Hambantota International Airport in Sri Lanka to be equipped with a secure TETRA radio communication network by Cassidian
The new network will include an Automatic Vehicle Location function and has the potential to be integrated with planned airport security systems.
China Harbour & Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) of Sri Lanka has
chosen Cassidian, the Defence & Security division of EADS, to equip
Hambantota International Airport with a secure TETRA radio communication
network. Hambantota International Airport will be inaugurated in
September 2012 as the second International Airport in Sri Lanka.
The installation, commissioning and activation of the system, called
Claricor, will be performed by the Sri Lanka-based company Queens Radio
Marine Electronics (Pte), Cassidian’s value-added reseller (VAR) in Sri
Lanka, in co-operation with the Cassidian team based in India.
“We are proud to have been chosen by China Harbour & Engineering
Company Limited (CHEC) and the Airport Authority of Sri Lanka, and
welcome their decision to award this new mission-critical TETRA radio
communication system to Cassidian,” said Ehud Weizman, Head of Sales
& Marketing for Public Safety, Indian Subcontinent. “This award is a
sign of our customers’ confidence in our technology. It is our second
TETRA system in the country. The first system of this type is in the
final stage of implementation and about to start operations at
Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo.”
The new network will include an Automatic Vehicle Location function and
has the potential to be integrated with planned airport security
systems. Tailored to customers’ specific requirements, Claricor is
Cassidian’s solution for small to medium-sized networks. Designed to
meet the needs of airports and for use in the industry and transport
sectors, Claricor offers many of the advanced functions of larger
networks including secure voice and data services, individual calls,
group calls and dispatcher functionalities. In addition, Claricor can
easily expand from covering a small group of users served by a single
site to becoming a fully-fledged network addressing the needs of several
thousand subscribers.
Source: www.defpro.com
