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IFF system (Read 343 times)

Dec 8^th, 2008 at 9:44pm

brettt777 Offline
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Okay I think I know the answer to this question but I want to ask anyway. Can a true IFF system be purchased from Collins or someone like that for installation into an aircraft? It's an ex-military aircraft and may be again.

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Reply #1 - Dec 9^th, 2008 at 2:54am

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brettt777 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2008 at 9:44pm:

I would doubt it, IFF involves codes etc and I would think that the military would not want enemy aircraft flying in on friendly IFF coding. TCAS is about as close as you are going to get I would have thought.

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Reply #2 - Dec 9^th, 2008 at 5:24am

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You could buy one with an IFF capability, but it would be utterly pointless due to the way IFF works.

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Reply #3 - Dec 9^th, 2008 at 11:12am

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Do you need one?

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Reply #4 - Dec 9^th, 2008 at 11:25am

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Rich H wrote on Dec 9^th, 2008 at 11:12am:

Do you need one?

Unless you intend to fly military operations in some of the less desirable areas of the globe, not as such. In simple terms it's just additional transponder modes which allow the data to be encrypted.

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Reply #5 - Dec 10^th, 2008 at 4:03pm