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The Portuguese Air Force uses the C295 in the maritime surveil- Situation Picture and Electronic Order of Battle. NOVEMBER 29 th
lance role to patrol Portugal’s huge Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ), The AEW Situation Picture can shared with
including areas around the Azores and Madeira islands. The Chilean friendly forces via Network Centric data links. st
Navy and Brazilian Air Force also use the C295 MSA for search and A C295 fitted with a dummy rotodome has suc- TO DECEMBER 1
rescue (SAR) missions in oceanic areas. The Canadian Air Force is cessfully completed flight-trials to demonstrate
the largest C295 MSA customer with sixteen (16) aircraft ordered its aerodynamic suitability and discussions con- B O G O TA - C OL O M B I A
for SAR and MEDEVAC operations. The Irish Air Corps are to also tinue with potential launch customers. [ AIR SYSTEMS ]
replace their CN235 MSA fleet with the C295 MSA, to undertake
surveillance and pollution control missions, in addition to supporting The C295W is available with optional self-pro-
Special Ops missions and providing MEDEVAC capabilities.
tection equipment such as cockpit armour, radar
warning (RWR), missile warning (MAWS), laser
An Airborne Early Warning (AEW) version of the C295 has also warning (LWS), and chaff/flares dispensers,
been flight tested by Airbus Defence and Space, where the pri- that allow it to deploy in hostile environments.
mary sensor fitted into the 6 m / 20 ft rotodome is an IAI/ELTA 4th In-flight and ground refuelling capability is
Generation Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar with also available. The C295 is also available in
integrated IFF. This allows the aircraft to provide high quality 360º an armed ISR variant which can provide Close
surveillance, creating in real-time an integrated Air and Maritime
Air Support to ground troops, convoys, facili-
ties, etc., and tactical aerial tanker, refuelling BOGOTA, INTERNATIONAL
helicopters to increase the radius of action for HUB OF LATIN AMERICA
combat SAR or Special Ops missions.
AND THE CARIBBEAN
The Airbus CN235/295 light/medium airlifter FOR SECURITY
has proved a popular tactical transport aircraft AND DEFENSE
over the last two decades and is now oper-
ated by 32 nations. Many C295 operators use
the aircraft to complement their C-130-class
aircraft, including UAE, Brazil, France, Jordan,
Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal,
Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain and Turkey.
C295 operators have achieved 500,000 flight
hours across 160 aircraft in all types of envi-
ronments demonstrating the effectiveness and
soundness of the aircraft.
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