The Uruguayan Air Force (FUERZA AÉREA URUGUAYA) has purchased two CASA 212 aircraft from the Swedish Coast Guard (SCG), complete with maritime surveillance equipment developed by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).

In connection with the deployment of the aircraft SSC has been involved in training system operators, pilots and maintenance staff on the mission equipment. SSC has provided instructors from its own Airborne Systems Division. In addition to this instructors from SCG and SAAB have been engaged in order to provide a comprehensive and technically adequate training covering not only the SSC equipment but also other on-board systems that constitutes the total mission package.

Pilots, System Operators and Maintenance Engineers outside the main training facility in Montevideo. Christer Colliander of SSC on the far left, Björn Erlandsson of SCG on the far right.

One of the two aircraft has been re-painted in United Nation’s livery as it will be transferred to Haiti later this year. This is the first time an SSC Airborne Maritime these troubled regions.

The SSC Airborne Maritime Surveillance System in UN livery.

As the aircraft have been modified to carry the standard sensor suite comprising SLAR, IR/UV Scanner, Search Radar and FLIR future upgrades to later version of the SSC Airborne Maritime Surveillance System is facilitated.

In addition to the training programme SSC has been entrusted with an initial product support contract. SSC trust that this is the beginning of a long-term relationship with the Uruguayan Air Force, and we look forward to providing a maritime surveillance capability for many years to come.