RNP demo at DCA
Bob Noel wrote:
Not a lot of USAF aircraft have RNP capabilities (especially RNP-1, RNP-0.3,
and RNP-0.1) yet. Perhaps the LTC was talking about present equippage
or very near-term.
C-5, KC-135, C-17 are all getting RNP capabilities.
C-130 development program for CNS/ATM, to include, RNP-4 and below,
has been delayed.
E-3 and E-8 will likely be upgraded
I was told by one of the avionics gurus I work with that the new
fighter, F-22 is it?...will do the full nine-yards, right out of the
box. I think that means autoflight roll-steering, RF legs, Baro VNAV,
and all the necessary redundancies to do the most demanding RNP approach
procedures.
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