The Airports Authority of India has awarded a contract to Raytheon to automate air traffic control services at Chennai International Airport.
Under the contract, Raytheon will install AutoTrac III, a next-generation air traffic management system, to reduce delays in aircraft arrival and departure at the airport.
AutoTrac III uses a new generation of flight and surveillance data processing systems designed to ensure air traffic safety.
The open-architecture design and performance capability of the system is intended to make it fully adaptable and scalable in order to fit any air traffic management environment, ranging from simple tower automation to a fully integrated multi-centre system.
Air traffic controllers at Chennai will use the new system, which features real-time meteorological information, to adjust to changing weather conditions.
Raytheon is also upgrading air traffic management systems at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
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