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Raytheon Preparing Military Aircraft for IFF Mode 5 Mandate by Next June

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

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Raytheon Preparing Military Aircraft for IFF Mode 5 Mandate by Next June

In-service military aircraft, such as Boeing's F-15 pictured here, are subject to an IFF mandate in June 2020 that Raytheon is developing a solution for. Photo: Rich Rau/Boeing

Raytheon [RTN] said recently that it is preparing military aircraft to meet a new Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) mandate by next June. Mode 5 IFF is an enhancement to legacy Mode 4 IFF, which uses Morse code-like signals and which has been in use since the mid-1950s for military identification. The National Security Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and NATO require Mode 5 to replace Mode 4 by June 30 next year. Mode 5 is to upgrade signaling waveforms and…

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