Diamond Aircraft Industries has earmarked European certification and first deliveries of its DA42 Multi Purpose Platform (MPP) for the third quarter of next year as it readies the light piston twin for its first flight at its Weiner Neustadt, Austria base, equipped with a camera system designed by Russia's UOMZ.
The camera can be used for observation roles including nature, traffic and border monitoring, and newsgathering. It features two optical cameras and one infrared camera.
The first fully equipped aircraft will make its debut at the Paris air show in June next year, according to Diamond Aircraft managing director Michael Feinig.
Feinig says that the company has received an overwhelming response from all over the world to the MPP, which will be powered by the Thielert Aircraft Engines Centurion 1.7 diesel engine.
Source: Flight International
