BTI1000I
IFF/SSR multifunctional field testerThe challenge
With the growing threat of unauthorised aircraft/UAV incursions, today’s armed forces often only have moments in which to make decisions and quickly take the decisive steps that a mission requires.
Forces need an identification capability that allows military and civilian air traffic control interrogators to identify whether aircraft, vehicles or forces are friendly or not, and to determine their bearing and range from the interrogator.
The systems used must also be supported by testing across the entire IFF chain (transponder, interrogator and combined interrogator and transponder [CIT]), covering the full range of civil and military IFF modes, including NATO Mode 5. These systems can be found on aircraft, frigates, MANPADS or ground-based air defence stations.
Our solution
In the field, the effort to distinguish friend from foe and prevent friendly fire creates a clear need for high-performance testing of the full range of IFF systems in use.
As part of the next generation of test equipment to support IFF, the BTI1000I Multifunction Field Tester is a flight line tester with advanced, test bench-level functionality.
Its human-machine interface boosts performance not only in field testing but also in the more sophisticated tests conducted during IFF system integration or validation.
The BTI1000I Multifunction Field Tester can simulate the interrogator (e.g. MSSR 2000I, MSR1000I) or the transponder (LTR400). It verifies IFF waveforms and modes including secure modes in the field and in bench testing.
Features and benefits
Features
- Interrogation and response: MKXA: Modes 1, 2, 3, 4, A, C, S, elementary surveillance and EHS (L1 + L2)
- NATO Mode 5 L1 (ID, PIN, Data) and L2
- Test methods: cable link or antenna-to-antenna link
- Accessories include omnidirectional, directional, tripod support, mask antennas
- Go/NoGo mode: test purpose for the complete IFF chain before mission or after key or time loading for encrypted modes
- Performance test mode provides detailed results
- Full set of IFF-available modes, including latest military modes and beacon mode
Benefits
- Highly accurate measurements
- Easy-to-use, human-machine interface
- Encrypted and unencrypted interrogation modes
- Cryptographic computer-compatible
- Facilitates system integration, field testing and maintenance
- Operational even in environments with extreme temperature fluctuations (-20°C to +50°C)
- ITAR-free
- Complies with standards: STANAG 4193 Edition 3, ICAO Annex 10 Vol. IV and FAR
- Weighs less than 10 kg without crypto
- Performance test mode can aid IFF system integration, validation or maintenance, providing detailed measurements and results
