Recently, the Royal Thai Air Force has supported surveillance and training aircraft DA42 MPP Guardian of Squadron 402, Wing 4 as requested by the Royal Thai Police by deploying forces at Wing 41, Chiang Mai, and establishing a Joint Operations Squad between the Armed Forces. Royal Thai Air Force and Royal Thai Police at Security Guard No. 334, Chiang Mai Province Received signal from the DA42's Video Downlink that reconnaissance in the target area down to the headquarters.
The Air Force DA42 MPP is a dual-engine trainer aircraft that is upgraded to be equipped with WESCAM's MX-15 surveillance camera, a high-resolution mid-altitude reconnaissance camera that operates day and night. It can transmit data up to 50 miles, weighs only 22kg, and is equipped with a wide range of sensors, such as a High sensitivity color spotter for specific color recognition, Embedded Moving Target Detection for moving targets, and Advanced Video Tracker for locking. location to track a given target, etc. Personal DA42.
It is a two-engine, four-seat training aircraft, travel speed 13 knots, top speed 197 knots, fly at an altitude of 18,000 feet, flying range 1215 nautical miles, flying for 6-8 hours, which is usually provided by the Air Force to train pilots. Two engines, but an MPP or Multi Propose Platform version is supplied that can be equipped with a variety of sensors for use in reconnaissance missions.
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