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German Forces
Aircraft Now Equipped With Transponders By Steve Hall |
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September 24, 2011 - Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, has successfully concluded the modernization of the identification equipment of all German Forces' aircraft.
With the final deliveries in a multi-year modernization
program, Cassidian has handed over the last tranche of
its STR 2000 transponders to the German Procurement
Authority BWB.
In
total, more than 650 transponders were delivered since
2002. The new equipment ensures the safe operation of
aircraft in civilian airspace according to new
requirements of the European air traffic control
authority EuroControl. Transponders are a crucial element to ensure flight safety. As part of air traffic control, interrogators on the ground emit signals to request flight data from individual aircraft, e.g. on their origin, course or speed. |
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These requests are then automatically answered by transponders located on board the approaching aircraft, so that the position of each individual aircraft can always be reliably tracked. Military aircraft also respond to these non-military requests. In the so-called Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) process, they even transmit additional data in an encrypted mode, allowing all aircraft to be unmistakably identified, e.g. during military operations.
Thereby,
inadvertent friendly attacks can be prevented. For this reason,
military aircraft require transponders with both civil and
military functions. Cassidian has wide experience in the field
of military and civil air traffic control and identification.
The
company has supplied numerous military identification systems
for air, naval and ground vehicles to a number of armed forces,
e.g. in Germany, France, Finland and Australia. For civil air
traffic control, Cassidian?s identification systems are used in
countries such as Austria and the Philippines.
Cassidian is the defense and security subsidiary of the EADS group and a major provider of global security solutions, lead system integration and aerial, land, naval and joint systems. It is the second largest division of EADS. Until 17 September 2010 it was known as EADS Defense & Security. In 2009, Cassidian employed approximately 28,000 employees worldwide and achieved combined revenues of ?5.4 billion. |
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