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HC-144A Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft: Project Profile
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The Ocean Sentry has the capability to perform aerial delivery of search and rescue equipment (such as rafts, pumps and flares) and, with its sophisticated command and control system, the HC-144A can serve as a platform for an on-scene commander during homeland security missions. The HC-144A aircraft is particularly effective at locating targets in large search areas, and vectoring other assets onto these targets for interception and inspection.
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
Features
- State-of-the-market glass cockpit instrument panel, autopilot and avionics suite
- Mission System Pallet about 90 percent interoperable with the HC-130H/J Long Range Surveillance aircraft
- Multimode search radar and electro-optical/infrared sensors
- Mission data recording and a first responder/law enforcement and maritime communications suite
- Secure data encryption capabilities
- Airborne Automatic Identification System
- Voice, data and satellite communications to contribute via a networked command and control system to a common operating picture
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Last Modified 4/29/2013