New CN-235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Indonesia
CN-235-MPA for Indonesian Defence Ministry
(Source: Dirgantara Indonesia; issued June 6, 2008)
Indonesia needs a high-tech operational marine equipment to monitor the situation at its sea and to save its territory.
On Friday, 6 June 2008, Dirgantara Indonesia delivers a unit of CN-235-220 M MPA configuration, an aircraft with special mission and modern equipment to save Indonesian territory, to Indonesian Defence Ministry in Jakarta. The delivery is personally signed by Dirgantara President, Budi Santoso and General Director of Indonesian Defence Facility, Mayor General Eris Herryanto and Indonesian Airforce Logistics Assistant, Mayor General Imam Wahyudi.
Budi Santoso says the special missioned aircraft is completed with modern equipment that is for coast patrol on Indonesian territorial waters. For tracking and monitoring tasks, on the aircraft are installed a maritime tracking radar and a multi function radar type Ocean Master 100 MK II.
While a storm scope guided with ESM type Vigile 200 is installed for detecting electro magnetic content during the maritime detection. The equipment for those military configuration for coast patrol are France Thales Airborne System products.
Such aircraft are required by Asian countries with border coasts, such as Malaysian, Brunei Darussalam, South Korean and some Middle East countries.
