Seriously. This, "But Wait, There's More" Crap has to stop. It does nothing but delay programs, increase prices and contractor profits, and get cushy jobs for retired generals.
The system is out of bloody control.
The system is out of bloody control.
US Navy requests enhanced P-8A
System upgrade announced before baseline design set
The US Navy is seeking funds to launch a major mission system upgrade to its future submarine-hunting fleet of Boeing P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft, even though the baseline design for the modified 737 airliner will not be finalised until late June.
The navy plans to conduct a week-long critical design review on the P-8A from 11 June, to enable Boeing to freeze its design and start building the first test aircraft before year-end, says Chuck Dabundo, the company's deputy programme manager. A one-week rehearsal conducted in mid-May went smoothly, he adds.
Meanwhile, the USN's fiscal year 2008 budget request includes funds to launch the first of several planned upgrade "spirals" aimed at keeping the P-8A fleet current with emerging threats. The Spiral 1 upgrade request introduces new multi-static software algorithms to improve onboard processing capability for the acoustic sensors that will hunt for submarines from 2015, says Capt Mike Moran, the navy's P-8A integrated product team leader.
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