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Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft
Characteristics:
Number Planned: 36
Length: 70 feet 3 inches
Wing Span: 84 feet 8 inches
Height: 26 feet 10 inches
Maximum Weight: 36,380 pounds
Speed: 236 knots
Range: 2,305 nautical miles
Endurance: 8.7 hours
Crew: Five
The Coast Guard will use the HC-144As to perform homeland security and search and rescue missions, enforce laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine environmental protection, military readiness, and international ice patrol missions, as well as cargo and personnel transport.
Features
- Equipped with a state of the market Rockwell-Collins Flight 2 glass cockpit instrument panel, autopilot & avionics suite for a two-person aircrew
- Mission equipment pallet –interoperable with
that of the HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft and includes:
- C4ISR equipment for enhanced situational awareness;
- improved surveillance through radar and electro-optical/infrared sensors systems;
- mission data recording; a first-responder/law enforcement and marine communications suite;
- enhanced secure data encryption capabilities.
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Last Modified 4/20/2012