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The first engine pylon for the first C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program, or RERP, test aircraft was installed at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia, on 13 September. The new pylons are designed and built by Goodrich Aerospace. RERP, the second phase of the C-5 modernization effort, incorporates more than seventy improvements to the aircraft, including new General Electric CF6-80-C2 turbofan engines. The new engines, designated F103 by the military, will be installed later this year. The first flight of a fully modified C-5 — one with both the Avionics Modernization Program and RERP upgrades — is scheduled for spring 2006. The modernized aircraft will be designated C-5M.
Photo By John Rossino
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