Posts Tagged ‘ Merida Initiative ’

Breaking News (May 3th)

UH-60M (Picture: US Army)

A US State Department senior official said today that five Sikorsky UH-60M helicopters are going to be delivered to Mexico “at the end of summer or the beginning of autumn” as part of the Merida Initiative program.

It has been reported -further confirmation is needed-  that the Black Hawk helicopters are going to be used by the Mexican Navy for a variety of missions such as CSAR, Drug Trafficking Interdiction and Special Operations.

With a state of the art all-glass cockpit (four MFD’s) and an expanded payload capacity and range, the UH-60M is the most advanced version of the Black Hawk family.

UH-60M Cockpit

ADENDUM (MAY 6th):

The US State Department has said today (May 6th) that three Black Hawk helicopters are going to be delivered to the Federal Police in October, and that “a number of other Black Hawks ordered by the Mexican Navy will be delivered next year”.

2010
05/03
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First Mexican Navy CN-235 spotted

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We´ve learned that the first CN 235 Persuader bought by the Mexican Navy has been spotted in Spain, at the EADS CASA Sevilla Facility.

The Mexican Navy bought four maritime surveillance CN 235 Persuader and two cargo C 295 aircraft.

The CN 235 Persuader is an all-weather maritime surveillance aircraft, developed by the Spanish EADS subsidiary CASA.

 They can be equipped with a variety of radar systems such as the  Raytheon Seavue or the Telephonics APS 143 OceanEye.

The CN 235 is also equipped whit an optronic forward looking infrared station FLIR Star Safire II. Both systems -the radar and the optronic station- are managed by the Fully Integrated Tactical System (FITS) developed also by EADS.

The CN 235′s and C 295′s were ordered directly by the Mexican Navy, and should not be confused with similar equipment that may arrive thanks to the Merida Initiative Anti Narcotics Cooperation Agreement.

It’s important to notice that the Mexican Navy already operates seven CASA C-212 maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft, which also incorporate the same ISR systems as the new Persuaders, such as the mentioned Fully Integrated Tactical System.

Fully Integrated Tactical System

2010
04/10
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