Lockheed S-3 Viking Variants and Projects

Naval Post Graduate thesis on the development of the S-3B Weapon System Improvement Program (WSIP)

S-3B Thesis

Also mentions a shortage of Viking airframes as the larger Nimitz's came into service, causing the squadron size to drop below 10 planes. An interesting read if you have a spare ~30 minutes.
 
American Secret Projects 3 has an entire section about COD proposals, including S-3 variants. It's well worth a read, and it includes S-3 COD proposals from the 70's (including a trijet version), to the latest proposals of the early 2000's.
 
American Secret Projects 3 has an entire section about COD proposals, including S-3 variants. It's well worth a read, and it includes S-3 COD proposals from the 70's (including a trijet version), to the latest proposals of the early 2000's.
Coauthored by Aim9XRay on this forum.... Mark
 
American Secret Projects 3 has an entire section about COD proposals, including S-3 variants. It's well worth a read, and it includes S-3 COD proposals from the 70's (including a trijet version), to the latest proposals of the early 2000's.
Coauthored by Aim9XRay on this forum.... Mark
All credit and complements for their great work goes to them.
 
I take it that there are still no concrete plans for a replacement?
No direct replacement unfortunately…
But, “we” have new P-8s that can be extended by Air Force tankers, a unified MH-60R fleet, and eventually MQ-8B/Cs. Ideally, MQ-25s will be fitted with sonobuoys pods and other ISR/SIGINT goodies but that won’t be for a few years.
 
The MQ-9 reaper has been tested for ASW. So they could use the drone will replace it in the MQ Next program.
 
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The MQ-9 reaper is tested for ASW. So they could use the drone will replace it in the MQ Next program.
Indeed - though this is just a nice image:

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Allyson, how does this one look now?

Enjoy the Day! Mark
His wings are back on and it's sitting on a displa
Allyson, how does this one look now?

Enjoy the Day! Mark
His wings are on and sitting on a display cabinet at the Ft Worth Aviation Museum. Needs finish work and will be good as new. Wings are foam and the fuselage is 500 pounds of bond (heavy as can be), but there are steel rods inserted to keep the wings from separating again.
 
Naval Post Graduate thesis on the development of the S-3B Weapon System Improvement Program (WSIP)

S-3B Thesis

Also mentions a shortage of Viking airframes as the larger Nimitz's came into service, causing the squadron size to drop below 10 planes. An interesting read if you have a spare ~30 minutes.
In various reference volumes I have seen S-3 squadrons listed as "10 aircraft", and had always wondered why aboard CV-61 Ranger in 1986-87 for 2 trips to Korea and one Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf tanker escort deployment we only had 8.

So real life meant 8 per while the paperwork continued to claim 10.
Thanks for this (I missed it when originally posted).
 

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