Radio Direction Finding: An Essential Tool for Search and Rescue When you call 911 from a cell phone on land, the dispatcher can usually determine your location in just a few seconds between your phone’s internal GPS and the location information available from the cellular network. However, this is not necessarily the case when a
Read MoreRHOTHETA introduces ARINC 429 for RT-600 Airborne Direction Finder The ARINC 429 interface is added in response to demands from OEMs, completion centers, and operators worldwide For 20+ years the RHOTHETA RT-600 wideband airborne direction finder (DF) has been integrated via RS232 serial interface protocol with mission management systems developed by Churchill Navigation™, AeroComputers™, CarteNav™,
Read MoreLast month, Metropolitan Nashville (TN) Police Department (MNPD) ordered two new Airbus H125 helicopters – equipped with the Rhotheta RT-600-L – to be delivered later this year. Nashville reaches 526 square miles and includes both high-density urban locations and rural areas. Each year, the department’s Aviation Unit responds to more than 2,000 calls, including searches
Read MoreChilean Navy upgrades helicopter fleet and equips with Rhotheta Direction Finders The Chilean Navy is upgrading their helicopters to the Airbus H125 platform under the “Gaviota Project”. The H125s are replacing the Bell 206 Jet Ranger (UH-57) platforms in service since the 1970s and will be relied on for search and rescue (SAR), medical evacuation,
Read MoreIceland is first nation to use Hermes 900 maritime patrol with the RHOTHETA RT-600 airborne DF Hermes 900 maritime patrol configuration includes the RHOTHETA RT-600 airborne wideband radio direction finder (RDF) Iceland has become the first country in Europe to deploy Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) maritime patrol services. Icelandic’s maritime authorities
Read MoreRHOTHETA RDF TECHNOLOGY – EESENTIAL FOR THE MISSION When RHOTHETA International, a radio direction finding (RDF) and location systems developer, started operations in 1989, its specialty was air traffic control (ATC) products. Its initial development was the RT-1000 direction finder system for ATC and vessel traffic services applications, which proved a winner with over 100
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