Test Flights of Diamond DA42 with Thales Ⅰ-MASTER

摘要

Thales' Ⅰ-MASTER radar system has successfully completed flight trials on-board a Diamond DA42MPP GUARDIAN aircraft. Conducted in partnership with Diamond Aircraft Industries and Diamond Airborne Sensing at its facility in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, the week-long trial covered different radar modes at a range of altitudes and speeds. The demonstration included using the onboard payload to transmit full-resolution radar images and EO/IR footage via a high-bandwidth line-of-sight data link to controllers at the ground station. The DA42MPP NG, with its de-icing TKS protec- tion, is all-weather capable, enabling flight operations to use the Ⅰ-MASTER radar to detect targets; these can then be identified by the EO/IR turret, which is also mounted on the platform, before the footage is sent back to headquarters via line-of-sight datalink.