Britten-Norman Defender:
‘Typical Basic Airframe Price:
Defender $2m.
Caravan II $2.5-$3m.
Casa 235 $6m.’
Notes: Take-off/land (rough) c.365m/310m., Altitude 7,620m, 6 hr. missions to c.8 hrs., Max. cruise 326kph. Nose & 4x wing mounts, radar,. 2x 400hp turbo-prop.s (Rolls-R/Allison), 11 pax. max.
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/defender.htm (notes £10m for 3, in 2003, w. ISR and defensive aids)
*Cessna 208B/Caravan/EX:
(note: prototype Cessna ‘Denali’ (pressurised?), 8-11 pax, altitude 9,449m, max. cruise 519kph)
(ISR aircraft, via US government, for countries with insurgencies - Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Philippines)
(Note news item: c.$40m. Contract for ISR equipment and training for 6 aircraft and, c.$14m for extra ISR for same 6 aircraft... i.e. circa $6.6m, and $2.3m per plane, for ISR equipment & training).
Note (EX): Take-off/land 658m/570m, Range 1,785km, Useful load 1,675kg, Max. cruise speed 361kph., Altitude 7,620m. Belly mounts, 1x 867shp (P&W) turboprop, 14 pax. max.
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‘Typical Basic Airframe Price:
Defender $2m.
Caravan II $2.5-$3m.
Casa 235 $6m.’
Notes: Take-off/land (rough) c.365m/310m., Altitude 7,620m, 6 hr. missions to c.8 hrs., Max. cruise 326kph. Nose & 4x wing mounts, radar,. 2x 400hp turbo-prop.s (Rolls-R/Allison), 11 pax. max.
http://www.spyflight.co.uk/defender.htm (notes £10m for 3, in 2003, w. ISR and defensive aids)
*Cessna 208B/Caravan/EX:
(note: prototype Cessna ‘Denali’ (pressurised?), 8-11 pax, altitude 9,449m, max. cruise 519kph)
(ISR aircraft, via US government, for countries with insurgencies - Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Philippines)
(Note news item: c.$40m. Contract for ISR equipment and training for 6 aircraft and, c.$14m for extra ISR for same 6 aircraft... i.e. circa $6.6m, and $2.3m per plane, for ISR equipment & training).
Note (EX): Take-off/land 658m/570m, Range 1,785km, Useful load 1,675kg, Max. cruise speed 361kph., Altitude 7,620m. Belly mounts, 1x 867shp (P&W) turboprop, 14 pax. max.
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