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The WAM system for the Minister of Defence of Tunisia, Airport in Tokyo has visited the ERA been fully operational headquarters ERA Company announced that its WAM system deployed for TMA of Narita in the Japanese capital of Tokyo had achieved fully operational status.

n official delegation of Tunisia visited Athe ERA headquarters in Pardubice at the end of December. Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Tunisia Farhat Horchani, General Zouhayer Jedidi, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Tunisian Air Force, and Colonel Mohamed Ben Salah, Division Director of the General Staff of the he installation of the system fulfils System (HMU) in Okayama and the MLAT sys- Tunisia Ground Forces, visited the Czech Tall the specific demands required by tem at Chūbu Centrair Airport in Nagoya. Republic to seek out possibilities for future the tendering process which ERA won in The customer Japan Civil Aviation Bureau cooperation with Czech Armed Forces cooperation with the Japanese company (JCAB) chose their solution of multilateration and exporters of defence and security Toshiba. systems in order to meet the challenge of the equipment. Besides the events organized Narita is the fourth ERA/Toshiba project in air traffic management in this busy airport, by the Czech Ministry of Defence in , four years following the airport surface sys- one of two major hubs serving the Tokyo they flew to the Pardubice airport to pay a tem in Osaka Itami, the Height Monitoring area. > Page 2 short visit to ERA Company. > Page 4

ERA took part in NATO Days security show at Ostrava Airport RA company presented its VERA-NG allies in the field of security provision to the Epassive surveillance and reconnaissance general public. Participants from 16 countries system at the largest security show in Europe - exhibited their up-to-date technologies to the NATO Days & Days at Leos 225 thousand visitors. Janacek Airport in Ostrava, . The main programme of the weekend The motto of the event was: “Our security is consisted of the presentation of heavy military not a given and there is no prosperity without hardware, police and rescue equipment, security”. dynamic displays of Special Forces’ training, The aim of the event was to consequent- flying displays and presentations of the ly present the wide spectrum of resources armaments, equipment and gear of individual and capabilities of the Czech Republic and its units. > Page 4

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ERA won the tender ERA obtained a new SQUID has been shortlisted for type of certificate IHS Jane’s ATC Awards 2016 and delivers 125 SQUIDs for SQUID ominations for the IHS Jane’s ATC Awards for vehicle tracking to N2016 - in recognition of excellence in ATC and ATM industries - have been recently introduced to all CANSO members. ERA´s Stavanger Airport Sola product, squitter beacon SQUID, passed successfully the first round and is on the Avinor recently announced the selection ofC zech Republic-based short list of serious candidates for the prize. company ERA to supply 125 vehicle-mounted SQUID transmitters The winners will be recognized within the celebration at World ATM Congress in Madrid, for surface vehicle tracking at Stavanger Airport Sola in Norway. in March. The awards recognise outstanding contributions in 2015 in all areas of the ATM industry, whether it’s national air navigation service providers, large-scale partnerships, new entrants to the sector or others. 2016 Award Categories Environment: To recognise work on ‚green‘ air traffic management concepts Enabling Technology: For contribution to enhanced capacity and safety Service Provision: For contribution to safe and efficient airspace management The Ministry of Defence of the Czech Technology: Reflecting a significant Republic has certified that ERA‘s transmitter contribution by equipment suppliers SQB 02 (vehicle tracking unit - generally known Innovation: For small enterprises that have he evaluation has been based upon the mounted or portable squitter beacon tran- as SQUID), when maintained and operated in raised ATM performance “Tcontract award criteria identified in the smitters, SQUID minimizes the risk of safety accordance with pertinent regulations, has : For safety and efficiency on the Invitation to Tender and the final decision is vehicle collisions, particularly during low visi- been approved for use in military aviation runway and final approach based upon a total evaluation of all criteria, bility conditions. The design of the equipment within the Technical Specifications accepted which identifies that ERA has delivered the ensures easy integration and interoperability by the Ministry. economically most advantageous solution,” with any other multilateration or ADS-B sys- ERA obtained the certificate after a one stated Tone Skau Monsen, Procurement Ex- tem based on ICAO Annex 10 defined Mode S year long process (the date of application pert of Avinor. Extended Squitter datalink. Squid by ERA fully was 30 June 2014) of studying the valid The WAM system for Narita International Avinor evaluated the bids of all market lea- supports the concept of area management documentation describing the technical ding suppliers of vehicle tracking products, fo- in order to limit non-essential transmissions. data, performance, features, limitations and Airport in Tokyo has been fully operational cusing amongst other The system allows instructions for installations. The certificate things on reliability operators to define remains in effect until surrendered by the continued from page 1: „The final decision of tender and automatic de- discrete boundaries applicant or revoked by the Ministry. The WAM system provides surveillance for pendent surveillan- evaluation has been based outside of which the TMA to an extent of 20 NM as well as working ce-broadcast (ADS-B) upon a total evaluation of SQUID unit will shut as precision runway monitoring tool for the transmitting capabi- all criteria, which identifies down. airport‘s parallel runways. lities. ERA’s SQUIDs Stavanger Airport Based on the client‘s requirements, each will be interoperable that ERA has delivered the Sola is an internati- ground station is equipped with hardware with the existing sur- economically most advan- onal airport serving designed for operations under difficult face guidance system tageous solution.” Stavanger, a city and outdoor conditions which can withstand a at Stavanger Airport municipality in Roga- wide range of temperature (minus 40 to plus Sola and will improve Tone Skau Monsen, land county, Norway. Procurement Expert of Avinor 60 degrees Celsius) and possible vibrations the overall situatio- It is Norway‘s third- and movements in this region threatened serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. international passenger traffic and 60 % of nal awareness and -busiest airport, with regularly by earthquakes. It is located approximately 60 kilometres its international air cargo traffic. As of 2013, safety of this international airport. The first both fixed- aircraft and helicopter traffic east of central Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Narita was the second-busiest passenger 60 SQUID units have already been delivered. for the offshore North Sea Oil installations. On Narita airport straddling the border between the city of airport in Japan (after another airport in The ERA-designed SQUID self-contained ve- Stavanger Airport, Sola is Norway‘s second Narita and the adjacent town of Shibayama. Tokyo named Haneda) and the tenth busiest hicle tracking unit improves airport safety by oldest airport, opened in 1937. The airport Narita International Airport, originally Narita is the largest international airport in air freight hub in the world. Its 4,000-metre continuously broadcasting the exact position was the second to have a concrete runway in known as New Tokyo Airport, is an airport Japan, handling around 50 % of the country‘s main runway is the longest one in Japan. of all ground vehicles. By using permanently Europe.

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ERA attended IAMD ERA took part in NATO congress in Warsaw Turkish Specialists Interested in Days at Ostrava Airport ERA Military Solutions continued from page 1: displayed on screen at the ERA chalet and epresentatives from the Turkish Air Force Technological Research Council of Turkey Important Czech defence and security commented on by Czech Army radiolocation Rand the Undersecretariat for Defence led by professor of Bilkent University from companies such as TATRA & Excalibur Army, experts. Industries of the Ministry Of National Defence Ankara, then asked for details concerning the Aero Vodochody, Česká zbrojovka, LOM NATO Days is the only event which presents visited the headquarters of ERA Company performance and reliability of the systems. Praha, etc. also took part and demonstrated technology used by soldiers, fire fighters, in Pardubice in the last week of September, In addition, the ERA specialists participated their products delivered to the Czech Armed policemen, customs officers, prison service, 2015. The main goal of the visit was the in a guided “sightseeing” tour around the Forces and other security organizations. municipal police and others in one location. introduction of alternative radiolocation company facilities. ERA demonstrated the abilities of its VERA- There were additionally a number of methods, a presentation of the ERA military The following day, our Turkish guests NG passive radiolocation system (including meetings, presentations, workshops and solutions portfolio and a tour of the ERA travelled to the western border of the Czech the container and the 17 metre-high mast) seminars. The VIP guests included the RA has attended Integrated Air & Missile premises. Republic for a ZVON site excursion including with several of the ERA professionals tracking Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic EDefence Eastern Europe congress held The guests were extremely interested in meeting with specialists from the Czech flying targets and providing positional data. Martin Stropnický and the Minister of at Warsaw, the first Air and Missile Defence the alternative radiolocation technologies, Armed Forces. In a several-hour programme, The results of the aircraft surveillance were Defence of Sweden Peter Hultqvist. conference that provided a specific focus such as the DPET VERA-NG system developed Turkish guests looking at the screen they were introduced to the history of passive on the challenges and airborne threats of by ERA, which can be deployed as a new systems of Czech origin demonstrating the of VERA-NG consoles. nations in the Eastern European region. progressive part of the air defence forces. long term use of the PET system by the Czech At the conference ERA has presented The official programme began with a R&D expert for VERA system Libor Slezák Army. The unique Czech system, in its latest the role of passive surveillance in Modern briefing about ERA Company and its products followed by a practical demonstration on version known as the 5th generation VERA- Air Defence concept, where each type of suitable for defence purposes by ERA all the consoles of the systems. The Turkish NG, was introduced as part of the current passive surveillance systems, benefits and sales representative Jiří Vaňourek and the military specialists from the Scientific and electronic warfare of CZ forces. specific application of such systems were introduced to the audience. ERA presented not only proven VERA-NG technology with its multipurpose functionality for Air Defence and Electronic Warfare units but also new Seminar for UREL trends in multistatic passive and active ERA Hosted NATO SET surveillance which brings capabilities to face FEKT, Brno University nowadays threads. of technology, on The conference confirmed necessity Panel 195 in Prague of passive surveillance sensors in any air PASSIVE RADIOLOCATION defence infrastructure as was seen in given RA hosted the 10th meeting of NATO SET- (DMPAR Evaluation Trials for Operationally presentations focused on modernization E195 panel representatives in its Prague Upgraded Radar) hosted in the Hradec RA with cooperation with Faculty of plans and discussions during the event. office from theth 11 to the 13th November, Kralove district in September 2014. EElectrical Engineering and Communication 2015, focused on DMPAR (Deployable One of the key objectives was the of the Brno University of Technology Multi-band Passive Active Radar) short term preparation and development of evaluation has organized open seminar “Passive solution verification. The meeting was widely techniques for centralized and decentralized radiolocation” for its student in the half of attended by representatives from CNIT Italy, processing of measured data following the last December. Mr. Farhat Horchani, the Minister of Defence of ERA Czech Republic, FFI Norway, Fraunhofer multiband multichannel active passive radar Jaroslav Vlk, the training expert of ERA, FHR Germany, PIT-RADWAR Poland, Thales approach introduced in the SET-152 study. introduced base principles of passive Tunisia, visited the ERA headquarters in Pardubice France and WUT Poland. The SET-195 study should note the benefits of radiolocation and multilateration for almost The fruitful discussions during the two- the active radar component combined with a thirty contributors (students and also public). continued from page 1: The representatives of other producers day meeting were focused on collecting data passive multistatic radar. Practical examples of using and products In Pardubice the minister´s entourage seated in were also present: processing and evaluations from multiple Apart from DETOUR, the activity group SET- were introduced. Main part of presentation including Mohamed Sélim Hammami, companies Retia and URC Systems introduced sensors during NATO SET-195 trials DETOUR 195 will meet again on symposium focused was driven by questions from audience – it Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia in their portfolio to the guests.Then the Tunisian on this topic which will be held in spring 2016 seems big interest in presented theme. the Czech Republic, was welcomed by the delegation visited company producing air in Italy. František Zouhar (branch manager ERA ERA Managing Director Viktor Sotona and crafts Aero Vodochody. Representatives of The final meeting day was devoted to Brno) also briefly introduced ERA branch Sales Director Ondřej Chlost. The programme Aero informed them about current state of a factory visit of ERA and a presentation Brno at the end of discussion. Main theme began with a short introduction to ERA the running project of jet engine overhauls entitled the Multilateration (TDOA) system was opportunity of cooperation for students Company and those of its products suitable for Tunisian L-59. and presented L-39NG, new and its application in the ATM and military (diploma thesis) and also for potential for defence purposes. Mention was made of generation of legendary jet trainer. sector with a focus on current trends in employees. ERA’s latest achievements such as the NATO The tunisian delegation with ERA Mr. Horchani, since February 2015 minister surveillance (mainly civil) and its application For the next year the several things with contract. It also consisted of a live demo of sales manager Ondrej chlost of defence, is jurist and university professor of to frequent use cases. cooperation with university are planned: ERA systems such as PET VERA-NG (Passive public law, which he studied in Dijon, France. The key presentation part was a description excursion into ERA Pardubice; specialized ESM Tracker) and MSPSR (Multistatic Primary NG such as identifying targets, low energy He is a former judge at the Investment Arab of the product life cycle starting with contract presentation as a part of education program; Surveillance Radar). The guests displayed a consumption and possible performance Court and a member of the International Ar- preparation up to the final delivery accepted laboratory experiment supported by ERA for serious interest in the capabilities of VERA- under harsh climate circumstances. bitrage Court of Chamber of Commerce, Paris. by the customer. students of “Electronics and Communication”.

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VERA-NG - “a Star” from Central ERA has obtained a prestigious Europe shone on the Western award while exhibiting Hemisphere of the Globe at DSEI 2015 in london ERA, a Czech based company from Pardubice, has presented its passive surveillance system VERA- ERA attended the exhibition Defence and Security Equipment NG at Expodefensa, the most significant trade fair of defence and security technologies in South International (DSEI) 2015 in London. ERA presented its passive America, in the Colombian capital of Bogota. surveillance system VERA-NG and has been awarded prestigious price “Silver DSEI 2015” by international journalist jury with a RA introduced its product portfolio of Emilitary solutions to visitors to the Czech support of Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. pavilion as part of the group exhibition prepared in cooperation with the institution which address these aspects. The conference of Czech Trade and the Czech Embassy in confirmed the increasing interest in passive Bogota. Officials of the armed forces of several surveillance systems. South American countries were greatly DSEI London is recognized internationally interested in the Passive ESM Tracker VERA as the leading exhibition for land, sea by ERA and its performance. They expressed and air applications of defence and security technology and services. The „Colombia hold great po- exhibition attracts the largest international tential for Czech industrial community involved in the defence and companies. In fact it has the security sectors. fourth largest share of the commercial market in both Americas.” consists of eleven participants, primarily share of the commercial market in both About ERA: Miloš Sklenka, individuals from defence industry companies, Americas. It is very specific, however, the Czech Ambassador to Colombia including ERA‘s owner Omnipol. Omnipol with huge competition. They have to offer ERA a.s. (member of Omnipol Group) and the well-known aircraft producer AERO unique products of top quality and complete is a pioneer and leading supplier of their admiration of VERA´s extraordinary Vodochody have brought the attention of assurance services for reasonable prices in next-generation surveillance and abilities to detect and provide identification current decision makers to the project of the order to succeed here. The key factor is no flight tracking solutions for the air ERA presented key challenges in current air defence technology with the of air-born targets, which make the system brand new Czech training fighter L-39NG. doubt the presence of sales representatives traffic management, military, security use of their product VERA-NG. The conference confirmed the increasing an essential part of any modern air defence “Colombia and South America in general in situ since the very beginning of the planned and airport operations markets. interest in passive surveillance systems. tactical capabilities at present. hold great potential for Czech industrial acquisition,” officially stated Miloš Sklenka, As one of the developers of The Czech team at the Bogota trade fair companies. In fact it has the fourth largest the Czech Ambassador to Colombia. the respected technologies of RA attended DSEI, the world‘s leading multilateration and ADS-B and thanks Edefence & security event, held at the to the company‘s traditional products London ExCeL exhibition centre in London. ERA has 100 installations at the series ERA presented its VERA-NG passive of aerodromes, air traffic control surveillance system, which is a state-of-the-art centres and military organisations in ERA Exhibited at Local Electro-technology & technology providing a unique combination 55 countries on all continents except of real time high accurate 3D positioning of Antarctica - in Europe, Middle East, airborne targets as well as ELINT capability IT Trade Fair at the IDEON Exhibition Centre Africa, the Americas and Asia. representing emitters’ reconnaissance. For more than half a century ERA RA‘s home town Pardubice has been the three days of the event, hundreds of students Apart from significant interest in the has built a proud heritage delivering ECzech “Sillicon Valley” for a number of years from specialised schools such as the Faculty technology from potential customers with numerous electro-technical companies of Electrical Engineering and Informatics and partners, ERA has been awarded the MLAT based solutions such as wide and schools having their headquarters there. of Pardubice University and the Electrical prestigious price “Silver DSEI 2015” in the area multilateration and surface The first year of the Electro-technology & IT Engineering Secondary School visited the nomenclature of the Passive Surveillance surveillance to ATC controllers. international exhibition, held at the IDEON company‘s stand. System. The evaluation team is comprised of Except the systems for civil sector ERA regional exhibition centre, was another The event‘s programme also consisted of an international journalist jury with the prize has developed the unique passive opportunity to demonstrate this heritage and lectures, workshops and live presentations of award organized with the help of the Ministry radiolocation system VERA-NG - an send a message to the general public. technical innovations. The exhibition served of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. essential part of any modern defence ERA took part in the event presenting as yet another platform for ERA human ERA presented key challenges at the event surveillance network and advanced itself as both a progressive and desirable recourses recruitment of highly skilled in current air defence and passive technology border protection. employer for the young generation. Over the specialists in the region. with the use of their product VERA-NG

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ERA Diving Team found ERA has Brand new ERA now subsidizes the another shipwreck web sites full of news Svítání school for special education

ERA has signed a partnership contract with the Svítání Elementary and Practical Education School (its name means “Dawn” in Czech). ERA has become a partner to this institution which provides an education to children with special needs or certain handicaps. The school is located in the city of Pardubice near the ERA headquarters. In connection with its corporate responsibility program, ERA subsidizes its projects and a number of major events. he ERA diving team took action once details. The leaders took charge of the logi- ERA, along with other supporters, Tagain. A group of Czech professional stics preparation while the divers trained at was invited on the occasion of the new scuba divers led by ERA groundsman Boris Attersee Lake. Then in the end of November school year to the opening ceremony of Gol had established a new goal. After the the scuba divers flew to Bahamas to disco- scuba divers filmed the sunk the newly built mini-golf course for the successful discovery of the steamship Arna ver the actual place of the shipwreck lying in remnants of the ship and lifted its RA marketing team in cooperaton with technologies, introductory videos, business students on September 1. in the Mediterranean Sea two years ago, the shallow shelf of the Mayaguana bay and navigational gyroscope. Eanimation studio Symbio prepared newly info on portfolio of products, case studies they discovered the remains of another record the memories of the locals who wit- designed, user friendly and intuitively for particular installations, reference letters Czechoslovak steamship, the M/S Pioneer. nessed the unfortunate event. 1918 and the SMS Zenta, a small protected browsable web pages according last from customers, hot news, job offers, basic It shipwrecked on a coral reef near the The Pioneer expedition is not the first cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy trends in modern internet programming. It documents, photogallery etc. island of Mayaguana, part of the Bahamas attempt to fill the blank pages of navy history which was sunk by gunfire off the coast of contains the technical descriptions of ERA See the details yourself at www.era.aero! in the Atlantic Ocean in August 1969. This for Boris Gol and his friend Zdeněk Partyngl. Montenegro. 92-metre-long freight steamship was owned They have begun to search for similar stories In connection with their achievements, by the state-owned Czechoslovak navy com- concerning wrecked ships and consequently several historical documentaries have been pany. The ship sunk after a collision while organized diving expeditions to explore the repeatedly shown on TV. The video taken heading back from Cuba, fully loaded with S/S Arna which shipwrecked on the Andalusia during the last ARNA expedition plus the Talented speed skater has ironstone. coast in 1928, the SMS Szent István, the newly filmed exploration of the Pioneer ship First of all the team organized a reunion at Austro-Hungarian battleship, which was should be part of a brand-new film, planned signed a contract with ERA an off-site meeting in Austria to discuss the torpedoed by Italians during World War I in for broadcast on the Czech Public TV station. for yet another season ERA also received a special prize She began her sport career as a middle for subsidizing the Svítání school in its track skater but later decided to specialise hometown. As part of the gala evening The construction of ERA‘s HQ building has begun in sprints. She used to be a member of the entitled The Night of Grace, organized Czech NOVIS Team with her friend Martina once a year, the school‘s remarkable Sablikova and coach Petr Novak, but as of last sponsors were recognized and praised spring began to train with the Holland Continu for their support. A ceramic plaque of team in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. This three ancient goddesses “The Graces” decision definitely makes sense since this was made by Svítání students in their art country is generally considered the “Mekka” classes. of speed skating. This sport is extremely popular among Dutch people along with track RA is proud to announce that they have cycling and football. Esigned a new contract of support to the Now she concetrates on World Cup promising speed skater Karolina Erbanova for races in Canada, US, the Netherlands and the second year. Last season Karolina enjoyed Germany. Karolina has stated that her other, Bulldozers, excavators, cranes and lorries have begun working on the muddy lot adjacent to the ERA factory immense success. She took part in all of the non-sporting goals include graduating from location. The dream of building a new headquarters with more space for ERA employees has finally come true. 2014 World Cup races and won two bronze secondary school in the Czech Republic and The builders are now at the stage of rolling the land and laying concrete for the basement. The process, from the medals (World Championships) along with improving her Dutch. She has to, of course, additional impressive results ranging from th4 since her Heerenveen team colleagues speak concrete foundations to the modern four store glass building, should last around 18 months. to 6th. three languages: English, Dutch and Frisian.

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DSEi 2015 VERA-NG – Next Generation Military Surveillance Solution Air defence and passive surveillance are critical elements of today’s military and security operations. Vera-NG by ERA addresses this by providing the most advanced and state-of-the-art Passive Surveil- lance System designed for detection, location, identification and tracking of air, ground and naval targets.

The Vera heritage and worldwide reputation as a powerful surveillance solution extends over many decades with systems successfully deployed in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Vera-NG by ERA is a deployable air command and control system component (DAC). It processes radars, jammers, SSR/IFF transponders, Data-Links. It pro- vides the non-cooperative targets identification based on signal waveform signature comparing with target library. The system is a proven Passive ESM Tracker (PET) that utilizes esta- blished Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) multilateration techniques to localize, track and identify the broad range of emissions from low VHF up to high Ku band signal sources. This passive technology allows for a virtually undetectable operation, as no signals are sent from the system. It provides long term ELINT information and has no need for frequency allocations. Because it emits zero electromagnetic energy Vera-NG by ERA offers a covert, electronic and physical, surveillance capability that is not vulnerable to anti-radar weapon systems allowing armed forces to conduct cross-border long term surveillance without alerting neigh- bouring states. It means that Vera allows for “good neighbour” status while still being vigilant. It effectively “sees without being seen”. This also allows Vera-NG to be the last line of defence if primary radars are destroyed in a conflict situation. The system’s design is fully mobile and can be easily transported in general purpose vehicles. It can be delivered in a “roll-on/roll-off” configuration including a fully configu- red mobile command centre containing all the processing, analysis The winning bid by ERA and observation equipment thus ensuring rapid tactical deployment. logistic support including operator training. Last spring a contract was signed between ERA and NATO Communi- a.s. was selected by means of a NATO international competitive bidding competition. The purchased passive surveillance systems will cations and Information Agency in its headquarters in Brussels for the supply of this fifth generation passive surveillance system for the become part of a wider alliance air operations system garrisoned at needs of NATO. The supply includes two mobile VERA-NG systems and a NATO base in Northern Italy.

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