{"id":6080,"date":"2022-08-06T08:51:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T00:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2022-08-06T08:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T00:54:40","slug":"u-s-navy-delivers-first-upgraded-cn-235-to-rmaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymilitarytimes.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/06\/u-s-navy-delivers-first-upgraded-cn-235-to-rmaf\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Delivers First Upgraded CN-235 to RMAF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Navy has delivered the first of three Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) CN-235 military transport aircraft converted to a maritime patrol platform. This comes just three-and-a-half years after the U.S. signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to begin increasing the capability and interoperability of U.S. and Malaysian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effort was facilitated by the U.S. Navy\u2019s Building Partner Capacity program, aligned with the U.S. government\u2019s Maritime Security Initiative, which is intended to assist the Malaysian government in increasing maritime security and maritime domain awareness within the Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3314475734161595\" data-ad-slot=\"7610079946\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The project to integrate an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) upgrade into the aircraft was undertaken by the RMAF in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command\u2019s Security Cooperation Office and Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur collective international team has overcome tremendous challenges during the recent worldwide pandemic to deliver this capability. We are excited to deliver this first aircraft,\u201d said Gerald Swift, who leads AIRWorks, NAWCAD\u2019s office focused on rapidly and effectively delivering warfighter capability to meet immediate and emergent warfighter needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upgrade includes a maritime surveillance mission suite, maritime surveillance radar, an electro-optical infrared turret, line-of-sight datalink and a roll-on\/roll-off mission system operator station. Compatible mobile and fixed ground stations are also being delivered to increase the RMAF\u2019s ISR capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBuilding Partner Capacity programs represent the highest level of return on engagement to the United States,\u201d said Ron Weinberger, director, Security Cooperation Office at the Naval Air Systems Command. \u201cThe Malaysian CN-235 program will be a significant force multiplier to an indigenous Malaysian ISR capability and will directly support joint Malaysian and U.S. efforts to ensure global security in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3314475734161595\" data-ad-slot=\"7610079946\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The project\u2019s CN-235s were flown to Indonesia for completion and testing in Sept. 2020 amid COVID-19 restrictions and first flight took place in Oct. 2021. Work on the two remaining CN-235 aircraft and multiple ground stations continues and is expected to be completed in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport aircraft originally manufactured by Indonesian aerospace company Perseroan Terbatas Dirgantara Indonesia and Construcciones Aeron\u00e1uticas SA of Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Navy has delivered the first of three Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) CN-235 military transport aircraft converted to a maritime patrol platform. This comes just three-and-a-half years after the U.S. signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance to begin increasing the capability and interoperability of U.S. and Malaysian forces. 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