Recognition and Identification Systems are the systems of vital importance in respect of the military operations as they enable the rapid and correct identification of the friendly platforms in battlefields through the interrogation and transponder method. 

In order to improve the weaknesses of the IFF Mode 4 utilized in the military area, a schedule envisaging the transfer to IFF Mode 5 was made by the NATO and utilization of Mode 5 was made obligatory in such platforms by the year 2020.