The latest generation of the AMASCOS airborne mission system is part of the ‘The Force Multiplier’ ISR special mission platform based on the Bombardier Dash-8 Q300, which is promoted by PAL Aerospace, Thales and CarteNav Solutions. © PAL Aerospace/Thales
Airborne maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare evolves By Luca Peruzzi
The continuous expansion of the submarines threat as well as the complexity of littoral warfare are pushing industries and customers towards more sophisticated airborne mission suite solutions with reduced size, weight and power (SWaP), capable to be accommodated and networked on a wide range of both manned and unmanned aerial platforms to accomplish distributed maritime operations. The trend towards business jet-based special mission and unmanned platforms, and the expansion of multi-mission requirements, together with more capable rotary-wing mission suites are driving the market, this analysis trying to provide a general overview of major systems development.
Airborne Mission Systems Thales is proposing the AMASCOS which has evolved though its previous iterations towards a new generation mission management system, employing state-of-the-art technologies in terms
of human machine interface (HMI) and mission data management. In service in previous versions on board different airborne platforms, the Thales suite is currently offered, according to customers needs, in an advanced configuration which has been integrated on ‘The Force Multiplier’, EDR | July/August 2021
25
