A Mode C transponder responds to a hit by the radar beam by transmitting the aircraft’s identifying number, altitude, speed and course.

Sagetech Corporation once again proved small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can safely fly in controlled airspace using the same technology that has helped maintain flight safety for decades. A PAE ...

Mode C transponders (Docket No. 2000-NM-284-AD; Amendment 39-12682; AD 2002-06-05) - requires, for various transport category airplanes equipped with certain Mode C air traffic control ...

Mode A transponders pick up broadcast signals from ground radar and send back a code that identifies the plane they’re in. Mode C transponders send back more specific information, like the ...

Sagetech Corporation has been successfully taking engineering concepts from design to production for the unmanned aviation industry since 1998. An unmanned aviation vehicle subsystems designer and ...

The ticking clock toward the FAA’s ADS-B Out compliance date hasn’t slowed one iota. Come January 1, 2020, aircraft that today require a Mode C transponder, but do not by that date have ADS-B ...

Sagetech’s XPC-TR-50 Mode C transponder has been used by PAE ISR to demonstrate the capability of its Resolute Eagle UAS to fly in controlled civil airspace. In November, a Resolute Eagle UAS equipped ...