Hello oldcpu. Some very interesting and thought-provoking questions on the RCD & CDN Baseline 10 variant along with L3 Harris & Star Shield SATCOMS. All I know for sure is that CEC will be included in the RCD program & L3 Harris will supply, and is the sole-sourced contractor for all RCD...
Hello oldcpu. If (and only if) Canada comes to it's senses and finally decides to join the US with a BMD capability, Aegis C2BMC would and should certainly follow. Does the RCD program already have this software package in anticipation of having both a CEC & BMD capability as with most AB'S? We...
Hello "oldcpu". I believe since GD is one of the partners with the Canadian RCD, the General Dynamics UYS 505 will be used and integrated into the CCS 330 system as per below:
https://gdmissionsystems.ca/products/underwater-warfare/sonobuoy-processing/sonobuoy-processor
Hello oldcpu. I have seen these videos before when investigating the LW 127/64 Vulcano gun for the CSC RCD fit. Looks like a good fit for our "new" RCDs! Cheers for this!
Hello "oldcpu". Yes indeed the Lockheed Martin/MDA Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) is based in the LM SPY 7 Radar Technology and is a massive undertaking by both LM/MDA & US. Although they do not say how many MRAs are in each 4-sided Phased Array Assembly blocks, each block is 60 feet by...
Hello 'oldcpu'. This is the first time I have heard that LM is developing a SPY 7 rotating SPY 7 configuration rather than fixed phased arrays. Everything I have read on the Lockheed Martin SPY 7 (V1, V2, & V3) from the beginning only mentions the fixed phased array systems. I would therefore...
Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)
SPY-7 vs RMAs for the CSC River Class Destroyer:
On the topic of the number of RMA in the different SPY-7 radar variants ...
I note a user by the name "Milspec_1967" wrote in a German language forum (German language reference...
Hello uçuyorum. Yes, you are quite right. That was the "plan" in the beginning, however, that was before we really "got to know" Lockheed Martin's SPY 7 characteristics and what it could actually do as an AESA radar having a "built in" TI so, no need for a separate X Band Target Illuminator for...
Hello again, "oldcpu". Hmmmmm. It would appear that even in the Quora article that even they do not really state where their "speculations" that Raytheon's SPY 6 (V1) is a much superior AESA radar vs Lockheed Martin's SPY 7 (V1, V2, V3). Power is power I guess when it comes to radar RMAs...
Hello "oldcpu". Don't know where "Milspec_1967" is getting his "unsubstantiated" info from, but if correct, it makes some sense as the CSC River Class Destroyers come on-stream. It was always about Canada's "destroyers" saving weight on the Integrated Mast of the River Class vs better ranges so...
Hello again "oldcpu". Yes, your are absolutely correct on all counts. The Lockheed Martin (LM) SPY 7s for the US and all three countries (including Canada) will use the "Integrated" LM Aegis Fire Control Loop (IAFCL) within each countries Combat Systems (CS) (CMS 330 for Canada). Yes, how many...
Hello "oldcpu". Yes, I saw those articles from LM on the SPY 7s as well. This is a very powerful and "scalable" radar that Canada is acquiring for the River Class Destroyer. The RCN insisted on this radar from the beginning. A great choice! LM also asserts that the SPY 7s will be even more...
It is an excellent & proven system "oldcpu" and will be a great addition , again, for the River Class Destroyers to combat any close range UAV attacks! It is not known yet what Laser systems the River Class will acquire for "future proofing":)
