Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft

Description: The Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) is a modified Boeing 737-800ERX, bringing together a highly reliable airframe and high-bypass turbo fan jet engine with a fully connected, state-of-the-art open architecture mission system. This combination, coupled with next-generation sensors, will dramatically improve Anti-Submarine Warfare, or ASW, and Anti-Surface Warfare, or ASuW, capabilities.

Features:
• Open Mission System Architecture: reconfigurable and expandable system facilitating easier, more affordable upgrades.
• Sensors: Active multi-static and passive acoustic sensor system, inverse synthetic aperture / synthetic aperture radar, new electronic support measures system, new electro-optical / infrared sensor, magnetic anomaly detector.
• Nine-person crew: dual-pilot cockpit, five mission crew (plus relief pilot and In-flight technician). Workstations with universal multi-function displays, ready accommodation for additional workstation, workload sharing.
• Lethality: internal weapons bay, four wing pylons, two centerline hard points with digital stores management allowing for carriage of joint missiles, torpedoes and mines. Search stores: rotary reloadable sonobuoy launcher.
• Net Ready: Link-16, Internet Protocol, Common Data Link (CDL), FORCEnet.
• Performance based support/logistics with availability a key performance parameter.

Background: MMA will be a key component in the Navy’s Sea Power 21 Sea Shield concept by providing persistent Anti-Submarine and Anti-surface Warfare capabilities. MMA will also support portions of Sea Power 21’s Sea Strike doctrine through provisions of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. MMA will play a key role in the Navy’s FORCEnet architecture via development of the Common Undersea Picture (CUP). It is designed to replace the P-3 Orion, which has been in service since November 1959 [P-3A] and August 1969 [P-3C].

General Characteristics:

Primary Function: Anti-Submarine and Anti-surface Warfare
Contractor: Boeing Company
Propulsion: Two high-bypass turbofan engines (CFM-56) and advanced digital aircraft design.
Length: 129.5 feet (39.47 meters)
Wingspan: 117.2 feet (35.72 meters)
Height: 42.1 feet (12.83 meters)
Weight: Maximum Take Off Gross Weight: 184,200 pounds (83,553 kilograms)
Speed: 490 knots (564 mph, 789 kmh)
Range: 1200+ nautical miles with four hours onstation (1,381 miles, 2,222km)
Ceiling: 41,000 ft
Crew: Nine
Operational: From 2013