Thales and ACSS team to offer IFF Mode 5 for Military tanker/transport market
Thales and ACSS have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to develop an ARINC Format Identification Friend and Foe (IFF) Mode 5 transponder for large military aircraft for tanker/transport, and reconnaissance.
The agreement brings together ACSS’ leading position in safety avionics systems, including Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), Terrain Avoidance Warning Systems (TAWS) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), with Thales strength as a leading military avionics supplier with a full range of military IFF solutions for air, sea and land applications.
The design of the new transponder is backwardly compatible to ACSS’ current ARINC Format IFF Mode 4, the XS-950SI. It includes features such as low aircraft integration costs, ADS-B and Mode S Level 3, thus providing increased safety, situational awareness and efficiency for military flight operators.
Both companies will offer the product as an upgrade path for existing NATO IFF Mode 4 customers and to new military aircraft customers.
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