Deployable digital tower for safe missions
Not in Paris this week, but during the Turku Airshow in Finland last week, Saab unveiled "r-TWR Deployable", a deployable, digital tower that provides high availability, mission-to-mission modularity and flexibility. It is mission-ready within an hour and can be operated remotely from a secure location at a base or connected to a centralised facility hundreds of kilometres away.
Some of these features can also serve a purpose for international aid missions for the rapid deployment of such infrastructure into a country damaged by natural disasters.
The new device is said to include "everything needed for air traffic management at an established or temporary landing strip". It can be rapidly transported by road or rail on one or two standardised trailers, or in a cargo aircraft of C-130 Hercules size. (ah)