Will we get JDAMs?

[Flagrum]

I can't remember seeing anything in regards to if we will be able to load up and use JDAMs.

 

But I found out that the A1-AV8BB-NFM-000 is refering to JDAMs several times. For example, there are supposed to be additional parameters that can be entered (UFC/ODU) for JDAMs in the Target Data Block of a waypoint/markpoint.

 

So, will we going to get to utilize JDAMs eventually?

[drPhibes]

Will we get JDAMs?

 

Yes.

[Revelation]

Yes.

 

To add, once RAZBAM has coded and enables INS for the harrier, JDAMs will be possible. There is no timeline, just that it is planned.

[Kev2go]

To add, once RAZBAM has coded and enables INS for the harrier, JDAMs will be possible. There is no timeline, just that it is planned.

 

Jdams with legacy ins guidance? It means it won't be that accurate due to gps system being more accurate and being less prone to errors due to real l

Time updates of position

 

Is the na really stuck with just ins? 21st century av8bs don't have gps like the a10c or other updated 4th gen aircraft currently in service? I thought they did.

Edited December 20, 2017 by Kev2go

[drPhibes]

(...) I thought they did.

 

AFAIK they do. At least there are tons of references to GPS in the natops flight manual.

[Zeus67]

I can't remember seeing anything in regards to if we will be able to load up and use JDAMs.

 

But I found out that the A1-AV8BB-NFM-000 is refering to JDAMs several times. For example, there are supposed to be additional parameters that can be entered (UFC/ODU) for JDAMs in the Target Data Block of a waypoint/markpoint.

 

So, will we going to get to utilize JDAMs eventually?

 

Yes. As soon as ED finalizes GPS support for JDAMs.

[OStateBandit]

Yes, the Harriers have a GPS, called a MAGR, and have had it for quite some time; late-90s or early-2000s. It's ancient by commercial aviation standards. They are just now getting an upgrade to RNP/RNAV capability.

 

The Marine Aviation Plan is published every year and has some interesting details about what the Harrier (and entire Marine aviation fleet) is being upgraded with now, and the road map until their planned retirement in 2026; it's a big PDF.

 

http://www.aviation.marines.mil/Portals/11/2017%20MARINE%20AVIATIOIN%20PLAN.pdf

Edited December 21, 2017 by OStateBandit
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[Kev2go]

Yes, the Harriers have a GPS, called a MAGR, and have had it for quite some time; late-90s or early-2000s. It's ancient by commercial aviation standards. They are just now getting an upgrade to RNP/RNAV capability.

 

The Marine Aviation Plan is published every year and has some interesting details about what the Harrier (and entire Marine aviation fleet) is being upgraded with now, and the road map until their planned retirement in 2026; it's a big PDF.

 

http://www.aviation.marines.mil/Portals/11/2017%20MARINE%20AVIATIOIN%20PLAN.pdf

 

 

How does magr compare to the egi on the a10c?