- Designed from the ground up to be optimised for the fire fighting mission , adopting lessons from existing operations.
- Hover fill 10,000 litres with a on board retardant tank and mixing capability
- 15,000 litres capacity operating out of unpaved 800 m runway or skim pickup @ 30 knots
- 5-hour mission duration
- Adaptive drop profiles, multi salvo drops
- Drop speed range from 20 knots to 180 knots
- Full NVIS / Synthetic vision systems and dynamic flight profile protection for 24 / 7 availability
- Transport and hover drop 10,000 litres of bulk fluids ( water or fuel) to support dozer operations or civil defence
- Transport and hover drop containerised ground support tools, equipment and life support supplies
- Transport and Hover drop Fire Protection shelters in support of ground crews
Sample Mission
For a sample mission, that involves fighting a fire in the Wabba Wilderness area Victoria Australia
One RFF15 can deliver 210,000 litres in a day
One RJ 85 can deliver 87,500 litres for same scenario
One S-64 / CH47 can deliver 130,000 litres for the same scenario
