I'm assuming that military aircraft use some form of encrypted IFF transponder? Do they use mode-S in civilian airspace or something else? And if something else what program can track them? Thanks!
Tankers and transports are also invisible via Mode-S, along with most of the helicopters.
Tankers and transports are also invisible via Mode-S, along with most of the helicopters.
So if they can't be tracked with SSR does civilian use primary radar I guess to coordinate aircraft from running into one another? Like when the Blue Angels come out here how do civial operators know where they are? Since they don't use ADS-B how would an F-18 show up on TCAS?
some military aircraft are trackable, but again they won't let you hear anything they don't want you to so yes some channels are encrypted others are not....
I get Mode S hits all the time on tankers - KC-10 as well as KC-135's as well as U2's out of Beale AFB in northern California - Strangely the U2's usually report their altitude - also get C5/C130's etc.- As mentioned they don't show on the radarbox map as they not using ADS-B but at least you know they are in the area - Can't say I remember seeing a military helicopter though - although again strangely the E6 Mercury TACAMO aircraft frequently use ADS-B - go figure
And I have never heard encrypted radio transmissions, especially with cargo / utility aircraft.
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Consider the range here at Nellis, they hang pods on the aircraft and track them with a system known as ACMI. I understand the newer version is GPS based where the older version was based on ground tracking stations.