MPAs at a turning point, as drones take off.
Armada International › Vol. 34 Nbr. 6, December 2010
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Aircraft: maritime
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MPAs at a turning point, as drones take off.
Aircraft designed for overwater surveillance, rescue and attack traditionally combine long endurance with multiple sensors, cabin space for systems operators and their workstations and the ability to airdrop anti-ship/-submarine ordnance and survival equipment.
Experience in supporting land operations in southwest Asia is proving the value of maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), which are also able to exploit add-on equipment for sigint (signals intelligence) and jamming, and a separate radar for ground mapping and moving-target indication. When the present generation of maritime patrol aircraft was designed, the big debate was whether the dash speed and smoother ride of high-flying jets justified the associated endurance penalty relative to turboprops. Half a century later, the case for jet propulsion is mu...See the full content of this document
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