January 28, 2015: In an effort to enhance the aeronautical data processing prowess of the Indian Air Force, the government intends to procure Geospatial Information System (GIS) related aeronautical software and associated hardware, and published interest in making an acquisition shortly. The IAF has specified that the software & associated hardware is required to enhance capability of flight planners to access and extract need-based Geo-Spatial Information from a centralized aeronautical database and to increase aeronautical data processing capability of Indian Air Force. The procurement is to facilitate on-line access of digitized maps / charts, flight planning, on-line dispatch of flight plan to Air Traffic Control (ATC), on-line access and retrieval of Terrain & Obstacle data and Electronic Flight Information Publication (eFLIP). Map and chart creation should be automated to enable users of IAF intranet to configure, download and print their own customised maps/charts. The IAF wants its users to be able to access the centralized data through a web portal hosted on its AFNET. Users should be able to select data that they need, configure it into a map / chart, apply specific cartographic rules, preview the end product and print it or download as a source package (data, instructions and media) to work locally on the maps for further refinement. The overall purpose is for better automated planning of missions and flight schedules.