Air Force chooses COTS-based ILS from Thales
NewsAugust 17, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. U.S. Air Force officials selected Thales provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) that will be used in airfield environments where the capability to enable precision guidance to aircraft on final approach during low visibility or low-ceiling weather conditions – while also being able to quickly set-up, activate, break-down, and re-locate – are essential.
The Thales D-ILS will provide the Air Force with the equivalent of fixed-based ILS capability at tactical airfields and environmentally diverse regions that include as areas of natural disaster or humanitarian relief efforts.
The Thales D-ILS is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) system based on the Thales ILS 420 – a fixed-based, dual frequency ILS.
The contract announcement includes delivery of two production representative units (PRUs) as well as technical orders and provisional technical documentation, training development and conduct, system analysis, architecture and engineering, and contractor support. The Air Force plans to purchase as many as 38 systems over the coming years.
