Question : Tracking of Location of Helicopters

(a) whether the Government proposes to develop an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast System to keep track of locations of helicopters flying in remote and inaccessible areas;

(b) if so, the details and the present status thereof along with the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard;
and

(c) whether the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has made it mandatory for all helicopters to have an Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System and if so, the details thereof?

The Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Jayant Sinha)

a) & b). Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) has been installed at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Calicut, Cochin, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangalore, Nagpur, Port Blair, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Dibrugarh, Mumbai, Vijayawada, Tiruchirappalli and Jaisalmer.

10 more ADS-B ground stations are planned at Kadapa, Raipur, Pant Nagar, Indore, Jabalpur, Bikaner, Goa, Aurangabad, Dhanbad and Cambell Bay (Car Nicobar)
Helicopters which are equipped with ADS-B OUT Avionics can be tracked by the above ADS-B ground stations in the coverage areas of ADS-B;

c). No, Madam. DGCA has not made it mandatory requirement for installation of Ground Proximity Warning System on Helicopters.