Maritime Patrol & Coastal Operations
Avcon modifies aircraft for maritime patrol, search and rescue, spill detection, and ISR missions, providing the supporting structure and electrical interface for state-of-the-art sensors used in coastal and maritime operations worldwide.
Avcon maritime aircraft modifications install provisions for FLIR, LIDAR, synthetic aperture radar, and hyperspectral sensors, adding fuselage pods, hardpoints, sensor ports, and drop hatches. Avcon modifies many aircraft types to meet customer-specific requirements for coastal and maritime operations.
Avcon modifications support installation of digital cameras, EO/IR sensors, LIDARs, SAR, SLAR, magnetometers, and more, and are compatible with gyro mounts such as the Leica PAV100, T-AS Mount, and GSM 4000. Oversized Avcon ports are available for larger equipment.
Avcon uses BK-7 optical glass or fused silica for camera, LIDAR, and hyperspectral modifications, available coated or uncoated. Certain modifications allow removal of the optical glass for unpressurized operations.
Avcon modifications include sensor cover doors to protect the camera port and defog systems to prevent sensor obstruction. Camera modifications are tested to maximum aircraft pressurization differentials, and most Avcon modifications allow conversion back to standard interior configurations.
Avcon installs sensor provisions inside the aircraft, inside an Avcon pod, below the wing, or on fuselage hardpoints. Magnetometer booms install on the tail cone of King Air aircraft, detecting variations in magnetic fields useful for oil and mineral detection as well as border protection and coastal patrol.