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Astra Microwave Wins Order From Indian Meteorological Department
Hyderabad, India (SPX) Aug 27, 2008 Astra Microwave Products has announced that it has received an INR 255 million order from the Indian Meteorological Department. The order is for the supply, installation, and commissioning of remote unmanned automatic remote weather stations in 550 locations across India. Scheduled to be installed in 2009, the weather stations will feed live data via satellite to the Met Department's central servers on a 24X7 basis. Each automated weather station will consist of: + Data logging and transmission system + GPS receiver and transmitter + Antenna + Solar panel + Remote display unit + Sensors for temperature, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, rainfall, soil moisture and temperature, among others.
Comment by B Malla Reddy, Managing Director, Astra Microwave Products "Precise weather forecasting is of crucial significance to groups such as farmers, fishermen, transporters, traffic controllers, public and emergency service providers--indeed, to anyone whose profession is dependent on or affected by the weather; we see our automatic weather stations as an enabler for India at large," said Mr Malla Reddy. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Astra Microwave Products GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers
Marvell Enters Licensing Agreement With Trimble For GPS Software
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2008Marvell and Trimble have announced that they have entered into a Global Positioning System (GPS) software technology licensing agreement. With this agreement, Marvell gains direct access to Trimble's full GPS Digital Signal Processor (DSP) software as well as tools for development support and testing, all of which are backed by Trimble's historical leadership and its strong GPS intellectual property portfolio. |
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