Resumen de Improvments the role of maritime intellegence gathering for supporting Indonesia naval operation
Technological advances have significantly improved the capabilities of maritime reconnaissance ele-ments. Aircraft are commonly used as surveillance asset which are commonly referred to as MaritimePatrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA). In peacetime, air reconnaissance elements are used foraerial photography to support widely range of users both civil and military. Indonesia as the largestarchipelagic nation needs to secure the integrity of its territorial by sea power using a fleet of Indonesianwarships (KRI) and aircraft owned by the Navy by means of a well-planned and coordinated maritimeoperation. The CN 235 MPRA aircraft is manufactured by PT DI and is a twin-engine medium-rangeaircraft that has been developed from its predecessor. The methodology used in this research is adescriptive-analysis approach using qualitative analysis. The subject of this research is 800 Squadron800 (CN 235 MPA) from Air Wing II (Puspenerbal). The results of the study found that the patternof operations conducted by the Indonesian Navy was considered to be ineffective and insufficient toanswer the challenges of an ever developing strategic environment in the region. The availability ofairframes and the Operational Readiness of the MPRA aircraft to support the MPR role in sufficientquantities has yet to reach its full potential. However, the presence of CN 235 MPRA with its manycapabilities can be expected to provide a technological bridge to cover the airframe availability gap
