A C295MW aircraft modified and adapted as an aerial platform to support scientific activities. It supports the needs of the communities for aircraft flight testing, atmospheric research, remote sensing/Earth observation data collection, and testing for the development and qualification of new scientific instrumentation, among others.
Scientific instrumentation:
Probes
Sensors
Detectors
Cameras external to the fuselage
On-board consoles for control, monitoring, pre-processing and data recording
Auxiliary modules needed to carry out data acquisition campaigns:
Power supplies
Supports
Racks
Mission Communications Systems