Seabird Aviation Australia Pty Ltd (SEABIRD) has designed, developed and certificated the SB7L-360 Seeker-2 (SEEKER), a multi-role utility aircraft so as to achieve optimum effectiveness, performance and safety in low level observation tasks. A result of thousands of hours of tough military patrol, surveillance and training operations, the Australian designed and manufactured SEEKER is now available for commercial and private use. For commercial use, with operating costs a third that of the helicopter equivalent, the SEEKER provides an efficient and cost-effective alternative for power and pipeline inspection, coast watch, environmental and stock monitoring, aerial photography and security where VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) is not mission essential.

The Seeker’s visibility is unrivalled by any other fixed-wing aircraft and is superior to many helicopters. Traditionally helicopters have been utilised as a platform for Airborne Observation. Much of the Helicopter work takes place from conventional airfields, and requires neither hovering nor vertical flight at any stage of the mission merely slow, safe, stable flight, while affording the crew maximum visibility and protection. Seabird’s aim during the design and development of the Seeker was to provide from an airborne platform the ability to gather environmental, demographic, and security information reliably, more efficiently and cost effectively, with a greater degree of safety than current platforms.

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