Mission Profile
Search and Rescue
- Quick and direct on-water assistance
- STOL takeoff & land capabilities on land and on water
- Full complement of rescue equipment
Infiltration and Exfiltration
Between to 11-18 troops depending on aircraft configuration.
Time & Cost Savings
Equipment
There are various equipment options for Search, Rescue & Enforcement Missions, which include surveillance sensors, electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensor and medevac equipment. Click on the links below to see additional details.
Surveillance Sensors
SAR Direction Finder Antenna- Weather Radar with search capability
- Flight crew and two cabin observers (visual)
- Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) with two antennae
- Thermal Imager & LLTV camera in gyrostabilized ball (EO/IR)
SLAR Coverage
Electro-optical Infrared (EO/IR) Sensor
Thermal imagery in three-to-five micron spectrum- Two-axis stabilization utilizing solid state fiber optic gyroscopes (FOG) to deliver stable images
- Designed and tested to deliver reliable imaging under adverse weather conditions and at night
- The gyro-stabilized ball also houses a low-light-level television camera with zoom lens
Short Range Sensor Coverage
Medevac
A special SAR stretcher has been developed specifically for the CL-415 installation- The stretchers can be installed in quick removable three-stretcher stacks on both sides in the forward cabin
- The stretcher support structure is designed to be quickly installed or removed for easy aircraft configuration conversion