Network enhancement for

Israeli air force's King Air

14 NOVEMBER, 2013

BY: ARIE EGOZI

TEL AVIV

Israel is equipping its air force's Beechcraft B200

Super King Air ("Zofit") reconnaissance aircraft
with the Globus moving map-based data
network system.

Previously installed on Israel's Boeing 707 and Lockheed Martin C-130

tankers, the equipment allows pilots to transfer digital data to the ground
and to other aircraft, and will improve the situational awareness of
crews, the commander of its Sde Dov air base told the Israeli air force
magazine. Used to perform optical reconnaissance plus
communications and electronic intelligence tasks, the Zofit unit is one of
the service's busiest squadrons.
In June, a prototype was installed on one of the air force's Zofit-3
aircraft, and series modifications are now under way.
The installation of the Globus system on the King Air is another step
towards Israel's creation of a networked system that will enable the
pilots of all types of aircraft to access the data that they require, without
the use of their radios.