Campo Grande, Brazil, 11 July 2017 \u2014 Less than a month ago in Spain, the first of three SAR variants of the ubiquitous Airbus C295, designated SC-105 Amazonas, was officially handed over to the Brazilian Air Force during a ceremony held at Sevilla-San Pablo on 16 June 2017 in presence of the Brazilian Minister of Defence, Mr. Raul Jungmann, and the Brazilian Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Nivaldo Ruiz Rossato.<\/p>\n
Closely based on the Persuader MPA variant of the C295 already in service in Portugal and Chile, the Airbus SC-105 is specialiy tailored for all-weather Search-and-Rescue (SAR) and features specific electronic equipments like an infrared detection FLIR ball under the nose and a EL\/M-2022A(V)3 panoramic radar under the fuselage.<\/p>\n
This new machine (military serial 6550) is earmarked for Esquadr\u00e3o Pelicano (2\u00b0\/10\u00b0 Gav) stationned at Campo Grande AB in Mato Grosso do Sul, a specialized SAR unit which already flies two older models of the SC-105 devoid of specific hi-tech avionics for regular observation sorties over the Pantanal region of Brazil alongside several Bell SH-1H helicopters and Embraer SC-95B twinturboprops.<\/p>\n
FAB\u2019s 2\u00b0\/10\u00b0 GAv is nowadays partly responsible, under international ICAO rules, for the patrol of an immense 22 million square miles zone. A mission shared with FAB\u2019s Lockheed P-3BR on the extented maritime coastline. \/\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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