By these words, ERA Commercial Director and Member of the Board Jakub Thomas opened its introduction of ERA company within a panel discussion at Canada - EU SAFE Conference, held in Hungarian capital Budapest on May 12-13, 2026.

Key take aways from his speech as main ERA contribution were:

• Join procurement and SAFE is a great vehicle for ReArm Europe
• Shoulder by shoulder cooperation between industry, MODs, Armed Forces, and research institutes is vital for European security
• Interoperability as a buzzword vs. real achievements through use-cases definition

The conference, organised by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, aims to connect Eastern Europe and Canada, bringing together policymakers, defence industry leaders and strategic partners to explore the strategic implications of the EU SAFE framework, with a particular focus on defence manufacturing capacity, supply chain resilience and transatlantic cooperation.

Read more here: https://www.safeconferencecanadaeu.com/program

ERA representatives introduced the Passive ESM Tracker VERA-NG and the Over the Horizon Direction Finding system PLESS to a number of politicians, diplomats and army officials. Within series of meetings at ERA booth, they described benefits of these land-based passive surveillance systems to potential customers from Black Sea region, focusing on their use cases for Air Surveillance, Air Defence and Electronic Warfare.

ERA exhibited at the joined stand with its sister company Aero Vodochody; there were also other remarkable companies of Czech defence industry present at the exhibition, such as Colt and Excalibur Army. Among many VIPs visiting BSDA was also the President of Romania Nicușor Dan. ERA has been well established in Romania as a reliable supplier of the multilateration surveillance systems for Air Traffic Management in civil sector.

BSDA, the international Tri Service Defence, Aerospace and Security Exhibition is a biennale, (this year in its 10^th edition), and serves as a platform to showcase numerous equipment and systems in life-size using live demos. It was created in its original form in 2007 and is nowadays organized by Romaero a. s.

In accordance with the bid specifications, ERA will supply the MSS-5-D Standard Stand-Alone Station, a derivate product of its surveillance system MSS-5 (the latest generation of Multilateration Surveillance System). It was ordered by the end user - the Civil Aviation Authority of Colombia, Colombian ANSP. ERA cooperates with the local company DAVCOM SAS from Bogotá, which is the first entity entitled to sell ADS-B technology in Colombia.

“Colombia is our third reference country in South America after Chile and Peru. We are happy to cooperate on the project with DAVCOM SAS company,” stated Ondřej Chlost, ERA Managing Director.

“I have known ERA company for 10 years since I met their experts at the World ATM Congress in Madrid, Spain. For me, ERA is one of the best suppliers of MLAT and ADS-B surveillance systems worldwide,” stated Jose Fermin Niño Galeano from DAVCOM SAS.

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology is the fastest developing element of contemporary ATM globally and the ERA solution of Stand-Alone ADS-B Ground Station is light weight, easy to install and a user-friendly solution for any ATC/ATM centre. The ADS-B Ground System is designed to receive and process ADS-B surveillance data, such as aircraft position, altitude, velocity, identification, etc. obtained from aircraft onboard systems. The purpose is to provide surveillance data for Air Traffic Control.

The ADS-B station is able to provide reliable real-time location and identification of all aircraft and other objects equipped with an ADS-B functionality. It is a ready-to-use solution, allowing the customer to deploy it independently in a simple “plug and play” manner. The system will be supplied by ERA, installed, operated and maintained easily by the customer.

Palonegro International Airport is located 7 kilometres west of the city of Bucaramanga in the Santander Department of Colombia. The airport serves the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area and the surrounding towns. The airport receives flights from major cities in Colombia as well as international flights from Panama City and the United States. It is currently the eighth largest airport in Colombia in terms of passenger movement.

The surface multilateration system by ERA at KLIA was installed in 2007, extended in 2012 and consists of the net of ground stations of ERA Multi-sensor Surveillance System MSS. There are also 200 SQUID squitter beacons for vehicle tracking in use at the airport. The so-called MasterCare programme has maintained both systems ever since using the following processes: obsolescence management, spares stock management, repair management and preventive maintenance including a 24/7 help desk.

Malaysia is a tropical climate country, and the system at KLIA consequently faces numerous harsh weather challenges; it has to be completely redundant. ERA guarantees the prevention of any possible unpleasant complications as well as maintenance on a high technical level throughout the life cycle. ERA will cooperate on the system maintenance with its local partner ClearWisdom.

The actual contract is the fourth order of MasterCare Premium programme for KLIA after three years of duration of the previous one signed in 2023 and will prolong ERA services for another three years until 2029. MasterCare assurance services address the entire system including the hardware, firmware and software to ensure ERA’s systems operate at peak performance.

“By a first-class level of maintaining our proven multilateration system we not only prolong its life-cycle, but also, I dare say, help to assure KLIA maintains its position among the safest and most important air traffic hubs in South-East Asia,” stated Ondrej Jebalek, ERA Senior Sales Manager.

On KLIA airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is Malaysia's main international airport and one of the major airports in Southeast Asia and worldwide. It is located approximately 45 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur city centre and serves the Klang Valley conurbation. KLIA is the largest and busiest airport in Malaysia. In 2024, it handled 57 million passengers, which makes it the world's 26^th busiest airport by total passenger traffic.

See you all at ERA stand, shared with its sister company Aero Vodochody.