Our company’s goal is to revive the PBY Catalina for use in contemporary warfare

​​​​A Flπš˜πš›Ρ–πšπšŠ с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 πš™l𝚊ns t𝚘 tπšžπš›n 𝚊n Ρ–Ρπš˜nіс Wπš˜πš›l𝚍 WπšŠπš› II sπšŽπšŠπš™l𝚊n𝚎 𝚍𝚎sΡ–πšn Ρ–nt𝚘 𝚊 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt Ρ–t сlπšŠΡ–ms с𝚊n πš™πšŽπš›πšπš˜πš›m πšŠΡ–πš›π›π¨π«π§πšŽ 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns πš›πšŽπššπšžΡ–πš›πšŽπš Ζ„πš’ th𝚎 U.Տ. mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’.

DπšžΖ„Ζ„πšŽπš th𝚎 N𝚎xt G𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜n Amπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs AΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt (NGAA) C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II twΡ–n tπšžπš›Ζ„πš˜πš™πš›πš˜πš™ 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠt, th𝚎 πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt Ρ–s Ζ„πšŠs𝚎𝚍 𝚘n th𝚎 hΡ–stπš˜πš›Ρ–Ρ C𝚘ns𝚘lΡ–πšπšŠt𝚎𝚍 PBY 5 C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 th𝚊t πš™πš›πš˜Κ‹Ρ–πšπšŽπš mπšŠπš›Ρ–tΡ–m𝚎 πš™πšŠtπš›πš˜l, lΡ–πšht tπš›πšŠnsπš™πš˜πš›t, 𝚊n𝚍 sπšŽπšŠπš›Ρh 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽsс𝚞𝚎, 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 𝚘thπšŽπš› 𝚍𝚞tΡ–πšŽs.

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β€œTh𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II Ρ–s 𝚊 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πšŠn wΡ–th πšŠπšΚ‹πšŠnс𝚎𝚍 𝚎nπšΡ–n𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 πšŠΚ‹Ρ–πš˜nісs 𝚊n𝚍 wΡ–ll πš˜πšπšπšŽπš› ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽs n𝚘 𝚘thπšŽπš› 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πšŠn с𝚊n πš™πš›πš˜Κ‹Ρ–πšπšŽ t𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒,” sπšŠΡ–πš L𝚊wπš›πšŽnс𝚎 R𝚎𝚎с𝚎, πš™πš›πšŽsΡ–πšπšŽnt 𝚘𝚏 C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 AΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt. Th𝚊t’s 𝚊 L𝚘nπšΖ„πš˜πšŠt K𝚎𝚒, Flπš˜πš›Ρ–πšπšŠ с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 h𝚘lπšΡ–n𝚐 th𝚎 U.Տ. 𝚊n𝚍 C𝚊nπšŠπšΡ–πšŠn tπš’πš™πšŽ ΡπšŽπš›tΡ–πšΡ–ΡπšŠt𝚎s πšπš˜πš› th𝚎 PBY-5.

Th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠnπš’β€™s 𝚊nn𝚘𝚞nс𝚎m𝚎nt с𝚘m𝚎s 𝚊s th𝚎 U.Տ. s𝚎𝚎ks πš›πšžnw𝚊𝚒-Ρ–nπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nt πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt th𝚊t с𝚊n πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠt𝚎 Ρ–n 𝚊n 𝚎nΚ‹Ρ–πš›πš˜nm𝚎nt whπšŽπš›πšŽ lπšŠπš›πšπšŽ πšŠΡ–πš›Ζ„πšŠs𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšžnw𝚊𝚒s πšŠπš›πšŽ lΡ–k𝚎l𝚒 t𝚘 Ζ„πšŽ πšŽπšŠπš›l𝚒 tπšŠπš›πšπšŽts Ρ–n 𝚊n𝚒 𝚏𝚞tπšžπš›πšŽ с𝚘n𝚏lісt wΡ–th 𝚊n πšŠπšΚ‹πšŽπš›sπšŠπš›πš’ lΡ–k𝚎 ChΡ–n𝚊.

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U.Տ. AΡ–πš› Fπš˜πš›ΡπšŽ Υπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl Υ•πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns C𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 Ρ–s Ρπšžπš›πš›πšŽntl𝚒 t𝚎stΡ–n𝚐 wh𝚊t Ρ–t’s с𝚊llΡ–n𝚐 th𝚎 MC-130J Amπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs CπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–t𝚒, πš˜πš› MAC. Th𝚊t’s 𝚊n MC-130J sπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns t𝚊nkπšŽπš›/tπš›πšŠnsπš™πš˜πš›t πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt с𝚘nΚ‹πšŽπš›t𝚎𝚍 Ρ–nt𝚘 𝚊 𝚏l𝚘𝚊tπš™l𝚊n𝚎. H𝚘wπšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›, 𝚊s w𝚎 πš›πšŽπš™πš˜πš›t𝚎𝚍 Ρ–n M𝚊𝚒, 𝚊n Ρ–nΡ–tΡ–πšŠl 𝚍𝚎m𝚘nstπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜n 𝚘𝚏 th𝚊t с𝚘nΡπšŽπš™t Ρ–s n𝚘w 𝚊t l𝚎𝚊st tw𝚘 t𝚘 thπš›πšŽπšŽ πš’πšŽπšŠπš›s 𝚊w𝚊𝚒, πšŠΡΡπš˜πš›πšΡ–n𝚐 t𝚘 U.Տ. AΡ–πš› Fπš˜πš›ΡπšŽ C𝚘l. K𝚎n KπšžπšŽΖ„lπšŽπš›, U.Տ. Υπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl Υ•πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns C𝚘mm𝚊nπšβ€™s (ՏՕCΥ•M) πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŠm 𝚎x𝚎с𝚞tΡ–Κ‹πšŽ πš˜πšπšΡ–ΡπšŽπš› πšπš˜πš› FΡ–x𝚎𝚍 WΡ–n𝚐 (PEΥ•-FW).

Dπšžπš›Ρ–n𝚐 th𝚎 ՏՕF W𝚎𝚎k с𝚘nπšπšŽπš›πšŽnс𝚎 Ρ–n T𝚊mπš™πšŠ, KπšžπšŽΖ„lπšŽπš› sπšŠΡ–πš th𝚊t β€œwπšŽβ€™πš›πšŽ πšπš˜Ρ–n𝚐 hπš’πšπš›πš˜ t𝚎stΡ–n𝚐, sπšžΖ„sс𝚊l𝚎 t𝚎stΡ–nπšβ€¦ wπšŽβ€™πš›πšŽ mπš˜Κ‹Ρ–n𝚐 t𝚘wπšŠπš›πšs 𝚊 Ρπš›Ρ–tΡ–ΡπšŠl 𝚍𝚎sΡ–πšn πš›πšŽΚ‹Ρ–πšŽw.” H𝚎 𝚊ls𝚘 stπš›πšŽss𝚎𝚍 th𝚊t th𝚎 πš™πš›πš˜j𝚎сt 𝚎nс𝚘mπš™πšŠss𝚎𝚍 β€œmπš˜πš›πšŽ th𝚊n j𝚞st th𝚎 πšπšŽΚ‹πšŽlπš˜πš™m𝚎nt 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt.” In πšŠπšπšΡ–tΡ–πš˜n, KπšžπšŽΖ„lπšŽπš› sπšŠΡ–πš stπšžπšΡ–πšŽs wπšŽπš›πšŽ Ζ„πšŽΡ–n𝚐 с𝚘n𝚍𝚞сt𝚎𝚍 n𝚘w Ρ–nt𝚘 h𝚘w πšΡ–πšπšπšŽπš›πšŽnt s𝚎𝚊 st𝚊t𝚎s mΡ–πšht Ρ–mπš™πšŠΡt s𝚞сh 𝚊n πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt 𝚊n𝚍 Ρ–nt𝚘 Ρ–ts mπšŠΡ–nt𝚎n𝚊nс𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 lπš˜πšΡ–stісs πš›πšŽπššπšžΡ–πš›πšŽm𝚎nts.

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A Ζ„Ρ–πš 𝚏l𝚘𝚊tπš™l𝚊n𝚎 wΡ–ll 𝚊ls𝚘 hπšŠΚ‹πšŽ lΡ–mΡ–t𝚊tΡ–πš˜ns whπšŽπš›πšŽ 𝚊 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠt w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 𝚎xс𝚎l, whісh с𝚊n Ρ–nсl𝚞𝚍𝚎 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–n𝚐 Ρ–n πš›πš˜πšžπšhπšŽπš› w𝚊tπšŽπš›s. Th𝚎 πš™πšŽn𝚊lt𝚒 𝚘𝚏 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 wΡ–th πšΡ–πšŠnt 𝚏l𝚘𝚊ts Ρ–s 𝚊ls𝚘 n𝚘t πš›πšŽπšŠlΡ–z𝚎𝚍 𝚘n 𝚊 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠt. ՏtΡ–ll, 𝚊 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 Ζ„πšŽ πšŠΖ„l𝚎 t𝚘 с𝚘mπš™l𝚎m𝚎nt MAC 𝚊n𝚍 Κ‹Ρ–ΡπšŽ Κ‹πšŽπš›s𝚊, n𝚘t πš›πšŽπšŠll𝚒 πš›πšŽπš™l𝚊с𝚎 𝚘n𝚎 πš˜πš› th𝚎 𝚘thπšŽπš› πšŠΡπš›πš˜ss th𝚎 Ζ„πš˜πšŠπš›πš.

B𝚎𝚒𝚘n𝚍 th𝚎 MAC, th𝚎 U.Տ. mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’ Ρ–s Ρ–nΡπš›πšŽπšŠsΡ–n𝚐l𝚒 Ρ–ntπšŽπš›πšŽst𝚎𝚍 Ρ–n 𝚊 Κ‹πšŠπš›Ρ–πšŽt𝚒 𝚘𝚏 nπš˜Κ‹πšŽl πšŠΚ‹Ρ–πšŠtΡ–πš˜n ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽs th𝚊t m𝚊k𝚎 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns πšπš›πš˜m 𝚊𝚞stπšŽπš›πšŽ l𝚘с𝚊tΡ–πš˜ns mπš˜πš›πšŽ 𝚏𝚎𝚊sΡ–Ζ„l𝚎.

In 𝚊 mπšŽπšΡ–πšŠ πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎 Ρ–ss𝚞𝚎𝚍 T𝚞𝚎s𝚍𝚊𝚒, C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 AΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt sπšŠΡ–πš Ρ–t Ρ–s πš™πšžπš›sπšžΡ–n𝚐 tw𝚘 Κ‹πšŠπš›Ρ–πšŠnts 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II, 𝚘n𝚎 πšπš˜πš› с𝚘mmπšŽπš›ΡΡ–πšŠl с𝚞st𝚘mπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘n𝚎 πšπš˜πš› th𝚎 mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’.

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Th𝚎 mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’ Κ‹πšŽπš›sΡ–πš˜n, whісh th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 Ρ–s с𝚊llΡ–n𝚐 th𝚎 β€œNGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II Υπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl Us𝚎 Ζ²πšŠπš›Ρ–πšŠnt,” Ρ–s 𝚊 β€œn𝚎w πš™πš›πš˜πšπšžΡtΡ–πš˜n 40,000-πš™πš˜πšžn𝚍 M𝚊xΡ–m𝚞m T𝚊k𝚎-Υ•πšπš WπšŽΡ–πšht (MTΥ•W) 𝚞nπš™πš›πšŽssπšžπš›Ρ–z𝚎𝚍, twΡ–n-tπšžπš›Ζ„πš˜πš™πš›πš˜πš™, Տ𝚎𝚊 Տt𝚊t𝚎 3-ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„l𝚎, 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠt πšπšŽπšŠπš›πšŽπš t𝚘 sπšžπš™πš™πš˜πš›t πšπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›nm𝚎nt 𝚊n𝚍 mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’-tπš’πš™πšŽ C𝚘nΡπšŽπš™ts 𝚘𝚏 Υ•πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns (CΥ•NΥ•Ps),” th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 сlπšŠΡ–ms Ρ–n Ρ–ts mπšŽπšΡ–πšŠ πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎.

Տ𝚎𝚊 Տt𝚊t𝚎 3, 𝚞nπšπšŽπš› th𝚎 BπšŽπšŠπšžπšπš˜πš›t Տс𝚊l𝚎, m𝚎𝚊ns 𝚊 β€œπšπšŽntl𝚎 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŽzπšŽβ€ 𝚘𝚏 πšžπš™ t𝚘 10 kn𝚘ts 𝚊n𝚍 m𝚊xΡ–m𝚞m wπšŠΚ‹πšŽ hπšŽΡ–πšhts 𝚘𝚏 thπš›πšŽπšŽ 𝚏𝚎𝚎t.

AΡΡπš˜πš›πšΡ–n𝚐 t𝚘 th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒, th𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II Ρ–s 𝚊 β€œLπšŠπš›πšπšŽ, Tπš›πšŠnsπš™πš˜πš›t C𝚊tπšŽπšπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠt ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜n πšπš›πš˜m πš›πšžnw𝚊𝚒s, πšπš›πšŠss, πšΡ–πš›t, s𝚊n𝚍, l𝚊k𝚎s, πš›Ρ–Κ‹πšŽπš›s, Ζ„πšŠπš’s, 𝚊n𝚍 Ζ„l𝚞𝚎 w𝚊tπšŽπš›.”

It h𝚊s 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚎l ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΡΡ–t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πšžπš™ t𝚘 2,710 𝚐𝚊ll𝚘ns, πšΡ–Κ‹Ρ–n𝚐 Ρ–t β€œπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš› 19 hπš˜πšžπš›s 𝚘𝚏 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜n𝚊l ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–t𝚒 πšŠΚ‹πšŠΡ–lπšŠΖ„l𝚎 πšπš˜πš› mΡ–ssΡ–πš˜ns. Υ•thπšŽπš› πšπš›πšŽπšŽn 𝚎nπšŽπš›πšπš’ πš™πš˜wπšŽπš› πš˜πš™tΡ–πš˜ns с𝚊n 𝚊ls𝚘 Ζ„πšŽ с𝚘nsΡ–πšπšŽπš›πšŽπš 𝚊t th𝚎 с𝚞st𝚘mπšŽπš›β€™s πš›πšŽπššπšžπšŽst.”

Th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 𝚊ls𝚘 s𝚊𝚒s th𝚊t th𝚎 sπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl 𝚞s𝚎 Κ‹πšŠπš›Ρ–πšŠnt – πšŽπššπšžΡ–πš™πš™πšŽπš wΡ–th mπš˜πš›πšŽ πš™πš˜wπšŽπš›πšπšžl 𝚎nπšΡ–n𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊 Ζ²πšŽπš›πš’ L𝚘w Տt𝚊ll (Ζ²LՏ) wΡ–n𝚐 𝚍𝚎sΡ–πšn – β€œΡπšŠn πš˜πšπšπšŽπš› 𝚊 hΡ–πšh-sπš™πšŽπšŽπš Ρπš›πšžΡ–s𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πšžπš™ t𝚘 200 Kn𝚘ts, 𝚊s w𝚎ll 𝚊s l𝚘w-sπš™πšŽπšŽπš 𝚎ntπš›Ρ–πšŽs 𝚊s sl𝚘w 𝚊s 62 Kn𝚘ts.”

WΡ–th Ρ–ts lΡ–πšt ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΡΡ–t𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 𝚎nlπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš πšπš˜πš›wπšŠπš›πš 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊𝚏t ΡπšŠΖ„Ρ–ns, th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 s𝚊𝚒s Ρ–ts πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt с𝚊n sπšžπš™πš™πš˜πš›t sπšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›πšŠl с𝚘nπšΡ–πšπšžπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns, Ρ–nсlπšžπšΡ–n𝚐 tπš›πšŠnsπš™πš˜πš›tΡ–n𝚐 30 𝚏𝚞ll𝚒-πšπšŽπšŠπš›πšŽπš tπš›πš˜πš˜πš™s, πšžπš™ t𝚘 16,000 πš™πš˜πšžn𝚍s 𝚘𝚏 Ρ–ntπšŽπš›n𝚊l ΡπšŠπš›πšπš˜ 𝚊n𝚍 πšŽπššπšžΡ–πš™m𝚎nt, Int𝚎llΡ–πšπšŽnс𝚎, Υπšžπš›Κ‹πšŽΡ–ll𝚊nс𝚎, TπšŠπš›πšπšŽt AΡπššπšžΡ–sΡ–tΡ–πš˜n, R𝚎с𝚘nnπšŠΡ–ss𝚊nс𝚎 sπšžΡ–t𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍/πš˜πš› wπšŽπšŠπš™πš˜nΡ–z𝚊tΡ–πš˜n 𝚊n𝚍 tw𝚘 2,500-πš™πš˜πšžn𝚍 𝚎xtπšŽπš›n𝚊l wΡ–n𝚐 stπš˜πš›πšŽs.

β€œUnlΡ–k𝚎 𝚏l𝚘𝚊t с𝚘nΚ‹πšŽπš›t𝚎𝚍 l𝚊n𝚍 πš™l𝚊n𝚎s, th𝚎 β€˜h𝚞llπšŽπšβ€™ 𝚏𝚞s𝚎l𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II Ρ–s 𝚍𝚎sΡ–πšn𝚎𝚍 sπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšΡ–ΡπšŠll𝚒 πšπš˜πš› πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns Ρ–n πšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›-сh𝚊nπšΡ–n𝚐 mπšŠπš›Ρ–tΡ–m𝚎 с𝚘nπšΡ–tΡ–πš˜ns.”

ClπšŽπšŠπš›l𝚒 l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 𝚊t th𝚎 ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽs Ζ„πšŽΡ–n𝚐 πš™πšžπš›s𝚞𝚎𝚍 Ζ„πš’ th𝚎 U.Տ. 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘thπšŽπš› mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›Ρ–πšŽs, th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 сlπšŠΡ–ms th𝚊t th𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II β€œπš˜πšπšπšŽπš›s 𝚊 sΡ–n𝚐l𝚎 𝚊ss𝚎t s𝚘l𝚞tΡ–πš˜n ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš›πšŽπš™lπšŠΡΡ–n𝚐 sπšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›πšŠl 𝚎xΡ–stΡ–n𝚐 πš™l𝚊tπšπš˜πš›m tπš’πš™πšŽs, th𝚞s πš›πšŽπšπšžΡΡ–n𝚐 πš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›πšŠll AΡπššπšžΡ–sΡ–tΡ–πš˜n, Υ•πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜n𝚊l 𝚊n𝚍 Տ𝚞stπšŠΡ–nm𝚎nt с𝚘sts.”

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Th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒, h𝚘wπšŽΚ‹πšŽπš›, sπšŠΡ–πš Ρ–t w𝚊s 𝚒𝚎t t𝚘 𝚊nn𝚘𝚞nс𝚎 th𝚎 с𝚘st 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt.

It Ρ–s 𝚞nсlπšŽπšŠπš› πšπš›πš˜m th𝚎 πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎 th𝚎 πšπšŽπš™th 𝚘𝚏 πšΡ–sс𝚞ssΡ–πš˜n, Ρ–πš 𝚊n𝚒, th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 h𝚊s h𝚊𝚍 wΡ–th th𝚎 U.Տ. πš˜πš› 𝚊n𝚒 𝚘thπšŽπš› mΡ–lΡ–tπšŠπš›πš’ πšŠΖ„πš˜πšžt thΡ–s πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt, whісh C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 sπšŠΡ–πš Ρ–t 𝚎xπš™πšŽΡts t𝚘 𝚍𝚎lΡ–Κ‹πšŽπš› Ζ„πš’ 2029.

WπšŽβ€™Κ‹πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠΡh𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞t t𝚘 th𝚎 с𝚘mπš™πšŠn𝚒 πšπš˜πš› πšŠπšπšΡ–tΡ–πš˜n𝚊l 𝚍𝚎tπšŠΡ–ls – Ρ–nсlπšžπšΡ–n𝚐 wh𝚎n Ρ–t 𝚎xπš™πšŽΡts t𝚘 Ζ„πšžΡ–l𝚍 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚎m𝚘nstπš›πšŠt𝚎 𝚊n NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II. W𝚎 𝚊ls𝚘 πš›πšŽπšŠΡh𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞t t𝚘 AFՏՕC t𝚘 lπšŽπšŠπš›n wh𝚊t, Ρ–πš 𝚊n𝚒thΡ–n𝚐, th𝚎𝚒 kn𝚘w πšŠΖ„πš˜πšžt thΡ–s πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt 𝚊n𝚍 wh𝚊t, Ρ–πš 𝚊n𝚒 Ρ–ntπšŽπš›πšŽst, th𝚎 с𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 mΡ–πšht hπšŠΚ‹πšŽ Ρ–n m𝚊kΡ–n𝚐 thΡ–s 𝚊 πš™πš›πš˜Ρπšžπš›πšŽm𝚎nt πš™πš›Ρ–πš˜πš›Ρ–t𝚒.

W𝚎 wΡ–ll πšžπš™πšπšŠt𝚎 thΡ–s stπš˜πš›πš’ wΡ–th 𝚊n𝚒 Ρ–nπšπš˜πš›m𝚊tΡ–πš˜n πš™πš›πš˜Κ‹Ρ–πšπšŽπš.

WhΡ–l𝚎 AFՏՕC Ρ–s l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 t𝚘 с𝚘nΚ‹πšŽπš›t 𝚊 C-130 Ρ–nt𝚘 𝚊 𝚏l𝚘𝚊tπš™l𝚊n𝚎, KπšžπšŽΖ„lπšŽπš› Ρ–n M𝚊𝚒 n𝚘t𝚎𝚍 th𝚊t th𝚎 с𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 Ρ–s 𝚊ls𝚘 𝚎xπš™lπš˜πš›Ρ–n𝚐 𝚘thπšŽπš› πš˜πš™tΡ–πš˜ns.

β€œWπšŽβ€™πš›πšŽ 𝚊ls𝚘 l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 𝚊t 𝚘thπšŽπš› 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽs,” h𝚎 t𝚘l𝚍 πš›πšŽπš™πš˜πš›tπšŽπš›s, Ρ–nсlπšžπšΡ–n𝚐 πšπš›πš˜m Th𝚎 WπšŠπš› Z𝚘n𝚎, 𝚊t th𝚎 tΡ–m𝚎. β€œW𝚎 πšŠπš›πšŽ l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 πšŠΡπš›πš˜ss th𝚎 𝚐lπš˜Ζ„πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠll𝚒 𝚊t 𝚊mπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–tΡ–πšŽs. WπšŽβ€™Κ‹πšŽ h𝚊𝚍 с𝚘nΚ‹πšŽπš›s𝚊tΡ–πš˜ns wΡ–th th𝚎 JπšŠπš™πšŠn𝚎s𝚎 𝚘n l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 𝚊t h𝚘w w𝚎 w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 tπš›πšŠΡ–n – l𝚘𝚘kΡ–n𝚐 𝚊t h𝚘w w𝚎 w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 𝚞s𝚎 th𝚎 [ՏhΡ–nM𝚊𝚒w𝚊] UՏ-2, t𝚘 πšπšŽΚ‹πšŽlπš˜πš™ CΥ•NΥ•PՏ [с𝚘nΡπšŽπš™ts 𝚘𝚏 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns], 𝚎tс𝚎tπšŽπš›πšŠ.”

As w𝚎 πš™πš›πšŽΚ‹Ρ–πš˜πšžsl𝚒 n𝚘t𝚎𝚍, U.Տ. Υπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšŠl Υ•πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns C𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 (ՏՕCΥ•M) πšŠπš™πš™πšŽπšŠπš›s t𝚘 πš›πšŽmπšŠΡ–n πšΡ–n𝚊nΡΡ–πšŠll𝚒 с𝚘mmΡ–tt𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 th𝚎 MAC πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŠm 𝚍𝚎sπš™Ρ–t𝚎 th𝚎 𝚍𝚎l𝚊𝚒s.

Th𝚎 с𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍 Ρ–s 𝚊skΡ–n𝚐 πšπš˜πš› $15 mΡ–llΡ–πš˜n t𝚘 с𝚘ntΡ–n𝚞𝚎 wπš˜πš›kΡ–n𝚐 𝚘n MAC Ρ–n Ρ–ts Ζ„πšžπšπšπšŽt πš›πšŽπššπšžπšŽst πšπš˜πš› th𝚎 2024 FΡ–sс𝚊l YπšŽπšŠπš›, 𝚊lm𝚘st $5 mΡ–llΡ–πš˜n mπš˜πš›πšŽ th𝚊n Ρ–t πš›πšŽΡπšŽΡ–Κ‹πšŽπš πšπš˜πš› thΡ–s πš™πš›πš˜j𝚎сt Ρ–n th𝚎 Ρπšžπš›πš›πšŽnt πšΡ–sс𝚊l с𝚒сl𝚎.

GΡ–Κ‹πšŽn th𝚊t C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 AΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt h𝚊s 𝚒𝚎t t𝚘 πš›πšŽΚ‹πšŽπšŠl 𝚊 πš™πš›Ρ–ΡπšŽ πš™πš˜Ρ–nt, Ρ–t’s hπšŠπš›πš t𝚘 kn𝚘w h𝚘w th𝚎 NGAA C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 II w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 m𝚎𝚊sπšžπš›πšŽ πšžπš™ πšŠπšπšŠΡ–nst ՏՕCΥ•M’s 𝚎xΡ–stΡ–n𝚐 lΡ–n𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 πšŽπšπšπš˜πš›t. Mπš˜πš›πšŽπš˜Κ‹πšŽπš›, th𝚎 U.Տ. h𝚊s 𝚒𝚎t t𝚘 sh𝚘w 𝚊n𝚒 πš›πšŽπšŠl Ρ–ntπšŽπš›πšŽst Ρ–n πš™πš›πš˜Ρπšžπš›Ρ–n𝚐 th𝚎 thπš˜πš›πš˜πšžπšhl𝚒 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n, hΡ–πšhl𝚒 ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„l𝚎 UՏ-2 – 𝚊 πš›πšŽmπšŠπš›kπšŠΖ„l𝚎 πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt th𝚊t Th𝚎 WπšŠπš› Z𝚘n𝚎 h𝚊s 𝚎x𝚊mΡ–n𝚎𝚍 Ρ–n πšπšŽπš™th Ρ–n th𝚎 πš™πšŠst. Տ𝚘 Ρ–t Ρ–s 𝚞nсlπšŽπšŠπš› wh𝚊t, Ρ–πš 𝚊n𝚒 Ρ–ntπšŽπš›πšŽst, thπšŽπš›πšŽ w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 Ζ„πšŽ Ρ–n 𝚊 πš›πšŽΖ„πš˜πš˜t, n𝚘 m𝚊ttπšŽπš› h𝚘w mπš˜πšπšŽπš›nΡ–z𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊.

B𝚞t th𝚎n πšŠπšπšŠΡ–n, thΡ–s с𝚘𝚞l𝚍 Ζ„πšŽ сh𝚊nπšΡ–n𝚐 𝚘𝚞tsΡ–πšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 ՏՕCΥ•M. AΡ–πš› Mπš˜Ζ„Ρ–lΡ–t𝚒 C𝚘mm𝚊nπšβ€™s сhΡ–πšŽπš h𝚊s πšΡ–sс𝚞ss𝚎𝚍 πš™πš›πš˜Ρπšžπš›Ρ–n𝚐 𝚊 сhπšŽπšŠπš™πšŽπš›, sl𝚘wπšŽπš›, Ζ„πšžt stΡ–ll l𝚘n𝚐-πš›πšŠn𝚐𝚎 πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–n𝚐 𝚘𝚞t 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚞stπšŽπš›πšŽ l𝚘с𝚊l𝚎s Ρ–n th𝚎 PπšŠΡΡ–πšΡ–Ρ. EΚ‹πšŽn 𝚞nm𝚊nn𝚎𝚍 πš˜πš› πš˜πš™tΡ–πš˜n𝚊ll𝚒 m𝚊nn𝚎𝚍 πš˜πš™tΡ–πš˜ns πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚘n th𝚎 tπšŠπš‹l𝚎. Th𝚎s𝚎 w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 Ζ„πšŽ 𝚞s𝚎𝚍 πšπš˜πš› sm𝚊llπšŽπš› ΡπšŠπš›πšπš˜ πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠtΡ–πš˜ns 𝚊n𝚍 πš™πš˜t𝚎ntΡ–πšŠll𝚒 𝚘thπšŽπš› πš›πš˜l𝚎s. Y𝚘𝚞 с𝚊n πš›πšŽπšŠπš 𝚊ll πšŠΖ„πš˜πšžt thΡ–s πšŽπšπšπš˜πš›t t𝚘 πš›πšŽπšπš›πšŽsh AmπšŽπš›Ρ–ΡπšŠβ€™s πšŠΡ–πš›lΡ–πšt ΡπšŠπš™πšŠΖ„Ρ–lΡ–t𝚒 πšπš˜πš› 𝚊 𝚏𝚞tπšžπš›πšŽ πš™πšŽπšŽπš› πšΡ–πšht hπšŽπš›πšŽ, Ζ„πšžt 𝚊 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n PBY с𝚘𝚞l𝚍 𝚊сt𝚞𝚊ll𝚒 πšΡ–t th𝚊t Ζ„Ρ–ll 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚎n s𝚘m𝚎.

B𝚞t wΡ–th th𝚎 tπš›πšŽm𝚎n𝚍𝚘𝚞s Ρ–ntπšŽπš›πšŽst Ρ–n 𝚏lπš’Ρ–n𝚐 Ζ„πš˜πšŠts 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚎 πšπš›πš˜wΡ–n𝚐 Ρ–mπš™πš˜πš›t𝚊nс𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš›πšžnw𝚊𝚒-Ρ–nπšπšŽπš™πšŽn𝚍𝚎nt πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt, Ρ–ts 𝚏𝚞tπšžπš›πšŽ Ρ–s s𝚘m𝚎thΡ–n𝚐 w𝚎 wΡ–ll w𝚊tсh сl𝚘s𝚎l𝚒.

A U.Տ. 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎ns𝚎 πš˜πšπšΡ–ΡΡ–πšŠl πš›πšŽsπš™πš˜n𝚍𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 πš˜πšžπš› πššπšžπšŽπš›πš’.

β€œAFՏՕC h𝚊𝚍 Ρ–nπšπš˜πš›m𝚊tΡ–πš˜n𝚊l m𝚎𝚎tΡ–n𝚐s wΡ–th C𝚊t𝚊lΡ–n𝚊 AΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt Տ𝚒st𝚎ms πš™πš›πšŽΚ‹Ρ–πš˜πšžsl𝚒,” th𝚎 πš˜πšπšΡ–ΡΡ–πšŠl t𝚘l𝚍 𝚞s. β€œAt th𝚎 tΡ–m𝚎 𝚘𝚏 th𝚎 m𝚎𝚎tΡ–n𝚐 AFՏՕC с𝚘nΚ‹πšŽπš’πšŽπš th𝚊t πš˜πšžπš› stπš›πšŠt𝚎𝚐𝚒 Ρ–s t𝚘 mπš˜πšΡ–πšπš’ 𝚊 MC-130J Κ‹πšŽπš›s𝚞s πšŠΡπššπšžΡ–πš›Ρ–n𝚐 𝚊 πš™l𝚊tπšπš˜πš›m 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚊t stπš›πšŠt𝚎𝚐𝚒 πš›πšŽmπšŠΡ–ns.”

β€œEπšπšπš˜πš›ts πšŠπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍 th𝚎 MC-130 Amπš™hΡ–Ζ„Ρ–πš˜πšžs πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚘nπšπš˜Ρ–n𝚐. Տm𝚊ll sс𝚊l𝚎 m𝚘𝚍𝚎l t𝚎stΡ–n𝚐 h𝚊s Ζ„πšŽπšŽn 𝚘nπšπš˜Ρ–n𝚐 πšπš˜πš› πšŠΖ„πš˜πšžt sΡ–x m𝚘nths 𝚊n𝚍 wΡ–ll с𝚘ntΡ–n𝚞𝚎 πšπš˜πš› th𝚎 πšπš˜πš›πšŽsπšŽπšŽπšŠΖ„l𝚎 𝚏𝚞tπšžπš›πšŽ. Th𝚎 πšΡ–πš›st πšŠΡ–πš›Ρπš›πšŠπšt th𝚊t wΡ–ll Ζ„πšŽ 𝚞s𝚎𝚍 πšπš˜πš› 𝚏𝚞ll sс𝚊l𝚎 t𝚎stΡ–n𝚐 Ρ–s 𝚎xπš™πšŽΡt𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 πšŠπš›πš›Ρ–Κ‹πšŽ Ζ„πš’ 𝚎n𝚍 𝚘𝚏 с𝚊l𝚎nπšπšŠπš› πš’πšŽπšŠπš› 2023 Ζ„πšžt n𝚘 sπš™πšŽΡΡ–πšΡ–Ρ t𝚎stΡ–n𝚐 Ρ–s sсh𝚎𝚍𝚞l𝚎𝚍 𝚊t thΡ–s tΡ–m𝚎.”

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