Carrier Common Support Aircraft
| Carrier Common Support Aircraft C2M Triton S2M Siren | |
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| An S2M4 Siren in flight during a deployment to Anagonia. | |
| Role | Stealth aircraft Multirole fighter |
| National origin |  Meridon
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| Manufacturer | Gruening Defense Aerospace |
| First flight | 23 June 1975 |
| Introduction | 17 May 1977 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user |  Meridonian Navy
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| Produced | 1977-present |
| Unit cost |
tbd million MD (F9M A)
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The Common Carrier Support Aircraft is a Meridonian carrier-capable, twin engine turbofan-powered multirole support aircraft, produced by Gruening Defense Aerospace, which provides the Meridonian Navy's Carrier Task Groups with a fixed-wing platform to conduct support activities. It exists in two primary variants- the C2M Triton is a modular multirole aircraft capable of conducting long-range antisubmarine warfare, aerial refueling, carrier onboard delivery, electronic warfare and intelligence, reconnaissance, and anti-surface warfare. The S2M Siren is a dedicated airborne early warning and control (AEWC) aircraft.
The CCSA program was initiated by the Navy to provide carrier task groups with increased commonality and a multifunction platform able to handle support duties of the combat carrier air group, with a focus on intelligence-gathering abilities and thus long endurance abilities. It has proven to be a workhorse of the Navy's carrier groups.
Development
Design
Operational History
Variants
Operators
Current Operators
Former Operators
Specifications (C2M)
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2 minimum (copilot/pilot), up to 5 max required (S2M)
- Length: 49.93 ft (15.22m)
- Wingspan: 47.57 ft (14.50m)
- Height:13.78 ft (4.2m)
- Wing Area: 546.59 sq ft (50.78 m2)
- Empty Weight: 13,950lbs (6328 kg)
- Max Takeoff Weight: 51,200 lbs (23223.92 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Merigo C220M high-bypass turbofans producing 15,320 lbf each
- Fuel Capacity: 17,600lbs (7983.22 kg)
- Useful Payload: 15,000lbs (6803.89 kg)
Performance
- Maximum Speed: Mach 0.82 (629 mph, 1012 kph) at altitude
- Service Ceiling: 40,000 ft (12,192 m)+
- Rate of Climb: 5,500 ft/min plus (27.94 m/s)
- Wing Loading: 93.67 lbs/sq ft (139.39632 kg/m2)
- Thrust/Weight: 0.59
Armament
- Payload: 4x wing hardpoints with total capacity for 12,000lbs of payload, and 4x internal hardpoints (torpedo only)
- Up to 60 sonobuoys
Avionics
Basic:
- AW-160 inverse synthetic aperture radar
- AE-161B radar warning receiver
- AI-20C forward looking infrared camera
- AX-13C sonobuoy signal reciever
- AQ-52B retractable magnetic anomaly detector
- AE-220 electronic support measures locator
S2M models:
- AM-142 multifunction radar (S2M-S2M3)
- AM-150 multifunction radar (S2M4)
