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The Defense Minister visited the Kolomansberg radar station.
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For the renovation of the Kolomansberg radar station, the armed forces are getting 21 million euros. “The Goldhaube system and its stations are the eyes of the republic,” Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner said.
The armed forces are investing 21 million euros in aerial surveillance. Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) announced that the Kolomansberg radar station in the Upper Austria-Salzburg border area will be renovated. This is part of the “Goldhaube” military aerial surveillance system.
The Armed Forces are putting 21 million euros in the “Goldhaube” radar system
Around 19 million euros will be used to purchase a new system and two million euros to adapt the infrastructure. “The Goldhaube system and its stations are the eyes of the republic,” Tanner said during a visit to the radar station on Thursday. The modernization ensures “that we can react to threats from the air in a timely manner,” said the defense minister.
The radar station, in operation since 1968, plays a key role in passive aerial surveillance. According to the army, its main task is to generate data on flight movements. It is the so-called primary radar system and is therefore based on the reflection location principle (echo principle). The three-dimensional detection means that non-cooperative flying objects can also be recognized, he said.
Heer has three radar stations
Once a week, according to the armed forces, foreign planes that want to fly over Austrian airspace are rejected on average. Mainly due to the lack of overflight permits.
The army has a total of three fixed radar stations. Besides Kolomansberg, there is one in Steinmandl (Lower Austria) and one in Koralpe (Carinthia), as well as other mobile radar devices.
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