Boeing wins U.S. Navy airplane deal

http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/14/news/fortune500/boeing_contract.reut/ ^ | June 14, 2004 | cnn money

[Long Cut]

Daytona Beach. I wound up falling in love with that town. I'd live there till I die if I could.

I graduated with Comm. Inst./ Multi engine. Didn't have the $$$ to go on to the CFI program. Economics hit hard after graduation back then.

[Pukin Dog]

2.5 sec.

[Dead Dog]

Yah, that was a bad time for Aerospace.

[Dead Dog]

Damn! That's quick.

If my massively assumption ridden climb performance guess is right, you'd exceed the P-3's ROC in less then 1 second after pilot/computer reaction....if a 737 engine spools up at a similar rate.

[hosepipe]

Unmanned drones is the way to go on this. Lots of them.. Armed too.. Shooting down a drone would be a serious mistake, marks an area of concern.. Already have much of the technology needs refitting with new gizmo's..</p>
Can then have slow and low or fast and ordinance ridden.. or BOTH... Convert the P3's to AWACS type drone-o-mobiles. BUT military procurement don't like effective and cheap, they want expensive and looks dangerous..

[Rockpile]

It appears that Raytheon is the sub-contractor radar-wise. Obviously they aren't using the same system as the Australian AEWs that are going have that big antenna in front of the fin.

From Boeing's PR site.

" Northrop Grumman's Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector will provide the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor, the directional infrared countermeasures system, and the electronic support measures system. Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector, based in Reston, Va., will develop data links for MMA. The company's Integrated Systems sector, based in El Segundo, Calif., will support the mission planning effort.

Raytheon will provide an upgraded APS-137 Maritime Surveillance Radar and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) solutions. Raytheon is also offering its revolutionary GPS Anti-Jam, Integrated Friend or Foe, and Towed Decoy Self-Protection Suites, and the aircraft's Broadcast Info System (BIS) and secure UHF Satcom capability."

I think that Northrop's radar boys used to be Westinghouse and W. sold them to N-G. But I wouldn't testify to that :]

[Rockpile]

Pukin' Dog--dead dog--Long Cut. There's a Korean restaurant story in there somewhere :<}

But anyway,,,,Since Boeing is still churning out 737s like Keebler making cookies it sure seems to make more sense manufacturing-wise to go with them instead of the P7. Does Lockheed still even have the tooling for the P3s--{which was to be the base airframe, right}?

[Long Cut]

Ping! Our new steed makes the news...

[BobS]

Hey, thanks for the info. I am not driving down to El Segundo on a daily basis anytime soon. My boss is working on developing new satellite components for LF GPS. We have the satellite shelf. It's a pain in the ass and I have other things to occupy my time with like an anti-ballistic missile system which is in full production. Millimeter wave and so accurate it doesn't need an EXP payload!

After my 4th interview with Boeing in El Segundo, I put a smock on and toured the satellite construction building. There were 7 in various stages of assembly. I can identify every component on them, and the test equipment for electrical alignment. And what the techs were climbing around to achieve. The multiplexers and RF networks I didn't have time to get into, and wouldn't ask anyway.

I got hired. I quit my current job. My current job said "You're not going anywhere. We're giving you a big raise and you're staying right here!"

So I learned how to get a raise. But I need new challenges, so I'm looking. I know all about milliles and aircraft radar, TACAN, etc....

[Rockpile]

Well good work.

As far as the ABM goes, you mean they are FINALLY in production after what, three decades? Better late than never I reckon. It still amazes me that they could physically hit a target going that fast.

[BobS]

Extremely fast at very high frequency boresight. Kinetic energy alone destroys the target.

[quietolong]

Now! It's only a software rev away.