This week the trial of the five fighter jet launches candidates in Switzerland. For the audience there in the next few weeks much to see on the military airfield in Payerne, VD. For those responsible for the project, the testing is only a further step in the Evaluation.
Since the beginning of the year, the first offers for five aircraft. It is Eurofighter (Airbus, Germany), F/A-18 Super Hornet (Boeing, USA), Rafale (Dassault, France), F-35A (Lockheed Martin, USA) and Gripen E (Saab, Sweden). Complete the Audits to maintenance and logistics, and the testing of the aircraft in the Simulator.
In the Simulator can not be tested and validated, and the details of the manufacturer to the user interfaces, erprobbare maneuvers, or complex scenarios with multiple aircraft simulated. The Bernhard Berset, representing in the procurement project, the air force said, on Monday in front of the Federal house media. As a result, the number of in Switzerland flown missions could be greatly reduced.
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Certain information can only be collected on the Swiss sky. The performance of the Sensors in the Swiss topography. A Radar operating in the mountains is different than on the sea, said Berset. Is also verified the technical maturity of combat aircraft, to confirm the information provided by the manufacturer.
Finally done with all the fighter jet noise measurements in the area of the airfield. Overall, to be flown with each candidate eight missions, seven of which defined tasks are dedicated to. In the case of a Mission is a night mission. All the manufacturers have, with the exception of the weather, identical conditions.
Sharp shot. Also air shows are not planned. The noise pollution for the local Residents should be kept as low as possible, said Cédric Aufranc, which represents in the project the air force.
Swiss on-Board
The F-35 and the Gripen is only available as a single seater, with the rest of the aircraft, a Swiss Pilot, or engineer is usually on Board. According to the Aufranc the manufacturer to decide what maneuvers will be flown by the hosts.
however, It is not decisive whether it was himself on Board, said Berset. Crucial the records of the missions were. Even the flight characteristics to be witnesses in modern aircraft comparable.
The findings from the Tests are then incorporated, together with the information from the first quotes in the specialist reports to the candidate. The reports will also include information on the fleet size. This is not fixed yet. According to present plans 30 to 40 combat planes will be bought.
no comparison
In the current testing phase will be compared to the different planes to each other, such as a project Manager Darko Savic said. This is done only after the receipt of the second offer in mid-2020, in the framework of the evaluation report. On this Basis, the Federal Council wants to cases by the end of 2020 or early 2021 the types of decision.
First of all, the candidates on the Swiss sky thunder now. The flight and Ground tests will run until mid-June. For each of the five fighter jets a day of the visit is provided. (Dec/sda)
Created: 08.04.2019, 18:39 PM
