Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India. It aims to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. This initiative of the Government presented an opportunity for Airports Authority of India (AAI). Accordingly, Airports Authority of India launched its Startup Policy in January 2019. The Startup policy provides startups an excellent opportunity to work with Airports Authority of India towards customizing and developing airport relevant innovations as well as pilot testing them at airports across the country for more efficient airports and better passenger experience. Following schemes were awarded under Start-up Policy 2019.

Items SatSure Analytics India (P) ltd. Inxee Systems (P) ltd. Ramphal Technologies (P) ltd. Blunav Technologies (P) ltd.
Project Name Aeronautical Data Management Platform Project “iNETRA” Indigenous Smart Visual Docking Guidance System (S-VDGS) SWAAIM: Hybrid Message Switching System “WAVEX” Airside Movement & Compliance Monitoring System (AMCOMS)
Concerned Directorate ATM OPS CNS-OM CNS-P

Indian Civil Aviation industry is growing at a very rapid pace of more than 12% annually over the last decade, barring the Covid years. It means tripling of the sector in next 10 years or so.

The way, Indian Civil Aviation sector is growing, it is necessary to create opportunities of innovation for Indian companies and Start-ups to participate in this growth, and to promote the AtmaNirbhar Bharat initiative of Government in all functional areas of Airports Authority of India(AAI) – including Airports, ANS and other ancillary industries.

Keeping this objective in mind, AAI, has refreshed its Start-up policy (AAI start-up Policy2024) by providing more definitive path for participation of Start-up companies in finding solutions to the problems and challenges faced by AAI, and scaling up those solutions, not only in the future procurement for AAI but also for delivering to the rest of the world. AAI Start-up policy 2024 is expected to increase participation of Start-ups very significantly.

Startup India, a flagship initiative of the Government of India, aims to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and Start-ups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. This initiative of the Government presented an opportunity for Airports Authority of India (AAI) to embark upon a journey towards innovative solutions, specifically crafted for the Indian Aviation Industry, and AAI in particular, while nurturing on the strength of the vast Indian Start-up ecosystem.

Indian Civil Aviation industry is growing at a very rapid pace of more than 12% annually over the last decade, barring the Covid years. It means tripling of the sector in next 10 years or so. The way, Indian Civil Aviation sector is growing, it is necessary to create opportunities of innovation for Indian companies and Start-ups to participate in this growth, and to promote the AtmaNirbhar Bharat initiative of Government in all functional areas of Airports Authority of India (AAI) – including Airports, ANS and other ancillary industries

Keeping this objective in mind, AAI, has reviewed its Start-up policy (AAI start-up Policy) by providing more definitive path for participation of Start-up companies in finding solutions to the problems and challenges faced by AAI, and scaling up those solutions, not only in the future procurement for AAI but also for delivering to the rest of the world. AAI Start-up policy is expected to increase participation of Start-ups very significantly.

https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/AAI-Start-up-Policy_1.pdf

Earlier, Airports Authority of India launched its Start-up Policy in January 2019. This Start-up policy also provided Start-ups an excellent opportunity to work with Airports Authority of India towards customizing and developing airport relevant innovations as well as pilot testing them at airports across the country for more efficient airports and better passenger experience. Following solutions were developed under Start-up Policy 2019.

Solution 1 : iNetra
Projects:
Aeronautical Data Management Platform Project “iNETRA”
Startup Firm:
Satsure Analytics India (P) Ltd.
Description:

Custom built geospatial big data platform for Aeronautical Data Management Platform Project is related to automation of end to end data workflow for Aeronautical Information Publication (eAIP) from point of origination (Survey) to the AIS through high resolution satellite imagery for terrain and obstacle data around an airport in electronic form (eTOD), Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of an aerodrome and interactive airport maps (Electronic Charts). Project was successfully deployed for stakeholder for 05 AAI airports i.e. Chennai, Kolkata, Imphal, Calicut and Trichy.

Solution 2 : S-VDGS
Projects:
Indigenous Smart Visual Docking Guidance System (S-VDGS)
Startup Firm:
Inxee Systems (P) Ltd.
Description:

Smart Visual Docking Guidance System, to completely automate airport ground management tasks such as Aircraft Parking, and Ground Asset Tracking to measure choke-in choke-off time. Project was successfully tested and deployed at AAI’s Kolkata airport. Project aimed to increase the situational awareness of pilots for self-parking and automated recording of chocks on/off time for efficient use of parking bay and aerobridges.

Solution 3 : SWAAIM
Projects:
SWAAIM: System wide advanced Aeronautical Information management
Startup Firm:
Ramphal Technologies (P) Ltd.
Description:

System wide advanced Aeronautical Information management is an Integrated multi-channel communication system that will effectively manage and integrate the existing IP AFTN based channels as well SWIM based futuristic message channels. Project provides a platform to automate generation of digital NOTAM’s exchanging Flight, Aeronautical & weather data. The project has been successfully completed and tested with Aero Thai SWIM system for validation of the project deliverables.

Solution 4 : AMCOMS
Projects:
Airside Movement & Compliance Monitoring System (AMCOMS)
Startup Firm:
Blunav Technologies (P) Ltd.
Description:

Airside Movement & Compliance Monitoring System is designed to provide real-time visibility of movements at airside, as well as advanced statistics, reports and alarms was tested at Chennai International Airport.