In total, Belgocontrol has invested € 16 million in the modernisation of its radar installations in recent years, including five million in Florennes.
The image of air traffic in Belgium is based on the observations of nine radar sensors at six Belgocontrol sites (Brussels-National, Bertem, Florennes, Liège, Ostend and Saint-Hubert), supplemented by a radar from the Defence and different radars abroad. According to La Tribune newspaper, the the French defence electronics manufacturer signed a contract with Bangladesh to supply two high. The approaches to solving the noise problem varied with the. French defence equipment manufacturer Thales, has reportedly sold two long range air defence radar systems to the Bangladesh Army to enhance its battlefield surveillance network.
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A significant early challenge was how to minimize noise, which was conceptualized in terms of echo effects, impulse noise, and phase distortion. Radar is a method whereby radio waves are transmitted into the air and are then received when they have been reflected by an object in the path of the beam. SOWAER, which is responsible for the construction of the technical building and for securing the site, owns the premises, while the radar and all the technology installed in Florennes are owned by Belgocontrol. The modem was created in the context of a US strategic automatic air defense network to transmit data from radar stations over large distances over the existing telephone system. The development of the Florennes site and the construction of the new surveillance radar were carried out in close collaboration with the Société Wallonne des Aéroports. This achievement is part of the enhanced partnership between the two institutions. It will serve both Belgocontrol and the Belgian Defence. Ultimately, the new Florennes radar will replace the current approach radar of Charleroi. In addition, it allows better monitoring of in-flight traffic over the Ardennes within a radius of 220 km. The new radar will display on the screens of the air traffic controllers the precise position of the planes on approach for the airport of Charleroi and the military base of Florennes.
Belgocontrol invested five million euros in the new technical installation. It provides essential information to air traffic controllers for both Charleroi airport, the Florennes air base and the overflight of Belgium. Installed on a 30-meter high tower, the new radar of Belgocontrol has been operational since this morning.
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