The UK National Police Air Service (NPAS) has awarded a contract to Austria’s Airborne Technologies to deliver a role-equipped fixed-wing surveillance aircraft for country-wide air support.
The platform, a Vulcanair P68R piston twin, will be equipped with a Wescam MX10 camera and Churchill Augmented Reality System when it begins a six-month operational trial early next year.
If the trial is successful, Vulcanair says it could lead to the purchase of around half a dozen of the retractable undercarriage-equipped aircraft.
A P68 is already in service with the German police.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
