EADS N.V. - EADS to deliver world’s largest railway radio network to Brazil

Teaming in a consortium with ALSTOM, EADS Secure Networks recently signed a contract with Brazilian MRS Logística S.A. to provide the radio communications part for their SIACO project (Integrated System for Automation and Operation Control). The total contract value is € 60 million of which EADS’ share is € 16 million. According to the terms of the contract, EADS will deliver one TETRA switch, 75 base stations, and 1,800 terminals.

Deliveries are expected to start in the second half of this year.

MRS Logística S.A. is a major railway operator in Brazil and has established the SIACO project to replace its current signalling and communications system by an advanced management and operation control system. The new system will rely on EADS’ TETRA system to provide the necessary voice and data communication services along 1,500 km of the railway, crossing three major Brazilian cities: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Thanks to encryption of voice and data communications, and transmitted control information, the system will also be highly secure. EADS will also provide MRS Logística with all necessary services: project management, adapting the base station sites, as well as installation, commissioning, and integration of the system, training the users, and providing the care services once the system is up and running.

Jean Marc Nasr, President of EADS Secure Networks stated, “Thanks to the TETRA system, MRS Logística will benefit from reliable and secure communications between the operation control centres and the trains. On top of that, the same network can seamlessly handle both voice and data, enabling optimised operations for the customer and bringing major advantages”.

Dr. Julio Fontana Neto, President of MRS Logística S.A. commented, “MRS Logística S.A. will have been in operation for ten years at the end of 2006. A critical success factor is the SIACO project, which will provide a sound technological basis for our operations. We believe that it will be the new applications and improved communications that can reliably support such growth”.

EADS Secure Networks is a world leading provider of Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) that enables professional organizations to communicate together effectively, reliably, and securely. EADS is the only company in the world that can offer specialized PMR solutions based on TETRAPOL, TETRA, and P25 technologies. EADS has already delivered 130 mission-critical PMR networks, more than 30 of which with nationwide coverage.

EADS Secure Networks is part of the Business Unit Defence and Communications Systems, the “Systems House” of EADS, an integrated unit of the EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS). With revenues of about € 5.6 billion in 2005 and roughly 23,000 employees across ten nations, DS forms the defence and security pillar within EADS. As a Large Systems Integrator, it offers integrated systems solutions to the new challenges confronting armed forces and global security. It is active in the areas of manned and unmanned integrated combat and mission air systems, including related training services, and in missile systems, battlefield management systems for all branches, global security solutions, secure networks, defence electronics, sensors and avionics, as well as related services.

EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2005, EADS generated revenues of € 34.2 billion and employed a workforce of about 113,000.

MRS Logística is a concessionary that controls, operates and monitors the South eastern Federal Railroad Network. The company has been in operation in cargo railway transportation since 1996. It interconnects the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The company has 1,674 km of railways that make the transportation process easier in a region that concentrates approximately 65% of Brazil's gross domestic product and is home to the largest industries in the country.

EADS to deliver world’s largest railway radio network to Brazil

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