EADS CASA (Airtech, Airbus Military) CN.235
После успеха легкого транспортного самолета C.212 Aviocar испанская фирма CASA совместно с индонезийской фирмой IPTN ("Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara") создала консорциум Airtech ДальшеMore>>>
("Aircraft Technology Industries") для разработки и постройки транспортного самолета больших размеров, оснащенного гермокабиной и пригодного для военного и гражданского применения. Работы над проектом CN.235 начались в 1980 году, а прототипы строились одновременно в обеих странах.
Испанский прототип совершил первый полет 11 ноября 1983 года, а индонезийский - 30 декабря того же года. CN.235 был сертифицирован в июне 1986 года, а уже в августе взлетел первый серийный самолет. Поставки машин индонезийской и испанской сборок начались в декабре 1986 и феврале 1987 годов соответственно. В марте 1988 года CN.235 начали службу в авиакомпании "Merpati Nusantara Airlines". В январе 1990 года было подписано лицензионное соглашение с фирмой "Tusas Aerospace Industries" (TAI) на постройку 50 самолетов в Турции.
Основные варианты CN.235: первая модификация CN.235 Series 10 с ТВД General Electric CT7-7A мощностью 1700 э.л.с. (1268 кВт); CN.235 Series 100 испанской постройки и усовершенствованный CN.235 Series 110 индонезийской постройки с ТВД CT7-9C взлетной мощностью по 1750 э.л.с. (1305 кВт) в новых гондолах из композитных материалов; CN.235 Series 200 и CN.235 Series 220 с усиленной конструкцией, допускающей увеличение массы, и усовершенствованной аэродинамикой руля и передней кромки крыла; CN.235 Series 330 Phoenix, разработанный в Индонезии и оснащенный более совершенным оборудованием и системой РЭП, чтобы удовлетворить требованиям австралийских военных; военно-транспортный самолет CN.235 М; патрульные самолеты CN.235 MP Persuader и CN.235 MPA испанской и индонезийской постройки соответственно, оснащенные современной электроникой, включая поисковую РЛС, ИК-систему переднего обзора FLIR и аппаратуру РЭБ, и способные нести на шести узлах подвески под крылом противокорабельные ракеты или противолодочные торпеды; конвертируемый грузо-пассажирский вариант CN.235. Гражданские модификации обычно перевозят до 44 пассажиров или 6600 кг груза, а ВТС CN.235 M предназначен для перевозки на короткие расстояния до 48 солдат с полной экипировкой, или 24 раненых на носилках при четырех сопровождающих, или 6600 кг груза.
На военном рынке самолет пользуется большим успехом, и в 2010 году CN.235, уже выпускающийся под эгидой консорциума "Airbus Military", находился на вооружении ВВС 30 стран мира.
ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ
EADS CASA CN-235M-100
Тип: транспортный самолет для коротких и средних авиамаршрутов
Силовая установка: два ТВД General Electric CT7-9C взлетной мощностью 1750 э. л. с. (1305 кВт) или 1870 э.л.с. (1394,5 кВт) с использованием резерва
Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость у земли 445 км/ч; крейсерская скорость на высоте 4570 м - 460 км/ч; начальная скороподъемность 579 м/мин; потолок 8110 м; дальность полета с полезной нагрузкой 3600 кг - 4355 км, с максимальной нагрузкой - 1501 км
Масса: пустого снаряженного 8800 кг; максимальная взлетная 16500 кг
Размеры: размах крыла 25,81 м; длина 21,35 м; высота 8,18 м; площадь крыла 59,10 м!
Полезная нагрузка: до 6600 кг груза, 48 солдат или 24 раненых при четырех сопровождающих
The CASA-Nurtanio CN 235, under joint development in Spain and Indonesia
В испанских ВВС имеется около 20 CN.235, используемых наравне с ВТС C.212, C-295 и C-130 Hercules. Один самолет используется для решения разведывательных задач.
На вооружении ВВС Испании имеется небольшое количество CN-235, которые используются как транспортные наряду с C.212 и C-130 Hercules.
11 ноября 1983г.: первый полет самолета CASA CN-235 (ECT-100), за которым 30 декабря последовал первый самолет для Индонезии. За производство и маркетинг транспортного самолета CN-235 в Азии отвечала фирма "Nurtanio".
The IPTN CN.235-220 PK-XNV arrived at Prestwick on 9/3/99 for four weeks of icing trials. The prototype of the increased weight, long range version of the CN-235 first flew in 1996
Гражданские CN-235 эксплуатируют следующие кампании: "Inter Austal" (Аргентина), "Merpati Nusantara Airlines" и "Pelita Air Service" (Индонезия), "Tiko Air" (Мадагаскар) "Air Namibia", "Binter Canarias" (на снимке) и "Binter Mediterraneo" (Испания), "Safair" (ЮАР), "L-З Communications" и "Presidential Airways" (США), "Air Venezuela".
France
ВВС Франции закупили 75 CN-235 в варианте среднего тактического транспортного самолета. Франция намерена получить от "Airbus" еще восемь CN-235-300, чтобы заполнить временную брешь, которая образовалась из-за задержек с поставками A400M.
Военный вариант CN-235 способен перевозить 48 парашютистов. Для быстрого десантирования предусмотрена возможность покидания самолета парашютистами с обоих бортов одновременно.
The diamond formation of the C-160R serialled R212, together with an A400M, a CN.235M-300 and a C-130J-30 of the French Air and Space Force during the retirement ceremony on May 20, 2022
The CN235-200 and CN235-300 are gradually replacing the Transall in French service, taking a leading role in the utility, tactical airlift, medical evacuation and paradropping roles.
A CN-235-300 gets towed back to its parking place on the DA181 apron. The CASA’s arrival last year led to several infrastructure changes at Reunion and at bases in the Scattered Islands.
The Armee de I'Air (French Air Force) has a large presence at Bamako-Senou International Airport in Mali to support ongoing operations against insurgents as part of Operation Serval. The airport's existing fighter shelters are currently occupied by Dassault Mirage 2000Ds while tanker support is provided by Boeing C-135FR Stratotankers. Various transport aircraft are also supporting operations. CASA CN235-200M 156/'62-IQ', of Escadron de Transport 1/62 Vercors from Base Aerienne 110 Creil, is seen at Bamako on April 7, 2013 in front of C-135FR 740.
The C160 Transall and Casa CN235 fleets will be based at Evreux by the end of the summer.
The old and new generations of French military air transport in the Indian Ocean, with ET 0/50's last C-160 and first CN235-300 seen in the same shot taken in summer 2015.
The Armee de Nouvelle-Caledonie was a Pitch Black first-timer, with this CN235 transport.
Parachutists from the 2nd RPIMa and the 13th RDP board a CN235 for a drop over Samwest during an exercise.
Eight patients can be carried in the CN235, and the aircraft’s ability to land on and take off from semi-prepared runways means it can take casualties direct to medical facilities from austere locations.
Spain
Spanish Air Force CN-235 (1999)
A C295M of Ala 35 acted as a slow mover.
USA
US Air Force Special Operations Command/427th Special Operations Squadron CN235 96-6043 callsign 'RCH55', departs from Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands on March 24, 2021 while routing back home from the Middle East. This was the first ever visit of an AFSOC CN235 to the Netherlands. It arrived via Souda, Crete, and Aviano, Italy, then departed for Keflavik, Iceland.
Turkey
CASA-Nuratnia CN-235 "073" 12-го транспортного крыла (12nci Ulastirana Grubo) ВВС Турции (Turk Hava Kuvvetleri).
The MELTEM II programme has seen Thales modify the three SGK CN235MSAs for exclusive economic zone surveillance missions as part of the most complex and prestigious project for the Turkish Coast Guard to date.
Two of the three CN235MSAs delivered to the SGK in the early 2000s, which have been extensively upgraded with new equipment under the MELTEM II programme.
Saudi Arabia
ВВС Саудовской Аравии закупили четыре CN-235M-10 производства фирмы CASA. Самолеты состоят на вооружении 1-й эскадрильи (Королевское звено) и используются для обычных и VIP-перевозок.
Indonesia
Indonesian Air Force CN-235-220MPA AX-2336 on display in the static park at the Singapore Airshow on February 20, 2008. The aircraft will become AI-2317 in service and is expected to be delivered in May.
Non-standard Airtech CN-235 M (A-2306) of 2 Squadron, Indonesian Air Force, fitted with an enlarged nose radome (1998)
Congo
CASA CN235M-10 TN-228 (c/n C009, ex N833CA, OG2) is seen undergoing a test flight at Lanseria International Airport in South Africa during January 2013. The former Botswana Defence Force-Air Wing transport is due to be delivered to the Force Aerienne Congolaise (Congolese Air Force) in Congo (Brazzaville). The second former Botswana CN235 (5V-MBM, c/n C008, ex N820CA, OG1) remains at Lanseria in Force Aerienne Togolaise (Togolese Air Force) markings. Both aircraft were registered to Fayard Enterprises of Wake Forest, North Carolina, after being replaced in Botswana service by two new examples.
Force Aerienne Congolaise (Congolese Air Force) CASA CN235M-10 TN-228 (c/n C009, ex N833CA) at its home base at Brazzaville-Maya-Maya Airport on October 25, 2013. The transport was one of two previously operated by the Botswana Defence Force Air Wing that were replaced by new CN235M-300s. Both were initially stored at Lanseria in South Africa, with one (5V-MBM/N820CA, c/n C008, ex OG1) due to go to the Togolese Air Force, although it never entered service with it. TN-228 was delivered to the Congo by March.
Cameroon
Noted on the Airbus Military flight test line at Seville in Spain in late May 2013 was CN235 msn 208 for the Armee de I'Air du Cameroun (Cameroon Air Force). An order for a single example of the transport was announced by the manufacturer on June 6, 2012.
Airbus Military CN235-300M TJ-XDG undertaking a crew training flight from San Pablo Airport, Spain, on July 22, 2013.
Yemen
Airbus Military CN235-300 tactical transport 2211/BuNo. 168988 (msn 188) arrived at Luqa Airport in Malta on September 27, 2013 during its delivery flight from the manufacturer at Seville, Spain, to the Yemen Air and Air Defence Force. It departed for Crete the following day. The aircraft was supplied via the US Foreign Military Financing programme (hence the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics serial number) to help the Yemeni Government combat al-Qaeda operatives in the country.
Morocco
Escadre de Transport 3 operates six CN235M-100s at Kenitra AB where all of the Royal Moroccan Air Force tactical transport aircraft is based.
MPA and SAR
CN.235 Persuader - специализированный морской патрульный вариант транспортного CN.235, закупленный рядом стран.
USA
Guardians are to be replaced by the HC-144A,36 of which are on order. ATC Mobile will receive six of these aircraft, the first of which was due to arrive in December 2006.
On June 5, 2013 EADS North America announced that the 15th Airbus Military HC-144A Ocean Sentry had been delivered to the US Coast Guard. The maritime surveillance aircraft (2315, msn 207) is seen undergoing flight tests at the Airbus Military facility at Seville-San Pablo Airport on May 30. The last two handed over (2313 and 2314, msns 202 and 203) were noted at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Mobile, Alabama, in March. The Coast Guard has received 15 HC-144As, 14 of which have entered service at CGAS Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and CGAS Miami, Florida, as well as at Mobile, while a further three are due to be delivered this and next year. A fleet of 36 is planned.
The final Airbus Defence and Space HC-144A Ocean Sentry for the US Coast Guard was noted during a test flight at Seville-San Pablo Airport in Spain on August 6, 2014. The aircraft (2318, msn C-211) is the last of 18 HC-144As on order, after plans to acquire additional examples were abandoned following an agreement with the US Air Force to transfer surplus Alenia C-27J Spartans to the maritime service.
5 февраля 2009г.: Береговая охрана США ввела в эксплуатацию первый HC-144A Ocean Sentry - поисково-спасательный вариант транспортного самолета EADS CASA CN.235.22 апреля самолет достиг состояния начальной оперативной готовности.
Airbus Defence and Space handed over the 17th HC-144A Ocean Sentry to the US Coast Guard at its facility at San Pablo in Seville, Spain, on March 20, 2014. Upon arrival in the United States the maritime surveillance aircraft (2317, c/n S-210) will be inducted into the Aviation Configuration Management System at the Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to be prepared for service. The 18th and last will be delivered before the end of the year and the final three HC-144As are all due to operate from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas. Originally 36 HC-144As were due to be acquired by the Coast Guard, but the total was halved after it was decided to transfer 14 surplus US Air Force Alenia C-27J Spartans to the service.
Береговая охрана США закупила 36 CN-235-300 в варианте HC-144A Ocean Sentry.
The US Coast Guard operates 18 CN235 maritime patrol aircraft referred to under the US military designation system as the HC-144A Ocean Sentry.
Upgraded HC-144B 2301 Ocean Sentry at Corpus Christi, Texas on February 20, 2019.
Ireland
Maritime surveillance CN-235 MP Persuader of the Irish Air Corps (1999)
CN-235MP ирландского авиационного корпуса оснащены поисковой РЛС Litton AM/APS-504(V)5, ИК обзорной системой FLIR Systems FLIR2000HP и двухместной рабочей станцией с линией передачи данных. Самолет способен нести разнообразную сбрасываемую полезную нагрузку, включая спасательные плоты.
One of the IAC's two C235 in the hangar at Casement Aerodrome. These aircraft enable the corps to transport patients on longer journeys.
Spain
Three EADS CASA CN-235-300 SM01 maritime surveillance aircraft were handed-over to the Spanish Ministry of Infrastructures on February 26, 2007 at the factory in Seville, Spain. The aircraft are scheduled to become operational this summer, their main role being maritime search and rescue and pollution control within Spain’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
ON JUNE 30, 2008 the Spanish Servicio Aereo de la Guardia Civil (Civil Guard Air Service) received its first CASA CN-235 Military Patrol Aircraft (MAP) (T19B-21/'09-501', c/n 180) at a ceremony at the Base Central del Servicio Aereo de la Guardia Civil (Civil Guard Air Service Headquarters) at Torrejon Air Base, Madrid. Two CN-235s are on order for the Spanish Interior Ministry, and will be flown by the Civil Guard to help counter illegal immigration and undertake anti-narcotics patrols. They are equipped with a search radar, tv/infra-red nose turret and the EADS/CASA FITS system. One will be based in the Canary Islands and the other in southern Spain.
Search and rescue missions were flown by a CN235 VIGMA from 802 Escuadron; the unit's Super Pumas were maintained on alert to provide SAR coverage during the whole exercise.
On March 23, 2011 a Spanish Air Force CN-235 VIGMA (Vigilancia Maritima, Maritime Surveillance) took off from Getafe AB near Madrid for Decimomannu AB on Sardinia. The aircraft is helping to enforce the arms embargo on Libya operating over the Gulf of Sirte and southern Mediterranean Sea.
The last of eight Airbus Military CN235-100Ms due to be modified for the search and rescue role as a CN235 VIGMA for the Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) was undergoing flight tests from Seville-San Pablo Airport in Spain in December 2012. CN235-100M T.19B-14/D.4-08 (c/n C-059, ex '74-32') is expected to be delivered in early 2013.
Newly converted Ejercito del Aire (EdA - Spanish Air Force) CN-235MPA maritime patrol aircraft T.19B-12/D.4-01 (c/n E A02-10-C 0 50/89) seen on approach to San Pablo Airport, Spain, on October 30, 2007, whilst test flying from the EADS CASA facility there. The aircraft is the first of six former transport CN-235-100Ms from Ala 35 at Getafe that are being converted to search and rescue aircraft, fitted with the EADS CASA FITS (Fully Integrated Tactical System), search radar, a forward-looking infra-red turret and Link 11 datalink. Although wearing its original serial T.19B-12 on the fin, under the cockpit the aircraft also carries new serial D.4-01, this being in line with the serial system adopted previously by the EdA for its SAR aircraft.
Seen here on approach to Palma de Mallorca on March 4, 2008 is the first CN-235 VIGMA to be delivered, D.4-01/T.19B-12, which is now with Esc 801. It was officially handed over at Cuatro Vientos on February 11.
Two Airbus Military CN235M VIGMAs form the backdrop for this group of Spanish Air Force personnel during the recent hand-over of the deployment at Djibouti.
The Spanish Air Force marked its 5,000th flight hour in support of Operation Atalanta on July 19, 2013.
Colombia
The Persuader is one of Colombia's most important tools in the war being carried out against drug traffickers off its Caribbean and Pacific coastlines.
Flying with the ramp open to prepare for a RAMPAC drop.
The CN235-300MP Persuader is the most capable maritime patrol aircraft belonging to Colombian Naval Aviation.
Para-rescuers perform their second training jump as part of their preparation for the RAMPAC mission.
The complete crew of the Persuader on a RAMPAC mission. The seven aircrew are in the middle, the rescue jumpers are kneeling in front of them and they are all flanked by other team members.
Gunship
The first Airbus Defence and Space CN235 modified by ATK and the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau as an AC-235 light gunship has been delivered to Jordan. It is armed with a side-mounted M230LF link-fed 30mm chain gun plus AGM-114M/K Hellfire air-to-surface missiles and 2.75in rockets carried on stub-wings on the main landing gear fairing. An electro-optical targeting system, laser designator, synthetic aperture radar and self-defence suite (AN/AAR-47 and AN/ALE-47) have been integrated on the former Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) transports. Handover of the first AC-235 was announced by ATK on May 1, 2014 and the aircraft debuted at the 10th Special Operations Conference and Exhibition in Amman, Jordan, five days later.
ATK/KADDB AC-235 light gunship 3210 made its public debut in the SOFEX static park at King Abdullah IAB in Jordan.
Испанско-индонезийский CN-235 более известен своими военными модификациями
Appearing at Farnborough for yet another year is Airtech's CN-235, seen here in QC configuration.
The N250’s predecessor, the CN-235, is a joint Spanish-Indonesian project developed both as a military transport and regional airliner. Pictured here is CN-235M-100 CNA-MB, one of seven in service with the Moroccan Air Force’s transport squadron at Kenitra.
Flight deck of a CN-235 Series 200 (1997)
The view from the cockpit of the CASA during a training sortie. CN235s based at Reunion searched for possible wreckage from flight MH370 during August 2015.
The CN235-300 cockpit's flight management systems offer global navigation satellite system capability and an enhanced ground proximity warning system with a 3D database.
The C-130, C-160 and CN235 all have the capability for dropping paratroopers via a static line at their aft side doors; the A400M currently has to drop paratroopers using the cargo ramp.
For para-dropping missions, the CN235-300’s seats in the hold are removed. At the moment, the aircraft is not certified for para-dropping or releasing pallets from the rear cargo ramp.
The survival kit dropped from the CN235-300 to people in the water on maritime search and rescue missions.
To support SAR tasks smoke markers and Aerolite 6 life rafts, pictured, have been installed in the CN235MSAs. The aircraft is able to deploy life rafts for about 100 people in one drop.
Система FITS (справа) устанавливается на CN-235 Persuader и предлагается для модернизации Airbus Military Р-3 Orion. На базе C-295 зта система позволяет создать мощный морской самолет, способный патрулировать в течение примерно 11 часов.
Maritime patrol versions of the CN235 and C295 are both equipped with Fully Integrated Tactical System workstations.
The crew of a CN235MSA consists of two pilots, two observers, two operators and a flight technician. The operators have a wide array of systems available including the ASELFLIR 200, side-looking airborne radar and Ocean Master 400 radar.
Model photograph of the CASA-Nurtanio CN-235, the subject of a joint development programme in Spain and Indonesia.
Almost half of the military transport planes under 10 tonnes flying today are built by CASA. For 75 years at CASA we have been researching, developing and perfecting the most versatile integrated military transport system in the world, making us the authentic specialists. For this reason no one else can offer a range that is so complete, in constant development and adapted to all areas of use.
Impression of the CN-235ER MPA in US Coast Guard colours.
CN-235 in typical configurations for 38 (top) and 44 passengers (1995)
CN-235 M configured for (1) paratroop transport; (2) troop transport; (3) cargo transport on standard pallets; (4) medical evacuation with 18 stretchers and five attendants; (5) VIP communications; and (6) maritime patrol (1995)
Three-view drawing and of the CASA-Nurtanio CN-235, the subject of a joint development programme in Spain and Indonesia.
Airtech (CASA/IPTN) CN-235 twin-turboprop multipurpose transport, with additional side view (centre) of a representative CN-235 MPA (1993)
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