CMMA - replacing the CP140 Aurora

[ytz]

I really hope we exercise our options and maybe consider a top up order on the P-8 before it goes out of production. Our currently planned fleet and squadrons are small.

 

[YZT580]

Take out "100% Space based system"? You have no idea what that means. We're talking hundreds of satellites. Nobody is going to be able to take out all of that without causing Kessler Syndrome. Also it's.actually easier to replace a satellite than an E-7. This is not well understood. In a system like this they are continuously manufactured and have the ability to surge production to fill gaps. They will also have on-orbit spares.

I would still argue for the E-7 and I think some aspects of Golden Dome are nuts. But Space Based - MTI will definitely develop.



What does GPS jamming have to do with space based radar? GPS is easy to jam because the signal is weak. Space Based Radar is still radar. Jamming it is going to be closer to jamming a traditional radar than GPS.

I had this argument with Eurocontrol: the boffins assured me that GPS was failsafe and didn't need the redundancy of another system and actively sought to eliminate ILS and VOR systems. Guess what: they were wrong. I am not advocating for no space I am advocating for redundancy of systems.

 

[Rainbow1910]

The Globaleye has a thing on the roof that makes it hard to place a boom receptacle there. They could, in theory, have their own refuelling probe and do hose and drogue. I would feel so sorry for the pilots in that situation.

Fundamentally the Globaleye is just not well designed for Canada. It's well designed for Europe where an airfield with lots of gas is always 15 mins away and 360 coverage is irrelevant because you can fly patterns that always keep the giant migraine to the left or right of the aircraft.

I would prefer to just get E-7 however, it seems the political winds have basically mandated us into some kind of Global business jet based platform.

 

[Nvlgzr]

Well the bigger question is if Congress will accept that. I tend to doubt they will.

The E2 is slow and doesn’t have a 10th of the sensor capabilities of the E-7. While Space Based assets are nice, they have some vulnerabilities.

E2 also doesn’t have any range. It would require a dedicated tanker.