Category: Remote Sensing

DA42MPP New Generation with MEDUSA completes
first maritime mission over the German Bight

1 June 2011

After the successful completion of the integration and test phase in Austria mid of May OPTIMARE and Diamond Airborne Sensing conducted two maritime test missions with a DA42MPP New Generation / OPTIMARE MEDUSA configuration over the German Bight.

 

Due to the growing demand for economic, flexible airborne maritime surveillance solutions, both companies fused a DA42MPP New Generation with OPTIMARE’s Airborne Mission Management System MEDUSA including the OPTIMARE IR/UV Line Scanner and the OPTIMARE VIS Line Scanner. The line scanners are installed in the Belly Pod of the DA42MPP. The mission can be performed only by one pilot and one operator.

Possible maritime missions are oil spill monitoring, support of clean-up operations, maritime security applications, search and rescue, sea traffic surveillance, hydrographic monitoring, detection of algal blooms, and marine mammal monitoring.

The OPTIMARE IR/UV Line Scanner and the OPTIMARE VIS Line Scanner are well-known short-range oil spill remote sensors complementing the operation of a Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) as a standard long-range sensor. These and other products are usually integrated into OPTIMARE's popular high-performance mission management system MEDUSA.

The DA42MPP New Generation, powered by two turbo-charged diesel engines, is the most economic airborne surveillance platform available. With state of the art Garmin G1000 glass cockpit and fully automatic engine control system, it provides most modern high tech to the pilot and operator. Reducing the fuel flow, in total, down to 7,2 USGAL at loitering speed, the aircraft can easily provide mission up to 8 hours without refuelling.

A customer presentation is planned for late summer / early autumn to take place at OPTIMARE in Bremerhaven, Germany.

 

If you have further questions please contact:

Dr. Nils Robbe
Email: remotesensing(at)optimare.de
Tel +49 471 48361-0