Iran’s first indigenous airborne radar ready for operation at Abadan airport
The Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) announced that the country’s first domestically developed airborne radar system is ready for commissioning at Abadan International Airport.
The company confirmed its preparedness to officially inaugurate the MSSR-Mod S (Secondary Surveillance Radar) system — a fully indigenous, knowledge-based surveillance radar project — at Abadan International Airport, IRNA reported.
This national project, developed through collaboration between experts from the air communications and navigation department of the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company and Isfahan University of Technology, is capable of monitoring domestic and non-military transit flights within a 450-kilometer radius, significantly bolstering radar coverage in southwestern Iran.
Construction of the project was completed in less than six months and has been ready for operation since February 2024.
Currently, the radar’s data feed is active, and it will enter full operational service following flight validation procedures, performance verification by a flight-check aircraft, and final approval from the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran.