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operate at a BPR of 8 to10 and the emerging the alternative fuels such as bio fuels.
technologies are expected to take efficiency
higher with BPR of 10 to 20.Technologies 3.1.4 Avionics
involving use of advanced materials and Avionics in the modern aircraft has come
composites in the system components and of age with fly-by-wire technology based on
enhancement in combustor design have modern digital computer systems coupled
also contributed to lower emissions besides with multifunction display technologies, which
reducing the weight. Some of the technologies automatically acquire, process and present all
related to engine components include lighter the pertinent data and information on the
composite fan blades and fan case with titanium pilot’s display. The heart of modern avionics is
leading edges, efficient cooling techniques, the FMS (Flight Management System) which
advance combustor, Nacelles and Chevrons. is a programmable computer that acquires
and processes all the sensor inputs from
3.1.3 Fuels various subsystems, accepts standardized user
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) which is petroleum inputs, and manages the controls in the most
based product continues to be the fuel for the optimized manner for the desired performance.
industry. The current energy economy which is The modern avionics has made it possible
carbon intensive is posing a serious challenge in for the aircraft to fly with very high degree of
the form of global warming and there is a global navigational accuracy, automatic flight control
consensus that we need to reduce the carbon (auto-pilot), on-board performance monitoring
intensity of our economy. Aviation sector and alerting for sub-systems, collision avoidance.
is no exception to this. The rising fuel cost and therefore, enhancing the safety of flight
and volatility in prices have been a significant operations.
challenge for the aviation industry and efforts
are being made to switch to some reliable 3.1.5 Air Navigation Services (ANS)
alternatives for jet fuel. The alternative fuels in Technologies
this regard need to meet the specifications in Air Navigation Service providers operate on
terms of extreme handling of temperatures the backend of the air transport value chain and
and high energy content and also be mixable provide the necessary Air Traffic Management
(drop-in) with conventional fuel so that it can service and the ground based technology
be used without any major changes in the infrastructure in the form of Communication,
aircraft engines or the supply infrastructure. Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) equipments
Trials are underway to commercialize some of and installations.

COMMUNICATION (COM)
VHF (Very High Frequency), High Frequency voice communication,
Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC)

NAVIGATION (NAV)
Ground based NDB, VOR, DME, ILS, Satellite based GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, and GALELIO)

SURVEILLANCE (SUR)
Primary Radar, Secondary Radar, ADS-B, Surface Movement Radar (SMR) & Advanced
Surface Movement Guidance and Control System

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