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Aerial Surveillance
We can supply and operate purpose modified and equipped aircraft, for
specialist aerial surveillance roles, including law enforcement, homeland
security and national border patrol programmes.
FR Aviation provides airborne surveillance for UK Government Agencies and
commercial customers. Surveillance Australia operates the world's largest
aerial civil maritime surveillance program on behalf of the Australian Customs
Service.
Clients include Government departments and agencies involved in:
- Law Enforcement
- Customs and Immigration
- Fisheries Management
- Smuggling and Anti Drug Operations
- Pollution 'Monitoring and Response
- Search and Rescue
- Homeland Security
With extensive infrastructure and experience, FR Aviation and Surveillance
Australia are acknowledged specialists in total "turn key" surveillance
operations. Services available include:
- Concept of Operations - scoping and definition
- Aircraft selection, modification and certification
- Sensor and equipment selection and integration
- Operations and management
- Support of ground-based operations
- Aircrew Training
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Customer Equipment Trials and Operations
With more than 500,000 hours flying experience and its own test pilots, FR
Aviation can provide cost-effective design and modification services, platforms
and flight trials to support the evaluation and operation of customer
equipment.
FR Aviation provides test and proving platforms for many elements of the
Eurofighter Typhoon, helping to de-risk the programme, providing a flexible,
responsive service to meet development project needs.
National Air Support operates and maintains a Tenix LADS Hydrographic survey
aircraft, providing a full service for airborne laser seabed survey worldwide.
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Flight Inspection Services
Flight Precision (a joint venture company between FR Aviation and Aerodata AG)
is the leading provider of Flight Inspection Services in the UK for civil &
military airports with an extensive customer base in Europe & beyond.
Flight Precision is approved by the UK CAA Safety Regulation Group, and other
European Regulators, for the calibration of terrestrial navigation aids;
approval for satellite-based systems is under development. Our system uses
easily updated software and digital technology that incorporates inertial
navigation, laser and GPS inputs, allowing extremely accurate navaid
calibration, day or night. Our approvals include calibration of:
- Cat III ILS & MLS
- VOR/DME & NDB
- PAR & TACAN
- Air Defence, Surveillance and Precision Approach Radar systems
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Fire Bombing
Building on aerial surveillance and training capabilities developed over the
years, Cobham Flight Operations & Services companies are now bringing this
expertise to fire spotting and bombing contracts using rotary and fixed wing
platforms.
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