FR Aviation Ltd, Cobham Flight Operations and Services.

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

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.

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

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.