Fargo Jet Center receives STC for retractable sensor mount

The STC, awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), approves the RSM for the Kodiak 100 aircraft, and can be amended for certification on other aircraft platforms as needed.

The Kodiak 100’s manufacturer, Daher, will collaborate with FJC to ‘bring the RSM into the special mission marketplace using FJC’s Kodiak 100 special mission demonstrator with operational ISR systems’.  

The belly-mounted RSM, which provides protection for mounted camera systems, features a compact design with a retractable door, which can be contained within the cargo pod of the Kodiak 100.

The RSM is compatible with most sensor systems up to 15” in diameter including those produced by Trakka Systems, FLIR Systems, Inc., L3Harris Technologies, Collins Aerospace, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, and Churchill Navigation.

FJC says that the system can be employed for use in:

• Environmental Survey and Management
• Fire Detection and Monitoring
• Law Enforcement, Military, and Homeland Security Missions
• Maritime Surveillance
• Search and Rescue
• Target Acquisition, Identification, and Tracking
• Customer-Defined Mission-Specific Operations.

Helitak also recently announced that it had received STC approval from the FAA, for its FT4250 fire tank for the Super Puma family of aircraft.