IFF Crypto

Identification Friend or Foe crypto solutions tailored to the customer’s needs

• Legacy interoperable
• Mode 4/Mode 5 simultaneity
• Interrogate and/or transpond
• Field programmable/software upgradeable
• International applications
  

As a leading supplier of cryptography for avionics systems, General Dynamics C4 Systems has over 40 years of Type 1 system development experience to apply to customer platforms. The subassemblies we have developed range from chips to boards to modules to boxes. Our Avionics Systems include some of the most advanced hardware, software and mechanical designs, integrated to meet the community’s high standards for security in lightweight, low power, ruggedized form factors.

We provide the crypto for Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems. These crypto platforms function in both transpond and interrogate modes to secure existing Mode 4 and the new Mode 5 IFF waveforms. The crypto subassemblies and modules are field-programmable and software-upgradeable. Because the interface conforms to the DoD AIMS 03-1000 and 04-900 standards, these solutions are easily tailored to the customers’ needs.

IFF for Multiple Platforms

The IFF crypto solutions we develop are being integrated into the world’s newest, most advanced military aircraft. They are also being incorporated into the upgrades of legacy IFF systems in operational aircraft. Their ability to execute multiple IFF algorithms will allow all of these aircraft to function securely and continuously as the transition from legacy Mode 4 to the modern Mode 5 IFF waveforms evolves.

This system compatibility includes compliance to:

• Mark XII Mode 4
• Mark XIIA Mode 5
• AIMS 03-1000
• AIMS 04-900
• STANAG 4193

This compatibility is suitable for US, NATO and coalition applications.

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