{"id":63891,"date":"2022-08-04T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/robert-gabriel-mugabe-international-airport-finally-getting-a-radar-system"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:30:15","slug":"robert-gabriel-mugabe-international-airport-finally-getting-a-radar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/robert-gabriel-mugabe-international-airport-finally-getting-a-radar-system","title":{"rendered":"Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Finally Getting A Radar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe\u2019s main airport, is finally getting a radar system after taking delivery of equipment as part of a US$153 million upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Last year December, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport said the country\u2019s airports were operating without radar systems exposing the country\u2019s security aviation systems.<\/p>\n<p>Radar systems consist of traffic communication, which enables traffic controllers to communicate with pilots. Air traffic controllers use the radar system to manage air traffic and help pilots land safely.<\/p>\n<p>Finance minister Mthuli Ncube told parliament on Thursday last week that Zimbabwe has spent US$5.7 million on a radar system for the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. ZimLive quotes him as saying:<\/p>\n<p>The procurement of radar equipment has commenced following the payment of US$5.7 million under the US$6.1 million contract with three of the five radars having been delivered during the period under review and installation currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>The outstanding two radars are in transit from the suppliers, with installation expected to be complete during the last half of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion project remains on course with overall progress now estimated at 69 percent. Major outstanding works include refurbishment of the existing building and procurement of the required equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Through the budget, an additional amount of Z$514 million was channeled towards air traffic control communications system, whilst an amount of Z$411 million was spent on legacy debts for Air Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>China Harbour Equipment Company was awarded the contract to upgrade the radar.<\/p>\n<p>The Export-Import Bank of China loaned Zimbabwe US$153 million to upgrade the airport, including the radar system.<\/p>\n<p>The loan, which has a 20-year repayment period, including a seven-year grace period, has an annual interest rate of 2 percent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe\u2019s main airport, is finally getting a radar system after taking delivery of equipment as part of a US$153 million upgrade. Last year December, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport said the country\u2019s airports were operating without radar systems exposing the country\u2019s security aviation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,11141,4021,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-63891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-radar-system","14":"tag-robert-gabriel-mugabe-international-airport","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Finally Getting A Radar System - 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