SPOTLIGHT ON CANADA
Missionised Aircraft: Q&A with PAL Aerospace’s Paul Moss Paul Moss, PAL Aerospace’s Business Development Director – South Pacific, talks with chief editor Nicholas Dynon about the aerospace provider’s Force Multiplier program and Dash 8 P-4 partnership with De-Havilland Canada.
Paul Moss is PAL Aerospace’s Business Development Director – South Pacific. Paul is an airborne surveillance and search and rescue specialist with vast experience in special mission aircraft used for Border Protection, SAR, ISR, medevac and environmental protection.
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Line of Defence recently caught up with the former Coastwatcher and SAR specialist to talk patrol and technology capabilities for the New Zealand and Pacific region. After flying as crew on every aircraft to come into service during his 20 years twenty of border protection service with Coastwatch in Australia, Paul Moss established the country’s first tier-one SAR organisation, which introduced long range Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) specifically for SAR response in the region. In 2017, Paul left the SAR business to join world leading Canadian missionised aircraft prime contractor and operator PAL Aerospace. ND: Can you give us a brief overview of PAL’s operations, not only in Canada but around the world? PM: Certainly. PAL Aerospace is a Canadian owned and operated fullservice aerospace provider focused on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations, inservice support solutions and aircraft engineering and modifications. We’re
a trusted Government of Canada partner, delivering long term programs under contract for several Government departments. Beyond our head office in St Johns we have Canadian operations in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Comox, and Campbell River. In the near term we are establishing additional Canadian presence in Greenwood, Trenton and Winnipeg in support of Canadas’ new Fixed Wing Search and Rescue capability. Internationally, PAL Aerospace has a well-established presence in Abu Dhabi which supports two DHC-8 300 ASW aircraft operated by the UAE Airforce. PAL Aerospace missionised these aircraft, and we continue to maintain and support the program in partnership with the UAE Airforce. PAL Aerospace has also modified and maintains two missionised Dash-8 100s in the Dutch Caribbean, providing support for counter narcotics and SAR activities and we are in the process of entering into service two missionised Dash-8 100s on behalf of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans to provide surveillance for Canada’s inland, coastal and off-shore waters.
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