I've seen the article, S. Korea is buying them and upgrading them as part of their extension of blue-water operations. The same article also mentions they are looking small carriers along the lines of what Spain and Italy operate. New Harrier potential whifs?
And now Korea is getting them for real, not to mention that the US is revisiting it as a tanker or COD platform.Some of the banter around the Korean move has suggested it would be a good option for the RNZAF!
could also be a dron controller in its own right using the drone and an extension of themselves.
How about Boeing's joined wing concept http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/File:1998-10-05_-_Boeing_EX_Surveillance_System_Concept.jpg?Martin
Quote from: aerospacer on December 27, 2013, 12:29:01 AMHow about Boeing's joined wing concept http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/File:1998-10-05_-_Boeing_EX_Surveillance_System_Concept.jpg?MartinDefinitely on the cards - I plan to use a ES-3 as a starting point.
Jalopnik - US-3 Viking COD Lockheed proposes rebuild of the S-3 and it looks pretty much like I had imagined it should look with the main landing gear moved into sponsons on either side of the fuselage :)
So cool, hope it happens and that once the Viking is back in service someone clicks that it would still be a great ASW, ASuW, ISR and supplementary strike asset and swings a general return to service on the USNs now less crowded flight decks. Maybe a restart of production once they run out of stored airframes and marketed globally as a tactical transport, tanker, MPA, ISR etc.