EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip German naval vessels with identification systems, which will help to avoid confrontations with unknown aircraft. The so-called IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) systems work on the basis of state-of-the-art digital and encryption technology in line with the latest Mode S identification process, which is intended to prevent critical situations through fast recognition of aircraft, as was the case with the UNIFIL mission off the Lebanon’s coast.
As the company announced on Friday, Defence Electronics, an integrated Business Unit of EADS Defence & Security, equipped two further S143a class fast patrol boats with the MSSR 2000 I identification system and accepted them in October in a record time of only 20 days from the request by the customer to the boats’ departure for Lebanon.
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