First Airborne Collision Avoidance System II installed in NATO AWACS Trainer Cargo Aircraft (TCA)
Munich, 01 August 2001
Dornier Flugzeugwerft GmbH - a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company - has successfully installed and tested the first Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) in a NATO AWACS Trainer Cargo Aircraft. The aircraft has been delivered back to the NATO AWACS Component in Geilenkirchen, Germany on the 20 July, four days ahead of schedule.
Dornier Flugzeugwerft, which is part of EADS Military Aircraft, had been awarded the contract to install ACAS II into the three NATO AWACS Trainer Cargo Aircraft in November 2000 by the NATO AWACS Program Management Agency (NAPMA) based in Brunssum, Netherlands
ACAS II interrogates airborne, altitude-reporting Mode C/S transponders to assess collision risks and advises the crew to climb or descend by visual and acoustical means.
The ACAS II equipment installed comprises mainly of the Mode S IFF Transponder STR 2000 A-1 manufactured by EADS and the Rockwell Collins TCAS processor TTR-921. This combination of equipment will adequately serve as a collision avoidance upgrade to the NATO TCA fleet of three aircraft, derivatives of the famous Boeing 707 aircraft.
The remaining two aircraft will be modified between October and December 2001 and be delivered back to NATO before the end of the year.
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