OSD PB2012 — MAGIC JCTD primary record
PE 0603648D8Z · pp. 32–33 · USCENTCOM sponsor
Primary OSD budget exhibit: MAGIC is a USCENTCOM-sponsored JCTD. 120-hour sortie, nominal 1,000 lb / maximum 2,600 lb at 15,000 ft. Modular payload classes: EO/IR, SIGINT, GMTI, wide-area surveillance, communications relay, strike. Transition named to USAF 303rd AESW.
Office of the Secretary of Defense PB2012, PE 0603648D8Z, Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, MAGIC entry. This upgrades CENTCOM sponsorship from contractor/secondary reporting to a primary government record. FY2010 accomplishments include an Implementation Directive and Management Plan with Transition Strategy, avionics on a surrogate test platform, aircraft fabrication, and long-duration engine testbed work. Funding shown: $5.000m FY2010. Payload categories are design options, not proof of what Orion carried in 2013–14. The two JUON identifiers cited later in USAF PB2015 are still not in this exhibit. The 303rd AESW is the named JCTD transition organisation.
Sources
- OSD PB2012 PE 0603648D8Z, MAGIC pp. 32–33
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