- This system provides enhanced safety and efficiency in flight handling.
- The ATMAS is a collaboration between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
- It supports controllers with conflict prediction and alert warnings, as well as decision-making tools to ensure safe and efficient air traffic control at BPIA.
- The system was thoroughly tested over the last two to three months before its inauguration.
- The AAI chairman, Sanjeev Kumar, who unveiled the automated air traffic management system, expressed hope that the system would soon be installed in other medium-sized airports.
- This joint development of ATMAS has enhanced the capabilities and expertise of AAI and BEL in the field of air traffic management and R&D.
- It aligns with the Centre’s Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives.
Question:
Q.1 Where was the indigenously built advanced air traffic management automation system (ATMAS) recently inaugurated?a. Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
b. Biju Patnaik International Airport, Odisha
c. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
d. Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
