Ci gaban shirin KC-46A
Farkon fitarwa na KC-46A Pegasus zai je Rundunar Tsaron Kai na Japan. A halin yanzu dai motar tana yin gwajin kasa da kasa na farko.
A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka ta sanar da cewa za a fara aikin da ya shafi shirin KC-Y a hukumance a bana, watau. kashi na biyu cikin matakai uku da aka tsara na maye gurbin jiragen ruwan dakon jiragen sama da sojojin saman Amurka ke gudanarwa. Wani abin sha'awa shi ne, an yi wannan bayani ne a lokacin da Boeing 40 ya mika wa mai amfani da jirgin samfurin KC-46A Pegasus, wato. na'urar da aka zaɓa a matsayin ɓangare na farkon shirin Amurka don ƙirƙirar tankunan jiragen sama, wanda aka sani da KC-X.
Sanarwar watan Nuwamba wani bangare ne na babban aikin da ya kamata ya tantance ainihin bukatu da kuma tantance lokacin da za a yanke shawarar da ta dace, wanda zai kai ga isar da KC-Y tun daga shekarar 2028. Wannan ya kamata ya zama wani nau'i na gada tsakanin iyawar yanzu da sabon tsarin da ya kamata ya zama sakamakon shirin COP-S. Baya ga maye gurbin wani tsari na KC-135 Stratotankers, yana yiwuwa abokin ciniki zai so yin amfani da damar don siyan magaji ga kaɗan (58 a Yuli 2020), amma jirgin saman McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender da ake buƙata. wadanda tuni aka fara sallamar su. Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka kuma ta kasance mafi arha a cikin ƙwarewar da aka samu daga shirin KC-X, wanda, duk da amfani da abubuwa masu yawa waɗanda ke rage haɗari - alal misali, ta hanyar zabar fasinja Boeing 767-200ER jirgin sama a matsayin tushe. har yanzu ana fuskantar tsaiko da Matsalolin fasaha.
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan matsalolin kowane lokaci ya kasance rashin gamsuwa na RVS (Tsarin hangen nesa mai nisa), wanda shine muhimmin kashi na tsarin mai da aka haɗa.
Ko da yake a ƙarshen Oktoba na wannan shekara, masana'anta sun ba da samfurin 40 da aka ambata a sama KS-46A (ciki har da na farko na jerin shirye-shiryen 4th), wanda ya tafi duka horo da sassan aiki, shirin har yanzu yana kawo hasara ga Boeing. Dangane da sanarwar da aka gabatar da jadawalin da aka haɗa a cikin ainihin kwangilar 2011, ƙarshen 179 KS-46A da aka shirya don siye shine za a isar da shi a cikin 2027. Duk da haka, ya kamata a lura cewa a ƙarshen Oktoba 2020 akwai 72 daga cikinsu. Abin sha'awa shine, adadin da Boeing ya zuba jari a cikin 'yan shekarun nan don kawar da kurakuran ƙira da aka gano, lahani da maido da jirgin da aka riga aka gina ya yi daidai da tsari na rukunin farko na jirgin sama, watau. kashe har zuwa yanzu. A wannan shekarar kawai, daga cikin matsalolin fasaha da aka gano akwai batun kwararar layukan mai (an riga an isar da jiragen sama 4,7, wanda ke buƙatar gyara cikin gaggawa, kuma an gudanar da aikin a kan su a watan Yuni). A shekarar da ta gabata, ƙugiya masu ɗauke da kaya da suka lalace sun tilasta dakatar da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama, matsalar da aka warware ta ranar 4,9 ga Disamba. Shirin KC-16A Pegasus ya samar da wani dala miliyan 2019, bisa ga kwata na uku '2020 bayanan kudi. asara, galibi saboda abubuwan aiki, kamar raguwar saurin aikin taro akan layin Model 46 (inda kuma ana gina KC-67 kafin juyawa da shigar da kayan aiki don aikin) saboda COVID- 767 annoba. Wannan ci gaba ne na asara daga kwata na biyu, lokacin da aka sanya dala miliyan 46 saboda wannan dalili. A cewar wakilan kamfanin, akwai damar cewa a shekarar 19 shirin zai fara samun riba daga karshe. Koyaya, tabbas wannan kyakkyawan fata na iya girgiza idan barkewar cutar a Amurka ta kara tsananta. Duk da wahalhalun da ake ciki, ana ci gaba da aikin, kuma a cikin watan Satumba an fitar da rukunin na 155 daga shagon taron da ke Everett, Washington, tare da shigar da kayan aiki da kuma sake zagayowar gwaji. Har yanzu a Filin Boeing kusa da Seattle, ana iya ganin wani ɓangare na KC-2021A yana jiran kammalawa ga abokin ciniki.
A halin yanzu, babbar matsalar da har yanzu ba a warware ta ba ita ce batun ba da takardar sheda ta tankunan mai mai sassaucin ra’ayi WARP (Wing Air Refueling Pod), wadanda ya kamata a yi amfani da su wajen hakar mai, da suka hada da motocin jiragen ruwa na ruwa da wasu abokan hulda. Ya kamata a kammala wannan tsari a ƙarshen shekara. Saboda haka, KS-46A yana nan
Yi amfani da na'urar ventral kawai tare da bututun mai mai sassauƙa, wanda ke ba ka damar ƙara mai mota ɗaya kawai. Dalili na biyu na jinkiri shine tsarin RVS (tsarin hangen nesa mai nisa) mai haɗaɗɗiyar hoto, wanda ya ƙunshi saitin kyamarori da aka ɗora a sashin wutsiya na KC-46A wanda ke maye gurbin ma'aikacin bututun mai a cikin KC-135. Bayanan da ba daidai ba da aka ba wa mai aiki zai iya haifar da yanayi mai haɗari a lokacin aikin mai - an motsa shi zuwa gaban fuselage, kuma yana lura da halin da ake ciki a kan masu saka idanu godiya ga saitin kyamarori da sauran na'urori masu auna firikwensin. A saboda wannan dalili, Boeing yana aiki akan gyare-gyaren tsarin - gwajin RVS 1.5.
An fara shi ne a watan Yuni na wannan shekara, kuma idan har rundunar sojojin saman Amurka ta yi wani kyakkyawan kima, kuma babu wata adawa daga Majalisa, shigar da jiragen sama na iya farawa a rabin na biyu na 2021. inganta software na sarrafawa da ƙananan gyare-gyare masu alaƙa da na'urorin da aka yi amfani da su. Abin sha'awa, gyare-gyaren na ɗan lokaci ne, tunda a cikin rabin na biyu na 2023 an shirya gabatar da sigar RCS 2.0 don aiki. Wannan, bi da bi, na iya haifar da gaskiyar cewa wani ɓangare na KS-46A dole ne a cire shi daga sabis a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci har sai an maye gurbin wani muhimmin sashi na kayan aikin su sau biyu. Har ila yau, batun yana da mahimmanci don dalilai na aiki, a halin yanzu KS-46A an ba da shi ga ayyuka na taimako (kamar samar da jiragen yaki da yawa tsakanin sansanonin), amma ba su maye gurbin abin da ake kira KS-135 ba. layin farko na aiki (kyakkyawan misali shine aikin rundunar na musamman na watan Oktoba, wanda ya kwato wani Ba'amurke da aka tsare a Najeriya, KS-135 an yi amfani da shi a matsayin tallafi ga bangaren jiragen sama).
