Grupo VYCEA, Argentine Air Force
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Grupo VYCEA is the Spanish
acronym for Grupo Vigilancia y Control del Espacio Aéreo (Air Space's Surveillance and Control Group). Grupo VYCEA is a group of the Argentine Air Force
, headquartered at Parque San Martín
, Merlo
since 1952.
Grupo VYCEA, or just VYCEA, operates a military radar base that occupies a total area of 240 Ha
.
The core of the base is an old radar
bought to Bendix Corporation
in 1976. The radar is mounted on the top of a 23 meters high tower and it’s erected over a subterranean bunker that contains the main control room.
In this room the information captured by military radars deployed along the Argentine border is collected and processed in real time by a recently acquired computerized system.
The group depends directly from the Air Operations Command (Spanish: Comando de Operaciones Aéreas) and it’s commanded by a commodore (Spanish: comodoro), a rank equivalent to Group Captain
in the RAF and colonel in the USAF.
On 2009, the government of Spain
donates two 3D radars to be mounted in Resistencia, Chaco
and Posadas, Misiones
. Others seven 3D radars are being built by INVAP
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
acronym for Grupo Vigilancia y Control del Espacio Aéreo (Air Space's Surveillance and Control Group). Grupo VYCEA is a group of the Argentine Air Force
Argentine Air Force
The Argentine Air Force is the national aviation branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. , it had 14,606 military and 6,854 civilian staff.-History:...
, headquartered at Parque San Martín
Parque San Martín, Buenos Aires Province
Parque San Martín is a city located in Merlo Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.Parque San Martín was founded around 1948 by real estate promoters, in the estates belonging to the Etcheverry family....
, Merlo
Merlo Partido
Merlo is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, west of the city of Buenos Aires. Its capital is the city of Merlo....
since 1952.
Grupo VYCEA, or just VYCEA, operates a military radar base that occupies a total area of 240 Ha
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
.
The core of the base is an old radar
Radar
Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
bought to Bendix Corporation
Bendix Corporation
The Bendix Corporation was an American manufacturing and engineering company which during various times in its 60 year existence made brake systems, aeronautical hydraulics, avionics, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios, televisions and computers, and which licensed its name for...
in 1976. The radar is mounted on the top of a 23 meters high tower and it’s erected over a subterranean bunker that contains the main control room.
In this room the information captured by military radars deployed along the Argentine border is collected and processed in real time by a recently acquired computerized system.
The group depends directly from the Air Operations Command (Spanish: Comando de Operaciones Aéreas) and it’s commanded by a commodore (Spanish: comodoro), a rank equivalent to Group Captain
Group Captain
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore...
in the RAF and colonel in the USAF.
On 2009, the government of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
donates two 3D radars to be mounted in Resistencia, Chaco
Resistencia, Chaco
Resistencia is the capital and largest city in the province of Chaco, in northeastern Argentina. At the 2001 census, the population of the Resistencia city proper was 274,490 inhabitants. It is the anchor of a slightly larger metropolitan area, Greater Resistencia, which comprises three more...
and Posadas, Misiones
Posadas, Misiones
Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 323,739 ....
. Others seven 3D radars are being built by INVAP
INVAP
INVAP S.E. is an Argentine high-technology company dedicated to the design, integration, construction and delivery of high complexity equipment, plants and devices.-Background:...