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Maritime Surveillance

The HAL Dornier -228 is ideally suited for Maritime Surveillance and Patrol roles. Typical surveillance tasks performed by D0-228 include :-

  • Patrolling of Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Patrolling land borders/ coastal areas
  • Search & Rescue
  • Pollution detection and control
  • Surveillance of fishery activities

Sate-of-the-art sensors and avionics enable the crew to carryout their task in a practical environment, with mission equipment well located. The cabin has ample space for aircrew comfort during long endurance sorties. The aircraft’s integral wing tanks with increased fuel capacity and low overall consumption enables it to fly for long duration typically 6-8 hrs with mission equipment installed.

Important features of Do-228 specific to Maritime Surveillance include :-

  • High fuel capacity
  • Ability to operate from short-semi prepared air fields.
  • Four wing hard points with capacity upto 1030 Kgs.
  • Ample cabin space for mounting of sensors.
  • Unobstructed Radar coverage
  • Outstanding performance in flying at low altitude
  • Open architecture for easier upgradation and modifications.

Mission specific equipments include :-

  • 3600 Surveillance Radar
  • Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR)
  • Forward looking Infra Red (FLIR)
  • Electronic Surveillance Measures System (ESM)
  • Microwave Radiometer
  • Handheld Annotating Camera
  • IR/UV Line Scanner
  • Pollution Control Pods
  • Two wing mounted Gun Pods each housing two 7.62 mm guns.
  • Optical Sight SP-700 for guns
  • Loud Hailer
  • Search light
  • Tactical Data Management System
  • Bubble windows
  • Liferafts
  • Flight Openable Roller Door
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