Mon, Feb 18, 2008
Air Force officials have announced
that officials in the office of the under secretary of Defense for
acquisition, technology and logistics have certified the C-5
Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program for 49 additional
aircraft.
The C-5s approved include 47 C-5Bs used for inter-theater
airlift and two C-5Cs used primarily for domestic missions
supporting the space program. Three C-5s already have been
modernized. The restructured program did not include the 62 C-5A
models.
Continuing the C-5B RERP allows Air Force people to modify
aircraft with better, newer structures with defensive systems at an
overall savings to the taxpayer. The overall objective of the RERP
is to improve C-5 fleet reliability, availability and aircraft
performance.
The program has been re-designated as an Acquisition Category 1D
and the Department of Defense will have executive oversight. All
C-5s are still programmed to receive the Avionics Modernization
Program (AMP) modification, which replaces obsolete navigation,
communication and surveillance equipment. AMP provides the digital
architecture backbone needed for RERP.
Projected RERP cost overruns led the Air Force to submit a
Nunn-McCurdy cost-breach declaration to Congress last year.
The C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability, provides
the Air Mobility Command airlift in support of United States
national defense. The C-5 can carry fully equipped combat-ready
military units to any point in the world on short notice and then
provide field support required to help sustain the fighting
force.
The Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world and the
largest airlifter in the Air Force inventory. It can carry more
than any other airlifter--36 standard pallets and up to 81 troops
simultaneously. The Galaxy also carries all of the Army's
air-transportable combat equipment from the United States to any
theater of combat on the globe. It can also carry outsize and
oversize cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in
relatively short distances.
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