South Korean defence agency LIG Nex1 has awarded two contracts to Hensoldt to produce monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR) 2000 ID secondary radars.
The mixed worth of the contracts stands at practically $11.36m (€10m) and covers supply of 20 MSSR 2000 ID secondary radars, take a look at tools and associated companies.
The identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) system will assist the IFF modernisation programme of the South Korean Armed Forces.
Hensoldt famous that the IFF techniques will probably be put in on a number of coastal surveillance and air surveillance radars.
The mixing will assist improve the radar techniques to the brand new Nato ‘Mode 5’ normal, a characteristic that may permit allied forces taking part in multinational navy operations to function collectively and safely.
The IFF expertise is predicated on automated digital alerts and the brand new Mode 5 normal IFF makes use of superior cryptographic methods.
These methods defend the techniques from enemy digital interference whereas enabling armed forces to recognise pleasant platforms precisely by robotically sending interrogation alerts.
Transponders function a precondition to keep away from the unintended firing of pleasant forces. It additionally permits navy items to establish hostile forces and keep away from pleasant hearth incidents.
Mode 5 is being integrated in all western armies. Hensoldt is already underneath contract to modernise German, French and the UK armed forces’ IFF techniques to the Mode 5 normal.
The corporate presently has greater than 500 IFF techniques underneath contract in 42 nations.
In November 2021, Hensoldt secured a deal to ship IFF expertise to assist the Bulgarian Armed Forces’ IFF modernisation programme.
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