Indra to modernize air traffic management in Peru with avant-garde technology for 34 million dollars

Indra will modernise Peru's air traffic management systems, hence the countrys airports will be able to handle more flights significantly while maintaining the highest security levels of civil aviation. The company will start up a new air traffic control centre in Lima and will deploy a secondary surveillance radar stations network that will cover most of the countrys air space.

The project was awarded by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) through an international public tender, where Indra competed with the main companies of the sector and with industrial consortia from all over the world. The project amounts to US$ 34M and is to be concluded in December 2011.

The new control centre will be managed by the Peruvian Corporation of Airports and Commercial Aviation (CORPAC); Indra will coordinate the construction of the facilities in Lima and will implement Aircon 2100 air traffic management system.

Indra Aircon 2100 will provide air traffic controllers with a global vision of the Peruvian sky. The solution includes details of the position of aircrafts, flight plans, predefined routes and destinations, as well as weather information. It will also allow establishing a ground-air communication with the pilot.

The company will provide this centre with a centralised communication system for coordination between air traffic controllers of the tower and control centres with ground personnel, emergency services and third country’s airports.

The control centre will be provided with accurate and updated information regarding civil air traffic collected by the eight stations the company will deploy across the country. The network will cover 90% of Peru’s air space.

Every station will be equipped with an S-mode secondary radar, developed by Indra, which will be able to interrogate the aircraft to determine its position, obtain its identification code and flight altitude, among other data. Data accuracy and quality will allow handling of more traffic and an increase of security levels.

Finally, Indra will start up an advanced centre where Indra’s experts will instruct air traffic controllers and technicians. More than 200 professionals are expected to undergo training at the centre to get familiar with Aircon 2100.

With this contract, Indra reinforces its presence in Peru where it has developed project for financial entities, telecommunication companies and for the defence sector.

Indra has developed air traffic projects in 80 countries across the world. It is currently engaged in the creation of the future Single European sky, working in cooperation with the main European navigation service suppliers and the aeronautics industry. This is one of the most ambitious I+D initiatives by The EU so far. The company also supports modernisation of the air traffic management systems of Eastern Europe’s main airports, maintains a growing presence in Asia-Pacific and has significant references in Africa. In Latin America, Indra is the only global air traffic supplier in the area. It is a supplier of COCESNA, Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services, who manages the air space of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize. Other countries such as: Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina are also equipped with Indra systems.

Indra is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector according to stock market capitalisation, and also the second Spanish company with the most investment in R&D. In 2009, revenues will amount from € 2,550 M to € 2,550 M (+5%/+7%), of which a third will come from the international market. The company employs more than 29,000 professionals and has clients in more than 100 countries.