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Subject:
RE:Boeing 737's and AAR
x-29/a-12
7/1/2004 12:53:12 AM
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I've worked on 737's at Boeing, S-2's, E-2's, and E-8's at Grumman. I'm familiar with the P-3 and the P-7. The 737 has the same cross section as the 707 which is the baseline for the E-6, E-8 and the E-3. Boeing could reuse a lot of the design work for the E-3, E-6 and borrow E-8 engineering from Northrop Grumman. I believe that the Navy has several 737's in service as advance navigation trainers as well. I think the commercial flight deck enhancements could really reduce flight crew work load.
I don't think Lockheed could effectively compete on redesigning the crew stations for the Orion 21. I think most of the cost of the aircraft would be adding avionics and operator stations. Lockheed would need Orion specific stuff while Boeing has a wealth of 707 derrivative stuff. In designing the E-8 JSTARS operator stations we looked at the E-6 stuff. Likewise the E-3.
To extend the range on a stock 737, you could make a number of mods to add extra fuel tanks. A standard 737 probably has a lot more potable water and waste storage tanks, than what is needed for the mission.
The CFM 56 probably makes it doable. The older engines wouldn't carry the day fuel and reliability wise.
Additionally, the 737 could be modified further to give the navy tanker capacity to replace the navy's KC-130's as well as some EW capability. |
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