Kuchyňa Air Base has been kitted out with new airport radars
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- Date: 19.01.2022
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46 Wing Kuchyňa is the first SVK Air Force station to have been kitted out with new airport radars. Being instrumental to controlling air traffic, the radars are already operational. The state of the art reliable radar systems have finally replaced the malfunctioning equipment the service life of which ended in 2015 and the upgrade of which would not pay off – it was equal to the price of a new radar.
Alongside Kuchyňa Air Base, the new radars – the Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR), the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and the Precision Approach Radar (PAR) will be rolled out to all SVK Air Force stations, including to Sliač Air Base (2022) and Prešov Air Base (2023).
Their task is to deliver safe and reliable air traffic control (ATC) and to provide air navigation services (ANS) across the SVK Air Force stations, consistent with the civil aviation regulations and NATO standards. As well as this, they contribute to generating a complex Air Situation Picture (ASP).
Appreciative of the new equipment, Commander of the Slovak Air Force Brig Gen Róbert Tóth said: “With the purchase of the required airport radars, the capabilities for the provision of safe military and civil air traffic management, pilot training, the Slovak Air Force's Quick Reaction Alert (QRA), and the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS) will be sustained.”
The new equipment has been delivered on the basis of a framework contract for replacement radars, which was put out to tender. It covers the delivery of three types of radar systems, construction and installation works and associated services.
Alongside Kuchyňa Air Base, the new radars – the Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR), the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) and the Precision Approach Radar (PAR) will be rolled out to all SVK Air Force stations, including to Sliač Air Base (2022) and Prešov Air Base (2023).
Their task is to deliver safe and reliable air traffic control (ATC) and to provide air navigation services (ANS) across the SVK Air Force stations, consistent with the civil aviation regulations and NATO standards. As well as this, they contribute to generating a complex Air Situation Picture (ASP).
Appreciative of the new equipment, Commander of the Slovak Air Force Brig Gen Róbert Tóth said: “With the purchase of the required airport radars, the capabilities for the provision of safe military and civil air traffic management, pilot training, the Slovak Air Force's Quick Reaction Alert (QRA), and the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS) will be sustained.”
The new equipment has been delivered on the basis of a framework contract for replacement radars, which was put out to tender. It covers the delivery of three types of radar systems, construction and installation works and associated services.
