ADB Safegate has been selected by Adani Group, the developer and operator of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), through the EPC contractor Larsen & Toubro to utilise Airfield 4.0 technology.
Construction of Phase 1 of the airport is slated for completion by the end of next year.
NMIA will employ ADB Safegate's advanced airfield lighting solutions to date: AXON EQ LEDs lights and LINC 360 Individual Control & Monitoring System (ILCMS). The cutting-edge airfield lighting solution readies the greenfield airfield for Level 4 Advanced Surface Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) integration.
Aziz Cakir, VP, ME & Africa, ADB Safegate, said, “These latest airfield technologies will allow NMIA to meet its goal of operating their A-SMGCS at Level 4, the highest level of implementation based on complexity and traffic density.”
He added that the new AXON lights with intelligence not only provide huge long-term maintenance advantages but, along with LINC 360, are best suited for the ‘Follow the Greens’ concept to enable tracking of aircraft and control a pathway with green lights for the aircraft to follow down the runway, onto the taxiway and into the gate. “This Follow the Greens and routing & guidance of aircraft when implemented shall save on power consumption, reduce pilot navigation errors, and increase safety on the airfield,” Cakir said.
Airfield 4.0 represents the future of air travel, and takes advantage of smart lighting technologies, powerful cloud computing and automation tools, and digitises the airfield with new communication platforms. The airport’s new AXON EQ allows secure and reliable bidirectional interaction.
NMIA is the third project over the last few years between ADB Safegate and EPC contractor Larsen & Toubro to provide smart lighting solutions. L&T is a major player in Indian airport design and construction, with 11 completed international airports in India and the Middle East and four international airport expansion projects already underway in addition to NMIA.
Adani Group is India’s largest airport infrastructure developer and operator group, with one in every four passengers passing through an airport operated by the Group, accounting for 33% of the country’s air cargo traffic.
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