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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Mauritania turns DC-3 into surveillance aircraft

BT-67 aircraftThe Mauritanian Islamic Air Force (FAIM) has increased its ability to monitor the country's vast, sparsely populated territory by upgrading its Basler Turbo BT-67 with an electro-optical (EO) turret and associated mission systems so it can carry out surveillance as well as transport duties.

The upgraded aircraft featured in a news package broadcast by the France 24's Arabic channel, which included footage of the aircraft taking off from Nouakchott International Airport and carrying out a surveillance mission over Assaba, more than 500 km to the southeast, on 21 May.

The crew said the images from the sensor turret can be sent directly to mobile telephones carried by special forces so they can respond rapidly.

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