With this contract, Indra strengthens its relationship with Airservices Australia and becomes a key competitor in the Australian air traffic management (ATM) systems market. At the same time, it takes a decisive step in its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, which the company has identified as strategic for driving its growth.
The company will deploy nine surveillance radar stations equipped with MSSR mode S (Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar mode S) secondary surveillance systems. These systems will cover areas with the highest traffic density, supporting air traffic control at major airports in the eastern part of the country.
Indra will also deliver a transportable Mode S secondary radar system to Airservices Australia. This will ensure that airspace surveillance is not disrupted during the replacement of existing radar sites, allowing for a gradual and safe transition without service interruption. Finally, Indra will deliver another radar system for training maintenance technicians and radar system operators.
To provide service and carry out work in Australia, the company has a subsidiary in Sydney. From this facility, Indra has been supplying radio navigation aid systems for years to Airservices Australia and other air navigation service providers in the region. This subsidiary is also a pioneer in the development of this technology.
The new contract confirms the success of the radar surveillance solution developed by Indra, which is distinguished by being a technologically advanced system, offering excellent detection, identification and automatic interrogation capabilities of the aircraft's own navigation systems to obtain data on heading, altitude, position, among others.
Furthermore, it is a well-proven and mature technology that has achieved significant market penetration in the Asia-Pacific ATM market in recent years. Indra is deploying a network of approximately twenty Mode S MSSR radars that will cover 60% of Chinese airspace and is reinforcing radar surveillance for air traffic management in India with nine such systems. It also has several systems deployed in both Indonesia and Thailand.
On the other hand, the company is implementing the entire Turkish radar surveillance network and has put into service the new surveillance and air traffic management systems that Mongolia has.
