One of the three IAI Seascans prepares to depart on a five hour mission. The heavily modded jets fly a little over a thousand hours a year with many in the industry believing that they could be better utilised considering their triple crewing arrangement and sophisticated Search and Rescue capability.

Coastwatch Tender to Usher in New Age of Surveillance

Coastwatch Contract Ushers in a New Era of Surveillance Capability

December 1 Saw Yet Another Stage Begin in the Evolution of Australia’s Coastwatch Operation With the Long Awaited Release of a Request for Tender (Rft) to Cover a New Look Surveillance Operation From 1995 Right Through Till 2005.

Coastwatch is the civilian agency operating as a unit of Customs charged with protecting from incursion Australia’s 20,000km of coastline. The agency also provides support for a number of related Government departments and specialist agencies that pool their financial resources to provide an annual operating budget in the region of $22m.

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