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US Air Force defines future stealth transport Aircraft
http://www.janes.com/aerospace/military/news/jdw/jdw050509_1_n.shtml
US wants to have Stealth Attacker AC + Stealth Bomber + Stealth Transporter Too what other to come may be Stealth UAV
By Michael Sirak JDW Staff Reporter
Washington, DC
The US Air Force is inching closer to developing a future stealthy transport aircraft for special operations forces now that the requirement has been approved by the US warfighter community.
The next major step is for the concept, dubbed the Advanced Special Operations Forces Air Mobility Platform (M-X), to undergo a senior-level Department of Defense (DoD) review to authorise Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to solicit industry teams to begin early developmental activities.
While the timetable for this review is not yet known and has taken a back seat to more pressing operational demands, AFSOC continues its preparations in co-ordination with other air force and DoD offices and has honed its vision of the aircraft, said Lieutenant Colonel Dave Shelikoff, AFSOC's chief of advanced technology planning.
The M-X is envisaged from 2018 as a vertical- or ultra-short- take-off and landing platform for clandestine transport of troops and supplies into and out of heavily defended hostile territory in all terrains and environmental conditions. The aircraft will augment, but not replace, AFSOC's fleet of MC-130 Combat Talon and CV-22 aircraft. Its agility and hard-to-detect infra-red, radar and acoustic signatures and low- probability-of-intercept communications signals will allow it to overcome sophisticated enemy sensors and surface-to-air missiles that might doom even upgraded MC-130s and CV-22s, the air force says.
Col Shelikoff told JDW that an analysis of alternatives completed in September 2004 points to an "advanced low-observable manned aircraft" as the most promising option.
http://www.janes.com/aerospace/military/news/jdw/jdw050509_1_n.shtml
US wants to have Stealth Attacker AC + Stealth Bomber + Stealth Transporter Too what other to come may be Stealth UAV
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