Iran Successfully Tests Home-Made Radar at Airports
“Fortunately, the process of testing the secondary radar, along with other active radars, is currently in the final stages of testing at the country's airports,” Hossein Shokri said.
“Fortunately, up to this stage, the test results have been assessed as successful and we hope that with the final completion of the testing process within the next few months, this system will officially enter the operational cycle,” he added.
“Considering the capacities created in the design and construction of radars by domestic companies and research institutes and the participation of the private sector, the necessary plans have been made to utilize these capabilities to meet the needs of the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC),” Shokri noted.
The IAC announced last week that the country’s first domestically developed airborne radar system is ready for commissioning at Abadan International Airport.
The company confirmed its preparedness to officially inaugurate the MSSR-Mod S (Secondary Surveillance Radar) system — a fully indigenous, knowledge-based surveillance radar project — at Abadan International Airport.
This national project, developed through collaboration between experts from the air communications and navigation department of the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company and Isfahan University of Technology, is capable of monitoring domestic and non-military transit flights within a 450-kilometer radius, significantly bolstering radar coverage in southwestern Iran.
Construction of the project was completed in less than six months and has been ready for operation since February 2024.
Currently, the radar’s data feed is active, and it will enter full operational service following flight validation procedures, performance verification by a flight-check aircraft, and final approval from the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran.
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