EADS has completed the delivery of the Coastal Surveillance Radar System to Estonia
* Largest radar-based coastal surveillance system for homeland security purposes to date
* Total volume of contract amount to € 27 million
Munich, 13 March 2006
EADS Defence and Communications Systems has completed the delivery of Coastal Surveillance Radar System (CSR), which had been ordered by the Estonian Ministry of Interior. The system, operated by the Estonian Border Guard, covers the entire coastline of more than 500 km. The € 27 million contract includes the delivery of the whole Coastal Surveillance System, including radar, signal processing, multi sensor tracking, system management, data base system and recording & replay based on the EADS product CSS Seatrack 7000.
Designed and built to ensure the integrity of the Estonian territory and territorial waters the system identifies and recognises surface and air targets in the responsibility of the Estonian Border Guard. The system is based on twenty radar sites, including ten Short Range Radars (SRR) with sea target detection and signal processing capability and ten Long Range Radars (LRR) with sea & air target detection and processing capabilities. The operational responsibility is allocated to four Regional Control Centres (RCC). Each RCC is connected with a number of radar sites. The number of associated radar sites varies from four to eight LRR & SRR, depending on the complexity of the coastline. The overall coastal operations picture of all four RCC is displayed to four operators in the National Control Centre which is located at the Border Guard harbour in Tallinn.
"As an expert for integrated security systems and platforms, EADS has comprehensively responded to these objectives by developing a sophisticated Coastal Surveillance System as an essential step towards extensive Maritime Security, and a Border Security Programme which has only recently been acquired by the Estonian government in order to meet European security standards. EADS itself has strong and proven expertise in the planning, integration and execution of Maritime Security Systems: through our variety of activities from commercial aircraft to complex naval and ground based combat management systems we have acquired a unique know-how in system design and large system integration," said Hervé Guillou, CEO of EADS Defence and Communications Systems.
"The new system allows our border guard to be of greater help to control more efficiently our sea area, to provide assistance to people getting in trouble on sea and to make our seas safer and more secure. As the new system allows us to get a comprehensive overview of what is happening on sea, we will be more efficient in supporting our cooperation partners both in Estonia and in our neighbour countries" commented Kalle Laanet, Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Estonia.
The system provides, amongst other features, the monitoring and control of vessel traffic in the Gulf of Finland to prevent and avoid collisions and groundings of vessels. Furthermore it provides the detection and apprehension of smugglers using ships and by that it allows the prevention of illegal transport of migrants to the European Union via the Baltic countries either by vessels or helicopters.
The project started in July 2002 and is now completed. The system represents the largest radar-based coastal surveillance system designed for homeland security purposes.
In addition, Portugal's Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimos (IPTM) commissioned a Portuguese-German consortium, led by EADS, to build a Vessel Traffic & Control System (VTCS) along the coast of Portugal. With the twofold objective of protecting Europe's outer borders and at the same time improving maritime safety and environmental protection, this system is of strategic importance to the EU.
Defence and Communications Systems (DCS) is the "Systems House" of EADS and is an integrated business unit of the EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS).
With revenues of about € 5.6 billion in 2005 and roughly 23,000 employees across ten nations, EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS) forms the defence and security pillar within EADS. As a Large Systems Integrator, it offers integrated systems solutions to the new challenges confronting armed forces and global security. It is active in the areas of manned and unmanned integrated combat and mission air systems, including related training services, and in missile systems, battlefield management systems for all branches, global security solutions, secure networks, defence electronics, sensors and avionics, as well as related services.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2005, EADS generated revenues of € 34.2 billion and employed a workforce of about 113,000.
Contact:
Susanne Hartwein
Ulm
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)731 392-1757
mailto: susanne.hartwein@eads.com
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