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Orel escribió:Y tanto. El KC-46... y el 787, y el 737MAX, y ahora el problema del 777... Desde luego, a Boeing le crecen los enanos.

El 1 de marzo de 2021, todos los activos de transporte aéreo de Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Real Fuerza Aérea de los Países Bajos) se combinaron oficialmente dentro de un nuevo comando de la organización de defensa holandesa, el Comando de Movilidad Aérea (AMC).

No solo maneja todas las tareas de transporte dentro de KLu, sino también las de los socios internacionales. Por esta razón, el Comando Europeo de Transporte Aéreo (EATC), la Unidad Multinacional MRTT (MMU) y el Centro de Coordinación de Movimientos de Europa (MCCE) se han convertido en una parte estructural del AMC.

Los otros tres nuevos comandos que se configurarán son el Comando de Combate Aéreo (ACC) y el Comando de Apoyo Aéreo (ASC). El ya existente Defense Helicopter Command (DHC) será rediseñado y luego se verá como un nuevo comando también. El ASC será responsable del soporte de los tres comandos.

el KC-46 se cae del concurso canadiense (no cumple requisitos), por lo que quedaría solo el A330 MRTT:

UK demonstrates future airborne communications node on Voyager
15 March 2021

The Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) has tested an airborne communications node update applied to an A330 Voyager multi-role tanker transport (MRTT).
Named Babel Fish 7, the trials activity demonstrated the use of a Nexus data platform and Raven virtual communications node to deliver “a combined intelligence picture of hitherto unrivalled detail in near real-time”, the service says.

Airbus and Voyager service provider AirTanker jointly funded a satellite communication system upgrade on one A330, “enabling the aircraft to act as an airborne communications node whilst concurrently operating its air-to-air refuelling tasks”.

“The RCO hand-carried its deployable systems on board and connected into the new satellite communications feed, demonstrating a real-time common operational picture, within just a few minutes,” the RAF says. The trial was intended “to show how the system worked in the most demanding environments, proving that if it is feasible to configure a new information advantage system at 25,000ft”, it adds.

Such a multi-domain capability will be required to provide a so-called combat cloud infrastructure to support the UK’s future combat air system, including a Tempest fighter due to enter operational use by 2035.
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“This new system enables intelligence to be drawn from a variety of sources, whether it be from space, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, a ship at sea or land-based system,” the RAF says. The updated equipment fitted on the Voyager “has been fully certified and remains on the aircraft, available for future operational use when required”, it adds.

The RAF has conducted multiple Babel Fish-series trials over the last several years, with the work also having explored enhanced secure communication links between the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35B.

https://www.flightglobal.com/uk-demonst ... 93.article