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Russia wants seaplanes in border control
2012-01-25
Russian border guards are testing the Ivolga seaplane (Photo: Boatdesign.net)

Russian border guards are testing the Ivolga seaplane (Photo: Boatdesign.net)


FSB’s border guard service plans to use seaplanes in monitoring of Russia’s border rivers and Arctic waters.

A center for construction and testing of so-called ekranoplans and education of personnel is planned to be built in Petrozavodsk, Karelia.

The centeris planned to be established at the shipyard Avangard, Izvestia writes. The ekranoplans are suited for border monitoring of rivers, lakes and even in Arctic waters and along the Northern Sea Route, analysts believe.

Petrozavodsk in Karelia has not been chosen accidentally as location for production of the seaplanes. From the Lake Onega you also have access to waters and waterways both to the south and the north, and the temperate climate allows for testing of seaplanes all throughout the year. The region also has a large personnel reserve, with many people being laid off after the Armed Forces’ reorganization.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) has since November 2011 been testing a seaplane of the Ivolga-type in the border guard service in Karelia, according to Izvestia.

George1 wrote:http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120711/174548155.html

Russia, Italy to Jointly Develop Patrol Aircraft

Russia and Italy are to jointly build and modernize maritime patrol aircraft, after signing a cooperation agreement at the Farnborough Air Show in Britain.

The deal was signed by Alexander Mikheyev, deputy chief of Russian arms corporation Rosoboronexport and the heads of Finmeccanica’s Selex, Galileo, and Selex Elsag companies.

The new plane will be developed on the basis of Russian-made unspecified aircraft, but fitted with Italian-made navigation, communications and IFF systems and weapons, including lightweight torpedoes from WASS, a Finmeccanica group company.

“This is an agreement on the promotion of products for third countries. Italian equipment will be installed on Russian-made patrol and special-purpose aircraft,” Mikheyev said.

“It took three years to prepare the agreement. We hope that this product will be adapted to enterprises affiliated with the Rostekhnologii state corporation,” he said, adding that the document also envisions future upgrades of aircraft earlier supplied to foreign customers.

It may take up to two years to decide which aircraft could be used as a base platform for the new patrol plane, Mikheyev said.

Finmeccanica hopes to strike a deal to modernize Russia’s Beriev Be-200 amphibian aircraft, Selex Galileo’s Executive Director Fabrizio Giuliani said.

“If we get the chance, it would be a unique aircraft. We are discussing modern navigation equipment in the plane,” he said.

The Italians are carrying out market research to study demand for the aircraft, he said.

“We hope that in ten years this sector will be one of the fastest developing in aviation. Today it’s hard to gauge the market for these aircraft, but I think there are great possibilities,” he added.

Mikheyev said most of the aircraft would remain in its original specification. “We are just talking about navigation systems,” he said.

The Be-200 is the world’s only production jet-powered amphibian aircraft. The main variant is a firefighting air-tanker aircraft, which can also be adapted for passenger or cargo transport, or search and rescue operations.

Hopefully this will be a new life for the An-42.

GarryB wrote:

Hopefully this will be a new life for the An-42.

Small correction... that would be the A-42 as it would be a Beriev type rather than an Antonov.

The situation with the Beriev is that for fire fighting the fact that it is a flying boat is an asset, but for a patrol aircraft if it almost never needs to land on the water surface being an amphibian greatly increases operational costs and maintainence costs for a feature that is not widely used.

For fire fighting roles it is useful but outside of coastal use as with the Baltic, Black Sea and Caspian Sea use a conventional aircraft would be cheaper to operate and use.

George1 wrote:http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120711/174548155.html

Russia, Italy to Jointly Develop Patrol Aircraft

Russia and Italy are to jointly build and modernize maritime patrol aircraft, after signing a cooperation agreement at the Farnborough Air Show in Britain.

The deal was signed by Alexander Mikheyev, deputy chief of Russian arms corporation Rosoboronexport and the heads of Finmeccanica’s Selex, Galileo, and Selex Elsag companies.

The new plane will be developed on the basis of Russian-made unspecified aircraft, but fitted with Italian-made navigation, communications and IFF systems and weapons, including lightweight torpedoes from WASS, a Finmeccanica group company.

“This is an agreement on the promotion of products for third countries. Italian equipment will be installed on Russian-made patrol and special-purpose aircraft,” Mikheyev said.

“It took three years to prepare the agreement. We hope that this product will be adapted to enterprises affiliated with the Rostekhnologii state corporation,” he said, adding that the document also envisions future upgrades of aircraft earlier supplied to foreign customers.

It may take up to two years to decide which aircraft could be used as a base platform for the new patrol plane, Mikheyev said.

Finmeccanica hopes to strike a deal to modernize Russia’s Beriev Be-200 amphibian aircraft, Selex Galileo’s Executive Director Fabrizio Giuliani said.

“If we get the chance, it would be a unique aircraft. We are discussing modern navigation equipment in the plane,” he said.

The Italians are carrying out market research to study demand for the aircraft, he said.

“We hope that in ten years this sector will be one of the fastest developing in aviation. Today it’s hard to gauge the market for these aircraft, but I think there are great possibilities,” he added.

Mikheyev said most of the aircraft would remain in its original specification. “We are just talking about navigation systems,” he said.

The Be-200 is the world’s only production jet-powered amphibian aircraft. The main variant is a firefighting air-tanker aircraft, which can also be adapted for passenger or cargo transport, or search and rescue operations.

GarryB wrote:

i wonder why russia hasnt started any program for the replacement of old Tu-142 and Il-38

The Tu-142 will likely be replaced with a mix of HALE and PAK DA, while Il-38 will either be replaced by the A-42 or modification of the Tu-214 or similar aircraft... the former offers the ability to land on water, while the latter would be cheaper to buy and operate.

runaway wrote:Now thats a very different question. Tu-214R?