BOGOTA -- The Corporación de Alta Tecnología para la Defensa (High-Tech Defense Corporation - CODALTEC) of Colombia and Indra, the Spanish technology and consulting company, will embark on the development of a cutting-edge air defense system that will meet the Colombian requirements and potentially those of other countries in the region. Indra says that it is the first system with these characteristics developed in Latin America

Both companies have worked hand-in-hand since they signed the first cooperation and technology transfer agreement in 2014. This agreement ended last year with a significant achievement after CODALTEC delivered an advanced high-mobility tactical radar, TADER (Tactical Air Defense Radar) to the Colombian Air Force, which had been specially designed to detect aircraft flying at a low altitude.

In addition, Indra says that this is the first military air surveillance radar that has been fully manufactured in Colombia and which will be marketed by CODALTEC in the region.

After this achievement, the corporation has chosen Indra again as a partner partner to take the next step; to become, what the Corporación de Alta Tecnología para la Defensa says is the first Latin American company with the capacity to lead the integration of an air defense system.

The project represents a leap that will accelerate the increase of the capacity of the Colombian defense industry, along with other initiatives of the Grupo Social y Empresarial de la Defensa (Social and Business Group for Defense - GSED), which will strengthen the sovereignty and technological autonomy of the country.

CODALTEC will become a member of the exclusive circle of companies with the capacity to market air defense systems.

To address this challenge, Indra and CODALTEC have extended their collaboration to the development of Command and Control systems, the technology field in which Indra is a global leader. This system will receive the data provided by different sensors and merge it to present a comprehensive and integrated vision of the real scenario for military officers. Therefore, the system will be capable of immediately detecting any risk and deploying the necessary actions to neutralize it.

The TADER radar will be a key element of the sensor network in the future CODALTEC air defense system. In addition, the system will be fully interoperable with any other type of subsystem, so it can incorporate new capabilities as they appear in the future or integrate the equipment used by the Armed Forces of other countries.

This scalability and flexibility will be a key element for the commercial success of the solution, since it will be adapted to the specific needs of each customer. CODALTEC may deliver a system adapted to each need, either to protect a given area or as a shield for the air space of an entire country.

Source: Indra