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$2bn to purchase 100 light attack armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft for carrying out asymmetric operations.
The LAAR programme, to be operational in 2013 – a year after the start of initial deliveries – will include propeller-driven aircraft, fitted with hardpoints for light support weapons.
The LAAR aircraft will carry a targeting pod and is capable of independently engaging targets to reduce the sensor-to-shooter timeline.
It will be procured under the OA-X programme and will operate as a forward air controller, with voice, video and data-links, and will reduce operating costs to nearly $1,000 per flying hour.
One or two podded 7.62mm mini-guns, two 500lb (227kg) guided-munitions, 2×0.75in rocket projectiles, and the AGM-114N Hellfire air-to-ground missile will be part of the air-to-ground weapons.
Once in use, the LAAR will operate from austere airfields on five-hour missions over distances of 900nm (1,667km) up to a ceiling of 30,000ft (9,144m).
In charge of the LAAR aircraft programme, the air combat command requires the first 24-aircraft squadron to be ready for combat within two years.
The first operator of the aircraft will be 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
DTN News: USAF Receives First Funding For LAAR Aircraft Programme
DTN News: USAF Receives First Funding For LAAR Aircraft Programme
*Source: DTN News / Defense Media
(NSI News Source Info) - December 14, 2009: The US Air Force has received initial funding of +aircraft.jpg)
$2bn to purchase 100 light attack armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft for carrying out asymmetric operations.
The LAAR programme, to be operational in 2013 – a year after the start of initial deliveries – will include propeller-driven aircraft, fitted with hardpoints for light support weapons.
The LAAR aircraft will carry a targeting pod and is capable of independently engaging targets to reduce the sensor-to-shooter timeline.
It will be procured under the OA-X programme and will operate as a forward air controller, with voice, video and data-links, and will reduce operating costs to nearly $1,000 per flying hour.
One or two podded 7.62mm mini-guns, two 500lb (227kg) guided-munitions, 2×0.75in rocket projectiles, and the AGM-114N Hellfire air-to-ground missile will be part of the air-to-ground weapons.
Once in use, the LAAR will operate from austere airfields on five-hour missions over distances of 900nm (1,667km) up to a ceiling of 30,000ft (9,144m).
In charge of the LAAR aircraft programme, the air combat command requires the first 24-aircraft squadron to be ready for combat within two years.
The first operator of the aircraft will be 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
$2bn to purchase 100 light attack armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft for carrying out asymmetric operations.
The LAAR programme, to be operational in 2013 – a year after the start of initial deliveries – will include propeller-driven aircraft, fitted with hardpoints for light support weapons.
The LAAR aircraft will carry a targeting pod and is capable of independently engaging targets to reduce the sensor-to-shooter timeline.
It will be procured under the OA-X programme and will operate as a forward air controller, with voice, video and data-links, and will reduce operating costs to nearly $1,000 per flying hour.
One or two podded 7.62mm mini-guns, two 500lb (227kg) guided-munitions, 2×0.75in rocket projectiles, and the AGM-114N Hellfire air-to-ground missile will be part of the air-to-ground weapons.
Once in use, the LAAR will operate from austere airfields on five-hour missions over distances of 900nm (1,667km) up to a ceiling of 30,000ft (9,144m).
In charge of the LAAR aircraft programme, the air combat command requires the first 24-aircraft squadron to be ready for combat within two years.
The first operator of the aircraft will be 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
On your the 4th paragraph, I think it suppose to be the 2.75inch rocket instead of the 0.75inch rocket.
ReplyDeleteUSAF Receives First Funding For LAAR Aircraft Programme
ReplyDeleteThe text says "2×0.75in"
or it could means also "2.75inch"
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