![]() The side panels and ramp are supplied by Canadair Limited. For ground loading and unloading the side panels of the rear fuselage are hinged for outward opening to provide wider access. There is also a rear loading ramp which forms the underside of the rear fuselage. Loading of the aircraft can be carried out by a straight-in loading into the front hold via the visor-type upward hinged nose and loading ramp under the flight deck. The rear section of the upper deck can be fitted with seating for 75 troops. Upper deckĪ rest area at the front of the upper deck provides accommodation for 15 people including the relief crew. The aircraft is flown by seven crew members: the pilot and co-pilot, two flight engineers and three loadmasters. LAIRCM is based on the AN/AAQ-24(V) NEMESIS and is being fitted to the USAF fleet of C-17 transport aircraft. In May 2005, the USAF awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide a large aircraft infrared countermeasures (LAIRCM) Lite system for a trial installation on a C-5 aircraft. “The C-5 transport aircraft is flown by seven crew members.” The first was delivered in October 2004, and installation had been completed on 42 of the 112 USAF C-5A/B aircraft by September 2008. A production contract for the first eight kits was issued in April 2003 and for the next 18 in January 2004. The first flight of the upgraded aircraft took place in December 2002. The contract is for the integration of new systems, which include: digital flight control system, seven 6in x 8in flat panel liquid crystal displays, 12-channel embedded global positioning system / inertial navigation system, multimode receivers for the communications suite that add Aero-1 satellite communications and HF datalink, TCAS (traffic alert and collision avoidance system) and enhanced ground proximity warning system.ĪMP also provided the avionics necessary to comply with the new international global air traffic management (GATM) requirements. In 1999 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics-Marietta were awarded a contract under the US Air Force AMP. C-5 avionics modernisation programme (AMP) The Air Force plans for Lockheed Martin include redelivery of 52 modified C-5Ms (49 C-5Bs, two C-5Cs, and one C-5A) by 2017. The redelivery of the first production of C-5M was in 2010 to Dover Air Force Base. Lockheed placed its first C-5 Galaxy aircraft into RERP production line in August 2009, the second in January 2010 and the third in June 2010.Īfter the completion of the changes, Lockheed Martin and the Air Force carry out operational check flights of the C-5M. The new engine with a FADEC III control system received US Federal Aviation Administration certification in September 2004. It is also fitted to commercial airliners such as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A310. The CF6-80-C2 engine produces more than 50,000lb of thrust, a 22% increase over the TF39 engines and is Stage III noise compliant. Under the US Air Force C-5 RERP, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company selected new engines, General Electric CF6-80-C2, and Goodrich Aerospace pylons for the aircraft. In September 2009, the test aircraft flown by a joint USAF and Lockheed Martin flight crew claimed 41 world aeronautical records in a single flight. The first contract is $299m worth of RERP production for nine aircraft, while the second contract is $25m worth of interim contractor support (ICS) for familiarisation and operational test and evaluation of the Super Galaxy. In February 2009, the USAF awarded two contracts worth $324m for the C-5M Super Galaxy programme. The first of three test aircraft was delivered to the USAF for operational test and evaluation in December 2008 and the remainder were delivered in February 2009. The second of three C-5M test aircraft made its first flight in November 2006 and the third (a modernised C-5A) in March 2007. In December 2001, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company was awarded a system development and demonstration (SDD) contract for the C-5 RERP, to apply the new systems to four C-5 aircraft by 2009.įirst flight of the C-5M, the designation given to aircraft upgraded under RERP and AMP, took place in June 2006. The second phase, the C-5 reliability enhancement and re-engining programme (RERP) is to upgrade the aircraft’s engines and pylons, as well as to improve reliability. The first phase of the upgrade is the avionics modernisation programme (AMP). The US Air Force initiated a comprehensive upgrade programme to ensure the capability of the C-5 fleet to at least 2040. The heavy logistic transport aircraft is of cantilever high-wing monoplane design with a fail-safe semi-monocoque aluminium alloy fuselage. The C-5B is capable of carrying a maximum payload up to 118,387kg to a range of 5,526km,which can be extended by in-flight refuelling.
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