L-3 to convert Cessna 208B into ISR platforms for Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Philippines

North American Surveillance Systems and L-3 Communications Corp. have both been awarded separate contracts to modify Cessna 208B turboprop aircraft into intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms for Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Philippines.

Iraqi Air Force C-208
By Lieutenant Colonel Scott Voskovitch (Kirkuk Regional Air Base Public Affaris) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

L-3 was given $14 million for the production of equipment and spares while North American Surveillance Systems took home $39 for modification and integration of ISR capabilities into Cessna 208B aircraft. The latter is also required to provide training and field service representative support.