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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Colombia takes delivery of first Airbus Military CN235-300 MPA

CN-235 PersuaderThe Colombian Navy has today taken delivery of a CN235-300 MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft).

The aircraft is equipped with the Airbus Military-developed Fully Integrated Tactical System (FITS) which presents data gathered by a comprehensive battery of sensors to the two tactical operators and two pilots in an intuitive and usable format.

The sensor suite includes a search radar, which can locate and track ships, and an automatic identification system.

An infrared camera can capture images and the aircraft is equipped to make digital video recordings of the missions for playback after missions.

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