Iran Deploys Home-Made Air Traffic Radar
The MSSR-Mode S radar system was deployed at Abadan airport in Southwestern Iran upon an order by President Massoud Pezeshkian via a video link.
Authorities from the Iranian transportation ministry said the advanced radar system would strengthen the air traffic control network in the region.
CEO of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company Mohammad Amirani said that the monopulse secondary surveillance radar system has been entirely designed and built by domestic companies.
He said that scientists from Isfahan University of Technology, located in central Iran, had contributed to the project, adding that the system will be capable of monitoring domestic and international flights within a radius of 450 kilometers.
The official said that the government had spent some 6.9 million euros ($7.84 million) on the project, cutting back nearly 1 million euros from its imports bill.
“Launching this radar is viewed as a major step on the path to reach self-sufficiency and progress in the country’s aviation industry,” Amirani added.
Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) had announced in May that the country’s first domestically developed airborne radar system was 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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