During the visit of Defence Minister, Nelson Jobim, and Air Force commander, Brigadier Juniti Saito, based in Getafe, Spain, where he inspected the aircraft modernized P-3AM by Airbus Military which was delivered to the Air Force (FAB) Authorities could see the inside of the aircraft, the first of nine that will be converted from a batch of 12 North American stock purchased at a cost of $ 470.9 million.
The crews of the 7th Aviation Group, Orungan Squadron, Air Base Salvador, Spain are already flying with the aircraft along with pilots and crew of the Ejercito del Aire Spain. The big four-engine turboprop received a great combat capability and could launch air-to-surface Harpoon Manufacturing North America, with a range of 90 km, dump antiship mines, torpedoes, guided bombs, depth charges, with a total capacity of 9 tons of cargo.
The Orion aircraft that the FAB will have the autonomy to operate 16 hours, with range up to 9000 km on patrol. Inside the aircraft, modern workstations with a complex system of electronic search and retrieval can identify objects of 60 cm over the water and can scavenge parts from hundreds of square miles simultaneously.
The cockpit of the new aircraft has also been modernized, so long now five LCD displays and new navigation and communication systems, manufactured by Thales. The system board, digital, high performance, is the latest generation, provided by EADS-Casa, Franco-Spanish company.
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January 1, 2011 at 4:06 am