swoop wrote:
Really a smaller fleet of 130J's (3?) coupled with 3-4 CASA-235's would be ideal.
Dont think that idea is going to make it past the front office, as to the best of my knowledge NZG has stipulated a capability of no less than equivalent current capability. If taken literally that means a minimum capabilty of 5X C130J. In addtion the NZG is exploring secondary role capability
The below is from the RFI's for the FAMC (Future Air Mobility Capability) and the FASC (Future Air Surveillance Capability) have been released via GETS. I don't have access to it below is from another source.
Secondary Roles
In addition to the FASC project, the NZDF is currently executing a Future Air Mobility Capability (FAMC) project, with Full Operating Capability (FOC) planned over the 2020-2023 timeframe. The NZDF is interested in identifying any possible synergies between the two projects including exploring opportunities for the FASC to provide Air Manoeuvre (AM) and Air Transport (AT) capabilities as a secondary role, as detailed below.
Air Manoeuvre (AM) refers to those operations, conducted principally within the land tactical battle-space, aimed at achieving decisive advantage through exploiting the third dimension. The components of (AM) that are of interest to the FASC project are:
Air Landing Operations: inserting ground forces using fixed-wing aircraft;
Airborne Operations: inserting initial entry forces by parachute.
The components of Air Transport (AT) that are of interest to the FASC project are:
Air Logistic Support (ALS): the ability to deploy, distribute or recover personnel, materiel or forces and provide special purpose airlift. ALS missions may be inter theatre or intra-theatre, and can use a traditional ‘hub and spoke’ logistics delivery model as well as providing direct access to smaller and/or austere airfields.
Aeromedical Evacuation (AE): the movement of patients under qualified medical supervision to, and between, medical treatment facilities by air transportation. The levels of dependency care are defined as:
o High Dependency - Patients who require intensive support during the flight. For example, patients requiring ventilation, monitoring of central venous pressure and cardiac monitoring. They may be unconscious or under general anaesthesia. These will be stretcher patients.
o Medium Dependency - Patients who, although not requiring intensive support, require regular, frequent monitoring and whose condition may deteriorate in flight. For example, patients who require a combination of oxygen administration, one or more intravenous infusions and multiple drains or catheters. These will be stretcher patients.
o Low Dependency - Patients whose condition is not expected to deteriorate during flight but who require nursing care of, for example, simple oxygen therapy, an intravenous infusion or a urinary catheter. This level of dependency will enable patients to be seated in standard passenger seats.
Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR): used to extend the range, on-task time, or payload
of receiver-capable aircraft.
To me that's written for a C17 C130J and KC-46 Pegasus, but with the failure to grab a C17 A400 is the next logical alternative that will give a majority of secondary roles
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