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The first known photo has surfaced of Australia’s newest intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare aircraft, a highly modified version of the Gulfstream G550 business jet.
The aircraft, dubbed the MC-55A Peregrine by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), was spotted flying from Gulfstream's plant in Savannah, Georgia.
The airframe, configured with what have been described as "airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare" (AISREW) mission systems, bristles with antennas and has a recognizable belly “canoe” that contains additional sensors. A distinct green colour on the aircraft fuselage shows that it is not complete or, at the very least, it is not yet painted in its final colour.
Notable features of Australia’s unique configuration seen in the photo include a dorsally mounted satellite communications antenna farm and a large satcom antenna fairing on the top of the vertical stabilizer. It features a bulbous tail cone housing very similar to what is seen on the CAEW, and what looks like an integrated electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) turret below the tail, although that could also be another dome with some sort of emitter inside. On the bottom of the jet, we see a tell-tale antenna farm that is used for electronic and communications intelligence-gathering and communications relay work.
Simply put, the RAAF is becoming one of the most capable air arms when it comes to dominating the RF realm.
Aside from the MC-55 aircraft, the RAAF has also fielded the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. When you add these two airframes to Australia's fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-35As — which are capable of electronic attack and electronic intelligence collection platforms in their own right — as well as P-8 Poseidons, MQ-4C Tritons, and future loyal wingman drones that can carry their own electronic warfare packages, the RAAF is clearly positioning itself as one of the most electronically aware and combat-capable air arms on the planet.
The aircraft, dubbed the MC-55A Peregrine by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), was spotted flying from Gulfstream's plant in Savannah, Georgia.
The airframe, configured with what have been described as "airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare" (AISREW) mission systems, bristles with antennas and has a recognizable belly “canoe” that contains additional sensors. A distinct green colour on the aircraft fuselage shows that it is not complete or, at the very least, it is not yet painted in its final colour.
Notable features of Australia’s unique configuration seen in the photo include a dorsally mounted satellite communications antenna farm and a large satcom antenna fairing on the top of the vertical stabilizer. It features a bulbous tail cone housing very similar to what is seen on the CAEW, and what looks like an integrated electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) turret below the tail, although that could also be another dome with some sort of emitter inside. On the bottom of the jet, we see a tell-tale antenna farm that is used for electronic and communications intelligence-gathering and communications relay work.
Simply put, the RAAF is becoming one of the most capable air arms when it comes to dominating the RF realm.
Aside from the MC-55 aircraft, the RAAF has also fielded the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft. When you add these two airframes to Australia's fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-35As — which are capable of electronic attack and electronic intelligence collection platforms in their own right — as well as P-8 Poseidons, MQ-4C Tritons, and future loyal wingman drones that can carry their own electronic warfare packages, the RAAF is clearly positioning itself as one of the most electronically aware and combat-capable air arms on the planet.
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Soldiers from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, have joined their counterparts from the New Zealand Defence Force and the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia ( ) to conduct Exercise Tagato Toa.
The combined exercise aims to enhance security cooperation and interoperability through a series of training scenarios ranging from disaster relief and combat team activities.
The combined exercise aims to enhance security cooperation and interoperability through a series of training scenarios ranging from disaster relief and combat team activities.
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A Combat Controller from No. 4 Squadron jumps out of a from No. 37 Squadron C-130J Hercules aircraft over Mount Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory, during Exercise Diamond Storm 2022
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MARTAC T38 vessel operating un-crewed during experimentation activities conducted off the coast of Jervis Bay during Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2022. The T38 has a range of 500nm at normal cruising speed and can get up to 80 knots.. it can also operate in sea state 7.
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26 August 2020. A Royal Australian Navy Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk assigned to 816 Squadron takes off from the flight deck of HMAS Hobart (DDG 39) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020.
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July 2022. North-West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) (Reserves) Darwin Squadron soldiers, Private Peter Puruntatameri, left, Private Blake Carter and Private Misman Kris on a beach on Melville Island during a community engagement visit to the Tiwi Islands.
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