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- Source :
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Aviation Week & Space Technology . 6/13/2005, Vol. 162 Issue 24, p126-128. 2p. 2 Color Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The article reports that Raytheon Aircraft Co.'s Flight Test Operations has some exotic distinctions, including flying the world's last squadron of Douglas A-3 Skywarrior bombers and a DC-10 with an open port for sensor observation that is believed to be the largest in the world on a currently flying aircraft. The DC-10, called the Widebody Airborne Sensor Platform aircraft, was located, modified and flown by Raytheon for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Its most recent mission, supporting Aegis ship-based ballistic missile tests, was to record the launch of ballistic missiles targets dropped by parachute from the back of a cargo aircraft.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00052175
- Volume :
- 162
- Issue :
- 24
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 17407475