Kuwait agrees with Indra to provide communication devices for new airport tower
DGCS President signed a contract with Spanish company , Indra, to provide communication equipment for the new tower at Kuwait International Airport KUWAIT,
The Directorate General for
Civil Aviation signed Tuesday a 9.2 million Kuwaiti Dinar (KD) (USD 30 million)
contract with Spain's Indra company to provide communication equipment for the
new tower at Kuwait International Airport.
Indra, according to the contract, will also transfer
standby navigation devices at the airport.
Eng.Saad Al-Otaibi, DGCS's Deputy Director General for
Planning and Projects, told KUNA the contract, which would be implemented in 18
months, was part of a government plan to upgrade infrastructure of Kuwait
International Airport by providing state-of-art navigation devices for the new
tower.
This upgrade, he said, was within operation of a new
runway as well as providing training of Kuwaiti nationals on operations and
maintenance of the new communication system.
The contract, signed by DGCS President Sheikh Abdullah
Ali Al-Sabah and Indra representative in Kuwait Yahya Al-Shaibani, stipulated a
48-month guarantee.