SSR/IFF Environment Simulator

Radar Environment Simulator (RES®)

Industry standard MSSR & IFF environment simulator for ANSPs, Manufacturers and DoDs.

The RES® simulates up to 2048 independent MSSR or Mode S targets, ADS-B, FRUIT, reflectors and antenna behavior on RF level. All the signals that would occur in real life situations are injected into the radar, hereby replying correctly to the radar’s interrogation as real transponders would do.

A known reference scenario is presented to the radar and compared to the radar output. It allows a full data link to be tested to its extreme performance limits. It also has AIMS Mode 5 capabilities.

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RES® Benefits

Regulatory Compliance

EUROCONTROL EMS compliant. STANAG and AIMS Mode 5 capabilities.

Time & Cost Efficiency

RES® speeds up factory and site acceptance testing through generating simulated scenarios which are impossible to achieve with common signal generators.

Repeatability of tests is a valuable time- and cost saving advantage of RES®.

Reliable & Independent

RES® avoids dependency of opportunity traffic and test flights, as such increasing reliability and reducing cost and environmental impact.

User-Friendly with Support

RES® has an intuitive user interface but has many expert features. It comes with profound user training, documentation and maintenance and calibration services.

Capabilities

  • Simulation of full data link up to 2048 targets in Mode S, Mode 1, 2, 3/A, C, NSM, Mode 5, ADS-B and TIS-B.
  • Quickly create complex scenarios and injection of predefined scenarios.
  • Test a radar’s most challenging performance specifications: load capacity, sensitivity, Mode S performance, Mode 1 and 2 performance, resolution behavior, accuracy, probability of reply, performance when using low PRF, high rotation speed, jammer frequencies etc.
  • SSR/ADS-B full system evaluation.
  • Scalable and customizable static platform, moving platform with motion compensation, non-standard antenna systems, remote control and standalone maintenance.
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RES® Use cases

System developers

It is the only available tool that allows a user to simulate full Mode S data link for up to 2048 targets.

RES® provides the same service in Mode 1, 2, 3/A, C, NSM, Mode 5, ADS-B. It provides full test capabilities for the industry requirements for Secondary Surveillance Radar.


System acceptance engineers

RES® provides the ultimate test instrument to perform installation and factory acceptance of SSR or Mode S radars.

The RES® software enables the user to create scenarios very quickly by using implemented models allowing to test a radar’s most challenging performance specifications. RES® allows BOX-level testing and merging of PSR, SSR and ADS-B performance evaluations.


Maintenance engineers

Mode S radars are complex, requiring a vast number of parameters to be tested. When a radar’s settings or environment are modified, or if a radar’s firmware is upgraded by the manufacturer, maintenance personnel require a method to determine the new performance of the radar and compare it to the ‘previous’ condition.

RES® is perfectly suited for this type of regression testing. Several predefined scenarios can be injected in the radar before and after modifications, allowing performance to be compared. The same principle can be used to compare radar channels for similar behavior and parameter setting

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