TMPSYS HSV SWIFT
Mission Summary
- Validate the concept that a ship-based aerostat-mounted radar could be used to provide better detection of illicit trafficking. Deployment supported Operation Martillo to Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) in the Caribbean Sea
Operational Concept
- Radar detection of suspicious vessel
- HSV SWIFT maneuvers to allow EO/IR camera visual identification from aerostat or embarked UAV
- RHIB is launched and Law Enforcement detachment executes Right of Approach to inspect/apprehend