After the launch, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said similar weather stations will be installed at Jewar, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, and other airports. In a major fillip to aviation safety, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first airport in the country to deploy its own next‑generation weather station. The advanced, integrated aviation weather intelligence and nowcasting facility called SKYCAST was inaugurated at India’s busiest airport in partnership between the Ministry of Science & Technology and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on Friday. As a next‑generation aviation meteorological platform, SKYCAST integrates advanced remote sensing technologies, atmospheric profiling systems, and intelligent nowcasting...
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After the launch, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said similar weather stations will be installed at Jewar, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, and other airports. In a major fillip to aviation safety, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first airport in the country to deploy its own next‑generation weather station. The advanced, integrated aviation weather intelligence and nowcasting facility called SKYCAST was inaugurated at India’s busiest airport in partnership between the Ministry of Science & Technology and Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) on Friday. As a next‑generation aviation meteorological platform, SKYCAST integrates advanced remote sensing technologies, atmospheric profiling systems, and intelligent nowcasting...
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