The U.S. Air Force has awarded Thales Defense & Security Inc. with a $18.4 million contract for two Deployable Instrument Landing System (ILS) Production Representative test units.
By Fred the Oyster [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
During the test, Thales must prove that the units can provide an equivalent of a fixed-based instrument landing system capability at tactical airfields and at airfields where permanent ILS capability has been disrupted.
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