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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

EADS North America Delivers Final CN235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft for Mexico Under U.S. Foreign Military Sales Agreement

[CN-235 Persuader]EADS North America has delivered the fourth and final Airbus Military CN235-300 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to be supplied to the Mexican Navy under a U.S. Coast Guard managed foreign military sales agreement.

The Coast Guard employs the CN235-300 in the HC-144A Ocean Sentry configuration for a range of missions, including search and rescue, disaster relief and drug interdiction.

In March, a Coast Guard HC-144 crew used the aircraft's sensor capabilities to locate and help interdict a semi-submersible "drug sub" in the Western Caribbean Sea.

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