish multinational consulting and technology company Indra has been awarded the deployment of up to 35 navigation aid systems in China that will reinforce security in airports and air routes in the Asian country.
As reported by the company and the Spain-China Council Foundation, Indra has been awarded new contracts for the deployment of DVOR and DME systems, which allow aircraft to determine the angle and distance they are from a point on the ground, which helps to make precision approaches to airports and follow airways once en route.
These new contracts bring to more than 950 the number of air traffic management (ATM) systems implemented by the company in China, in addition to radars, automation systems installed in control centers and towers, communications and information systems, bringing the total number of systems deployed in the Asian giant to more than 1,000, “reinforcing Indra’s leading position in ATM in the country”.
The new systems will be supplied by Indra’s team in Australia and deployed with the help of the company’s professionals in Beijing. The work carried out from Indra’s centers in these two countries has enabled the company to overcome the mobility constraints imposed by COVID-19 and continue to provide normal service to its customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region, a market in which aviation is already recovering.
Indra is now a leader in China’s air traffic market. The en route control centers in Chengdu and Xian manage the upper airspace of eight regions totaling 4.2 million square kilometers with Indra systems. In addition, the company has equipped the Chengdu TMA terminal area control center with its Indra Air Automation system and has deployed a radar network that monitors air movements in 60% of China.
