Two of the 20 operating airfields in Kazakhstan, namely Aktau and Usharal, are equipped with RMP-200 locator beacons made by Azimut JSC, the leading Russian developer and manufacturer in air traffic management equipment.

The RMP-200 locator beacons allow the aircraft to enter exactly the airport area, perform ​​pre-landing maneuver and maintain the flight path during the approach to landing with the required accuracy.

Works on installation of the set of beacons at the international airport of Aktau, functioning in Kazakhstan since 1983 that occupies the top-third place in Kazakhstan in terms of air traffic, were carried out in accordance with the investment program of modernization and technical re-equipment of the airport. Its main goal is to provide quality and uninterrupted service of aircraft and improving the technical equipment of the airport in accordance with the requirements of international standards.

The aerodrome in Usharal yet to take civil aircraft in 2017, as until recently, only military units had used the runway in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. Following approval of a new list of joint basing airfields in Kazakhstan providing joint use of the military airfield in Usharal for civil aviation, work has begun to construct a terminal building, to reconstruct the runway and install the necessary radio-technical and meteorological equipment for air traffic control.

 “In accordance with the contracts, experts of Azimut JSC carried out the necessary construction work at airfields in ​​Aktau and Usharal, one has mounted four sets of RMP-200 drive locator radio beacons and conducted commissioning and coaching of the serving staff. After the ground and flight tests this equipment has been put into operation”, said Asker Saidov, Director General, Azimut JSC, noting that more than 200 RMP-200 locator radio beacons are successfully operating at airports in Russiaand neighboring countries.

In addition, the company’s equipment was installed at other sites of aviation infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan. One has mounted five ARP-95 automatic direction finders at aerodromes located in Balkhash, Zhetygen, Lugovaya, Taldykorgan and Shymkent. On completion of commissioning, ground and flight tests, as well as training of the personnel to operate APR the finders have been out into operation.Azimut JSC develops, manufactures commercially, and supplies, on a turnkey basis, civil aviation enterprises with the facilities of navigation, landing, surveillance, and air traffic control automation, as well as develops and implements integrated projects of equipping and re-equipping aerodromes and air traffic control centres.