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About IFF
With our breadth of expertise in avionics and sensor systems, BAE Systems offers significant capability in the area of IFF systems. Spanning more than 75 years of IFF experience, we have delivered over 14,000 transponders, 1,500 interrogators, and 6,000 combined interrogator/transponder systems. Our advanced IFF products enable warfighters to identify friendly forces and make informed decisions in time-critical situations.
IFF technology can be used on existing, new, and emerging platforms including unmanned aerial vehicles, ships, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters.
IFF product family
IFF Transponders
Our transponders allow aircraft and ships to be identified as friendly forces by responding to interrogations from ground-based or airborne IFF systems. The transponders installed on aircraft and naval vessels establish the identity of friendly forces. Products: AN/APX-117, AN/APX-118, AN/APX-123, AN/APX-124, AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder.
- Flexible interface designed to accommodate retrofit and new installations
- Modes 1, 2, 3/A, C, 4, 5, S, and ADS-B
- DoD AIMS certified
IFF Interrogators
The IFF interrogators offer modular architecture for customized configurations and optimized performance for surveillance, air traffic control, and range instrumentation. The AN/APX-41 (C) is the standard U.S. Navy integrator with more than 1,000 units delivered.
- Operates autonomously or in conjunction with a host radar
- Modes 1, 2, 3/A, C, 4, 5, and S
- DoD AIMS certified
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Combined Interrogator Transponders (CITs)
Combined Interrogator Transponders are compact, versatile IFF systems for highly mobile platforms. They provide the warfighter with added ability to identify friendly aircraft in a secure environment.
Products: AN/APX-113 (V), AN/APX-125, and AN/APX-126
- Modes 1, 2, 3/A, C, 4, 5, S (XP only), and ADS-B
- DoD AIMS certified
- Multiple antenna configurations
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- AN/APX-111(V) Interrogator/Transponder
- AN/APX-113(V) and AN/APX-125(V) Combined Interrogator/Transponder F-16 Configuration
- AN/APX-113(V), AN/APX-125(V), and AN/APX-126 Combined Interrogator/Transponders
- F-15 Combined Interrogator/Transponder
Cryptographic Computer and Emulator Products
The universal cryptographic computer is used in conjunction with interrogator and/or transponder subsystems to encrypt interrogator challenges, generate transponder encoded replies, and process the coded replies back to the interrogator.
Products: KIV-6 Mark XII IFF Crypto, KIV-77 and KIV-78 Emulators
- Highly reliable, compact design
- Loaded with an operational key code each day
- DoD AIMS certified
IFF Ship Antennas
The antenna group supports a wide range of systems, including identification friend or foe (IFF), secondary surveillance radar, and air traffic control radar. The field-proven system is highly reliable, offering constant fleet protection for navies around the world.
Products: OE-120/UPX Antenna Group
- Instantaneous, multiple target identification
- Accommodates all standard IFF modes
- Electronically steered system architecture
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Overview
Transponder products
Interrogator products
- Digital Interrogator product family
- AN/UPX-37 Digital Interrogator
- AN/APX-122 Airborne Interrogator IFF System
- AN/APX-122A MKXIIA and Mode S Interrogator
- AN/UPX-41(C) Digital Interrogator
- AN/UPX-42(C) Digital Interrogator
- Man-Portable Digital Interrogator
- AN/TPX-54(V) (No longer in production)
Combined Interrogator / Transponder products
- AN/APX-111(V) Interrogator/Transponder
- AN/APX-113(V) and AN/APX-125(V) Combined Interrogator/Transponder F-16 Configuration
- AN/APX-113(V), AN/APX-125(V), and AN/APX-126 Combined Interrogator/Transponders
- F-15 Combined Interrogator/Transponder
Cryptographic Computer and Emulator Products
Antennas
Tactical Systems
products
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AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder (RST)
Mission Computing Capabilities
Airborne Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance System (AWAPSS)
