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

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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...

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

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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...