Avionics & Radio Test
Industry-leading avionics and radio test sets that measure and validate performance of land mobile, fixed and aircraft systems.
VIAVI Solutions, formerly Aeroflex, provides a wide selection of avionics and radio test equipment solutions for both commercial and military applications.
VIAVI's wide selection of communications test equipment supports critical communications for public safety, public transportation, hospitals, utilities, railways, security, government and military. Experts in avionics test, VIAVI has over 40 years of experience in providing reliable R&D, flight line, factory and return-to-service test solutions. As an official UK distributor for VIAVI, MCS has the knowledge and experience to advise you on the full range of their mobile radio and avionics test solutions.
Antenna analysers provide many useful readings that aid in the tuning and efficiency optimisation of an antenna system.
View products in Antenna AnalysersVIAVI offers an array of antenna couplers to provide isolation for consistent testing and to prevent interference with Air Traffic Control and other aircraft.
View products in Avionics CouplersDistance measuring equipment (DME) is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground station by timing the propagation delay of radio signals in the frequency band between 960 and 1215 megahertz (MHz).
View products in DME Test SetsReliable R&D, flight line, factory and return-to-service test solutions.
View products in Flight Line Test SetsVIAVI is a supplier of mission critical test equipment for aircraft avionics. They design and manufacture a variety of test systems that reduce the cost of maintenance and increase mission readiness.
View products in Military Test SetsCheck the accuracy of your fuel quantity system quickly and with confidence.
View products in Fuel Quantity InterfacesA tactical air navigation system, commonly referred to by the acronym TACAN, is a navigation system used by military aircraft. It provides the user with bearing and distance (slant-range or hypotenuse) to a ground or ship-borne station.
View products in TACAN Test SystemsA traffic collision avoidance system or traffic alert and collision avoidance system is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collisions between aircraft.
View products in TCAS Test SetsA radar altimeter (RA), radio altimeter (RALT), electronic altimeter, or reflection altimeter measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft by timing how long it takes a beam of radio waves to travel to ground, reflect, and return to the craft.
View products in Radio AltimetersDuring the installation of a wireless network, it is critically important that antenna alignment is accurately implemented, otherwise, it will result in coverage gaps, network performance degradation and loss of revenue.
View products in Antenna Alignment ToolsIncrease reliability, avoid network downtime, and complete the job faster with optical fiber identifiers from VIAVI.
View products in Fibre IdentifiersFibre optic test equipment is a device used specifically in testing and running diagnostics with regards to any fibre optic wiring or device receiving a signal from one.
View products in Fibre Optic Combined Testers & KitsFrom Lab & Production facilities to fiber testing in the field, when people need fiber inspection, they look to VIAVI. VIAVI's award-winning FiberChek family delivers the industry’s best solutions to ensure that “Inspect Before You Connect” is easy and reliable for every fiber tester.
View products in Fibre, Microscopes, Inspection & CleaningAn optical time-domain reflectometer is an optoelectronic instrument used to characterise an optical fiber. An OTDR is the optical equivalent of an electronic time domain reflectometer.
View products in OTDRA fibre light source is used to inject light into a fibre optic cable for the purpose of testing it. They come in two basic varieties: light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. They’re further differentiated by the wavelength they produce and the type of cable they test.
View products in Optical Light SourcesFast, cost-effective and easy-to-use power meters for installation and maintenance of single mode and multimode fiber optic networks and advanced, photonic-layer power meters for lab and production environments.
View products in Optical Power MetersA visual fault identifier or visual fault locator (VFI / VFL) is a visible red laser designed to inject visible light energy into a fiber. Sharp bends, breaks, faulty connectors and other faults will “leak” red light allowing technicians to visually spot the defects.
View products in Visual Fault LocatorsFor today’s armed forces, faced with new threats on exceptional theatres of operations, and committed to very fast interventions with an obligation to make a success of the mission, equipment availability is crucial.
Business radio, Private Mobile Radio, PMR, is widely used within the business community to provide communications outside the normal cellular or public switch telephone networks.
View products in PMR, DMR, LMRTETRA, otherwise known as Terrestrial Trunked Radio or Trans European Trunked Radio, is a global standard for digital trunked radio. It uses an advanced set of features such as secure voice and data transmission to manage the challenges of modern mobile radios.
View products in TETRAAs GPS receivers are built into more mission-critical devices for difficult application environments, and designed with the emerging capabilities of a multitude of GNSS constellations and augmentation systems, developers and manufacturers need better ways to guarantee performance. That’s where GPS signal generation comes in.
View products in GPS SimulatorsA spectrum analyser measures the magnitude of an input signal versus frequency within the full frequency range of the instrument. The primary use is to measure the power of the spectrum of known and unknown signals.
View products in Spectrum AnalysersIn telecommunications, 5G is the fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, the planned successor to the 4G networks which provide connectivity to most current cellphones.
View products in 5GGlobal Navigation Satellite System or GNSS is the term for satellite navigation systems that provide positioning with global coverage. A GNSS allow small electronic receivers to determine their location (longitude, latitude, and altitude) to within a few metres using time signals transmitted along a line of sight by radio from satellites.
View products in NavigationAutomatic dependent surveillance—broadcast (ADS–B) is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked.
View products in ADS-BRenting your VIAVI (Aeroflex) equipment from MCS enables you to obtain the equipment you need now, without needing to rely on capital budget, compromise on quality, or spread the acquisition of multiple items over a number of years. We have a number of flexible finance packages available:
Telecommunication networks play an integral part in facilitating the operations of a wider global market. As such, they are expected to handle large loads of bandwidth at a rapid pace, while maintaining data integrity.
Reminder: There is a new software release for the Metro product line and here are some of the highlights.
VIAVI Solutions announced software release version 2.4.4 for the 3550 Series Touch-screen Radio Test System and the 8800 Series Digital Radio Test Set.
FiberChekPRO is PC software used to determine the acceptability of optical fiber end faces through automated inspection and analysis.