Rohde & Schwarz, of  Munich, Germany, received an order from the Swedish Defense Material Administration for 90 R&S Series 4200 transmitters and 90 receivers and 56 R&S Series 4400 transceivers.

The radios will be installed at six Swedish Air Force wings and three Deployable Air Bases, where they will provide secured ground-to-air communications with helicopters, tactical and transport aircraft as well as with civil airplanes.

Under the contract, Rohde & Schwarz will ensure service, availability of spare parts and replacement of modules and radios during the next five years.

The primary functions of the latest generation of VHF/UHF air-traffic control radios are software-based, allowing flexible, customized configuration as well as the implementation of new features via software downloads, Rohde & Schwarz said. Every radio can be remote-controlled and monitored by connecting the management system option, R&S RNMS3000, at the LAN interface. TheRNMS3000 is also part of the contract.