ATR 72 ATR 72-600 MAR

The ATR 72-600 MAR is an unarmed maritime surveillance version fitted with the ELI-3360MPA system designed by Elbit Systems for the Philippine Air Force. Its tasks are airborne ocean surface surveillance, telemetry recording and relay.

It carries an AN/APS-143 multi-mode X-band maritime surveillance radar with integrated IFF interrogator to detect objects in the South China Sea and Benham Rise; it can spot a person in a life raft up to 128 km away. The data is downlinked to a ground-based surveillance centre to be integrated into the National Coast Watch Center, and the aircraft can relay four airborne UHF frequencies over the horizon to ground sites. A mission management system (MMS) and an L-3 Wescam MX-20HD electro-optical sensor for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with SIGINT capability complete the fit.