The
South African defence and communication electronics business, Tellumat,
will once again exhibit at the African Aerospace and Defence (AAD 2012)
exhibition after a successful show at AAD 2010. The company offers dynamic
and competitive technology from products to systems, as well as services.
These are aimed at the defence, air traffic management, communications
and electronic manufacturing markets.
Visit the Tellumat stand in Hanger 4 stand 4C12 at the AAD 2012
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Since
the last show, Tellumat’s empowerment credentials have improved
to a Level 2 BBBEE rating and coupled with its value-adding supplier status,
customers can now count 156.25% of their purchasing spend with Tellumat
towards their BBBEE procurement total.
This is the seventh AAD exhibition since its inception, and Tellumat’s
focus is on two core capabilities, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Avionics. “The primary goal is
to stage our pure defence, aerospace and air traffic management portfolios,
as well as Tellumat Communication Solutions’ professional services”,
says Brian Ferguson, Marketing Manager for Tellumat Defence.
The requirement to positively identify platforms in the combat system
environment is critical, and IFF offers a unique and secure means of providing
such identification. Standardisation of modes, codes and cryptographic
keys ensures interoperability between different arms of service.
Equally crucial is the provision of cryptographic management systems which
provide customers with the means of developing and maintaining national
secure IFF capabilities.
“Utilising common industry standards, protocols and Built-In Test
(BIT) capabilities enable our IFF products to be quickly and easily integrated
into platforms operating in the combat environment”, says Ferguson.
Similarly, Integrated Logistic Support (ILS), including test benches and
IFF testers are essential to the successful maintenance capabilities for
IFF systems over their life cycles.
Tellumat Defence will launch their latest edition to their family of IFF
products, the PR-4000 IFF interrogator. This medium to long range 19’’
rack-mounted IFF / Mode S interrogator offers compatibility with various
cryptographic computer types.
On the UAV Avionics front, Tellumat Defence continues to be optimistic.
David Jackson, UAS Product Manager, believes UAV avionics growth will
persist and even improve over the coming years and for that reason Tellumat
Defence has not only started making the avionics smaller and lighter but
they have also become smarter about what they have as part of their solutions.
Tellumat will use AAD 2012 as a platform to announce the arrival of their
most recent customised UAV avionics range. The Flight Mission Computer
(FMC), designed with capabilities that can handle communications, payloads
and failures does everything that a commercial FMC can do and is compatible
with any commercial UAV.
On display will be Tellumat Defence’s new Sensor Pack, combining
all sensor elements into one box, offering clients a complete GPS / Inertial
Navigation System (INS) product. It weighs less than 400 g and can be
accommodated by any UAV size between 5 kg and 450 kg.
“Everything around a UAV is mass-based - it is the single biggest
driver apart from the cost. Together our FMC and Sensor Pack can save
about 18 kg and thus provide 24 litres of additional fuel depending on
the UAV”, says Jackson.
Also on display will be Tellumat Defence’s own light-weight, practical,
rugged and weather proof tracking system. “Equipped with two grid
antennas, the small rotator is cost effective, yet viable for several
users”, adds Jackson.
The DL-5000, a 3 kg light-weight payload data link unit, will also be
on view. It can provide radio capability over a very long distance. This
solves the problem of small commercial UAVs currently in the market which
are unable to manage data links.
Moving to solutions, Tellumat makes a point of understanding its customer’s
operational objectives and assembles technologies and systems that emphasize
the attainment of these objectives. By alleviating risk in managing complex
technologies, customers are able to focus on their key operational obligations.
The top down approach within an enterprise architecture framework ensures
alignment with operational outcomes at each phase of the technology acquisition.
Tellumat’s solutions focus is on command and control in the defence,
public safety, transport, CNI protection and oil and gas sectors in Southern
Africa.
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