Aging Array of American Aircraft Attracting Attention. Try this quick tour to discover our time saving article tools. Sep 1. 5, 2. 01. 5 0. UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff. Latest update September 1. Boeing is expected to market a set of F 1. Air Force Association conference in Maryland next week. The plans are yet to be outlined fully by the company, which would double the carrying capacity of the F 1. AIM 1. 20. D medium range missile with the aircrafts Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system. B 5. 2H to 2. 03. The current US Air Force fleet, whose planes are more than 2. USAF history. It wont keep that title for very long. Many transport aircraft and aerial refueling tankers are more than 4. Since the price for next generation planes has risen faster than inflation, average aircraft age will climb even if the US military gets every plane it asks for in its future plans. Nor is the USA the only country facing this problem. As this dynamic plays out and average age continues to rise, addressing the issues related to aging aircraft becomes more and more important in order to maintain acceptable force numbers, readiness levels, and aircraft maintainability avoid squeezing out recapitalization budgets handle personnel turnover that becomes more and more damaging and keep maintenance costs in line, despite new technical problems that will present unforeseen difficulties. Like F 1. 5 fighters that are under flight restrictions due to structural fatigue concerns or grounded entirely. The biggest contracts arent always the ones deserving of the most attention. Enter the USAs Joint Council on Aging Aircraft JCAA, and initiatives like the Navys ASLS. Enter, too, DIDs Spotlight article. It seeks to place the situation and its effects in perspective, via background, contracts, and a research trove of articles that tap the expertise and observations of outside parties and senior sources within the US military. Contracts Key Events. Unless otherwise specified, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, MD manages these contracts. FY 2. 01. 0 2. 01. Older than my pilotclick to view fullSeptember 1. Boeing is expected to market a set of F 1. Air Force Fact Sheets. This database holds fact sheets on Air Force weapons, organizations, inventory, careers and equipment. Air Force fact sheets contain up to date. Air Force Association conference in Maryland next week. The plans are yet to be outlined fully by the company, which would double the carrying capacity of the F 1. AIM 1. 20. D medium range missile with the aircrafts Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system. Jan 1. 61. 3 BAE Aerospace Solutions in Fort Walton Beach, FL announces a 2. USAF contract for its web based AVCOM Advanced Component Obsolescence Management system that tracks and forecasts obsolete parts. Its a 1 year contract, with a 1 year option. AVCOMs database holds 1. The USAFs aircraft fleet will continue to see its average age rise, even if it gets every aircraft it wants. Many of its planes are now older than their pilots, and. The United States Air Force USAF is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services. The system is touted as being able to forecast when a part will become obsolete or too expensive, and then find suitable replacements from across the marketplace. Work will be managed at the Fort Walton Beach, FL facility, with additional work at Hill AFB, UT Tinker AFB, OK and Robins AFB, GA. Sept 2. 71. 2 BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services in Rockville, MD receives a 9. Aging Aircraft Program. Funds will be obligated on individual task orders as they are issued. Work will be performed in Rockville, MD 2. United States 8. September 2. US Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD issued the contract N0. D 0. 03. 8. Sept 2. Usaf Weapons File' title='2013 Usaf Weapons File' />F 1. Eagle Extensions Boeings F 1. Brad Jones says that the USAF has been pushing to delay fleet retirements, and has asked Boeing for help with estimates of what might be possible. Beauty And The Beast Film Online Hd more. The fighters original design service life was 8,0. F 1. 5s have flown more than 1. Jones says that Boeing is working on full scale fatigue test certifications, based on structural fatigue improvements, that could to push F 1. CD models to 1. 8,0. Up to 6,000 jihadists now fighting with al Qaeda groups July 2, 2013 Thousands of foreign terrorists traveled to Syria over the past several months to wage jihad, or. Flightglobal is the global aviation communitys primary source of news, data, insight, knowledge and expertise. We provide news, data, analytics and advisory. The Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor is a fifthgeneration, singleseat, twinengine, allweather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air. F22s, B52s Lead New Wave of Strikes Targeting Taliban Finances in Afghanistan The Air Forces most advanced fighter and its heaviest bomber flew a series of. EFHs and F 1. 5E models to 3. EHFs. This is an ambitious target, to say the least. Many USAF F 1. 5s are currently under peacetime maneuver limitations, and see the Nov 30. F 1. 5 that broke in two during its flight, grounding the F 1. A D fleet. A number of assumptions need to become clearer before the usefulness of these efforts can be fully assessed by outside observers, and a model isnt that same thing as real world performance. With so few F 2. As in service, and budget crunches coming, the USAF may feel that it has little choice. Defense Tech. Sept 2. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services in Rockville, MD receives a 9. US Navy, exercising an option for engineering, analytical, and manufacturing services to support various aging aircraft. Work will be performed in various locations throughout the United States 8. Rockville, MD 2. September 2. No funds will be obligated at time of award, they will be committed as needed. US Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD manages this contract N0. D 0. 03. 8. May 2. Rust never sleeps. Do. D Buzz reports a quote from the US House Armed Services Committee, in its FY 2. The Committee notes that it has yet to receive the congressionally directed report from the Director of Corrosion Policy and Oversight assessing the corrosion control lessons learned from the F 2. Raptor fleet which was grounded in February 2. F 3. 5 Joint Strike Fighter program. As Do. D Buzz notes Regardless of how lowly rust might seem at first glance, it is a huge problem for the military, costing about 2. According to the House Armed Services Committee, roughly 7 billion of that rust is preventable. So, the committee wants to substantially increase the budget of a little known Pentagon entity, the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight to 1. FY 2. 00. 4 2. 00. Me tooclick to view fullSept 1. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services in Rockville, MD received a 7. US Navy, exercising an option for engineering, analytical and manufacturing services to support various aging aircraft. Work will be performed in Rockville, MD 2. United States 8. September 2. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD manages this contract N0. D 0. 03. 8. June 80. L 3 Communications Command Control Systems and Software division announces a follow on contract from the U. S. Navy to support its Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance ASLS program. This 5 year contract consists of a base year plus 4 option years, with a total contract value of 4. L 3 will provide engineering and information services under this contract to manage the structural lives of the Navys fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The ASLS program is responsible for administering the US Navys Structural Appraisal of Fatigue Effects SAFE program, whose mission is to collect, process, and report fleet wide individual aircraft component structural usage and fatigue life information for U. S. Navy aircraft. SAFE findings are used to support aircraft retirement, acquisition, modification, and maintenance decisions. L 3 C2. S2 President John Medea adds thatThe monitoring of aircraft service life limits is increasingly significant as requirements for long term operational usage often exceed planned service life This program supports the Navys objective to further implement an aggressive service life management planOct 3. BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services in Rockville, MD received a 5. N0. 04. 21 0. 6 D 0. It exercises an option for engineering, analytical and manufacturing to support aging aircraft.