OEMs Challenged in Asia by New Providers of Maritime Surveillance

Traditional providers of maritime surveillance aircraft and systems are being challenged by smaller companies offering lower-cost solutions that are especially attractive to smaller countries whose priorities are littoral protection.

At the recent Maritime Domain Awareness and Coastal Surveillance Conference and Exhibition in Singapore, organized by IQPC, major OEMs such as Airbus D&S, Dassault Aviation, Saab and Thales were outnumbered by a clutch of lesser-known entities. Some of them have already achieved sales success in Asia.

Swedish company S&T Airborne Systems has provided the MSS6000 end-to-end coastal surveillance system to Malaysia (on Maritime Agency CL-415 amphibians) and Vietnam (on Marine Police C212 twin turboprops).

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