regarding wedgetail.
the first 2 are being assembled and integated in seattle,
boeing's plant. the first 2 are the test and initial examples.
once the first two have been completed, the others will be much
more straightforward, like car assembly, since the integration
problems would have been solved in the assembly of planes 1 and
2
http://integrator.hanscom.af.mil/2007/May/05102007/05102007-21.htm
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Of Australia’s six Wedgetails being modified, work on the
first two is being conducted in Seattle, while modification of the
remaining four aircraft is being done by Boeing Australia at the
Royal Australian Air Force base at Amberley, Queensland.
It is the largest and most complex commercial-to-military aircraft
modification ever undertaken in Australia.
Aircraft No. 1 is in Seattle
and has been modified for upgrade with the mission system. U.S.
Federal Aviation Administration certification for the mission
system is the next plan, Dougherty said, with flight tests toward
that goal scheduled for the middle of this year.
Aircraft No. 2, which is the workhorse for the flight test program,
is primarily being used for maturation of the radar. No. 3
is at Amberley and has recently had the radar installed — “a
fantastic effort by Boeing Australia,” Dougherty
said.
No. 4 is also at Amberley and undergoing the structural
reinforcement work; No. 5 arrived in Australia in January ready for
modification, and the sixth and final aircraft is scheduled for
delivery to Australia in May, she said.
The Australian government says it has been working closely with
Boeing to understand what the latest delays mean for the country
operationally, and especially when crew training can start.
Australia had originally hoped to start training on the Wedgetail
simulator, installed at RAAF Base Williamtown, in July.
Customer acceptance of the first two aircraft isn’t planned until
March 2009, with the first two aircraft to form the basis for crew
training, Deeble said. Australia will declare initial operational
capability once the crews are trained, which is typically 18 months
after aircraft acceptance, he added.
and why oh why lionnoisy. cite the Australian minister calling
in MIT but dont even know why he call in MIT ?
he called in MIT because
“Senior military officers have admitted the prime
contractor, US giant Boeing, and its sub-contractors have no idea
how to fix the main problem – an unworkable radar system…
Air Vice-Marshal Deeble qualified his [2011-2012] timetable by
saying it depended on solving the technical issues with the MESA
radar built by US firm Northrop Grumman…. In a desperate
bid for answers, the Defence Materiel Organisation has contracted
the world-leading independent radar house MIT Lincoln Lab to
investigate. “That will be
important for us to understand the baseline performance and any
path forward for remediation of any shortfall of the
radar,” Air Vice-Marshal Deeble told the
Senate.”
so now you want to blame Australia and attack australia's
competency and defence industry because of an problems with the
MESA radar being built by northrop grumman ?
MIT was engaged to conduct an independent review of problems
with the radar and to explain it to the ADF. which is actually a
really smart thing to do. because if ADF finds out that Boeing or
Northrop Grumman is screwing up or delaying the integreation
process out of their own incompetency, ADF stands to get
additional compensation on top of the 200 something million that
boeing has paid them.
note the part about DSTO having evaluated the MESA's radar
performance up to contract signing
DSTO worked closely in the program prior to contract
signature, at the point in time that the requirements were
developed, and has been engaged in the program sets
which leads to the following conclusion
(i) MESA radar performance not up to contract requirements set
by DSTO
(ii) integreation issues by contractor, BOEING, Northorp grumman
and BOEING australia
(iii) MIT's role is to investigate and find out why is the MESA
radar not performing up to requirements and who or
what is causing the fall in performance.
please learn to read
the the article first. It is questioning the efficiency of the
integreation process and how it might delay the delivery of the
aircraft and affect the radar's performance
LOL. SELF-PWNED +1
oh yeah, collins class sub. dont worry. collins class sub is
operational. i cant figure out why only you cant get it.
everyone else does.
you want to quibble over semantics ? over operational release ?
FYI, Collins class has been in service since the 1990s and you know
that link you provided is the shipyard that produced the collins
class right ?
i guess it would be just atypical of you to conveniently leave
this out :
The sixth Collins Class submarine - HMAS Rankin - was
delivered to the RAN on 26 March 2003. This marked the end of
ASC's Submarine Build contract for the Collins Class.
cant see the connection ? RAN commission the last sub in 26
march 2003. with about 1 year for the ship to pass initial
operating tests , criteria and familiarization for the crew before
the boat can be considered operationally ready.
which is why RAN can declare that ASC is operationally
release on the 4 march 2004?
are you that stupid that you cant rationalize ?
they still have the concept of IOC and FOC.Dunt tell me Oz
Navy
drop these concepts.So what is the fxxxing
‘operational
release’?
cannot rationalize so must use vulgarities like this ?
please lah, dont mock our collective intelligence with your
phathetic attempts to smoke us here ? if you want to do, at least
put in some effort.
IOC = weapon induction phase
FOC = what ? FREE OF CHARGE ? LOL... using acronymns without
knowing ?
their FXXXING operational release (quoting you here) means, ASC
has completed the contract for the collins class and is released
from any liabilities ensuing or related to the production of the
collins class boats.
it is the MANUFACTRER being officialy told by RAN that its
released from liability in relation to its duties specified in the
collins class contract.
in any case lionnoisy. sadly, this is another case of clear and
transparent country bashing. its a new year. make a fresh
start.
stop you Oz bashing nonsense if not i will collect and take
record of all your Oz bashing post and send in letters and write in
to the newspapers to make public your stupidity and bigotry.
your skin too thick here to be shamed, never mind about that, i
can understand that. but if you want to be nationally humiliated. i
am pretty obliging. so are the local MEDIA.
