kwaigonegin
Colonel
Just move all these big AWACS platforms to the 787 hull.. Problem solved!
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Just move all these big AWACS platforms to the 787 hull.. Problem solved!
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
E6B does the Navy version of the USAF E4B AKA Looking glass or TACAMO TAke Charge And Move Out. It's not an AEW it's a command platform. Originally the aim was to give that duty to the E10 but that was killed.
In the Event of Doomsday these were the birds where the last of the US Command and control would be housed.
kwaigonegin
Colonel
Like I said be it AWACS, jstars, AEW, looking glass etc they can all make use of the now proven 787 platform. I don't see why that can't be done for cross compatibility and cost sake.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
well for one thing the 787 is still new and more or less not ready for military transisions yet besides Boeing is banking on 737 next gens
Their bid JStars is the the P-8 AGS based on a hybrid of the Boeing 737-800 and 900 models, this has the advantage of already being in us Service as the USN P8.
and 737-700 series is in US service as the C40 A/B/C versions. so you have an established logistics train add to that that the Boeing 737-700 has the E-7 Wedgetail and I think you see where I am going. Although this would likely be a step down for the USAF as there current TACAMO was the E4B based on the 747-200 same model as they built the VC25A on ( Air Force One). of course the other current wide body could also fit the KC46 based on the Boeing 767-200. and again history has the E767 for the JASDF although those were built of spare E2 retrofits that no longer exist.
Their bid JStars is the the P-8 AGS based on a hybrid of the Boeing 737-800 and 900 models, this has the advantage of already being in us Service as the USN P8.
and 737-700 series is in US service as the C40 A/B/C versions. so you have an established logistics train add to that that the Boeing 737-700 has the E-7 Wedgetail and I think you see where I am going. Although this would likely be a step down for the USAF as there current TACAMO was the E4B based on the 747-200 same model as they built the VC25A on ( Air Force One). of course the other current wide body could also fit the KC46 based on the Boeing 767-200. and again history has the E767 for the JASDF although those were built of spare E2 retrofits that no longer exist.
Jura The idiot
General
now I read US House passes 2017 defense appropriations to uncertain prospects in Senate
just two sentences here: "Meanwhile, the clock is ticking. The current stopgap continuing resolution to fund the government runs out on April 28, and to avert a government shutdown Congress would have to pass appropriations or another extension."
just two sentences here: "Meanwhile, the clock is ticking. The current stopgap continuing resolution to fund the government runs out on April 28, and to avert a government shutdown Congress would have to pass appropriations or another extension."
Wow big PDF !
Lakota cheaper
a good helo for missions in CONUS replace UH-60 in Army National Guard right now 412 ordered 338 delivered also TH-67 to Ft Rucker for training, on GE u can see there 230 helos ! CH-47, AH-64, TH-67, Bell 206 and OH-58C !
a 13th San Antonio in this case the new variant.
AIRCRAFT: The measure would provide $1.1 billion for the purchase of 14 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, while Lockheed would receive $8.2 billion for 74 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 11 more than requested by the Pentagon. A Lockheed unit, Sikorsky, also would benefit from the measure, with $1.1 billion for 61 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Meanwhile, Boeing would also benefit from $774 million for 52 re-manufactured AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and $190 million for five new Apaches. The measure also includes $187 million for 28 Lakota light utility helicopters made by
SHIPS: The bill would provide $1.78 billion to accelerate the production of an additional LPD-17 amphibious ship made by ; would add $433 million for an additional DDG-51 destroyer made by General Dynamics Corp. and Huntington, and would add $475 million for a third Littoral Combat Ship not requested by the Navy. The LCS is built in two versions by teams led by Lockheed and In a nod to the Arctic-- a strategic region where the U.S. competes with Russia-- appropriators also included $150 million for the advance procurement of materials for an ice breaker. The ice breaker would be operated by the Coast Guard, which isn’t covered by the defense appropriations bill.
Lakota cheaper
a good helo for missions in CONUS replace UH-60 in Army National Guard right now 412 ordered 338 delivered also TH-67 to Ft Rucker for training, on GE u can see there 230 helos ! CH-47, AH-64, TH-67, Bell 206 and OH-58C !a 13th San Antonio in this case the new variant.
AIRCRAFT: The measure would provide $1.1 billion for the purchase of 14 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, while Lockheed would receive $8.2 billion for 74 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 11 more than requested by the Pentagon. A Lockheed unit, Sikorsky, also would benefit from the measure, with $1.1 billion for 61 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Meanwhile, Boeing would also benefit from $774 million for 52 re-manufactured AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and $190 million for five new Apaches. The measure also includes $187 million for 28 Lakota light utility helicopters made by
SHIPS: The bill would provide $1.78 billion to accelerate the production of an additional LPD-17 amphibious ship made by ; would add $433 million for an additional DDG-51 destroyer made by General Dynamics Corp. and Huntington, and would add $475 million for a third Littoral Combat Ship not requested by the Navy. The LCS is built in two versions by teams led by Lockheed and In a nod to the Arctic-- a strategic region where the U.S. competes with Russia-- appropriators also included $150 million for the advance procurement of materials for an ice breaker. The ice breaker would be operated by the Coast Guard, which isn’t covered by the defense appropriations bill.
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Blackstone
Brigadier