Kufambira mberi kwechirongwa cheKC-46A
Yekutanga kutumira kunze KC-46A Pegasus ichaenda kuJapan Air Self-Defense Force. Motokari parizvino iri kuita bvunzo dzayo dzekutanga.
Musi waNovember 3, Dhipatimendi reDziviriro reUnited States rakazivisa kuti basa rine chokuita nepurogiramu yeKC-Y raizotanga zviri pamutemo gore rino, i.e. chechipiri chezvikamu zvitatu zvakarongwa kuti zvitsive boka rendege dzinowedzera mafuta dzinoshandiswa neU.S. Air Force. Zvinofadza kuti chirevo ichi chakaitwa apo Boeing 40 yakapa KC-46A Pegasus ndege yekugadzira kune mushandisi, i.e. motokari yakasarudzwa sechikamu chekutanga cheAmerican air tanker program, inozivikanwa seKC-X.
Zviziviso zvaNovember chikamu chepurojekiti yakakura yekuona zvidikanwi chaizvo uye sarudzo dzenguva, zvinotungamira kukuendesa kweKC-Y kutanga kunosvika 2028. Iri rinofanira kuve bhiriji pakati pezvazvino kugona uye chimiro chitsva chinofanira kubva kuchirongwa cheKS-S. Pamusoro pekutsiva iyo inotevera batch yeKC-135 Stratotankers, zvinogoneka kuti mutengi achada kutora mukana wekutenga anotsiva kune vashoma (58 muna Chikunguru 2020) asi inodiwa McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender. ndege, kubviswa kwayo kwatotanga. Dhipatimendi reDziviriro reUS rinewo ruzivo rwakawanda kubva kuchirongwa cheKC-X, icho, kunyangwe nekushandiswa kwezvinhu zvakawanda zvinoderedza njodzi - sekusarudzwa kweBoeing 767-200ER ndege inotakura vanhu sehwaro - ichiri kunonoka. uye Matambudziko ehunyanzvi.
Imwe yematambudziko anokosha nguva dzose inoramba iine hutsika husingagutsikani hweRVS (Remote Vision System), iyo chinhu chinokosha chekuoma-coupled refueling system.
Kunyangwe pakupera kwaGumiguru gore rino, mugadziri akaunza yataurwa pamusoro makumi mana serial KS-40A (kusanganisira yekutanga yechina yekugadzira akatevedzana), iyo yakaenda kune ese ari maviri ekudzidzisa uye anoshanda mayuniti, chirongwa ichi chichiri kuunza kurasikirwa kuBoeing. Zvinoenderana nezviziviso zvakatumirwa uye hurongwa hwakasanganisirwa muchibvumirano chekutanga cha46, yekupedzisira ye4 KS-2011A yakarongwa kutengwa yaizounzwa muna 179. Zvisinei, zvinofanira kucherechedzwa kuti pakupera kwaOctober 46 pakanga pane 2027. Zvakarayirwa pamutemo nekuvaka pasi pechibvumirano neUnited States Department of Defense. Sezvineiwo, mari iyo Boeing yaifanira kuisa mari mumakore achangopfuura mukubvisa zvakaonekwa zvikanganiso zvekugadzira, kuremara uye kudzoreredzwa kwendege dzakatovakwa zvakaenzana nehurongwa hwekutanga batch yendege, i.e. yakashandiswa kusvika zvino. Gore rino chete, pakati pezvakaonekwa matambudziko ehunyanzvi yaive nyaya yekudonha kwemafuta mitsara (ndege 2020 dzakatoendeswa, izvo zvaida kugadziriswa nekukurumidza, uye kushanda pazviri kwakaitwa naJune). Gore rapfuura, kusashanda zvakanaka kwezvikokovonho zvekutakura zvinhu zvakamanikidza kumisa ndege dzepallet, dambudziko rakagadziriswa muna Zvita 72. Iyo KC-4,7A Pegasus chirongwa chakaburitsa imwe $4,9 miriyoni, zvichienderana nekota yechitatu '16 zvinyorwa zvemari. kurasikirwa, kunyanya nekuda kwezvinhu zvekushanda, sekudzikira kwebasa regungano paModel 2019 mutsara (uko KC-2020 iri kuvakwa zvakare kusati kwave kutendeuka nekuiswa kwemidziyo yemishini) nekuda kweCOVID-46 denda. Uku kuenderera mberi kwekurasikirwa kubva muchikamu chechipiri, apo $67 mamiriyoni akaiswa nechikonzero chimwe chete. Maererano nevamiriri vekambani, pane mukana wekuti muna 767 chirongwa chinozopedzisira chatanga kuita purofiti. Nekudaro, tariro iyi inogona kuzununguswa kana denda riri muUnited States rikawedzera. Pasinei nenhamo, basa riri kuenderera mberi, uye munaSeptember 46th serial unit yakabudiswa kunze kwechitoro chegungano muEverett, Washington, nekuiswa kwemichina uye kutenderera kwakatevera kwekuedza. Ndichiri paBoeing Field padhuze neSeattle, chikamu cheKC-19A chinogona kuoneka chakamirira kupedzwa kuti chiendeswe kumutengi.
Parizvino, dambudziko guru uye risati ragadziriswa kusvika pari zvino inyaya yekupihwa zvitupa zvematangi ekuwedzera mafuta eWARP (Wing Air Refueling Pod), ayo anofanirwa kushandiswa kuwedzera mafuta, kusanganisira mota dzendege dzemugungwa nevamwe vanobatana. Chirongwa ichi chinofanira kupedzwa pakupera kwegore. Naizvozvo, KS-46A ichiripo
Shandisa chete ventral module ine flexible refueling hose, iyo inokubvumira kuti uwedzere motokari imwe chete. Chikonzero chechipiri chekunonoka ndeye RVS (Remote Vision System), iyo ine seti yemakamera akaiswa mumuswe weKC-46A, achitsiva hose opareta muKC-135. Ruzivo rusina chokwadi rwunopihwa mushandisi runogona kutungamira kune njodzi panguva yekuwedzera mafuta - anoendeswa kumberi kwefuselage, uye anotarisisa mamiriro ezvinhu pane monitors nekuda kweseti yemakamera uye mamwe ma sensors. Nechikonzero ichi, Boeing iri kushanda pakugadzirisa sisitimu - yekuyedza RVS 1.5.
yakatanga muna Chikumi wegore rino, uye kana US Air Force ikazviongorora zvakanaka uye pasina kupokana kubva kuCongress, kuiswa kwayo mundege kunogona kutanga muhafu yechipiri ya2021. kuvandudzwa kwesoftware yekudzora uye zvigadziriso zvidiki zvine chekuita nemidziyo inoshandiswa. Zvinonakidza kuti kugadziridzwa ndekwenguva pfupi, sezvo RVS vhezheni 2023 yakarongerwa kuiswa mukushanda muhafu yechipiri ye2.0. Izvi, zvakare, zvinogona kuita kuti zvikamu zvemitsara yeKS-46A zvibviswe kushanda mukati menguva pfupi kusvika kiyi yemidziyo yavo yatsiviwa kaviri. Nyaya iyi yakakoshawo kune zvikonzero zvekushanda; parizvino, iyo KS-46A inopihwa mabasa ekubatsira (sekupa ndege dzeakawanda-nzvimbo dzekurwisa ndege pakati pemabhesi), asi ivo havatsive iyo inonzi KS-135. mutsara wekutanga wekushanda (muenzaniso wakanakisisa ndeyeOctober special forces operation iyo yakadzinga mugari weAmerica akavharirwa muNigeria; KC-135 yakashandiswa kutsigira chikamu chendege).
