Indra is awarded contracts for 90 million to equip 18 Army helicopters

MADRID, 1 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Organization for Cooperation in Armaments (OCCAR) has awarded Indra several contracts valued at 90 million euros to equip the Army's 18 Tiger MKIII helicopters with advanced electronic mission and defense systems.

These helicopters, used for example in Afghanistan, will thus be able to operate in more complicated missions in the coming years by being able to respond to more advanced, sensitive and difficult-to-detect guidance systems to prevent them from reaching "areas of interest", as reported by Indra.

The Spanish company will equip the aerial vehicles with digital self-protection solutions (EWS) and the SPC2 tactical mission system, considered the most modern that exists by the firm. The new generation of helicopters is expected to be operational from 2030.

Likewise, Indra will also equip the entire Tigre MKIII fleet, both Spanish and French for a total of 82 helicopters, with the identification friend-enemy (IFF) system.

Indra's CEO, Ignacio Mataix, highlighted the company's ability to develop the "next generation of systems with 100% Spanish technology".

Likewise, he pointed out the importance of collaborating with European clients, companies, research centers and universities to "contribute to the definitive consolidation of the Europe of Defence".

In the area of ​​self-protection, the 'suite' that Indra will implement will have a radar threat alert system for direct spectrum digitization, which offers "extremely high" processing capacity to detect surveillance systems and targeting sensors.

This element also plays a critical role, as it incorporates the 'EW Manager' function in charge of managing and integrating all the aircraft's self-protection elements and activating countermeasures to automatically neutralize any ground-air and air-air attack.

The new version of the Tigre will thus be incorporated into the aircraft of more than 15 armed forces in which Indra already plays a critical role in this type of system that guarantees its self-protection.

For its part, the IFF Identification System will allow the platform itself to be identified to third parties and the interrogation of other aircraft to classify them as friends or enemies.

The integration also includes the certification of the Department of the United States (US DoD AIMS) to be able to operate in all types of international scenarios, an essential requirement for IFFs that operate using the new Mode 5 identification within NATO.

Finally, Indra's tactical mission system (SPC2) will enable helicopter interoperability with command and control to provide Army commanders and Spanish pilots with a digitalized view of the battlefield in real time in the different operational scenarios.