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multi-role utility transport aircraft
Britten-Norman Defender is a transport, patrol, reconnaissance originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Britten-Norman.
United KingdomTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Transport, patrol, reconnaissance
United Kingdom
Britten-Norman
In service
May 1970
Britten-Norman Islander
2 (flight crew)
Up to 16 troops in transport role
12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)
16.15 m (53 ft 0 in)
4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
32.6 m 2 (351 sq ft)
8.0:1
NACA 23012
2,223 kg (4,900 lb) (empty equipped)
3,856 kg (8,500 lb)
1,131 L (299 US gal; 249 imp gal)
2 × Rolls-Royce 250 B17F turboprops , 300 kW (400 shp) each
326 km/h (203 mph, 176 kn) (Max cruise, at 3050 m (10000 ft))
280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn) (72% power, at 1525 m (5000 ft))
87 km/h (54 mph, 47 kn) (flaps down)
1,863 km (1,158 mi, 1,006 nmi) (VFR reserves)
8 hr 30 minutes
7,600 m (25,000 ft) (absolute ceiling)
6.4 m/s (1,250 ft/min)
565 m (1,854 ft)
589 m (1,932 ft)
is a multi-role utility transport aircraft
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Britten-Norman Defender equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
MoroccoReported count for Britten-Norman Defender. Service scope: Royal Moroccan Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 14. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.