The Indian Navy / Indian Coast Guard has projected a requirement for an indegenous Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance / Multi-Mode Maritime Aircraft equipped with multiple mission sensors to be developed by CABS, DRDO as the nodal agency.
Primary Roles(MMMA)
- Maritime Surveillance and Interdiction
- Pollution Surveillance
- Search and Rescue
Primary Roles(MRMR)
- Maritime Surveillance
- Anti Submarine Warfare
- Maritime Domain Awareness
- ELINT and COMINT
Secondary Roles
- Special Operations/ Paradrop Operations
- Search and Rescue
- Communication and Casualty Evacuation
- Cargo Transportation
- Personnel Transportation
- Air Ambulance
Features
- Role equipment with easy role conversion
- Open architecture based Mission Management System (MMS) for integrated mission and data management
- Three Dual-display Multifunctional Tactical Console (MTC)
- Active Electronically Scanned Array based Maritime Patrol Radar(MPR) with long range maritime and airborne target tracking, small target detection mode and various imaging/ classification modes
- Identification of Friend & Foe (IFF) Radar with Mode S and Mode 4 Capability
- Automatic Identification System (AIS) with Encrypted messaging Mode
- Pollution Surveillance Suite (PSS) comprising of
- Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) for oil spill detection
- IR/UV line Scanner (IRUV) for oil spill thickness estimation
- VIsible line Scanner (VIS) for oil color codes
- Laser Fluoro Sensor (LFS) for oil type classification
- Micro Wave Radiometer (MWR) for Thick oil measerment
- Electro Optical Infra Red Payloads (EOIR) comprising of
- Micro Wave Infra Red (MWIR)
- Short Wave Infra Red (SWIR)
- Visual Imaging Sensors (Day Light and Low Level Light Camera)
- Spotter Scope
- Laser Range Finder (LRF)
- Laser Illuminator and Pointer
- Communication Support Measure(CSM) for detection, identification and localization of radios with Direction finding.
- Full Duplex High bandwidth Datalinks (C-Band, Ku Band SATCOM, INMARSAT) for vedio and voice transfer
- Mission Communication System for Air-to-Air,Air-to-Ground operation with HF, V/UHF voice and Intercom facility for seamless mission handling
- Guns for Interdiction