Canada to Spend $5.0Bil on AEW Aircraft

[dimsum]

I think all new production is based on the Global 6500, which gains an extra 600 nm of range over the 6000 (6000 nm to 6600 nm) , if BBD marketing is to be believed. I believe the 7500/8000 are substantially different from the 6000/6500, so integrating that big old radar and other systems might be a substantial effort. But yes, a Global 8000 is reputed to have an 8000 nm range, so a substantial improvement. I wonder if this platform is able to accommodate two crews?

https://bombardier.com/en/aircraft/global-6500

Global 8000

The flagship for a new era

bombardier.com

I’m not sure if “sleeping on the plane while on mission” counts as crew rest.

 

[SupersonicMax]

I’m not sure if “sleeping on the plane while on mission” counts as crew rest.

It does in USAF fleets.

 

[dapaterson]

I’m not sure if “sleeping on the plane while on mission” counts as crew rest.

Sleeping at the shop counts as work hours for firefighters...

 

[ytz]

Time to upgrade the Global 6000 to a Global 8000?

Not worthwhile. There's various rules that get triggered when MTOW exceeds 100 000 lbs. Becomes a different category of aircraft. The Global 6500 has an MTOW of 99 500 lbs.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Here’s a graphic demonstrating the size difference when whipping out your Bombardier or Dassault GlobalEye…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811362478388867234

 

[ytz]

Here’s a graphic demonstrating the size difference when whipping out your Bombardier or Dassault GlobalEye…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811362478388867234

Falcon 10x is the same size as the Global 7500.

 

[dimsum]

It does in USAF fleets.

RIP folks who can’t fall asleep on aircraft

 

[Good2Golf]

RIP folks who can’t fall asleep on aircraft

Or potentially the other way around?

 

[SupersonicMax]

RIP folks who can’t fall asleep on aircraft

It is also done commercially with relief crew and crew rest compartments. A KC-46A flew for more than 40 hrs straight last week. Can’t do that without sleeping at some point.

From an article on the feat:

Real-time updates were crucial in achieving those goals, as the aircraft was often beyond radio contact for long stretches of the flight, Toth said. Two teams of four crew members, divided into ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams, alternated between flying and sleeping in cycles that shortened to match critical needs, such as flying over the ocean or during nighttime, according to Capt. Jacob Heyrend, Magellan’s flight surgeon.

 

[dapaterson]

It is also done commercially with relief crew and crew rest compartments. A KC-46A flew for more than 24 hrs straight last week. Can’t do that without sleeping at some point.

 

[SupersonicMax]

USAF pilots do use "go pills" but they don’t use them to fly for 24hrs straight.

 

[Zoomie]

Augmented crews permit a crew duty day of 24hrs in USAF. That’s how they takeoff in USA and land 17 hours later in UAE.

 

[Quirky]

Here’s a graphic demonstrating the size difference when whipping out your Bombardier or Dassault GlobalEye…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1811362478388867234

Looks like an aircraft with a thule roof rack.

 

[KevinB]

USAF and Boeing seem to have come to terms US Air Force, Boeing reach deal on prototype E-7

 

[dapaterson]

With the announcement of a 2% goal, I would not be surprised to see this accelerated.

 

[dimsum]

With the announcement of a 2% goal, I would not be surprised to see this accelerated.

Of course the obvious question is what sqn will be re-formed

 

[dapaterson]

Of course the obvious question is what sqn will be re-formed

We can repeat the Chinook "steal an Aussie sqn" tradition.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Of course the obvious question is what sqn will be re-formed

Surveillance Command will require a 500 series squadron number, their own buttons and badges, a separate (but quiet) band and a list of 5* hotels.

 

[dimsum]

Surveillance Command will require a 500 series squadron number, their own buttons and badges, a separate (but quiet) band and a list of 5* hotels.

I see no problem with any of this.

I also suggest Snuggies and no parades.

 

[Blackadder1916]

I also suggest Snuggies . . .