![]() The OFT is a high-definition, seven-channel out-the-window visual system and six-degree-of-freedom motion platform to train pilots to fly the RC-135W aircraft. ![]() 元 Link in partnership with 元 Aerospace Systems delivered a new RealitySeven™-based Level D-equivalent Operational Flight Trainer (OFT), a flight deck simulator, to RAF Waddington in June 2018. ![]() Ministry of Defence (MOD) in collaboration with 元Harris Greenville, the prime systems integrator performs the up-gradation and periodic depot maintenance of RC-135V/W Rivet Joint fleet under the Airseeker Programme. The USAF commenced training the RAF’s No 51 squadron crew on the RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base as part of an agreement signed between the US Department of Defence and the UK Ministry of Defence in January 2011.Ī Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Nuclear Command and Control Network and Communication System was incorporated and demonstrated on a test version of an RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft in April 2011. The re-engine kits incorporate new engine struts and nacelle, structural fittings, wiring harnesses and hardware to upgrade the engines. Boeing received a $248m order from the USAF between 19 to build and install re-engine kits for 11 KC-135 and 11 RC-135 aircraft. It was also upgraded with a cockpit inertial navigational system as per the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. The aircraft was overhauled with significant changes to the airframe and engines in 2005. The ACC fleet is controlled by 55th Wing based at Offutt Air Force Base. The aircraft was initially assigned to Strategic Air Command (SAC) and later migrated to Air Combat Command (ACC) in 1992. The Boeing RC-135 was introduced in January 1964. RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft development The RAF temporarily borrowed the signals of USAF’s Rivet Joint aircraft from the USAF until the deliveries were completed. The aircraft became fully operational in February 2018. Deliveries began in November 2013 and completed in June 2017. On 19 March 2010, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) procured three RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft along with the associated ground systems to execute signal intelligence missions for the RAF. The range and service ceiling of RC-135W is 6,500km and 39,000ft, respectively. The maximum airspeed of the aircraft is 870km/h. The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint, also called Airseeker, is an advance version fitted with a sensor suite for tracking and identifying geo-locate signals within the electromagnetic spectrum. The RC-135U Combat Sent gathers ELINT data for use in the manufacture of advanced radar warning receivers, jammers, decoys, anti-radiation missiles and training simulators. The RC-135T trainer was built by removing the signal intelligence gear, refuelling boom and trapeze from the Rivet Dandy. The RC-135S Cobra Ball is an upgraded model of the Rivet Ball, fitted with electro optic sensors for monitoring ballistic missile flights at long range.
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