Canada has contracted Indra to provide approximately 600 radios for its air traffic management components.
Valued at over 13 million euros ($13.5 million), the agreement will replace the government agency’s existing equipment with the Spanish company’s Park Air T6 voice-over-internet protocol solutions for ground-to-air communications.
These capabilities will be coupled with M7 radios designed with a secure connection to frequencies on which NATO members and other defense users operate.
Indra will produce the devices at its Park Air facility in the UK.
Meanwhile, the firm will form an in-country support team in Canadian territories with “close and efficient” support on the project.
‘Significant Progress’
According to Indra, the incoming radios will help Ottawa to “streamline communications” between defense pilots and ground-based crews across “high-demand air traffic environments.”
The company noted that each solution has a “compact and efficient” architecture that promotes lesser energy consumption and negative environmental impact.
“Being awarded this contract will strengthen Indra’s position as a strategic partner in NATO countries and consolidate its global leadership as a provider of innovative and secure technological solutions on the international stage,” Indra Air Traffic Management General Manager Victor Martínez García stated.
“This project also constitutes, firstly, significant progress in the air traffic business in Canada, and, secondly, an important step forward for Indra’s Defence business, adding [Deparment of National Defence] to its customers and bringing it closer to its goal of becoming a flagship company in the international aerospace and defence sector.”
