Internationale MPA ontwikkelingen

[Parera]

Je kon er op wachten.

Interessante ontwikkeling die ook wel te verwachten was; niet enkel een MPA op basis van de A320. De A320M3 (modular multi-mission) kan naast de MPA uitvoering ook gekocht worden in airborne early warning, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and signals intelligence-gathering varianten. Dit zien we ook bij de P-8 waar ook andere varianten van zijn / komen. Zeer interessant voor Nederland als je het mij vraagt.

Wat een voordeel kan zijn is dat Airbus het project zelf ontwikkeld en dus niet afhankelijk gaat zijn van de Fransen en/of Duitsers mochten wij eerder opzoek zijn naar MPA's zullen ze waarschijnlijk eerder klaar zijn met de ontwikkeling dan dat die 2 landen zover zijn.

[StrataNL]

FARNBOROUGH: Airbus details maritime patrol plans for A320

Je kon er op wachten.

[Sparkplug]

FARNBOROUGH: Boeing sees sustained interest in P-8A Poseidon

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-boeing-sees-sustained-interest-in-p-8a-450215/

[Harald]

FARNBOROUGH: Airbus details maritime patrol plans for A320

Airbus Defence & Space is advancing plans to adapt the top-selling A320 for a broad range of military applications, with the need to replace ageing maritime patrol aircraft fleets in Europe driving early activities.

The company is using the Farnborough air show to outline the potential of its planned modular multi-mission product – dubbed the A320M3 – in roles that could also cover airborne early warning, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and signals intelligence-gathering.

A leading application could come via a Franco-German requirement to replace the nations' existing Dassault ATL-2 Atlantique and Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion platforms. The partners earlier this year confirmed their intention to pursue a future maritime airborne warfare system, to enter use from around 2035.

"We are at the beginning of understanding exactly what that common requirement could be, but believe we have a platform which can easily be turned into a system which can match it," says Airbus Defence & Space head of strategy Antoine Noguier. Beyond the needs of the European partners, he sees "a huge requirement with regard to replacing old maritime patrol aircraft", including those with other NATO nations.

"If you look at our portfolio, we have a very successful C295, which we turned into a very cheap, reliable multi-mission aircraft, and then we have the A330, which is a tanker but can do much more," Noguier says. "We have a gap in between, and we believe that the A320 can nicely fill this gap."

"In the past, we have been trying to promote the C295 maritime patrol aircraft in different parts of the world. Frequently, we come to the point where the C295's legs are too short: some nations need a bigger platform," says head of military aircraft Fernando Alonso. "Why not use the availability, reliability and simplicity of the A320 and build more capabilities on it?"

Internally funded design studies are under way and the company expects to receive its first financial backing soon from the French and German governments to advance the activity.

Alonso says Airbus is also assessing whether to best serve the market by offering new-build Neo aircraft, or offering conversions of second-hand airframes. Key questions facing the company include where to perform such modification work, and conducting design studies on integrating a bomb bay and other sensors onto the narrowbody.

The A320M3 will enter the market after Boeing's 737NG-based P-8A Poseidon. The maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare derivative has already entered use with the US Navy and Australian and Indian militaries, with other future operators to include New Zealand, Norway and the UK. An AEW version of the 737 has also been delivered to the air forces of Australia, South Korea and Turkey.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-airbus-details-maritime-patrol-plans-fo-450258/

[Parera]

Volgens mij geeft de dikke C-130 en C-27 transport romp teveel weerstand om een efficiënt lange afstands maritiem patrouillevliegtuig te zijn. Ook de vleugel is daar niet voor geoptimaliseerd.

Het werkt als tussen oplossing maar om nou C-130's aan te passen en dan te gebruiken tot je echte MPA komt is een duur grapje.
Dan zou ik eerder kiezen voor C-295 in MPA vorm en ze later ombouwen naar transport toestellen.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Volgens mij geeft de dikke C-130 en C-27 transport romp teveel weerstand om een efficiënt lange afstands maritiem patrouillevliegtuig te zijn. Ook de vleugel is daar niet voor geoptimaliseerd.

Volgens mij ook... de militaire variant van een burger oplossing is the way to go wvb MPA's.

[StrataNL]

Volgens mij geeft de dikke C-130 en C-27 transport romp teveel weerstand om een efficiënt lange afstands maritiem patrouillevliegtuig te zijn. Ook de vleugel is daar niet voor geoptimaliseerd.

[Sparkplug]

Purchase of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

https://www.defence.govt.nz/the-latest/story/purchase-of-four-boeing-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft

[Harald]

Balt Military Expo 2018: Leonardo Unveils MPA variant of the MC-27J ISR  (interessant)

At Balt Military Expo 2018, the naval defense exhibition currently held in Gdansk, Poland, Italian company Leonardo unveiled a scale model showing an MC-27J ISR aircraft configured as a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).

The scale model unveiled at the show is fitted with 2x MBDA MARTE ER anti-ship missiles for anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missions and two MU90 lightweight torpedoes for anti-submarie warfare (ASW).

The MC-27J is also fitted with sensors dedicated to MPA missions: an underbelly Seaspray 6500 radar, EO/IR system, SIGINT/COMINT antennas, a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) boom at the tail and 6x holes under the fuselage to deploy up to 60x sonobuoys.

According to company representatives at the show, with this configuration the MC-27J answers MPA requirements of several customers, including a potential need in Poland.

This MC-27J retains its mission kits/pallets features: With a modular roll-on/roll-off system approach, the mission kits are designed for minimal airframe modification and offer acquisition and operating costs significantly lower than a dedicated platform.

Company representatives stressed that the aircraft can be reconfigured in a matters of hours (not days) for different missions.

According to Leonardo, the C-27Jvariants grouped under the MC-27J name are designed to cope with the current and future operational scenarios, requiring a flexible, effective and efficient multi-mission aircraft, quickly reconfigurable thanks to modular roll-on/roll-off systems to be, from time to time, a C3-ISR (Command, Control, Communication, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), SIGINT (SIGnal INTelligence) or Fire Support asset.

Typical sensors and equipment which can be installed on the MC-27J in accordance with the specific customer requirements include:
• AESA Search radar, providing world classleading MP/SAR capabilities across maritime, overland and airborne domains.
• Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) system, in a stabilized platform.
• Electronic Support Measures (ESM) to detect, locate and identify radar emitting targets, essential for ISR and ELINT missions but also valuable in MP tasks, especially in hostile areas.
• Palletised, quickly removable Mission System to manage the sensors, analyze the gathered information and perform a true Data Fusion, providing both the operators and pilots with a detailed, real time overall tactical picture.
• Enhanced Communication System connected to the Mission System, including additional VUHF radios, data links and SATCOM capabilities.
• Gun Pallet: highly accurate gun mounted on a standard 463L pallet, able to fire through the LH rear door thanks to a specifically designed door
gun barrel interface plug.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2018/balt-military-expo-2018/6307-balt-military-expo-2018-leonardo-unveils-mpa-variant-of-the-mc-27j-isr.html

[Harald]

Gezien er nog geen Internationale MPA topic is en nu alles door elkaar in verschillende topics geplaatst wordt.
Daarom maar een nieuw verzamel topic gestart, zodat alle artikelen, verhalen, vragen e.d. hierin geplaatst kunnen worden welke betrekking hebben op Internationale maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) alsmede patrol aircraft of maritime reconnaissance vliegtuigen ontwikkelingen.