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Sunday, 19 July 2015

GAGAN set for debut on Monday, will improve air navigation

The prestigious GAGAN project, which will make India only the fourth country in the world to have this system, will finally be inaugurated on Monday. The project is expected to give a major boost to the Indian aviation navigation system and also help neighbouring countries.

As per the plans drawn by the ministry of civil aviation, the programme will be inaugurated by aviation minister Gajapathi Raju in New Delhi. " GAGAN will be dedicated to the nation" said a senior AAI official.


GAGAN, which stands for GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation, is a joint collaboration between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organisation. Although a lot of technology and instruments used for GAGAN have been procured from abroad, a lot of indigenous improvisation has been made in it.
Read news in full12/07/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis

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