Police Aviation News April 2011

Police Aviation News April 2011 16
GISPRO and Airborne Technologies shaking hands on a successful
and on-time delivery of the integration of GISPRO new
sensor suite on its P68 aircraft
Airborne Technologies GmbH delivered an advanced and certified turnkey sensing suite
to Poland’s GISPRO LLC installed by Airborne Technologies into a Vulcanair P68 Observer
aircraft, the systems package included a Vexcel UCXp large format frame camera, a RIEGL
CP680i LIDAR remote sensor and an IGI Systems DIGICAM 60 and CCNS4 flight guidance
and geo-referencing system
The GISPRO team enjoyed the benefit of Airborne Technologies training programme, which
was tailored to help GISPRO fully support their aspirations to offer LIDAR and photogrammetric
missions to their ever expanding client base. The intensive training not only catered
for the specific needs of their in-flight operators but also their ground based systems configurations
team.
Airborne Technologies success in providing flexible surveillance cabin configurations allows
the realization of almost any individual need and requirement to deliver both, customized
and scalable system solutions. [AT]
GippsAero Pty Ltd, now a part of the Mahindra Aerospace company were displaying at the
2011 Australian International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition, at Avalon Airport, Victoria
from March 1-6.
At the show the company gave briefings on the latest developments for the GippsAero family
of aircraft including Wipline floats for GippsAero GA8 TC Airvan, the new GippsAero
GA10 on track for launch in 2013 and the Turbo Airvan set for international growth with new
certifications in developing markets.
Flight testing to certify the GA8 on Wipaire 3450 seaplane and amphibious floats is expected
to occur in October this year. As a key incentive for operators to sign up, GippsAero
and Wipaire are offering the first 10 customers a 50% off the normal deposit for a GA8 Airvan
on floats with a commitment to an agreed delivery date in 2012.
GippsAero announced an increase in the Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) has been approved
by CASA for the Airvan GA8 and GA8-TC. All new Airvans from Serial #163 onwards
will be delivered with the increased MTOW and existing clients will be able to operate
at the new weight by implementing a Service Bulletin, which is available immediately.
For commercial operators, the changes will allow them to increase useful load by 200lbs,
meaning greater revenue opportunities. [GA]
There may be a massive turn down in aerospace activity [give or take a war of course] but
Eurocopter continues to use the relative quiet to expand its business for the future. EC are
to create a new industrial facility in Querétaro, Mexico to support its global production network,
further reinforcing the company’s manufacturing capabilities while also augmenting its