Indra to improve safety at Riga International Airport with video camera surveillance

Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS) has awarded a contract to Indra’s Norwegian subsidiary, Indra Navia AS, for enhanced video camera surveillance at Riga International Airport. LGS is expecting a great increase in traffic volumes the coming years. With planned expansion and construction work, video surveillance will provide air traffic controllers with better control of operations on the ground.

“Safety always comes first, and we need to make sure our air traffic controllers have excellent visual control. Indra’s solution is user-friendly and will help us to improve operational safety.” comments Mr. Roberts Sviklo, Head of ATC Towers at Riga International Airport.

Indra will install cameras on top of the tower, overlooking the airport’s runway and operational areas. An additional pan-tilt-zoom camera will be used to track, zoom in and follow specific targets.

Air traffic controllers will be able to operate the cameras through an integration with the InNOVA Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) from Indra that LGS has been using since 2006. The integration will solve challenges with limited visual control in bad weather, during nighttime and at certain blind spots caused by new buildings and hangars.

About LGS (Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme)

LGS is a state joint stock company that provides air navigation services in the Riga Flight Information region (FIR) in Latvia. Riga International Airport is the largest international aviation company in the Baltics and the main air traffic center in this region offering regular passenger, cargo and postal delivery.

About Indra

Indra (www.indracompany.com) is one of the leading global technology and consulting companies and the technological partner for core business operations of its customers world-wide. It is a world-leader in providing proprietary solutions in specific segments in Transport and Defence markets, and the leading firm in Digital Transformation Consultancy and Information Technologies in Spain and Latin America through its affiliate Minsait. Its business model is based on a comprehensive range of proprietary products, with a high-value focus and with a high innovation component. In the 2017 financial year, Indra achieved revenue of €3.011 billion, with 40,000 employees, a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.