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POGGIO RENATICO, Italy – NATO has set up one of the Deployable Air Defence Radars (DADR) assigned to the Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACCC) at Leeuwarden Air Base, the Netherlands to further improve sensor coverage and capacity in the region maintaining integrity of NATO-assigned airspace. 

Radar is an essential element of NATO's air defence capability, enabling full interoperability in peacetime and during multinational operations

DACCC’s Deployable Sensors Branch has two DADR systems and two Deployable Passive Emitters Trackers (DPET) which they use to provide sensor data to the DACCC and therefore to the Alliance

The DADR convoy ready to leave garrison at Poggio Renatico, Italy; set up at Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, the deployable radar will be integrated into the NATO Air and Missile Defence System architecture to enable seamless Air Command and Control. Photo courtesy DACCC.

NATO's DADR site at Leeuwarden with the system in full configuration. y Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Besides static radar stations, the DACCC's deployable systems together with NATO AWACS and NATO AGS airborne systems play a central role in monitoring airspace and controlling military operations. Photo courtesy DACCC.

“Radar is an essential element of NATO's air defence capability, enabling full interoperability in peacetime and during multinational operations,” said Major General Denny Traas, Commander of the DACCC. "These sensors can be used for exercises and real operations inside or outside the garrison to provide air surveillance,” he added.

These assets demonstrate NATO's ability to facilitate multinational cooperation and reap the benefits that pooling resources can bring. They are key to ensuring NATO fighters, missiles and sensors are employed efficiently.