Key Project References for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Defense (AD)
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Ireland/Iceland – IAA/ISAVIA Virtual ATC Center
In a single, common project, Rohde & Schwarz is renewing the traffic services voice communications control system and HF radios for the air navigation service providers in Iceland (ISAVIA) and Ireland (IAA).
In a world-first deployment, the provided solution enables virtual ATC center operation, allowing ‘ATC in the trusted cloud’. On demand, customers ISAVIA and IAA can operate their individual control centers in Gufunes and Ballygirreen locations in joint operation mode, sharing radio and telephony communications resources as if in a single virtual ATC center.
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Germany – DFS Emergency Transmit/Receive Communications SystemRohde & Schwarz is renewing the emergency transmit/receive system of DFS, the German air navigation service provider. In four main control centers (Langen, Munich, Bremen, and Karlsruhe), controller working positions will be equipped with a compact and powerful IP-based emergency communications unit which is based on the R&S®VCS-4G voice communications system solution.
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Moldova - MoldATSA
The R&S®VCS-4G is installed in three Moldatsa airports (Cahul, Balti and Marculesti). The system configurations installed in each airport are similar to each other.
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Indonesia - Asia Mobile TowerThe R&S®VCS-4G has been installed together with R&S®Series4200 radios in an R&S®MX-400 mobile ATC tower.
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Mexico - PEMEXThe R&S®VCS-4G is being installed at a central site to communicate with helicopters and tell them which platform they should fly to.
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Romania - Bucharest Otopeni TowerIn Otopeni Airport´s control tower, the IP VCS system is used by air traffic controllers to establish both air-ground and ground-ground communications.
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France - CS/RSARohde & Schwarz provides the VHF and UHF radios and is responsible for servicing and repairing the equipment and handling spare stock.
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Société Internationale de Télécommunication Aéronautique (SITA)
Rohde & Schwarz provides the VHF radios and is responsible for training and for servicing and repairing the equipment, and for SW maintenance to meet new SITA requirements.
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Germany - Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS)The German aerospace navigation system provider is equipped by Rohde & Schwarz with a system for complete radio sites with VHF and UHF radios, including racks, filters, circulators, multicouplers and all ancillary equipment. The project includes system integration, installation, training, services and repair.
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China - ATMBRohde & Schwarz is active in China, providing ATC radios since 1990. It has already implemented over 56 single projects in China with the R&S®Series4200 radio family.
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Egypt - Cairo International AirportRohde & Schwarz was tasked by ORASCOM construction company with the design and delivery of the complete radio communications system for the new tower at Cairo International Airport.
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Austria – AustroControlThe standard version of the R&S®RCMS II remote control & monitoring system has been deployed in six regional control centers for monitoring and controlling all civil ATC radios. The MultiServer installed in Vienna acts as nationwide “umbrella management system” for all Rohde & Schwarz radios.
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Estonia – Estonian Air ForceRohde & Schwarz radios in combination with R&S®RCMS II round out the nationwide radiocommunications network for the Estonian Air Force's ground-to-air communications, giving multiple clients at different locations a constant overview of the current status of the radios and full control over them.
