{"id":176700,"date":"2018-08-14T05:53:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=176700"},"modified":"2018-08-14T05:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:55:32","slug":"sabir-help-ph-patrol-vast-maritime-territories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/14\/sabir-help-ph-patrol-vast-maritime-territories\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SABIR’ to help in PH patrol of vast maritime territories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“SABIR will be used for patrolling the West Philippine Sea, Philippine Rise and the Sulu Sea,” DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. (File photo: Delfin Lorenzana\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The US-donated “Special Airborne Mission Installation and Response System” (SABIR) will be used by the country in patrolling its vast maritime territories.<\/p>\n

This was bared by Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during the ceremonial acceptance, blessing and turned over of the above-mentioned equipment at the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Fixed Hangar, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“(SABIR will be used) for patrolling the West Philippine Sea, Philippine Rise and the Sulu Sea,” he added.<\/p>\n

The DND chief said that this equipment will help address the country’s surveillance gap and aid in the surveying of areas devastated by weather disturbances.<\/p>\n

“Also, we can use this for surveying devastated areas by typhoons, before and after, so that we can assess the damages,” he added.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana, however, clarified that the equipment will not be used everyday as other assets with ISR (intelligence, surveillance and recon) capabilities like the ScanEagles, Cessna 208Bs and TC-90s are also available.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if we will get some more but I think we only use this once in a while, maybe it’s not everyday we’ll use this because we have other assets like the (ScanEagle) drone, we have the (Cessna 208B) Caravan also and then we have the TC-90s of the Navy,” he added.<\/p>\n

SABIR is a “bolt-on, bolt-off” avionics module for the Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo plane which served as the Philippine Air Force’s main intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system.<\/p>\n

Installation of the above-mentioned equipment will upgrade the aircraft with advanced command-and-control, communications, computer, and surveillance capabilities without sacrificing the C-130’s primary function as a cargo plane.<\/p>\n

Its\u00a0equipment, training and transfer cost is worth PHP807 million.<\/p>\n

The SABIR\u00a0donation is part of the US Southeast Asia Maritime Security initiatives and granted to the PAF to beef up its maritime domain awareness, airborne command-and-control, counter-terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities.<\/p>\n

SABIR will be operated by the PAF’s 300th Air Intelligence and Security Wing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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