First RADA RPS-42 based Mobile Air Surveillance System Delivered to an Asian Country
October 06 2016 - 8:40AM
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:RADA)
announced today the delivery of its initial RPS-42 based mobile air
surveillance system, to the defense forces of an important Asian
country.
The contract for the purchase of these systems,
which was announced in May 2016, has a value of approximately $2
million. This first delivered system will be integrated and
validated on a customer’s tactical vehicle, with deliveries of the
rest of this order to follow before year-end 2016.
RADA’s Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR)
based RPS-42 aerial surveillance radar systems will provide a
mobile air surveillance solution for the customer's armed
forces.
According to Zvi Alon, RADA's
CEO, "This delivery initiates a process during which our
customer’s air surveillance capability will be significantly
improved by the unique capabilities of our RPS-42 Radar system. For
Rada, this contract represents our first production contract and
delivery of radars to this part of the world. It demonstrates
that our radar technology and capabilities present a very
attractive price-performance proposition to customers. We look
forward to, and expect, further follow-on orders from this customer
as well as new orders from other customers in Asia."
The MHR radar platform, at the heart of the
system, is an S-band, software-defined, Pulse-Doppler, active
electronically scanned array radar. The Rada system introduces
sophisticated beam forming capabilities and advanced signal
processing, can provide multiple missions on each radar platform,
and offers an unprecedented performance-to-price ratio. It is
compact and mobile, delivering ideal organic, tactical surveillance
solutions for force and border protection applications such as
counter rockets and mortars, counter unmanned aerial systems,
ground moving target indicator, air surveillance and more.
About RADARADA Electronic
Industries Ltd. is an Israel-based defense electronics contractor.
The Company specializes in the development, production, and sale of
Tactical Land Radars for Force and Border Protection, Inertial
Navigation Systems for air and land applications, and Avionics
Systems and Upgrades.
Company Contact:
RADA Electronics Industries
Dov Sella, CBDO
Tel: +972-9-8921111
mrkt@rada.com
Investor Relation Contact
GK Investor Relations
Ehud Helft / Gavriel Frohwein
Tel: +1 646 688 3559
Rada@gkir.com
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