Organized by the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Centre (DACC), based at Poggio Renatico in northern Italy, between Nov. 2 – 10, 2022, Poggio Dart 2022 (PODA-22) is an exercise that sees the involvement of four NATO nations (Greece, Italy, Turkey and U.S.), and about 30 aircraft, including F-35s, F-16s, F-4s, Eurofighter Typhoons and Tornado ECRs, with the foreign assets deployed to Aviano AB, Italy.

“The DACCC is the only NATO asset capable of providing an active and passive radar detection capability,” says the NATO Allied Air Command website. “Combined active and passive radar sensor networks are critical capabilities for NATO’s air surveillance of Alliance airspace. Deployable active radars provide an efficient addition to existing static and airborne command and control platforms reinforcing the preparedness of NATO’s air and space power.”

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Interestingly, this edition of the drills, also see the deployment of the Deployable Air Defence Radar (DADR) LANZA LTR-25, a mobile radar that, together with the two passive sensors, Deployable Passive ESM Tracker (DPET), enhances the integration and interoperability of the NATO Air Surveillance and Defense system, from Poggio Renatico Air Base to Cervia Air Base, Italy, on the eastern Adriatic coast of Italy, where most of the operational areas of the exercise are located.

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