US Coast Guard accepts another Minotaur HC-130J

摘要

The latest US Coast Guard Lockheed Martin HC-130J Super Hercules to be retrofitted with the Minotaur long-range surveillance system (serial number 2006) was delivered to Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina on November 16, 2018. Installation work was performed by L-3 Systems' Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division at Waco, Texas. The Minotaur mission system architecture integrates sensors, radar and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, enabling crews to gather and process surveillance information, which can be shared with other assets during a mission. Originally developed by the US Navy, the system is used by several US military and Department of Homeland Security platforms. The US Coast Guard is fitting the Minotaur system to its fixed-wing surveillance fleet, including HC-130J Hercules, HC-144 Ocean Sentry and HC-27J Spartan platforms.