Page 78 - HeliOps Frontline Issue 26

78 HELIOPS FRONTLINE / ISSUE 26 / 2019

Commander Marius
Mitric is a qualified
instructor for day and
night operations and
NVG flight ops. During
sunset he lets one of
the members of his
unit take off for an
NVG training session.

missions onboard our frigates’. The Puma Naval is NVG-compatible,
its glass cockpit interface unit (CIU) can be used for editing of
navigation points, includes GPS with digital moving map and an
RDR-1700A integrated Search, Surveillance and Weather radar
installation. The aircraft can be equipped with flares or chaff, have
an built-in a harpoon to hook up on the frigates landing grid system
and have a winch installed on their starboard side.
The nose mounted Electro-Optical Observation pod has the
capacity to show the crew Clear Camera Daylight (CCD) footage,
includes forward looking infrared (FLIR) detectors and a Direction
Finder System. For emergency situations above water, IAR Brașov
has equipped the helicopters with the well-known, orange-colored
Crash Position Indicator (CPI), clearly visible on the left side of the
tailboom. Flotation gear has also been attached under the nose and
above the semi-retractible undercarriage of the helicopter. To save