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Telephonics Delivers First IFF All-Mode Interrogator System with Multi-Channel ADS-B Capability
Press Releases on January 16, 2012
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Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), announced today that they have successfully tested and implemented the multi-channel ADS-B (passive Mode S) function on their IFF Interrogator product line.This capability was delivered to FMV (The Swedish Defence Material Administration) in November 2011 as part of a larger enhancement program to the Swedish Long Range Air Defense System.
This new ADS-B capability allows the use of squitter replies to passively detect and process targets. It also provides the interrogator additional situational awareness and the ability to reduce the number of active interrogations which reduces transponder occupancy and interference with other IFF systems.
Through the addition of multiple ADS-B squitter processing channels within the interrogator hardware and the use of multiple monopulse channels of the IFF antenna to passively receive, process, and report ADS-B squitter, Telephonics’ AN/UPX-44 IFF interrogator has been significantly enhanced. The ADS-B channels can be user controlled to process ADS-B data on the Sum antenna channel, and the Difference antenna channel, or on the Omni antenna channel.This capability significantly extends the effective field-of-view for ADS-B replies fully utilizing the conventional IFF antenna system.
With this enhancement, the AN/UPX-44 is capable of processing ADS-B squitter
data on the multiple IFF antenna beams through 360 degrees.“This is a great enhancement to our IFF interrogator product line, states Scott Danziger, Director of Program Management, Telephonics’ Radar Division. He adds that this feature is requested by numerous customers to fulfill the need for maximum situational awareness and reducing active interrogations in the IFF surveillance volume.
About Telephonics
Telephonics' high-technology engineering and manufacturing capabilities provide integrated information, communication and sensor system solutions to military and commercial markets worldwide. Telephonics specializes in aircraft intercommunication systems, wireless communication systems, radars, identification friend or foe products, integrated security systems, air traffic management systems, aerospace electronics, and the performance of threat and radar system analyses.
About Griffon Corporation
Griffon Corporation (the “Company” or “Griffon”), headquartered in New York, N.Y., is a diversified management and holding company that conducts business through wholly-owned subsidiaries.The Company oversees the operations of its subsidiaries, allocates resources among them and manages their capital structures.The Company provides direction and assistance to its subsidiaries in connection with acquisition and growth opportunities as well as in connection with divestitures.Griffon also seeks out, evaluates and, when appropriate, will acquire additional businesses that offer potentially attractive returns on capital to further diversify itself.Forward-Looking Statements
“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release are forward-looking statements.Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the company’s management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the company’s management.Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.Information concerning risks and uncertainties that may impact the company’s results and forward-looking statements are set forth in Griffon Corporation’s filings with the SEC.The company does not undertake to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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