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Amst Awaits a Better Day:
Now well and truly killed by the CX project-to-be, the AMST twins, the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell Douglas YC-15 have been de- . engined and stored at Davis Mothan.
Objective of the six-month demonstration program is to provide early confirmation of the MRASM’s ship and aircraft compatibility. The tests will be concluded with the catapult launch of a Navy attack aircraft with an MRASM installed on its wing pylon.
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense announced that the MRASM will use the basic Tomahawk cruise missile design to meet joint Navy/Air Force requirements for a medium-range air-to-surface weapon system. The MRASM would be an extremely accurate, non-nuclear, tactical missile with a maximum operational range of about 300 miles.
When used aboard carriers of the fleet, it could be launched from navy attack aircraft such as the A·6 In· truder and the A·18 Hornet. Candidate launch aircraft for the Air Force include the B-52 as well as several tactical fighter aircraft such as the F-16 and F-111.
The demonstration will make maximum use of fleet personnel and involves loading, handling and storage tests of the MRASM aboard an aircraft carrier, catapult and arrestment tests at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md. , with an MRASM mounted on the wing pylon of an A·6, and at-sea catapult launch of the aircraft and missile from the USS Kitty Hawk.
In one of the tests at Patuxent River, an instrumented MRASM air vehicle on an A·6 will be used to measure environments and loads imposed during catapult and arrestment flight operations.
The Tomahawk cruise missile, from which the MRASM is derived, has been under development at Convair since 1972. The company recently received its first production contract for the Navy Tomahawk sea-launch cruise missile and is the prime contractor for the Tomahawk ground-launched cruise missile for the air force
AADR has just completed a North American visit which took in the vast aircraft storage facility at Davis Monthan and we will be bringing our readers a multi-page pictorial on this fascinating base in the December edition.
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