Diamond Aircraft successfully delivers the first DA62 MPP to the Centre for GIS, State of Qatar

Victory and success - Diamond Aircraft Industries teamed up with Khatib & Alami in a tender from the State of Qatar in 2021 for the delivery of one Special Mission Aircraft and won the bid. The aircraft has been handed over to CGIS, which is the official geospatial agency in the State of Qatar under the Ministry of Municipality. Diamond Aircraft showed once more its qualities with a delivery on time and a design, production and delivery time within 12 months after signature of the contract.

The aircraft comes with a state-of-the-art mission equipment suit from Riegl and Vexcel, which includes one Riegl laser scanner 780II-S in combination with one Vexcel Osprey 4.1 large format camera as well as a changeable option of the Vexcel Osprey camera with a Riegl 880-GII bathymetric sensor. All systems have been integrated and civil certified by Diamond Aircraft in Austria.

Benjamin Schuhmann, Sales Manager APAC & ME Diamond Aircraft Austria Special Mission Aircraft Division, commented: “It’s an honor for me to welcome another MPP customer from Qatar to the Diamond Aircraft Special Mission Aircraft Family. With a brand-new DA62 MPP, CGIS is now capable to collect all the required data with their own asset. The DA62 MPP has proved its value already to customers in Europe and Asia, therefore we are very proud to finally have the first DA62 MPP Survey Star in the Middle East, with Qatar as a forerunner for modern aerial mapping solution.” 

Like no other special mission aircraft supplier, Diamond Aircraft has taken its special mission concept into a 360° turnkey solution: one single point of contact. The special mission turnkey solutions comprise a cost-efficient fixed wing remote sensing Diamond Aircraft platform, airborne sensors, data-links, ground stations, global support, spare parts, tooling, transport as well as the corresponding pilot, operator and maintenance training.