• The contract includes the delivery of two secondary surveillance radars located in Petrolina (PE) and Bom Jesus da Lapa (BA), spare parts, and maintence services 
• The radars use the most advanced technology on the market and will give controllers total support in severe air traffic conditions as well as ensure airspace safety and sovereignty.
• The radars will be produced in Brazil at Omnisys’  facility in São Bernardo do Campo (SP) supporting the local economy
• This contract brings the total of RSM970S radars in operation in Brazil to 70

As part of a consortium with Clemar Engineering, Omnisys, a Thales' subsidiary in Brazil, signed a contract with Air Space Control System Implementation Commission (CISCEA) on February 2021, for the supply of secondary surveillance radars to optimize airspace control in Petrolina (PE) and Bom Jesus da Lapa (BA). 

Manufactured in Brazil at Omnisys’ facility in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), the RSM970S relies on local support and strategic defense product certification by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense. The agreement also covers a two-year warranty, supply of spare parts and maintenance services, which, after the warranty period, will also be supported by Omnisys’ throught its existing installed base maintenance contract with the Brazilian Air Force. 

With more than 200 units in operation in 53 countries and 68 operating in Brazil, the RSM970S secondary radar uses innovative and state-of-the-art technologies, ensuring complete integration and availability of surveillance and communication data, associated with high reliability and compliance with international standards and recommendations for air traffic control.

Omnisys is a global manufacturer of radars for Thales group, with production addressed not only for Brazil but also for export in Latin America, Asia and Europe. The Brazilian Air Force inaugurated the first of four stations with primary and secondary surveillance radars produced by Omnisys in August of this year to assist in combating illegal cargo air traffic in the borders with Bolivia and Paraguay, in the region of Corumbá (MS).

Clemar is a civil engineering company, certified by Thales as Key Industrial Partner (KIP), and Omnisys' partner in this project, being responsible for providing the civil infrastructure for the installation of the radars. Omnisys and Clemar have a long-standing successful partnership, having worked together on the implementation of several radar sites in Brazil. 

"The partnership with CISCEA confirms Omnisys' commitment to the security and sovereignty of our country. We seek to strengthen the Brazilian defense industry and also take technology developed locally across borders. Omnisys' cutting edge technology is put at the service of Brazil". Luiz Henriques, CEO, Omnisys Engenharia. 

“The implementation of new technologies and equipment is a permanent strategic concern of the Brazilian Air Force and the Department of Airspace Control, aiming at maintaining Sovereignty and National Defense, and Omnisys has been a great partner of CISCEA, by supplying equipment with the latest technology. In addition, national manufacturing is logistically and economically efficient, maintaining a high level of availability of equipment for employability in the Brazilian Airspace Control System (SISCEAB)”. Major General Sérgio Rodrigues Pereira Bastos Junior, Presidente of CISCEA.