Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified as Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) / Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) in Germany

Discuss issues and news related to PIA, Pakistani airlines and Pakistan's civil & military aviation.
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified as Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) / Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) in Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 aircraft serial number 79 seen at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport, Germany, on June 20, 2016, probably for maintenance checks at Rheinland Air Service (RAS) - ras.de.

Image
Pakistan Navy ATR kurz nach der Ankunft in Mönchengladbach. by Niklas Eimers, on Flickr

Abbas
Last edited by Abbas Ali on Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Topic title edited.
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Vaqar Khan
Registered Member
Posts: 569
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:23 am
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Vaqar Khan »

GERMAN FIRM RECEIVES CONTRACT TO CONFIGURE PAKISTANI ATR-72S

Rheinland Air Service (RAS), a German firm specializing in airliner maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) as well as other support tasks, was awarded a contract by the Pakistan Navy to convert two ATR-72 aircraft for anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

Although the company did not explicitly note that the ATR-72 would be converted, Pakistan Navy ATRs were spotted at RAS’s facilities in Germany in recent weeks. RAS was contracted to re-configure two Pakistani ATR-72s, with the first slotted for delivery by the end of 2017.

RAS expects additional Pakistani orders in the coming years.

Comment and Analysis

The current iteration of the ATR-72 ASW – currently on offer by Italian vendor Leonardo-Finmeccanica – uses the ATR-72-600 as its base platform. This aircraft is capable of ASW operations through the use of a fitted sono-buoy launcher (for underwater acoustic detection) and pylons for lightweight ASW torpedoes.

The Pakistan Navy operates the slighter smaller ATR-72-500, but this should not impact its likelihood of being an ATR-72 ASW. RAS made very explicit mention of the aircraft’s use as a ASW platform, and it is worth noting that Turkey did intend to use the ATR-72-500 as the basis for its program, before shifting to the ATR-72-600 (which is currently serving as the basis for the Turkish Maritime Patrol Aircraft or TMPA).

ATR-72 ASWs will be a welcome addition to the Pakistan Navy’s maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) fleet, which has yet to fully recover from the loss of two Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion in 2011 (from an insurgent attack on the naval base PNS Mehran). It currently has seven P-3Cs in service.

Derived from a widely used commercial platform, the ATR-72 ASW is a relatively feasible and accessible platform for building a sizable MPA fleet. In fact, while Alenia Aermacchi (now Leonardo) was the first to offer the ATR-72 ASW, it is not the only available avenue. Rather, the Pakistan Navy could (and likely did) select subsystems from a variety of vendors (with RAS being selected to undertake the integration work).

If Pakistan’s ATR-72 ASWs are similar in their general configuration to Turkey’s ATR-72 TMPA, then it is likely the following subsystems are being integrated: a search radar, electro-optical sensors, electronic support measures (ESM), magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), integrated self-protection suite, sono-buoy launcher, and hardpoints for the fuselage sides (for lightweight ASW torpedoes).

Source: http://quwa.org/2016/07/11/german-firm- ... i-atr-72s/
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Modified Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 seen at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport on February 5, 2018.

Image
2018-02-05 MGL 73 ATR72-500 PAKISTAN NAVY FRONT by Jürgen Coenen, on Flickr

Image
2018-02-05 MGL 73 ATR72-500 PAKISTAN NAVY by Jürgen Coenen, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
bnm
Registered Member
Posts: 90
Joined: Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:30 am

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by bnm »

Some sensors are clearly visible on fuselage in new picture which were not in June,17 pictures.
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 modified for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany photographed on March 7, 2018. The ATR is displaying Pakistan Navy markings in this photo.

Photo link: https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8885226

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 modified for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany photographed on March 14, 2018.

Image
2018-03-14 MGL 79 ATR72 PAKISTAN NAVY by Jürgen Coenen, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Photographed on March 22.

Image
Pakistan Navy 79 Atr72 by mailtrain2000, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

According to Werner Fischdick, the Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 is almost ready for delivery to Pakistan. Currently, the ATR is performing test flights and its delivery to Pakistan is expected in two to three weeks.

The second Pakistan Navy ATR is expected to arrive in Germany in April to undergo this modification work.

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 photographed at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany on March 22, 2018.

Image79 by Stu Carr, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 modified for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany photographed on March 26, 2018.

Image2018-03-26 MGL 79 PAKISTAN NAVY by Jürgen Coenen, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 79 modified for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany photographed on April 6, 2018.

Image
79 by Jeroen Stroes Aviation Photography, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 (79/AR-NYL) on its delivery flight to Pakistan has been ferried from Monchengladbach (Germany) to Braunschweig (Germany) after undergoing conversion as Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA).

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 (78/AR-NYM) has been or is being ferried from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Monchengladbach (Germany) via Istanbul-SAW (Turkey), Ciampino (Italy) and Braunschweig (Germany) to undergo Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) conversion.

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
User avatar
Saeed Nafees
Registered Member
Posts: 45
Joined: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:16 pm
Location: Dubai

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Saeed Nafees »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 (78/AR-NYM) arrived at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany for MPA Conversion.

https://ibb.co/gNfGK7
User avatar
Abbas Ali
Site Admin
Posts: 52154
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:52 pm
Location: Pakistan
Contact:

Re: Pakistan Navy ATR 72 to be Modified for Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany

Post by Abbas Ali »

Pakistan Navy ATR 72-500 serial number 78 photographed on April 5, 2018, at Dusseldorf Monchengladbach Airport - Germany where it will be modified to become Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA).

Image2018-04-05 MGL 78 ATR72 PAKISTAN NAVY by Jürgen Coenen, on Flickr

Abbas
Dil Dil Pakistan... Jaan Jaan Pakistan

See you at:
Image
Post Reply