IFF Mode 5/S Transponders to be Installed in Spanish Military Helicopter Fleets

Sener signs the first contract with Airbus Helicopters Spain to install IFF mode 5/S transponders in helicopter fleets, a navigation and communication identification system sending and receiving radiofrequency signals By Joseph Macey / 15 Mar 2023

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Sener Aerospace and Defense has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters Spain to install IFF mode 5/S transponders in the helicopter fleets of Spanish Armed Forces, a navigation and communication instrument, responsible for sending and receiving radio frequency signals, important for flight safety.

Based on the agreement reached, Airbus Helicopters will act as the prime contractor, leading the contract activities for the Spanish Air Force and Army; while Sener will act as a nominated subcontractor to carry out activities including engineering, prototype testing, airworthiness certification, and supply of technical documentation, equipment and kits, both for the prototype and for the SH-60B series of aircraft, and potentially for the Spanish Navy’s AB-212 helicopters.

According to Sener, both companies acknowledge the strategic nature of this new alliance and hope this first collaboration will be a success and set the benchmark for subsequent activities, in terms of the modernization and development of subsystems of common interest, both nationally and abroad.

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