Intersoft Electronics Provides the ADS-B Ground Station Simulator to Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group

Between November 21st and the 24th, Intersoft-Electronics, a Belgium based company, offered on-site training regarding their radar environment simulator to the Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co.,Ltd. (Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group for short) in Mianyang, a city in the Sichuan province. This is the second time that Intersoft-Electronics has delivered the SSR/ADS-B environment simulation system to mainland China. The RES28x radar environment simulator was researched and developed by Intersoft-Electronics and can produce up to 2,000 SSR or Mode-S targets. The RES28x radar environment simulator can program targets of DF4, 5, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 24. It supports all the protocols at the Mode-S data link and the Mode S level 1 through 5. It can provide garbling simulation regarding overlapping targets, asynchronous or synchronous interference. Important performance parameters used to evaluate the radar or the ADS-B system, such as the accuracy, the resolution and the probability of target detection, are the best tools for testing in the factory and for the on-site acceptance inspection. The RES28x radar environment simulators have been used widely by administrative organizations, such as the FAA, the EUROCONTROL and the NAMSA, as well as by other well known radar manufacturers, such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Thales, etc.. During the training period, the engineer from Intersoft-Electronics communicated with the technicians that had participated in this training and the representatives from the Air Traffic Management Bureau of CAAC regarding RES application in radars and the ADS-B system, which had helped them to deepen their understanding about this new product. A leader of the Jiuzhou ATC station said, “After this training, the participants have learned how to meet the requirements for the application. Our cooperation with Intersoft-Electronics has brought us a reliable partner. The technology brought in by Intersoft-Electronics will accelerate the process of mainland China’s ATC equipments to be able to walk out into the international market.”