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Título: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: JLRC em Outubro 06, 2004, 09:06:06 pm
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Vou abrir este post para nele serem centralizadas as notícias sobre a US Navy.
Começo com o abate do 1º Ticonderoga :

 
 USS Ticonderoga Decommissioned
 
 
(Source: US Navy; dated Oct. 1, web-posted Oct. 5, 2004)
 
 
 PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- Friends, family members, plankowners and former crew members said farewell to USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), as she was decommissioned in a traditional Navy ceremony at her homeport, Naval Station Pascagoula, Sept. 30.  
 
With current crew members manning the rails just prior to the ship's demanning, Rear Adm. Charles Bush, program executive officer for Integrated Warfare Systems on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, told the crew and assembled guests, "We are not going to talk of sadness today. We are going to celebrate the storied accomplishments of the guided-missile cruiser Ticonderoga, the first AEGIS cruiser."  
 
Bush was the seventh commanding officer of Ticonderoga from June 1995 to December 1996, and was the commanding officer when Ticonderoga changed homeports from Norfolk, Va., to Pascagoula, Miss., in June 1996. He is also a Ticonderoga plankowner, serving as the ship's first operations officer when it was commissioned in January 1983, and was responsible for the firing of almost 100 surface-to-air missiles, completing the most extensive live-fire test and evaluation program ever undertaken in the history of surface combatant ships.  
 
"Ticonderoga has a proud record of service," he said. "Throughout her career Ticonderoga has served as an example of personal excellence, and excellence found in the hundreds of officers, chief petty officers and enlisted personnel who have served on her. Regardless of the missions or fleet assignment, the constants in Ticonderoga have been the pride and professionalism of the men and women who served her.  
 
"The people have made the difference. It was the men and women who brought life to this ship, manned its revolutionary combat systems, tended her gas turbine propulsion system, painted her decks," he added. "They are the reason Ticonderoga is the grand lady she is today, the day of her retirement."  
 
Ticonderoga was the first ship of the AEGIS guided-missile cruiser class, built locally at what is now Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipbuilding. Many of the people who helped build the ship still live in the Jackson County area.  
 
Ticonderoga’s adventures took her to duty in the Gulf of Sidra, off the coast of Beirut, to the Arctic Circle, the Equator, and through the Suez and Panama Canals. She was one of the first Navy ships to report on station in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1990. She has been deployed to the Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.  
 
"You represent the finest this Navy has to offer," Cmdr. Glenn Zeiders III, Ticonderoga's 11th and final commanding officer, told his crew. "I am proud to have served with you." He then gave the order to deman the ship.  
 
The crew walked off the ship to a standing ovation. The ship's commissioning pennant was lowered, and Lt. Perry Summers, the final officer of the deck, presented the ship's logbook and spy glass to Zeiders.  
 
"This ship's done it all," said Summers after the ceremony. "It's sad to see her go, but I am proud to have served on her."  
 
"We who served in Ticonderoga are the ship," concluded Bush. "We have taken in her lines, set sail for foreign shores, and returned home again, and again and again. For as long as we are around - those who served on her - there will always be a Ticonderoga."  
 
Immediately following the decommissioning ceremony, tug boats tied towing lines to the ship and pulled Ticonderoga away from the pier. She is being towed to the Inactive Ships' Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia. No decision has been made on the final disposition of the ship.  
 
The current Ticonderoga was the fifth U.S. Navy ship to bear the historic name. She was named in commemoration of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in eastern New York in May, 1775, by Ethan Allen and his 'Green Mountain Boys.' One of the first military successes of the American Revolution, the seizure provided desperately needed cannons and supplies to George Washington's army.  
 
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Título:
Enviado por: JLRC em Outubro 06, 2004, 09:09:48 pm
Day Attack Harrier Retired in Flyby Ceremony
 
 
(Source: US Marine Corps; issued Sept. 30, web-posted Oct. 5, 2004)
 
 
 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. --- Marine Attack Training Squadron-203 retired the original AV-8B Day Attack Harrier in a flyby ceremony Sept. 30 at Cherry Point.  
 
Combining tactical mobility, responsiveness, reduced operating costs and flexibility the AV-8B Day Attack Harrier has been an essential element for the special combat and expeditionary requirements of the Marine Corps.  
 
“I’ve been flying AV-8B Harriers for 18 years,” said Lt. Col. Richard W. Regan, the Commanding Officer at VMAT-203. “They have been globally deployed since the summer of 1986. They served exceptionally well in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and during the Kosovo Conflict. During Desert Storm, they were the closest to the front of any tactical aircraft.”  
 
Harriers have been able to serve a special purpose flying off of aircraft carriers. Part of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit, they have been an invaluable element of strategic planning.  
 
“Flying off of aircraft carriers we give the MEU commander deeper striking ability,” said Regan. “This in turn changes the shape of the battlefield.”  
 
Employed as a ground-attack fighter-bomber they have proved there worthiness after 20 years of faithful service.  
 
“Over the years we have improved on the original model,” said Regan. “The updated AV-8B Day Attack Harriers have now become operationally obsolete, and will either be sold to foreign countries or scrapped for parts.”  
 
The original Harrier has been constantly improved. The AV-8B II Night Attack was designed for flying at night and has a forward looking infrared system. Its engine was upgraded from the 406 to the 408 engine, giving the aircraft more thrust, better performance and the ability to carry heavier ordnance loads. Another added feature is a multi-purpose color display, or a moving map.  
 
“The Harrier has changed over the years as the way the Marine Corps war-fighting tactics have changed,” said Regan. “The need for a more powerful engine is critical to the Harriers ability to fly off and land on air craft carriers. Smart bombs, advanced precision bombs, better censors are all changes that the Harrier has experienced over the years.”  
 
The AV-8B Night Attack II+ is the latest addition to the growing Harrier family. With radar installed, it’s the most advanced Harrier in VMAT-203’s arsenal.  
 
“At one time we had eight Squadrons of 20 Harriers each,” said Regan. “They have served us skillfully over the years, in fact the bird I landed today is fully operational and completely ready to fly right now.”  
 
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Título: The Future of the Navy's Amphibious and Maritime Preposition
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:37:28 pm
The Future of the Navy's Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Forces

Source: Congressional Budget Office

Ref: no reference

Released Nov. 10, 2004

Today, the U.S. Navy numbers about 293 battle force ships, including 35 amphibious warfare ships, which are designed to carry marines and their equipment into combat. In addition, it operates 16 cargo ships that make up the maritime pre-positioning force, which carries equipment and 30 days’ worth of supplies for three Marine infantry brigades (though not the marines themselves).
The Navy plans to modernize both its amphibious and maritime pre-positioning ships over the next 30 years. Carrying out those plans would require the Navy to spend an average of $2.4 billion a year over the next three decades -- more than twice what it has spent on those categories of ships since 1980. At the same time, the Navy has modernization plans for other types of ships that, if fully implemented, would also require more resources than the Navy now spends on ship construction.
This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study— prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Senate Committee on Armed Services—looks at alternate ways of modernizing amphibious and pre-positioning forces at a lower cost.
It also evaluates four lower-cost options for those ships, two of which would cost roughly what the Navy has spent annually since 1980 and two of which would require a spending increase of a little over one-third.

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Título: US Navy Shipbuilding Plans for Fiscal Year 2005
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:47:24 pm
US Navy Shipbuilding Plans for Fiscal Year 2005


(Source: Senate Armed Services Committee; issued March 4, 2004)


SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE; SEAPOWER SUBCOMMITTEE

Statement of The Honorable John J. Young, Jr.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
at the hearing on Future Navy & Marine Corps Capabilities and Requirements
March 3, 2004


SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS

Our FY 2005 Budget request calls for construction of nine ships: three ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) Class destroyers; one VIRGINIA (SSN 774) Class submarine; one SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) Class Amphibious Transport Dock ship; two LEWIS & CLARK (T-AKE) Class Auxiliary Cargo & Ammunition ships; one DD(X); and one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). If approved, this would increase to 38 the total number of ships authorized and under construction.

The FY 2005 Budget request represents an increase of two ships over the seven ships in the FY 2004 program. In addition, we have requested funding for advance procurement of the eighth and ninth VIRGINIA Class submarines, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) material procurement for the eighth, ninth, and tenth VIRGINIA Class submarines, advance procurement for CVN 21 construction and CVN 70 refueling complex overhaul (RCOH), continued funding for SSGN Engineered Refueling Overhaul (ERO) and conversion, continued funding for LHD 8, funding for TICONDEROGA Class cruiser modernization, and the service life extension for five Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft.
These shipbuilding programs are the leading edge of our Naval transformation to the Seabasing concept, which is modularly constructed on four capability pillars. Those pillars are SEA SHIELD, SEA BASE, SEA STRIKE and ForceNet.
SEA SHIELD is made up of those components that provide protection and assured access to our forces.
SEA BASE is the pillar of capabilities that allows naval forces to exploit the maneuver space provided by U.S. control of the sea.
SEA STRIKE includes all of the capabilities within the force that provide offensive fires and maneuver in a complementary synergistic fashion. This includes strike aircraft, missiles, surface fires, and expeditionary maneuver elements.
ForceNet is the network that ties these disbursed platforms together through C4ISR nodes to provide robust battle space awareness, precise targeting, rapid and precise fires and maneuver and responsive logistics.
We have grouped our shipbuilding programs into each of the four seabasing pillars based on their primary weapon systems however each platform has the ability to perform functions of other pillars as well.


1. SEA SHIELD

ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) Class Destroyer
The FY 2005 Budget request includes $3.445 billion for the procurement of the final three ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) Class destroyers. These ships are part of a 10 ship, FY 2002 through FY 2005 Multi Year Procurement (MYP) contract awarded in 2002, which finalized the DDG procurement profile and sustains our industry partners until we transition to DD(X)
production.

TICONDEROGA (CG 47) Cruiser Modernization Plan
The FY 2005 Budget request includes $166 million for systems that will add new mission capabilities and extend the combat system service life of the TICONDEROGA (CG 47) Class. The upgrade of these ships will add new, and enhance existing, combat system capabilities to improve compatibility in joint and coalition warfare environments. Furthermore, these improvements will upgrade the quality of life for our Sailors and lower the operating costs for those ships.

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
The LCS will be a networked, agile, mission focused, stealthy surface combatant with capabilities optimized for responsiveness to threats in the littorals. LCS will utilize core onboard sensors and weapons combined with reconfigurable mission packages employing manned and unmanned vehicles and modular sensors and weapons to execute assigned tasks and operate as a node in a network centric battle force.
Primary missions for the ship will include littoral Mine Warfare, littoral Surface Warfare and littoral Anti Submarine Warfare to ensure access of friendly forces in littoral regions. The LCS program awarded contracts to three industry teams in July 2003. The FY 2005 Budget request includes $352 million of RDT&E funding for LCS platform and mission system development and initial ship procurement.
The LCS spiral development acquisition strategy will support construction of multiple flights of focused mission ships and mission packages with progressive capability improvements. Flight 0 is comprised of four ships, with the first ship requested for authorization in FY 2005 using RDT&E, N funds with detail design and construction commencing in FY 2005. Mission modules will deliver in support of the Flight 0 seaframe delivery in FY 2007. Flight 0 will develop and demonstrate several new approaches to Naval warfare including suitability of large-scale modular mission technologies and new operational concepts in the littoral.
The industry teams submitted their proposals for final system design and detail design and construction phase in January 2004. The down select to one or two teams for final system design and detail design and construction of Flight 0 is anticipated in late Spring 2004.

VIRGINIA (SSN 774) Class Attack Submarines
With current construction progressing on schedule, the FY 2005 Budget request includes $2.5 billion for the seventh ship, advance procurement for the eight and ninth ships of the VIRGINIA Class, and Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) material procurement for the eighth, ninth, and tenth VIRGINIA Class submarines. There are a total of ten VIRGINIA Class submarines under contract. This year’s ship will be the second ship in the five-ship MYP. This MYP contracting approach provides the Navy savings of $80M per ship for a total savings of $400M compared to “block buy” procurement. These ships will continue to be built under the teaming approach adopted by Congress in 1998, which maintains two capable nuclear submarine shipbuilders. In accordance with FY 2004 Congressional direction, procurement of two VIRGINIA Class submarines per year is delayed until FY 2009.


2. SEA STRIKE

DD(X) Destroyer
The FY 2005 Budget request includes $1,432 million in RDT&E funds for DD(X) with $221 million for lead ship detail design and construction. The Navy is two years into the competitively awarded DD(X) design and technology development effort. The winning contractor has organized a National Team of industry experts to achieve the most innovative and cost-effective solutions for development of the DD(X) through spiral development of technologies and engineering, with promising systems being employed on existing platforms and other future ship classes. DD(X) will dramatically improve naval surface fire support capabilities. Planned technologies, such as integrated power system and total ship computing environment in an open architecture, will provide more affordable future ship classes in terms of both construction and operation. In a noteworthy partnership with industry, the Navy shifted the DD(X) volume search radar to S-band, providing increased capability and the future potential to support missile defense operations.

SSGN
The FY 2005 Budget requests $517 million of procurement funding for the continued conversion of the third OHIO Class submarine, and the Engineered Refueling Overhaul of the fourth and final submarine to be converted to SSGN. When completed, these submarines will provide transformational warfighting capability carrying up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and support deployed special operating forces. The four SSGN conversions will be executed utilizing a public-private partnership conducting the work in Naval Shipyards, and are scheduled for delivery in FY 2007.


3. SEA BASE

CVN 21 Class
The CVN 21 program is designing the aircraft carrier for the 21st Century, as the replacement for the NIMITZ Class nuclear aircraft carriers. CVN 21 will be the centerpiece of tomorrow’s Carrier Strike Groups and a contribution to every capability pillar envisioned in Sea Power 21. CVN 21 will be a primary force in Sea Strike with enhancements such as a future air wing which will include the Joint Strike Fighter and Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems. CVN 21’s transformational command centers will combine the power of FORCEnet and a flexible open system architecture to support multiple simultaneous missions, including integrated strike planning, joint/coalition operations and Special Warfare missions. The CVN 21 based strike group will play a major role in Sea Shield protecting United States interests, while deterring enemies and reassuring allies. CVN 21 will provide the United States the capability to quickly project combat power anywhere in the world, independent of land based support.
Overall, CVN 21 will increase sortie generation rate by nearly 20 percent, increase survivability to better handle future threats and have depot maintenance requirements that could support an increase of up to 25 percent in operational availability. The new design nuclear propulsion plant and improved electric plant together provide three times the electrical generation capacity of a NIMITZ Class carrier. This capacity allows the introduction of new systems such as Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System, Advanced Arresting Gear, and a new integrated warfare system that will leverage advances in open systems architecture to be affordably upgraded. Other features include an enhanced flight deck, improved weapons handling and aircraft servicing efficiency, and a flexible island arrangement allowing for future technology insertion.
The FY 2005 Budget request includes $626 million for continued development of CVN 21. The Construction Preparation Contract, planned for 3rd quarter FY 2004, will be for design, advance planning, advance construction, non-nuclear advance procurement, and continuation of research studies to further reduce CVN 21 manpower requirements and total ownership costs.
The construction contract is scheduled for award in 1st quarter FY 2007, with ship delivery in 2014. The program is currently working toward a Milestone B review in 3rd quarter FY 2004.

NIMITZ Class
Refueling and Complex Overhauls (RCOH) provide a bridge between maintaining current readiness requirements and preparing the platform for future readiness initiatives in support of Sea Power 21 by leveraging developing technologies from other programs and platforms that support RCOH planning and production schedules for advantageous insertion during this major recapitalization effort.
The Navy negotiated a modification to the RCOH contract for USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) in December 2003. The renegotiated contract provides incentives for Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN) and the Navy team to work together to manage the completion of this complex availability. The Navy and NGNN created a better incentive contract structure to contain cost risk and maintain schedule. It is expected that this improved acquisition model will be used in future contracts for aircraft carrier construction and overhaul. USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER overhaul is scheduled to complete by November 2004.
The USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) RCOH start was delayed one year to November 2005. USS CARL VINSON will remain available for operations until Summer 2005. This added availability enables the Navy to maintain a flexible defense posture and at the same time bring increased capability to project credible, persistent Naval combat power globally. Other advantages for the move included maintaining a balanced and stabilized industrial base for Navy ship maintenance in both public and private yards and providing additional near-term funding for ongoing recapitalization efforts. The FY 2005 Budget request includes $333 million in advance procurement funding for the USS CARL VINSON overhaul.
Lastly, the Navy commissioned USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) in July 2003, and laid the keel for GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) in September 2003.

MPF(F)
Most prominent in highlighting the value and power of the nation’s naval expeditionary capability was the Marine Corps’ participation in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Success in this operation was due to our naval dominance, our expeditionary nature, and our flexibility and adaptability to defeat the challenges posed by enemy threats. Among other naval assets, eleven strategically located Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships were unloaded in 16 days to provide the equipment and sustainment required for two Marine Expeditionary Brigades.
Exploiting the operational speed, reach, and inherent flexibility of seapower, the Navy-Marine Corps team achieved a rapid buildup of sustained warfighting power that was combat ready to support US Central Command.
We continue to revolutionize this invaluable capability. We are currently in the process of analyzing potential platform replacements. The Analysis of Alternatives for MPF(F) is complete.
Current guidance requires MPF(F) to provide the combatant commander highly flexible operational and logistics support for missions projecting power ashore from a sea base, or during independent operations. Unlike current pre-positioning ships, MPF(F) will greatly improve our forces’ flexibility by allowing operations that are fully interoperable with Naval and joint forces.
MPF(F) represents the link between forward deployed forces and their reach-back bases both in CONUS and overseas, and will be a crucial element to Enhanced Networked Seabasing both for Naval and joint forces. Unlike any other prepositioning ship, the MPF(F) will not be reliant on a port facility, greatly reducing our dependence on international support. The ability to rapidly close and employ a large force dramatically increase the flexibility and utility of the seabased force and present the Combatant Commander with more response options than ever before. A formal report of the results is expected in Spring 2004.

Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)
Our fleet LCACs saw dramatically increased operational tempo supporting worldwide operations during the past year, underscoring the need for the LCAC Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). The program, designed to extend the service life of LCACs to 30 years, had several notable accomplishments during the past year: LCAC 25 delivered on time in November 2003, and LCAC 2 delivered on time in February 2004. We awarded a contract to Textron Marine and Land Systems New Orleans for the FY 2002 and 2003 SLEPs (six craft total) in December 2002 and all craft are currently on schedule. The award of the FY 2004 contract for four craft is anticipated in the second quarter of FY 2004. The FY 2005 Budget request includes $90 million for SLEP of five craft. We are continuing with our revised acquisition strategy to refurbish vice replace the buoyancy boxes and will competitively select the FY 2005 SLEP work.
The revised acquisition strategy will deliver the required LCAC capability and service life while providing a cost savings of $104 million through the FYDP for the program.

LPD 17
The SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) Class of amphibious transport dock ships represents a critical element of the Navy and Marine Corps future in expeditionary warfare. The FY 2005 Budget request includes $966 million to fully fund the construction of the seventh ship. Four additional LPD 17s are included in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), with the final ship of the 12-ship Class planned beyond the FYDP. The FY 2005 Budget request reflects rephrasing of one ship from FY 2006 to FY 2005 that will result in a more efficient workload profile as well as a total FYDP savings of approximately $40M. Lead ship detail design is complete, lead ship fabrication is approximately 85% complete, and the lead ship was launched and christened in July 2003. Current efforts are focused on managing schedule and cost. LPD 18 construction began in February 2002. LPD 19/20 construction commenced in July 2001 and October 2002, respectively. We awarded the contract for LPD 21 in November 2003, named NEW YORK to honor the victims of the World Trade Center attack, and plan to award the contract for LPD 22 in 3Q FY 2004.

LHD 8
In accordance with Congressional direction to incrementally fund LHD 8, the FY 2005 Budget requests $236M for continued construction. LHD 8 will be the first big deck amphibious ship that will be powered by gas turbine propulsion, and all of its auxiliary systems will rely on electrical power rather than steam. This change is expected to realize significant lifecycle cost savings. The ship, recently named MAKIN ISLAND, had its keel laying ceremony on February 14, 2004.

LHA(R)
The FY 2005 Budget requests $44.2 million in R&D for LHA(R). LHA(R) concept designs are being evaluated within the context of Joint Seabasing and power projection. This ship will be the centerpiece of the Expeditionary Strike Group, a contributor to the Expeditionary Strike Force, and will carry expeditionary warfare through the middle of this century. The ship will leverage the future Sea Based environment and greatly enhance command and control capabilities and at sea training for embarked forces. The resulting design is planned to provide a transformational capability that is interoperable with future amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Force ships, high-speed vessels, and advanced rotorcraft like the MV-22 and CH-53X, and the Joint Strike Fighter. This funding supports design development leading to a planned ship construction award in FY 2008.

Auxiliary Dry Cargo Ammunition Ship (T-AKE)
The FY 2005 Budget request includes $768 million for the seventh and eighth ships. The first four ships have been authorized and appropriated and are under contract with NASSCO for construction. Exercise of the option for the fifth and sixth ships occurred in January 2004. Lead ship construction commenced in September 2003, with a projected delivery date of October 2005.
The second ship is projected to deliver in FY 2006, while the third and fourth ship deliveries are projected for FY 2007.

Cobra Judy
The Navy successfully contracted with industry to develop and build a replacement for the aging Cobra Judy surveillance platform. Working in partnership with industry and leveraging Missile Defense Agency investments in radar technology, the Navy developed an innovative strategy which accelerated the acquisition of this essential capability while also creating the possibility to leverage the Cobra Judy program to create a competition for the radar for the Navy’s future cruiser, CG(X).


COMPLETION OF PRIOR YEAR SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS

I am pleased to report that the Navy experienced zero growth on ship construction contracts over the last year. The management actions instituted to address shipbuilding contract shortfalls have been effective. Elimination of the prior year shipbuilding budget line is within our grasp. We are continuously working to review the scope and cost of ships under construction to avoid new bills. We are also working diligently to set valid cost targets for new ships and combining this with contract terms and conditions that reward good performance. The Congress provided $636 million in FY 2004 to address cost growth for ships contracted in 1999 and 2000.
The FY 2005 Budget request reflects $484 million to address similar shortfalls, resulting in a Prior Year Cost to Complete remaining balance of $46 million dollars. However, we are still reviewing the projected completion cost for CVN-77, a ship that was budgeted and contracted for under previous procedures. To avoid future prior year completion bills, it is essential that ships be budgeted at targets which reflect the material and labor cost escalation experienced by U.S. industry.


SUMMARY

Our Naval forces are unique in their contribution to the Nation’s defense. Versatile Naval expeditionary forces are the nation’s first responders, relied upon to establish the tempo of action, control the early phases of hostilities, and set conditions for decisive resolution. America’s ability to protect its homeland, assure our friends and allies, deter potential adversaries, and project decisive combat power depends on maritime superiority. The transformation of Naval forces is dedicated to greatly expanding the sovereign options available worldwide to the President across the full spectrum of warfare by exploiting one of our Nation’s asymmetric advantages – control of the sea. The transformation of our Naval forces leverages enduring capabilities for projecting sustainable, immediately employable joint combat power by facilitating the accelerated deployment and flexible employment of additional joint capabilities through a family of systems and assets afloat. Our FY 2005 Shipbuilding Budget request seeks to accelerate our investment in Naval Power 21 to transform our force and its ability to operate as an effective component of the joint war fighting team. Congressional support of this shipbuilding plan is essential to achieving this vision.

I thank you for your consideration.

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Título: LPD 21 New York
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:50:33 pm
Northrop Grumman-built New York (LPD 21) Represents Nation's Resolve to Never Forget


(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued Sept. 10, 2004)


NEW ORLEANS --- In describing the Northrop Grumman-built amphibious transport dock ship New York (LPD 21) and her sister ships today, U.S. Navy Secretary Gordon England said, “These ships...these champions of freedom, stand for life, liberty and the pursuit of all who threaten it and will ensure that we will never forget 9/11.”

England spoke during a keel laying ceremony held at the company’s Ship Systems sector here. Naming LPD 21 New York honors the victims and heroes of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.

“These ships will take the fight to the terrorists who threaten the peace and freedom of the world,” said England. “New York, the sailors and Marines who serve America, and the men and women of Northrop Grumman will never forget and will never fail. Today, we renew our grief and we renew our resolve to, in the words of the ship’s motto, ‘Never Forget’.”

“On behalf of all the sailors and Marines who will go to sea on USS New York and all the other great ships that are built here at Northrop Grumman, I just want to say thank you to all the workers here for what you do in building the best ships in the world for our sailors and Marines.”

England’s wife, Dotty H. England, the ship’s sponsor, declared the keel of New York to be “truly and fairly laid,” following the ceremonial welding of her initials onto a steel plate.

“This asset will further enable our expeditionary forces to maintain world peace and stability,” said Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. “LPD 21 will provide the foundation for quick, decisive and effective response during times of crisis or conflict. As proud and patriotic Americans, Northrop Grumman shipbuilders are building New York with special care, pride and the dedication it deserves as a fitting memorial to the victims and heroes of New York.”

New York (LPD 21) is the fifth ship in the 12-ship LPD 17 series of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships being built by the company. Construction is taking place at the Ship Systems sector’s Avondale shipyard with fabrication support from the other three Ship Systems facilities in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss., as well as Tallulah, La.

In September 2003, more than 24 tons of World Trade Center steel was melted at a Louisiana foundry to cast the bow stem of New York (LPD 21). The World Trade Center steel was provided by the people of New York for use in construction of the ship. The bow stem is the forward most portion of the ship that slices through the water.

Six previous ships, including a battleship, have been named New York. One submarine was named for New York City.

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships are 684 feet (208.4 meters) long and 105 feet (31.9 meters) wide and will replace the functions of four classes of older amphibious ships. This new class of ship affords the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious landing craft such as the Landing Craft, Air Cushion; operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft; and carry and launch the Marine Corp’s Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

Displacing nearly 25,000 tons, these ships will be the second-largest ships in the Navy’s 21st Century Expeditionary Strike Groups. New York will have a crew of 361 sailors and will be able to carry up to 699 Marines with a surge capability of up to 800 Marines.

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Título: SSN 776 Hawaii
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:53:13 pm
Keel Laying of New Attack Submarine Hawaii (SSN 776)


(Source: US Naval Sea Systems Command; issued Aug. 27, 2004)


WASHINGTON --- A keel-laying ceremony for Hawaii (SSN 776) was held on August 27th at General Dynamic Electric Boat’s Quonset Point Facility in North Kingstown, RI.

By inscribing her initials, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, the ship’s sponsor, marked authentication of the submarine’s keel. Hawaii is the third ship in the 30-ship Virginia Class, the Navy’s newest class of nuclear-powered attack submarines.

The submarine is being built by a partnership between General Dynamics Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Newport News. Hawaii will be delivered to the Navy by Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., in December 2006.

Keel laying of a Navy ship has traditionally signified the beginning of its construction, as historically the construction of ships began by setting the keel in place and fastening ribs to it, building the entire ship “from the keel up.” Today, submarine construction is so different that keel laying is ceremonial. The Sponsor will have her initials welded on a metal plate affixed inside the hull. This serves as an appropriate act for marking the early phases of the ship’s construction.

Hawaii is one of 10 Virginia Class submarines under contract. The Virginia Class submarine is the only major combatant ship ready for delivery that was designed with the post- Cold War security environment in mind. Unlike any other submarine in the world, the stealthy Virginia Class is specifically suited to dominate the battlespace both in the open ocean and close to shore.

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Título: LPD 23 Anchorage
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:56:27 pm
Northrop Grumman Announces $107.1 Million Award for LPD 23 Advance Procurement


(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued Aug. 17, 2004)


NEW ORLEANS --- The U.S. Navy today awarded a $107.1 million advance procurement contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation that will provide funding for long-lead materials for the USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the seventh amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio class. The funds will be used to purchase major equipment such as the ship’s main engines, diesel generators and other long-lead material like steel plates and shapes, pipe, cable and other major equipment.

“The advance procurement contract allows us to purchase equipment at the best possible price before we begin ship construction,” said Dr. Philip A. Dur, corporate vice president and president of the company’s Ship Systems sector, the builder of LPD ships for the U.S. Navy. “The LPD program is critical to our Navy/Marine customer and we are determined to ensure these warships are delivered to the Fleet as efficiently and productively as possible.”

To date, the first five ships awarded in the Navy’s anticipated 12-ship LPD 17 program are under contract to Northrop Grumman. San Antonio (LPD 17), New Orleans (LPD 1, Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Green Bay (LPD 20) and New York (LPD 21) are each in various stages of construction at three Northrop Grumman locations: New Orleans, and Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.

The LPD 17 ship class is 208.4 meters (684 feet) long, 31.9 meters (105 feet) wide, and will replace the functions of the LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113, and LDT 1179 classes of amphibious ships. This new ship class affords the Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious landing craft such as the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft, as well as the ability to carry and launch the U.S. Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.

Technological and design advances provide enhanced survivability, state- of-the-art command and control capability, modernized weapons stations and enhanced ergonomics, which greatly improve the quality of life at sea for the sailors and marines. With these advances, the LPD 17 class is becoming the most sophisticated and survivable amphibious ship ever produced, and as such, offers unparalleled amphibious war fighting capabilities.

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Título: Tomahawk Block IV
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 15, 2004, 11:59:05 pm
Raytheon Awarded Tomahawk Block IV Full-Rate Production Contract


(Source: Raytheon Co.; issued Aug. 18, 2004)


TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company has been awarded $287 million in Fiscal Year 2004 as part of a full-rate production contract to supply the U.S. Navy with the next-generation Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile.

The Navy and Raytheon have entered into a multi-year procurement contract to replenish the Tomahawk inventory. The value of thiscontract could reach $1.6 billion once all of the procurement orders are placed over the next five years.

Work is expected to be completed on this initial missile order by December 2006. Work will be done at Raytheon's Missile Systems businesses in Tucson, Ariz., and Camden, Ark. The first low-rate production Block IV missiles were delivered to the Navy in May.

"The Navy-Raytheon team is very honored and excited to provide the warfighter the Block IV Tomahawk missile. This revolutionary weapon, with its flexible targeting and loitering capabilities builds on the tremendous 32-year tradition and success of the legacy Tomahawk program," said Navy Capt. Bob Novak, Tomahawk All-Up-Round program manager. "The Navy's first weapons multi-year contract ensures that the fleet will get the best possible cruise missile at the best price."

"Reaching this full-rate production milestone is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone who was part of the design, development, testing and now, production, of this next-generation system," said Louise L. Francesconi, Raytheon Missile Systems president. "This new Block IV missile is the result of the collective commitment of the Navy and Raytheon to provide affordable, operational capabilities for critical long-range, precision strike missions. This multi-year full-rate production contract confirms the Navy's -- and Raytheon's -- commitment to deliver this needed capability to the warfighter."

Block IV Tomahawk will be the centerpiece of the Navy's new Tomahawk Baseline IV Weapons System. The system integrates the Block IV missile with improved mission planning and platform weapons control capabilities. This latest version of the Navy's surface- and submarine-launched precision strike standoff weapon incorporates innovative technologies to provide unprecedented operational capabilities while dramatically reducing acquisition, operations and support costs. The Block IV missile will have a 15-year warranty and recertification cycle, compared to the Block III variant's eight-year recertification cycle.

The new capabilities that Block IV Tomahawk brings to the Navy's sea strike capability are derived from the missile's two-way satellite data link that enables the missile to respond to changing battlefield conditions. The strike controller can "flex" the missile in flight to preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect it to a new target. This targeting flexibility includes the capability to loiter over the battlefield awaiting a more critical target.

The missile can also transmit battle damage indication imagery and missile health and status messages via the satellite data link. For the first time, firing platforms will have the capability to plan and execute Global Positioning System-only missions. Block IV will also introduce an improved anti-jam GPS receiver for enhanced mission performance.

The Navy and Raytheon are entering into a five-year procurement contract to replenish Tomahawk inventory at the most affordable cost. The legacy program Tomahawk missile is the Navy's weapon of choice for critical, long-range precision strike missions against high value, heavily defended targets.

The Block IV costs about half the price of a newly built Block III missile.

Raytheon Company, with 2003 sales of $18.1 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 78,000 people worldwide.

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Título: Standard SM-6 Block I/Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM)
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 16, 2004, 12:02:17 am
Pentagon Contract Announcement


(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Sept. 3, 2004)


Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz. is being awarded a $440,120,857 cost-reimbursable contract with cost and technical/schedule performance incentives for the Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) of the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block I/Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM).

This includes the design, development, fabrication, assembly, integration, test and delivery of flight and non-flight assets. SM-6/ERAM will improve mission capabilities including protection against overland cruise missiles.

Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (80 percent); Camden, N.J. (15 percent), and Andover, Mass. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2011. Initial funding in the amount of $5,039,821 will be provided at contract award. These funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured.

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U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $440 Million Development Contract for New STANDARD Missile-6


(Source: Raytheon Co.; issued Sept. 3, 2004)


TUCSON, Ariz. --- The U.S. Navy awarded a $440 million contract to Raytheon Company to develop and produce the new STANDARD Missile-6 Extended Range Active Missile. SM-6 is being developed to meet the Navy's requirement for an extended range anti-air warfare missile (ER-AAW).

"SM-6 not only ensures that the U.S. Navy anti-air warfare combatants will defeat evolving and asymmetric air threats throughout its service life, but its inherent capabilities also provide the basis for highly cost effective spirals to meet future mission requirements," said Louise L. Francesconi, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, which will develop, design, test, produce and support SM-6.

The initial, baseline SM-6 program provides an ER-AAW missile capability against fixed and rotary wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and land attack anti-ship cruise missiles in flight, both over sea and land. With a future integrated fire control, SM-6 will provide the surface Navy with an increased battlespace against over-the-horizon AAW (anti-air warfare) threats, taking full advantage of the kinematics available to STANDARD Missile.

SM-6 will employ Raytheon's STANDARD Missile-2 Block IV airframe and proven seeker and guidance technology from across the company's product lines.

Raytheon's STANDARD Missile-2 Block IV is the latest version of SM-2 to enter production and provides an extended range capability. The addition of state-of-the-art active radar guidance enables unprecedented performance into a highly reliable, lightweight, low-cost package.

"By employing our combat proven Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) technology on our widely deployed and ship certified STANDARD Missile-2 airframe, we have created a highly effective and affordable ER-AAW solution with minimum risk for our Navy customer," said Edward Miyshiro, Raytheon's Naval Weapons Systems vice president.

"We are capitalizing on and taking advantage of the synergies and benefits -- sharing technology, producing affordable systems and quick response time to our customers -- we expected to realize by consolidating virtually all of Raytheon's missile programs in Tucson several years ago, Miyashiro said.

The U.S. Navy announced its intention in January 2003 to award a contract to Raytheon Company to develop and produce a new extended range active missile.

Raytheon Company, with 2003 sales of $18.1 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 78,000 people worldwide.

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Título: Novo lança-granadas de 40 mm dos Marines
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 16, 2004, 11:16:11 pm
Rochester, N.Y., Native Tests Grenade Launcher
 
 
(Source: US Marine Corps; issued Nov. 12, web-posted Nov. 15, 2004)
 
 
 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. --- The short, compact Marine fires a weapon he never employed before toward a bunker in the distance. The explosions sound like the steady beating of a bass drum before a song picks up.  
 
As dirt flies into the air, the Rochester, N.Y., native grins knowing his grenades were on target. Corporal Fidel A. Rodriguez, fired the 40 mm Multiple Grenade Launcher, a weapon the Marine Corps is currently testing for possible future employment.  
 
The rifleman with 8th Marine Regiment, instructing various officers and troops of 2d Marine Division on the MGL, believes it’s an effective weapon system.  
 
“From a squad perspective, you can send rounds down range faster, and it gives us more firepower that we need more often than not,” explained the 2001 Brockport High School graduate, comparing the MGL with the M203, another shoulder-fired grenade launcher the Marine Corps currently uses, which is a single shot, breach-load weapon.  
 
According to Rodriguez, the MGL is not a heavy weapon like the MK-19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, which is a weapon system that is just as effective as the MGL, but it requires three Marines to operate it.  
 
The MGL is a combination of the M203 and the MK-19. One Marine can handle it without a problem and fires multiple rounds without reloading. It is simple to load, unload, maintain and use, which makes it easier to instruct Marines on the weapon and how to fire it.  
 
“Since the MGL is so easy to use, the class I teach is about two minutes long and then the Marines get some hands on training,” he said glancing back at the weapon, smiling.  
 
Rodriguez’s first use of the weapon was during the two-day training period, and he already enhanced his skills and knowledge of the weapon.  
 
“It feels good to hit the target, like with any weapon. All you have to do is get into a comfort zone and find your ‘sweet spot’,” explained the experienced squadleader as explosions in the background drowned out his deep, crisp voice.  
 
Rodriguez also helped instruct Marine officers from the 2d Marine Division on effectively employing the MGL in combat.  
 
The brown-eyed, stocky corporal will be guarding the Headquarters of 8th Marine Regiment when they deploy to Iraq early next year, which won’t be Rodriguez’s first time in the Middle Eastern country.  
 
Rodriguez deployed to Iraq with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and realizes now, after using this new grenade launcher, how helpful the MGL would be if they had it during this first deployment.  
 
“It can take out cars and weaken enemy armored vehicles faster than the 203. It shoots six rounds instead of one, so you can suppress fire for a longer period of time. It would be very effective during ambushes and infiltration.  
 
“It can destroy improvised explosive devices, which are commonly used by Iraqi insurgents, easily and safely,” explained Rodriguez, who plans to re-enlist after his first term.  
 
As 2d Marine Division prepares to deploy to Iraq early next year, Rodriguez is hopeful that the MGL will be adopted by the Marine Corps as one of its primary weapons.  
 
“With a rapid rate of fire of six grenades in two seconds, this weapon has the potential to accomplish the mission twice as fast. I hope the Marine Corps decides to use this weapon, because it does its job quickly and efficiently,” he explained, turning to the wooden barricade to stepup to the firing line.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 18, 2004, 10:45:05 pm
Navy Christens Amphibious Transport Dock Ship
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Nov. 17, 2004)
 
 
 The Navy will christen the newest San Antonio Class amphibious ship, New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, during an 11 a.m. CST ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems - Avondale Operations, Avondale (New Orleans), La.  
 
The New Orleans honors the largest city of Louisiana and one of the world’s three largest seaports. In the past century, three naval ships have carried the name New Orleans.  
 
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Carolyn Shelton, wife of Gen. Henry H. Shelton, former chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, is serving as the ship’s sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted in the time-honored Navy tradition when Shelton christens the ship by breaking a bottle of champagne across the ship’s bow to formally name New Orleans.  
 
Cmdr. John B. (Brad) Skillman, born in Muncie, Ind., and raised in St. Paris, Ohio, will be the first commanding officer of the ship. The New Orleans’ crew will consist of 360 officers and enlisted Navy personnel and is capable of embarking a landing force of approximately 800 Marines. The ship is 684 feet in length, has an overall beam of 105 feet, a navigational draft of 23 feet and displaces approximately 24,900 tons. Four turbo-charged diesels power the ship to sustained speeds of 22 knots.  
 
New Orleans is the second ship in the Navy’s new San Antonio Class. As a critical element in future Expeditionary Strike Groups, the ship will support the Marine Corps “mobility triad,” which consists of the LCAC (landing craft air cushion), the expeditionary fighting vehicle, and the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (MV-22). Furthermore, the ship will provide improved warfighting capabilities including an advanced command-and-control suite, increased lift-capacity in vehicle and cargo-carrying capability, and advanced ship-survivability features.  
 
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Título: Laser-Based Ship Collision Avoidance System
Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 18, 2004, 10:53:50 pm
U.S. Navy Places Order with Laser Atlanta for the Fleet's First Laser-Based Ship Collision Avoidance System
 
 
(Source: Laser Atlanta; issued Nov. 17, 2004)
 
 
 ATLANTA --- The U.S. Navy has placed its first commercial order for Laser Atlanta's Laser Proximity Measurement System for maintaining a safe distance between ships during underway replenishment, or UNREP. Laser Atlanta, a leading laser optics technology developer and provider of measuring systems for professionals, developed the system for the Naval Sea Systems Command.  
 
The first system will be placed on the USS Laramie.  
 
"We believe that this system will be the first of many onboard the Navy's fleet and that the Navy's enthusiastic response to our system's performance will lead to it becoming the universal standard for proximity and collision avoidance in the fleet," said James Kelly, Laser Atlanta CEO. "Through rigorous testing, our proximity system has proved the flexibility and inherent value of our underlying technology. The Navy's interest has also given us visibility into other marine navigation difficulties. We intend to pursue commercial shipping and pleasure cruise industries with similar solutions to improve close-proximity events and maneuvers."  
 
Underway replenishment is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, supplies, and personnel from one ship to another while the vessels are underway. The transfer requires ships to sail along side each other where sea conditions demand careful navigation to avoid a collision. Currently UNREP navigation control is a manual process that requires a line strung between the side-by-side vessels to mark inter-ship spacing: a process that taxes captain and deck personnel.  
 
The U.S. Navy pursued commercially available technology alternatives to reduce personnel drain and provide along-side positioning assistance. Laser Atlanta incorporated its laser-based distance measuring system and a large billboard display that continuously reports the distance between ships to the captains of both ships.  
 
The Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command has included the Laser Atlanta Proximity Measurement System in its Naval Warfare Publication, authorizing the sole use for the fleet.  
 
"(The Laser Atlanta) solution offers navigational data during approach, not just while side-by-side, therefore, reducing the potential for ship collisions and increasing the efficiency of UNREP operations," said Dick Gilbert, Technical Director for the Navy's McConnell Technology & Training Center.  
 
Laser Atlanta designs and manufactures laser measurement systems for professionals and is a major supplier to U.S. and international markets. Since 1989, several generations of laser sensors have been developed for mapping, facilities management, surveying, blast profiling, traffic monitoring and accident investigation applications.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 22, 2004, 09:14:15 pm
Enterprise Prepares for New Landing Gear
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Nov. 19, 2004)
 
 
 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (Big E) is getting an upgrade to its landing gear. The state-of-the-art cross check system is being installed during the ship's ongoing Extended Selected Restricted Availability at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard to help improve the ship's ability to catch aircraft.  
 
Under the old method of catching planes, an observer in Primary Flight Control (Pri-Fly) identified the incoming aircraft and relayed that information to the engine operators in the arresting gear engine rooms. These operators would set the tension of the arresting cables to match the weight of the incoming aircraft, guaranteeing the plane would come to a complete stop within the length of the runway. With the cross-check system, the watch-stander in Pri-Fly will set the weight remotely from his station.  
 
The most recent upgrade to the cross-check system is still very new to the fleet. It's so new that USS George Washington (CVN 73) (GW) is the only ship on the East Coast to have it. With Enterprise currently installing the upgraded system, Big E's arresting gear engine operators are visiting GW for some firsthand experience on how it all operates.  
 
"Our Sailors are over there keeping their qualifications up," said Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class (AW) Richard Gallagher of air department's V-2 division. "While they're working on their quals, they're learning the cross-check system."  
 
With the new cross-check system, the deck edge operator can see the information from Pri-Fly displayed on a panel installed onto the flight deck itself. While that data goes directly to the landing area, the engine operators still remain the human element needed to ensure things run smoothly.  
 
"You still need that human factor verifying everything," said Lt. John Vinyard, the arresting gear branch officer, "and they can override it in an emergency."  
 
According to Gallagher, the engine operator's role will move more towards troubleshooting than operation. In that role, they'll still be aided by the cross-check system, as the system's sensors will indicate where any problems might be.  
 
"Up until now, operators have been doing it by sight and sound," he said. "Now it's almost like the 'check engine' light in your car. It's definitely advanced from where we started from. It takes a lot of the guess-work out."  
 
Air department personnel have been rotating through George Washington, staying for a few weeks at a time to keep their qualifications current. There are about 20 people from Enterprise's V-2 Division currently aboard GW working with that ship's landing equipment.  
 
Gallagher himself just recently returned from his time aboard GW, where he became familiar with the new system.  
 
"Eventually, we'd like to get everyone over to the GW to get a chance to see it and operate it," said Gallagher.  
 
"This was a great opportunity to get some OJT (on-the-job training) and see it actually operating during flight conditions," added Vinyard.  
 
This experience will help when Enterprise gets its own upgrade, said Vinyard. Any new system will have kinks that need to be worked out, such as aligning the sensors. The hands-on experience will also give the operators something to build on when Enterprise has its own formal, in-house training once installation is complete.  
 
This isn't the first modernization the ship's arresting gear has seen over the years. Upgrades ranging from easier to read display dials to safety improvements of the engines themselves have been installed over the years. This latest upgrade is another example of how the Navy's oldest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier remains on the cutting edge of combat effectiveness.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 22, 2004, 09:15:26 pm
Submarine Jimmy Carter Completes First Voyage
 
 
(Source: General Dynamics; issued Nov. 19, 2004)
 
 
 GROTON, Conn. --- The Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine, returned to the Electric Boat shipyard here today following the successful completion of its first voyage in open seas, called "alpha sea trials." Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.  
 
Jimmy Carter is the third and final ship of the Seawolf class – the fastest, quietest, most heavily armed submarines in the world. While Jimmy Carter retains all of the operational capabilities of the Seawolf-class, a 100-foot hull extension called the Multi-Mission Platform provides enhanced payload capabilities, enabling the submarine to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles.  
 
The Jimmy Carter's alpha sea trials included a range of submarine and propulsion plant operations, submerging for the first time, and high-speed runs on the surface and submerged to demonstrate that the ship's propulsion plant is fully mission capable.  
 
Participating in the sea trials were U.S. Navy Adm. Kirkland Donald, director – Naval Nuclear Propulsion; Rear Adm. Jeffrey Cassius, commander – Submarine Group Two; and Rear Adm. John Butler, program executive officer (Submarines). Also participating in the sea trials were Capt. Jeffrey Reed, the Navy's supervisor of shipbuilding in Groton; and John Casey, president of Electric Boat. The Jimmy Carter is commanded by Capt. Robert D. Kelso of Gales Ferry, Conn.  
 
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 71,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2004 revenue in excess of $19 billion.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 23, 2004, 11:43:13 pm
LPD 18 Transport Dock Ship Christened In New Orleans
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued Nov. 22, 2004)
 
 
 NEW ORLEANS --- In celebratory tradition, Carolyn Shelton, ship's sponsor, smashed a champagne bottle across the hull of the amphibious transport dock ship LPD 18, officially christening the ship New Orleans on Saturday at Northrop Grumman Corporation's New Orleans shipyard.  
 
Mrs. Shelton, wife of U.S. Army Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton (Ret.), the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, exclaimed, "bless this ship and all who sail in her," prior to her christening in the presence of approximately 1,000 guests.  
 
Principal speaker, U.S. Navy Adm. Vern Clark, chief of Naval Operations said the ship "will be ready to take American sovereignty to the far corners of the earth, for the capability designed within this ship and for our Navy-Marine Corps team, is truly a bridge to the future."  
 
"As we plan for the security of our nation...," Clark continued, "we are searching for the most advanced capabilities we can deliver to the sons and daughters of America wearing the uniforms of this nation, who are representing our nation in this global war against those using the tactics of terror. We want them to have every advantage that we can deliver to them."  
 
The name New Orleans recognizes the largest city in Louisiana and honors one of the world's largest ports. Navy Cmdr. Brad Skillman, a native of Muncie, Ind., is New Orleans' prospective commanding officer. The ship is scheduled for commissioning in 2005 and will be homeported in San Diego.  
 
"We are all here together sharing in a special pride," said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.  
 
Blanco read a congratulatory letter from U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La) that included the following comments: "A pride that workers from Louisiana, welders and pipefitters here in this shipyard at Avondale, together with the executives of the Navy, produced this magnificent product. As an American, I'm proud knowing this ship will soon head out to protect this nation and the freedoms that we hold so dear."  
 
New Orleans (LPD 18) is the second ship in the San Antonio (LPD 17)-class of amphibious transport dock ships being built by Northrop Grumman for the Navy/U.S. Marine Corps team. Construction is taking place at the company's New Orleans shipyard with fabrication and additional support from three other company facilities in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss., and Tallulah, La.  
 
Displacing nearly 25,000 tons, these ships will be the second-largest ships in the Navy's 21st Century Expeditionary Strike Groups. New Orleans will have a crew of 360 Sailors and 3 Marines and can carry up to 699 troops with a surge capability of up to 800.  
 
"Like the people of New Orleans, with their diversity of culture and history, this ship represents a rich mix of systems, a tapestry of capabilities without peer," said Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems sector. "The San Antonio class will transform assault from the sea and bring new technologies into the fleet at a time when the fleet needs them most. This ship is built to operate and survive in hostile waters - to go into harm's way, even as she delivers lethal and precise blows in a contested littoral. New Orleans will be tough enough to meet the challenges of the next 35 years, wherever they arise."  
 
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships are 684 feet (208.5 meters) long and 105 feet (31.9 meters) wide and will replace the functions of four classes of older amphibious ships. This new class of ship affords the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious vehicles such as the Landing Craft, Air Cushion, operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft, as well as the ability to carry and launch the Marine Corp's Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.  
 
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems is the ship systems integrator for the LPD 17 ship class, with prime responsibility for the design and integration of the innovative Shipboard Wide Area Network, the backbone of the LPD capability. Raytheon draws upon its experience and proven expertise to integrate all government and contractor furnished equipment, providing exceptional capabilities to the joint expeditionary forces who will serve onboard.  
 
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan. Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life-cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 23, 2004, 11:43:13 pm
LPD 18 Transport Dock Ship Christened In New Orleans
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued Nov. 22, 2004)
 
 
 NEW ORLEANS --- In celebratory tradition, Carolyn Shelton, ship's sponsor, smashed a champagne bottle across the hull of the amphibious transport dock ship LPD 18, officially christening the ship New Orleans on Saturday at Northrop Grumman Corporation's New Orleans shipyard.  
 
Mrs. Shelton, wife of U.S. Army Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton (Ret.), the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, exclaimed, "bless this ship and all who sail in her," prior to her christening in the presence of approximately 1,000 guests.  
 
Principal speaker, U.S. Navy Adm. Vern Clark, chief of Naval Operations said the ship "will be ready to take American sovereignty to the far corners of the earth, for the capability designed within this ship and for our Navy-Marine Corps team, is truly a bridge to the future."  
 
"As we plan for the security of our nation...," Clark continued, "we are searching for the most advanced capabilities we can deliver to the sons and daughters of America wearing the uniforms of this nation, who are representing our nation in this global war against those using the tactics of terror. We want them to have every advantage that we can deliver to them."  
 
The name New Orleans recognizes the largest city in Louisiana and honors one of the world's largest ports. Navy Cmdr. Brad Skillman, a native of Muncie, Ind., is New Orleans' prospective commanding officer. The ship is scheduled for commissioning in 2005 and will be homeported in San Diego.  
 
"We are all here together sharing in a special pride," said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.  
 
Blanco read a congratulatory letter from U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La) that included the following comments: "A pride that workers from Louisiana, welders and pipefitters here in this shipyard at Avondale, together with the executives of the Navy, produced this magnificent product. As an American, I'm proud knowing this ship will soon head out to protect this nation and the freedoms that we hold so dear."  
 
New Orleans (LPD 18) is the second ship in the San Antonio (LPD 17)-class of amphibious transport dock ships being built by Northrop Grumman for the Navy/U.S. Marine Corps team. Construction is taking place at the company's New Orleans shipyard with fabrication and additional support from three other company facilities in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss., and Tallulah, La.  
 
Displacing nearly 25,000 tons, these ships will be the second-largest ships in the Navy's 21st Century Expeditionary Strike Groups. New Orleans will have a crew of 360 Sailors and 3 Marines and can carry up to 699 troops with a surge capability of up to 800.  
 
"Like the people of New Orleans, with their diversity of culture and history, this ship represents a rich mix of systems, a tapestry of capabilities without peer," said Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems sector. "The San Antonio class will transform assault from the sea and bring new technologies into the fleet at a time when the fleet needs them most. This ship is built to operate and survive in hostile waters - to go into harm's way, even as she delivers lethal and precise blows in a contested littoral. New Orleans will be tough enough to meet the challenges of the next 35 years, wherever they arise."  
 
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships are 684 feet (208.5 meters) long and 105 feet (31.9 meters) wide and will replace the functions of four classes of older amphibious ships. This new class of ship affords the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious vehicles such as the Landing Craft, Air Cushion, operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft, as well as the ability to carry and launch the Marine Corp's Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.  
 
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems is the ship systems integrator for the LPD 17 ship class, with prime responsibility for the design and integration of the innovative Shipboard Wide Area Network, the backbone of the LPD capability. Raytheon draws upon its experience and proven expertise to integrate all government and contractor furnished equipment, providing exceptional capabilities to the joint expeditionary forces who will serve onboard.  
 
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan. Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life-cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 23, 2004, 11:55:50 pm
New Command Will Unify Navy’s Maritime Force Protection Units

By RICHARD R. BURGESS
Managing Editor

Force protection has been a hot issue for the U.S. Navy since the terrorist bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in 2000 and the beginning of the global war on terrorism. The subsequent buildup of the Navy’s force protection units and weapons will culminate next month with the establishment of a new fleet-wide command to bring them under a single umbrella.

The Maritime Force Protection Command (MFPC) will be established on Oct. 1 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Va., where many East Coast force protection units are based. The command’s mission is to provide forces to protect Navy units and other assets that are outside secure installations or facilities. Elements of the new command are protecting oil terminals in Iraq, for example, and it will be responsible for the security and protection of Navy ships that drop anchor at some foreign ports.

The creation of the MFPC is indicative of a major restructuring within the Navy hierarchy. Until now, responsibility for force protection units was buried in the administrative staff structure of the surface force-type commanders in the U.S. Atlantic and Pacific fleets, where force protection forces competed for resources with the large surface combatants and combat systems. With the creation of this new Navy-wide command, force protection rises to a level befitting its current importance in U.S. naval operations.

MFPC, an element of Fleet Forces Command, will be responsible for training, equipping and deploying force protection units, as well as developing their doctrine, tactics and other standard procedures.

Capt. Mark E. Kosnik, selected to be the first commander of MFPC, will direct the force structure of existing naval coastal warfare squadrons (including inshore boat units and mobile inshore undersea warfare units), explosive ordnance disposal units, expeditionary salvage (diver) units and the recently created Navy Mobile Security Force detachments. With a budget of approximately $52 million, he will supervise the training of more than 5,000 naval coastal warfare sailors and 2,000 sailors from explosive ordinance disposal and expeditionary salvage units.

MFPC is not intended to provide security at installations that have resident security forces. “Expeditionary” and “mobility” are key descriptors of the command’s mission.

“When there is a requirement for a high-value asset [to be deployed] outside the traditional security of installations, then it’s our mission to provide protection,” Kosnik told Sea Power.

The force to be protected could be a ship — such as a Military Sealift Command logistics ship in a foreign port not frequented by Navy visits — or a high-value aircraft — such as an executive transport carrying VIPs or a P-3 surveillance aircraft — staged to a remote airfield with no resident security forces. Protection of maritime facilities such as Iraqi oil terminals from sabotage and direct attack also fall within the mission of mobile security force detachments and naval coastal warfare squadrons.

In June, the first operational Mobile Security Force detachment took over security of the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah oil terminals in Iraq, when they relieved the Interim Marine Corps Security Force Bahrain. Mobile Security Force detachments operate 25-foot patrol boats that are deployable by Air Force C-5 transport aircraft.

Despite its expeditionary character, MFPC expects that its forces frequently will be assigned to homeland defense roles. Naval mobile security forces and naval coastal warfare units already have supported Coast Guard missions. Kosnik said the MFPC will have an “evolving relationship with the Coast Guard.”

MFPC will send forces overseas as required by combatant commanders. For the foreseeable future, Kosnik expects to maintain two mobile security force detachments in the Middle East and one in Europe, and to keep explosive ordnance detachments deployed overseas as well. He also expects the naval coastal warfare squadrons — all of which are reserve units — to rotate to the Persian Gulf on a routine deployment schedule.

Kosnik said the implementation of the Sea Basing concept, a part of the Sea Power 21 strategy of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark, is likely to increase the role of MFPC forces. Mobile sea bases, such as prepositioning ships operating away from established ports, may require more protection from hostile small craft and divers.

MFPC will be working with Fleet Forces Command in the latter’s active-reserve integration studies. At issue is the possibility of shifting the naval coastal warfare squadrons from the reserve to the active force structure, Kosnik said.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 24, 2004, 12:15:22 am
Silent Hammer’ Will Test SSGN as Clandestine Sea Base

By STEPHEN E. JOHNSON

The Navy will conduct a critical sea trial, called “Silent Hammer,” scheduled for this fall off the coast of San Diego, to evaluate the capability improvements offered by a clandestine sea base of networked undersea, surface, air and ground forces in a coordinated operation. Using that network, the joint forces involved in “Silent Hammer” will conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike operations against an “enemy” force on land and in the littoral battlespace.

This is part of the continuing series of rapid concept and technology developments being conducted by the Navy to swiftly deliver enhanced capabilities to the fleet. This process is in keeping with the service’s Sea Trial initiative, a central element of its Sea Power 21 strategy. A key Navy goal is to operate in a joint network centric environment by connecting multiservice systems and platforms under the operational control of a joint warfare commander.

The heart of the “Silent Hammer” exercise will be a ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) as a surrogate for an SSGN, an Ohio-class SSBN being converted to fire Tomahawk missiles and transport and deliver Special Operations Forces (SOF). Other platforms and forces presently scheduled to participate in the exercise include SOF, two attack submarines, a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surrogate, the High Speed Vessel Swift, plus Marine Corps and Air Force assets. Other forces and platforms will likely be added before the experiment begins.

The SSGN will be “Silent Hammer’s” clandestine sea base platform. Sea Basing serves as the foundation from which offensive operations are conducted. The SSGN will provide the SOF with their logistics and command-and-control requirements while also deploying manned and unmanned sea vehicles, and conducting ISR and strike missions.

“Silent Hammer” will continue to evaluate universal encapsulation, which entails the development of methods to enable subs to affordably launch a variety of weapons and organic unmanned off-board systems. During “Silent Hammer,” a Flexible Payload Module installed in a D-5 missile tube will launch a Stealthy Affordable Capsule containing an inert test shape simulating a real UAV.

Additionally, the SSGN will have a Battle Management Center installed prior to the experiment. This will provide the embarked Joint Commander access to real-time intelligence and Command and Control capabilities.

Many advanced technologies and capabilities are included in “Silent Hammer” and each will be carefully evaluated as required by Sea Trial. These include the SSGN Battle Management Center; Encapsulation Spiral Development; simulated SSGN satellite communication and SOF capabilities; an advanced radio for long-range, high-data-rate communications; direct UAV and ISR down-linking to the SSGN; hardware and software needed to enable time-critical targeting of Tactical Tomahawks; UAV and aircraft ISR; and Unattended Ground Sensors (UGSs) and an associated land network. Negotiations are ongoing to incorporate more technologies into “Silent Hammer.”

SOF ground forces will play a major role in “Silent Hammer” by conducting clandestine intelligence-gathering and tactical missions. While some ground forces will be based aboard the SSGN, other SOFs will launch from an attack submarine equipped with the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle — these will act as surrogates for a SSGN submarine and an Advanced SEAL Delivery System.

Once ashore, the ground forces will emplace sensors, a communications network, conduct surveillance and direct action missions. The information they gather will be passed back to the Joint Commander, allowing for continuous real-time situational awareness and time-critical strike support while staying connected to the global grid for higher command interaction.

During “Silent Hammer’s” overt phase, the SSGN will play a role in the Navy’s “Trident Warrior” Sea Trial experiment. Here, the joint commander aboard SSGN will change roles from the supported commander to the supporting commander for USS Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group’s (ESG) emulated joint commander. The SSGN will identify threats, conduct ISR and provide strike for the ESG.

“Silent Hammer” will provide real data for improved capabilities offered by the SOF and SSGN team with access to a plethora of off-board assets (joint and organic) to conduct and support extended littoral, terrestrial and strike operations. A carefully conceived data collection and analysis plan will ensure that the contributions provided by new capabilities and technologies are thoroughly evaluated, providing the Navy with information needed to support investment decisions in the future.

Rear Adm. Stephen E. Johnson is commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and director for undersea technology at Naval Sea Systems Command.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 24, 2004, 12:16:17 am
SSGN Conversion Will Boost Offensive Power of the Fleet

By BRIAN J. WEGNER

A single Ohio-class guided-missile submarine (SSGN) will be armed with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles. That is more cruise missiles than are now carried by an entire carrier strike group, and almost 20 percent of the 800 Tomahawks fired by a cadre of coalition submarines and surface ships during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Navy is obtaining four SSGNs, a step that will substantially increase the offensive power of the fleet.

Four Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines are being converted to the SSGN configuration. The conversion program was just getting started in June 2002 when Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark introduced his Sea Power 21 strategic plan. The four Ohio-class SSGNs provide key capabilities for the Sea Power 21 pillars of Sea Strike and Sea Basing, while serving as models of the supporting processes of Sea Trial and Sea Enterprise.

The conversion of the four ballistic-missile submarines to SSGNs was prompted by the 1994 Nuclear Posture Review, which determined the nation needed 14 of its 18 commissioned ballistic-missile submarines to meet its strategic deterrent requirements. Rather than decommission the four oldest boats, USS Ohio, USS Michigan, USS Florida and USS Georgia, the Navy decided to convert them into stealthy guided-missile strike and Special Operations Forces (SOF) platforms. Each is still a highly capable submarine with 20-plus years of operational life remaining. It is this conversion process that makes the SSGN program a model Sea Power 21 initiative.

Sea Strike calls for projecting precise and persistent offensive power. SSGNs will be major contributors to Sea Strike by virtue of their significant payload, endurance and persistent in-theater presence, due in part to their large arsenals of Tomahawk missiles.

Sea Strike also aims to enhance the warfighting contribution of Marines and SOF. The SSGN has unequalled capability to conduct sustained, stealthy operations with embarked SOF and their specialized equipment. Missile tubes one and two are being converted into large lock-in/lock-out chambers that will double as the mating sites for Advanced SEAL Delivery Systems, Dry-Deck Shelters or one of each.

SSGNs may also be a key research and development asset. Since each of the 22 available missile tubes is about the size of a tractor trailer, the Navy has an unprecedented opportunity to test and evaluate future submarine payloads. Possible payloads could include new effects-based weapons, distributed sensors and networks, unmanned underwater vehicles, unmanned surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. With sound engineering and some imagination, a staggering array of unmanned sub-surface, surface and airborne systems, weapons, sensors and specialized SOF equipment could be tested.

The SSGN captures several key attributes of Sea Basing, which will extend the Navy’s reach through the use of mobile, self-sufficient bases in forward arenas. It will maximize its forward presence by retaining the two-crew concept used on SSBNs, while maximizing in-theater time by conducting some crew turnovers at forward-deployed sites. This will lead to 14 years of forward-deployed operations out of 20 years of remaining life.

SSGN also will be an unrivalled submarine command-and-control asset. The SSGN conversion installs equipment and operating stations to monitor and control operations of the Lockout Chambers, Advanced SEAL Delivery Systems or Dry-Deck Shelters. They also can be used for displays, storage and local area network drops, and communications equipment needed to plan and supervise strike and SOF operations. The capability is here to conduct the SSGN’s own operations, and to embark command elements enabling the SSGN to serve as a Launch Area Coordinator, or to provide robust command and control for SOF operations.

The SSGN program epitomizes the streamlined, efficient process envisioned in Sea Enterprise to field capabilities quickly and at lower cost. The SSGN conversion leverages prior investments in the Ohio-class submarines themselves, and in their supporting infrastructure.

Moreover, SSGN conversion is an example of reducing cycle time in the procurement of a major system. In three years, this program progressed from the concept stage to two submarines undergoing conversion. By fiscal year 2007, all four SSGNs will have completed conversion, with the lead boat, USS Ohio, having attained initial operating capability.

The SSGN program takes full advantage of capabilities resident at General Dynamics Electric Boat, the original designer and shipbuilder for the Ohio-class SSBNs, and at the naval shipyards to complete the conversions in minimum time. Electric Boat produced the detail design for the SSGN, procures long-lead-time material, performs manufacturing and conversion planning, and is providing direct labor and management oversight as the conversion execution manager.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Va., and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Wash., are performing refueling overhauls on two submarines each, with the conversion work beginning about halfway through each submarine’s overhaul — reducing overall time in drydock and saving the Navy money. The naval shipyards also provide selected services for the conversion effort, leveraging existing facilities and on-site capabilities.

Sea Trial encompasses all of the Navy’s research and development efforts, including partnerships with government and civilian research centers and academic institutions to develop the weapons of the future. With their large payload capacity, versatility and multiple large ocean interfaces, SSGNs will be integral in the testing and evaluation of new submarine technologies.

The SSGN’s potential as a Sea Trial platform was demonstrated in January 2003 when the Florida successfully launched two Tomahawk cruise missiles during a demonstration validation exercise. After the exercise, the Florida simulated an SSGN for the “Giant Shadow” Sea Trial. The experiment included the first vertical unmanned underwater vehicle launch from a submarine.

The Seahorse vehicle mapped an ingress path through a suspected mine field, allowing Navy SEALs deploying from the submarine to successfully land on an island suspected of housing a terrorist-run weapons of mass destruction (WMD) facility. The SEALs conducted constant reconnaissance of the suspected facility for several days and during that time used the Seahorse to receive supplies and send soil samples back to the SSGN. When the soil samples confirmed the presence of WMD material, the SEALs withdrew from the island and the SSGN launched a simulated Tomahawk strike against the facility.

Another simulated SSGN is slated to play an integral role in the October Sea Trial “Silent Hammer,” which will build upon “Giant Shadow’s” success (See sidebar).

SSGN will provide key capabilities for Sea Power 21. In taking advantage of improved business practices and leveraging existent platforms and expertise, the SSGN program provides transformational platforms at an unprecedented rate and at an affordable cost. When these assets are delivered to the fleet in the near future, the Navy will have stealthy platforms that are capable of conducting non-provocative operations for months at a time or striking at a moment’s notice with missiles, special forces, or both.

Capt. Brian J. Wegner is the Navy’s SSGN program manager, Program Executive Office for Submarines at Naval Sea Systems Command.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 24, 2004, 03:27:16 pm
Major Success in the United States: TDA to Supply Weapon System for US Marine Corps’ EFSS  
 
 
(Source: Thales; issued Nov. 22, 2004, web-posted Nov. 23, 2004)
 
 
 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France --- The consortium led by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), which includes TDA (TDA is an equally owned subsidiary of Thales and EADS Deutschland GmbH), has been selected by the US Marine Corps to develop and produce the future Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS), transportable by the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.  
 
The EFSS will comprise a prime mover vehicle, 120 mm mortar, ammunition supply vehicle and trailer, fire control support and complete family of ammunition.  
 
The contract is worth 240 million euros (296 million dollars). TDA's share of this six-year program will amount to around 80 million euros if all options are exercised.  
 
TDA will supply the EFSS weapon system, comprising its 120 mm rifled towed mortar, the 120 RT, already in service with the armed forces of twenty-four countries, including four NATO members, and the associated family of ammunition. In the longer term, the US Marine Corps' ammunition requirements will continue throughout the weapon system's service life of around thirty years. The Marine Corps' selection of the TDA mortar confirms the inherent superiority of rifled technology for 120 mm mortars.  
 
This latest success strengthens Thales' position in the United States by extending its activities to weapon systems for land forces. In 2001, Thales set up ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS), the first-ever transatlantic defense company and the world leader in air defense systems. With more than 50,000 software-defined tactical radios delivered to Special Forces and Armies in a number of countries around the world, Thales Communications, Inc. is a world leader in secure, tactical, handheld miniature radio equipment. In 2003, Thales, which employs 3,000 people in North America, generated revenues of around one billion dollars in the United States, accounting for about ten percent of total sales.  
 
In addition to towed and vehicle-mounted mortars, TDA also specializes in the development and manufacture of aircraft rocket systems, smart munitions, safety and arming units and area control systems. The company has annual revenues of 100 million euros, half from export sales.  
 
Thales is an international electronics and systems group serving defense, aerospace, security and services markets. The Group employs 61,500 people worldwide and generated revenues of 10.6 billion euros in 2003.  
 
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), a business unit of General Dynamics, is America's leading manufacturer of large- and medium-caliber munitions, bomb bodies, propellant powders, warheads and explosive charges for munitions, rockets and tactical missiles.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 24, 2004, 03:38:42 pm
Kearsarge Deck Sailors Train for AAV Operations
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Nov. 22, 2004)
 
 
 ABOARD USS KEARSARGE, At Sea --- USS Kearsarge’s (LHD 3) Deck Department Sailors earned valuable underway training with an amphibious vehicle that hasn’t been aboard Kearsarge in more than three years.  
 
While underway for PHIBRON Marine Integrated Training (PMINT) from Nov. 15-23 with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Kearsarge conducted Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) operations, one of the several evolutions designed to integrate the Navy-Marine Corps team in preparation for an upcoming scheduled deployment.  
 
AAVs are full-tracked landing vehicles that transport troops in amphibious assault operations from ship to shore with the capability to carry 21 combat-equipped troops and 10,000 pounds of cargo. It has a cruising speed on land of 20-30 miles per hour, yet, can only move about six miles per hour in the water.  
 
“The primary responsibility of the AAV during an amphibious operation is to ‘spearhead’ a beach assault,” said Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class (SW/AW) Cary Carrigan, leading petty officer for deck’s 3rd division. “They are also used for carrying infantry troops and supplies, manning check points, military operations in an urban terrain and escorting food convoys.”  
 
The last time Kearsarge operated with AAVs was June 2001, so this evolution not only certified the ship to embark AAVs in the future, but also provided training for Deck personnel, many of whom had never worked with AAVs.  
 
“Although our primary mission in the Well Deck is to launch and recover LCACs (Landing Craft Air Cushion), we still have to be qualified and show the ability to launch and recover AAVs if needed,” said Carrigan.  
 
Carrigan said that despite the fact that Kearsarge hadn’t had AAVs aboard for more than three years, the event was well coordinated and was executed as planned.  
 
“We held signalman training before the evolution and made sure that all the safety requirements were maintained throughout the whole operation, which resulted in a very successful and mishap-free recovery, positioning and launch of three AAVs,” said Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (SW) Suzanne Grandfield.  
 
The training proved to be valuable to deck Sailors as Kearsarge looks ahead to continued training with the Marines and its ESG deployment. Carrigan praised the deck Sailors for making a complex evolution run smoothly.  
 
“Deck Department’s leadership and know-how made this a smooth event, showing once again that Deck’s versatility and capability to accomplish diverse missions with many assets.”  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Novembro 25, 2004, 10:22:46 pm
Pentagon Contract Announcement  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Nov. 24, 2004)
 
 
 BAE Systems Applied Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $62,184,430 cost-plus-fixed-fee, incentive-fee and award-fee, level of effort contract to provide for System Integration Support for the Trident I (C4) and Trident II (D5) Fleet Ballistic Missile Programs in implementing interface control programs and performing special technical investigations such as the following:  
 
(1) modify and update system test procedures and plan for and participate in Strategic Weapon System testing during submarine overhaul, refit and backfit;  
 
(2) perform configuration management and alteration control via documentation, drawings and technical manuals;  
 
(3) provide logistics, engineering and material control support;  
 
(4) provide planning and monitoring support in ensuring compliance with the U.S. Navy's portion of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START); and  
 
(5) provide maintenance support data system installation and support for the Strategic Weapon System, including materials.  
 
The contract also contains effort for Tomahawk Land Attack Missile-Nuclear (TLAM-N) Support and Advanced Systems Studies. Work will be performed in Rockville, Md., and is expected to be completed by September 2005. Contract funds in the amount of $38,963,072 will expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured.  
 
The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity  
 
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Observação : Julgava que o TLAM-N tinha sido retirado do inventário da US Navy.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Dezembro 01, 2004, 05:38:06 pm
United Defense 57-mm Gun System Selected by Lockheed Martin for Littoral Combat Ship  
 
 
(Source: United Defense Industries; issued Dec. 1, 2004)
 
 
 MINNEAPOLIS, MN --- United Defense Industries, Inc. has been selected to provide its 57-mm Mk 110 Naval Gun System for Lockheed Martin's Flight Zero Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).  
 
"Our Mk 110 Naval Gun System is ideal for Lockheed Martin's LCS design and meets the demanding core ship self-defense needs due to its exceptional lethality, range, high firing rate, accuracy, compact weight, and size," said Steve Kelly, United Defense's LCS program manager. "The 57-mm Mk 110 and its Mk 295 '3P' intelligent ammunition are unparalleled in defeating high-density small boat raids because of the ammunition's programmable, precision-timed fuse and lethal air-burst capability."  
 
The initial contract is for long-lead material and contains options for procurement of the first two 57-mm guns for the LCS program upon receipt of government funding. United Defense will provide the gun systems, ancillary equipment and engineering and installation services. Contract award modifications for gun system production are expected in early 2005.  
 
Work is scheduled to continue through the end of 2007, given the exercise of all options. High-volume production work is expected to be centered at the United Defense facility in Louisville, KY. Program management and gun support services will be led in Minneapolis, MN.  
 
LCS, a revolutionary naval combatant designed to dominate the world's coastal waters, provides the Navy with fast, maneuverable and shallow draft ships aimed at maximizing mission flexibility. The ship's first missions will include mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare.  
 
United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Government agencies.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Dezembro 01, 2004, 05:49:35 pm
Boeing MMA Model Passes Wind Tunnel Tests
 
 
(Source: Boeing Co.; issued Nov. 30, 2004)
 
 
 ST. LOUIS --- Boeing engineers completed the first series of wind tunnel tests for the 737 Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program on Nov. 5 under the Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract.  
 
Low-speed wind tunnel tests began on an 11 percent scale model of a 737 MMA on Oct. 28 in Boeing's 20 ft. by 20 ft. subsonic wind tunnel facility in Philadelphia, PA. The facility is the largest privately owned wind tunnel in the United States and can subject models to wind speeds up to 215 knots. The full series of stability and control testing is expected to conclude in two weeks.  
 
Neal Mosbarger, Boeing's MMA flight technology manager, says a primary area of interest was a new weapons bay door. "We found the 737 MMA had good aircraft stability characteristics with the weapon bay doors open," said Mosbarger. "We are now ready to move onto high-speed wind tunnel testing next month with a high degree of confidence in our MMA configuration."  
 
The team looked at a variety of unique features in addition to the basic stability of the aircraft including weapons bay door open, flaps down, landing gear down to simulate takeoff and landing conditions. An estimated 3,000 hours of wind tunnel time will be logged to develop the 737 MMA. Because designers can use tools like computational fluid dynamics to refine the designs before testing starts fewer tests are needed when compared to past development efforts. In addition, the 737-800 commercial airframe was previously flight tested and is currently in service with airlines around the world.  
 
The Boeing-led team, which includes CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Smiths Aerospace will produce five test aircraft during the program's SDD phase. Plans call for up to 108 aircraft to be purchased by the Navy to replace its aging fleet of P-3 aircraft.  
 
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $27 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense and Department of Homeland Security; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in launch services.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Dezembro 02, 2004, 03:53:56 pm
Lockheed Wins $15.6M Contract to Integrate Armed Helo under US Navy Multimission Helicopter Program
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Dec. 1, 2004)
 
 
 OWEGO, N.Y. --- Lockheed Martin has received a $15.6 million contract to integrate the Armed Helicopter mission kit for the MH-60S helicopter. The award represents Phase III of the U.S. Navy's Armed Helo program.  
 
Phase III, a two-year effort, covers integration from the preliminary design review, completed by Lockheed Martin in Phase II, through completion of operational testing. The Armed Helo mission kit includes sensors, avionics, weapons, integrated self-defense (ISD) and survivability capabilities. Initial operational capability of the Armed Helo is scheduled in September 2006.  
 
The MH-60S helicopter is a multimission platform being acquired by the Navy to replace the CH-46 and HH-60H helicopters. MH-60S aircraft in the Armed Helo configuration will perform organic combat search and rescue (CSAR), maritime interdiction operations (MIO), surface warfare (SUW) and carrier plane guard/SAR.  
 
"The Navy has an urgent need to arm helicopters flying in harm's way," said Jeff Bantle, vice president, Multi-Mission Solutions for Lockheed Martin Systems Integration -- Owego. "With helicopters increasingly flying in high- threat environments, the Armed Helo will provide critical protection for our war fighters."  
 
The Armed Helo program adapts key features of the MH-60R helicopter, including the ISD suite, Hellfire missiles and forward-looking infrared (FLIR), to the MH-60S platform. The mission kit also gives the crew capability to fire laser-sighted 7.62 mm guns from the port and starboard cabin windows and laser-sighted 0.50 caliber guns from the port and starboard cabin doors.  
 
The MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters are designed with a common cockpit that includes full-color, night vision device-capable, sunlight-readable displays, digital communications, fully integrated global positioning system and inertial navigation system, mass memory data storage, and integrated mission computer.  
 
Lockheed Martin is the systems integrator for the MH-60R and provides the cockpit, which is common to all MH-60S and MH-60R helicopters. Sikorsky designs and manufactures the MH-60S and MH-60R aircraft and is responsible for the mechanical and electrical modifications on the airframe.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Dezembro 03, 2004, 03:54:55 pm
Wasp Finishes Osprey Exercise, Heads Home
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Dec. 2, 2004)
 
 
 ABOARD USS WASP, At Sea --- USS Wasp (LHD 1) completed a 10-day exercise testing the V-22A Osprey off the Mid-Atlantic coast, Nov. 12-23.  
 
The multipurpose amphibious assault ship spent nearly two weeks at sea helping more than 100 flight engineers, contractors, government employees and Marine Corps pilots collect data and aviation information about the military's future transport aircraft.  
 
"We came out here to perform a series of tests, like how the Osprey interacts with other aircraft in the air and on the flight deck," explained Troy Kindall, a flight test engineer at Naval Air Station Pataxent River, Md. "We tested its short takeoff capabilities with 50,000 pounds of cargo."  
 
"We had problems with the Osprey in the past on board USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)," Kindall continued. "Whenever another V-22 would come in for a landing, the Osprey parked on the flight deck would suddenly shift from left to right. It was pretty dangerous. We came out to further monitor the aircraft-to-aircraft interaction. This time we didn't see any movement that resembled what we saw in the past.  
 
"We've also done regular launching and landing tests with the crew on the flight deck, while getting a few of our pilots qualified to fly both during the day and at night," he added. "This was a first for us and Wasp. These were our most successful tests in six years."  
 
Osprey test pilot Marine Maj. Frank Conway was one of five pilots to qualify to fly at night using night vision goggles and night vision devices. The two-year V-22 pilot said he preferred the fleet's new mode of transportation to its predecessor, the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, because of its jet speed, long-range capabilities and convenient pilot-friendly mechanisms.  
 
"The difference between flying the V-22 and the CH-46 is like night and day," said Conway of Lindenword, N.J. "The Osprey has top of the line equipment with a computer that pretty much does everything. The V-22 is an airplane that occasionally hovers for takeoffs and landings. You instantly go from hovering vertically off the deck to an airplane that can travel 200 knots in 10-12 seconds. The deceleration is even more impressive. It's like having 'Bugs Bunny' air brakes and stopping in mid-air. The Osprey will better serve the mission of the troops and the Navy/Marine Corps team."  
 
Other pilots and testers agreed. With the Osprey's ability to go as fast as 272 knots while carrying up to 60,000 pounds, the military's new hawk may be the best bird for the job.  
 
"When this aircraft hits the fleet, Sailors and Marines better watch out, because it's going to take us places we've never dreamed of," said Marine Staff Sgt. Craig Maynard, a developmental tester from Marine Unit 22. "I come from a 46 background, yet the V-22 is better for our missions. It carries two times more than its predecessor, it travels three times the distance and the navigation system is better for our pilots.  
 
"We came on board not just to do exercises, but to also get members of the ship's air department familiar with what they'll be working with in the future," he added. "I was impressed with how well the Sailors on the flight deck adjusted to the Osprey."  
 
For Sailors on the flight deck, nothing was taken for granted during the test period. They spent a lot of time studying the Osprey and preparing for its arrival.  
 
"It's a combination of what we usually work with under way. It lands like a CH-46 and jets off like an AV-8B Harrier, so the adjustment was fairly easy," said Enlisted Launch Officer Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class (AW) Devon Caldeira, of New York City. "We went to numerous safety briefs and watched several videos prior to the Ospreys' arrival. We were instructed to take extreme caution, even though it's actually a lot safer than other helicopters. Launching and landing the V-22s these past 10 days was new and exciting. It was a great experience."  
 
Even Sailors who don't launch and recover thought working with the 60,500-pound transformer aircraft was a unique experience.  
 
"Moving and chaining aircraft was always exciting for me, especially when I get to work with something new like the V-22," said Airman Gustavo Reyes, a native of New York City. "It transforms in mid-air, and it can transport more cargo and Marines. I'm looking forward to working with these birds in years to come." (ends)
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Osprey Completes Final Shipboard Developmental Testing
 
 
(Source: US Naval Air Systems Command; issued Dec. 2, 2004)
 
 
 The V-22 Integrated Test Team conducted Shipboard Suitability Phase IVc for ten days beginning on November 12.  
 
This was the fourth and final underway period for the ITT since the program's return to flight in May of 2002. Phase IVc's successful completion was an important step on the path toward the Osprey's operational evaluation early next year.  
 
The primary objective of this phase was to complete interaction testing between a V-22 parked on the flight deck and another V-22 hovering in front of it. Additional test objectives included flight envelope expansion for all port side landing spots aboard the LHD, developing a night short takeoff envelope, and evaluating the latest flight control software version.  
 
"The team was able to get a lot done during our time underway," said Bill Geyer, the ITT's lead shipboard suitability engineer. "The data we gathered will help us close the book on MV-22 shipboard developmental test. We've given the operational testers and, in turn, the fleet the tools for success at sea."  
 
While the ITT was busy working on the Wasp's flight deck, a group of maintainers from VMX-22, the V-22 operational test and evaluation squadron based at MCAS New River, were in the hangar bay conducting maintenance demonstration testing. Tests included removing both engines, jacking the aircraft and cycling the landing gear, and removing prop-rotor hubs and blade assemblies. The VMX-22 team's findings will serve them well during the squadron's upcoming operational evaluation.  
 
Geyer was quick to attribute the ITT's success to their hosts. "The Wasp was excellent," he said. "The bridge team went out of its way to get us the winds we needed, and the Air Department was always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done for us. Overall, it was the best experience I've ever had at sea while conducting tests."  
 
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Gulf of Mexico Exercise Puts Navy To The Test  
 
 
(Source: US Naval Sea Systems Command; issued Dec. 3, 2004)
 
 
 PANAMA CITY, Fla. --- More than 500 personnel from Naval Station Ingleside and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, along with the High-Speed Vessel Swift 2 began putting their mine warfare training to practice Dec. 3-14, 2004 in the Gulf of Mexico exercise (GOMEX). The GOMEX 05-1 gives ships, aircraft and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) divers an opportunity to work together as an integrated team.  
 
"This will be the first time a mine countermeasures (MCM) squadron staff embarks and uses HSV2 Swift as their mine countermeasures command flagship for a fully integrated MCM exercise," said Naval Station Ingleside Public Affairs Officer FiFi Kieschnick.  
 
Naval Support Activity-Panama City (NSA-PC) Operations Director George C. Betz Jr. said the NSA-PC port has hosted similar training exercises, like other GOMEXs in the past, but this one offers more of an operational and logistic challenge.  
 
"This will be the first time ever that we have supported five MCM/MHC vessels, plus their command ship simultaneously," Betz said. "Also, the helicopter minesweeping units bring several additional aircraft to the activity, requiring 24/7 support. Our port, small craft, logistics and fueling folks will definitely be earning their pay during these next two weeks. We have been planning for this so we're ready to get it going."  
 
NAVSEA Warfare Center Panama City (NWC-PC), located at NSA-PC, is the mine warfare laboratory for the Navy and most mine countermeasure systems being used in the GOMEX were developed by NWC scientists and engineers.  
 
"The NSA-PC operation's areas present the fleet with a one-of-a-kind warfare test and training venue unique to the mine countermeasure, mine hunter-killer fleet. NSA-PC coordinates, and the Warfare Center maintains several ranges in the Gulf of Mexico that offer a wide variety of mine-type simulators," Betz said. "These 'systems' are typically deployed in a manner that addresses a multitude of threat scenarios, as they might encounter in hostile areas. In addition, most of the ranges can be reconfigured to evaluate new techniques as emerging threats evolve."  
 
Surface Units participating in the exercise include: USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS Scout (MCM 8), USS Chief (MCM 14), USS Sentry (MCM 3), USS Osprey (MHC 51), and Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.  
 
EOD detachments based in Ingleside, under the command of the Charleston based Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU) Forward, will handle underwater mine countermeasures responsibilities during the exercise.  
 
The purpose of GOMEX 05-1 is to provide the intermediate level assessment of the mine countermeasures squadron staff and ships so they can become deployment ready  
 
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Navy to Commission New Guided-Missile Destroyer
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Dec. 8, 2004)
 
 
 WASHINGTON --- The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, James E. Williams, Dec. 11, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C.  
 
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina will deliver the principal address. Elaine Weaver Williams, widow of the ship’s namesake, is the ship’s sponsor. In the time-honored Navy tradition of commissioning U.S. naval ships, Mrs. Williams will give the order to “man our ship and bring her to life!”  
 
James E. Williams is the 45th ship in the Arleigh Burke-class of guided-missile destroyers. This highly capable multi-mission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the national military strategy. James E. Williams will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains a myriad of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.  
 
Cmdr. Philip Warren Vance of Philadelphia, Pa., is the ship’s first commanding officer and will lead a crew of approximately 365 officers and enlisted personnel.  
 
Built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss., James E. Williams is 509.5 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, an overall beam of 66 feet, and a navigational draft of 33 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the 9,300-ton ship to speeds of more than 30 knots.  
 
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New Navy Invention: Laser Detector Protects Pilots' Eyes
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Dec. 10, 2004)
 
 
 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The Vision Laboratory in Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Human Systems Division won an Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine "Product Breakthrough” award in late November for its Laser Event Recorder (LER), a device that gives aviators instant warning about laser radiation potentially hazardous to their eyesight.  
 
The LER is a green box which “tells” flyers if they are being targeted by a laser, and whether that laser can damage their eyes. A green light on the box means the system is functioning and everything is normal; yellow means a laser is pointed at them but is not an eye hazard; and red means they are being targeted by a laser that threatens their vision.  
 
"There are anti-personnel systems out there that are designed to make it very hard to do your mission, while even something as seemingly innocuous as a casino's laser light show or laser pointer can temporarily blind air crew and pose a hazard to aircraft many miles distant," said Jim Sheehy, Ph.D., chief scientist and chief technology officer for Human Systems.  
 
Though other laser detectors are in use by the fleet and other services, Sheehy said the units do not provide "real-time, medically relevant" information to the crews as they are flying their missions. Sensors currently in use can't cover the complete range of laser threats, nor can they let aviators know whether or not a laser pointed in their direction is dangerous to their eyes.  
 
With its sensors and integrated global positioning system, the tiny LER not only encodes information about the type of laser that was encountered, but also records a digital picture, which allows analysts to see from where the laser emanated. Air crews on subsequent missions can avoid the threat or target it for elimination, as necessary. In the meantime, medical personnel can use the recorded data to better assess the extent of damage that may have been done to a pilot's vision and inform them of treatment options.  
 
The LER not only gives simple feedback to the crew at the time of a laser event, but also records detailed information onto a compact flash card for later analysis by intelligence officers, medical staff or other air crews, said Jerri Tribble, Ph.D., research physicist and technical lead for the Navy team developing the laser event recorder.  
 
Designing laser eye protection for the fleet is one of the Vision Laboratory's top priorities, Sheehy added. The challenge lies in taking out the right frequencies and intensities to protect against a probable laser threat, without compromising a pilot's ability to see cockpit displays, lighting and other important visual cues.  
 
"We're always balancing where and how to provide protection," Sheehy added.  
 
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Pentagon Contract Announcement
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Dec. 13, 2004)
 
 
 Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a ceiling amount $102,967,505 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of up to 32 AN/APS-137D(V)5 Radar Units for the P-3 Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW) Improvement Program (AIP).  
 
In addition, this contract provides for modification of control indicators for incorporation into the AN/APS-137D(V)5 Radar, and non-recurring engineering to replace obsolete components within the AN/APS-137D(V)5 Radar.  
 
Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (85 percent); Dallas, Texas (13 percent); and St. Petersberg, Fla. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the  
current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured.  
 
The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-05-D-0003).  
 
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Navy Awards Contract Option for First Littoral Combat Ship  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Dec. 15, 2004)
 
 
 The Department of Navy today awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., a $188.2 million contract option for detail design and construction of the first Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).  
 
LCS is an innovative combatant designed to counter challenging shallow-water threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, diesel submarines and fast surface craft. A fast, agile, and networked surface combatant, LCS will utilize focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute a variety of missions.  
 
“Today we take the next step toward delivering this needed capability to the fleet,” said Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition John J. Young Jr. “Just two years after we awarded the first contracts, we’re signing a contract to build the first LCS. This was made possible by great support from Congress and industry, which both teamed with the Navy so we can provide the fleet with greater capability and flexibility to meet mission requirements.”  
 
This detail design and construction contract option award is a critical step in getting the first LCS in the water in 2006. Lockheed Martin’s teammates include Gibbs & Cox, Arlington, Va.; Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis.; and Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La. Marinette Marine will begin construction early next year after a production readiness review with the Navy.  
 
“LCS takes the operational Navy into a higher tactical speed regime, and is a net-centric focal point,” said Rear Adm. Charlie Hamilton, program executive officer for ships.  
 
“It also will fundamentally alter the ship/mission system integration paradigm, through extensive use of modularity. The acquisition of LCS sets a new standard for rapid procurement in support of the warfighter.” Echoing Hamilton’s comments, Young noted that, “the LCS program has demonstrated fundamental, positive changes to reform and accelerate the acquisition process.”  
 
On May 27, 2004, the Department of Defense awarded both Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, separate contract options for final system design with options for detail design and construction of up to two Flight 0 LCS.  
 
The Navy plans to build a total of four Flight 0 LCS. (ends)  
 
 
 
 Pentagon Contract Announcement
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Dec. 15, 2004)
 
 
 Lockheed Martin Corp. – Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $188,190,866 cost-plus award-fee/incentive-fee option to previously awarded contract N00024-03-C-2311 for detail design and construction of one Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).  
 
The Littoral Combat Ship will be a networked, agile, and high-speed surface combatant with versatile warfighting capabilities optimized for littoral missions.  
 
Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (38 percent); Marinette, Wis. (57 percent); and Arlington, Va. (5 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  
 
The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (ends)  
 
 
 
 Lockheed Martin Team Approved to Begin Detail Design and Construction on First Littoral Combat Ship
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Dec. 15, 2004)
 
 
 WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy today awarded a Lockheed Martin-led team $188.2 million to commence detail design and construction of the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a revolutionary new class of naval combatant designed to dominate the world's coastal waters. The option was exercised under the LCS final system design contract, awarded to the Lockheed Martin team in May 2004.  
 
The Lockheed Martin team will begin construction of the lead ship at Marinette Marine in Marinette, WI, in the first quarter of 2005 and deliver it to the U.S. Navy in late 2006. The team is using common tools and proven processes to ensure a seamless transition from design to construction for on-time and on-budget delivery.  
 
"We are honored to partner with the U.S. Navy to build the lead LCS and provide the first ever ship in this transformational new class of surface combatants," said Carol Hulgus, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors' Littoral Ships & Systems line of business. "Our exceptional design for a flexible, maneuverable and high-performance ship is combined with our team's proven experience in delivering ships on schedule and cost."  
 
The Lockheed Martin team design, a proven semi-planing steel monohull, provides outstanding agility and high-speed maneuverability with known seakeeping characteristics to support launch and recovery operations, mission execution and optimum crew comfort. The Lockheed Martin-led team includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox and shipbuilders Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., and Bollinger Shipyards and best-of-industry domestic and international teammates to provide a low-risk, affordable LCS solution.  
 
LCS provides the Navy with fast, maneuverable, shallow-draft ships aimed at maximizing mission flexibility. Ensuring littoral battlespace access and dominance, the ship's first missions will include mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare. LCS will also be a FORCEnet enabler, sharing tactical information with other naval ships, submarines, aircraft, joint units and LCS groups.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.  
 
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Pentagon Contract Announcement
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Dec. 15, 2004)
 
 
 Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Conn., was awarded on Dec. 14, 2004, an $180,778,108 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract for 15 Navy Knight Hawk Helicopters.  
 
Work will be performed in Stratford, Conn., and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This was a sole source contract initiated on Oct. 4, 2000.  
 
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (DAAH23-02-C-0006).  
 
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General Dynamics Delivers Submarine Jimmy Carter to U.S. Navy
 
 
(Source: General Dynamics Electric Boat; issued Dec. 22, 2004)
 
 
 GROTON, Conn. --- General Dynamics Electric Boat today delivered the Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), the nation's newest and most advanced submarine, to the U.S. Navy. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.  
 
The Jimmy Carter honors the 39th President of the United States -- the only submarine-qualified man who went on to become the nation's chief executive. It will join the fleet in a commissioning ceremony to be held Feb. 19 at the Navy submarine base in Groton.  
 
Differentiating the Jimmy Carter from all other submarines is its Multi- Mission Platform (MMP) configuration, which includes a 100-foot, 2,500-ton hull extension. The MMP enhances payload capability, enabling the ship to accommodate advanced technology required to develop and test an entirely new generation of weapons, sensors, and undersea vehicles. At the same time, the submarine retains the operational characteristics of the Seawolf class -- the fastest, quietest, most heavily armed undersea combatants in the world.  
 
Selected by the Navy to serve as a test bed for submarine missions in the 21st century, the Jimmy Carter will support classified research, development, test, and evaluation efforts for naval special-warfare missions, tactical undersea surveillance, and undersea warfare concepts.  
 
"By applying our design/build process to the MMP, the Electric Boat workforce made a seamless and cost-effective transition from conceptual development, to engineering and design, and production," said John P. Casey, president of Electric Boat.  
 
"In fact, the MMP -- equivalent in complexity to a complete SSN-688 class submarine -- has progressed from a notional state to construction and integration into the overall ship in less than five years, essentially cutting the procurement time in half. By any measure, it is a remarkable technological achievement, reflecting Electric Boat's commitment to continued submarine excellence," said Casey.  
 
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 71,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2004 revenue in excess of $19 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation.  
 
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CNO’s 2005 Guidance Sets Course for Navy
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Jan. 3, 2004)
 
 
 The following is an overview of the CNO Guidance for 2005:  
 
Manpower: "We are winning the battle for people. We are attracting, developing and retaining a talented cadre of professionals who have chosen a lifestyle of service." Efforts in 2005 will focus on developing a Human Capital Strategy, increasing the quality of recruits and their training, expanding diversity and focusing on professional military education for all paygrades under Sea Warrior.  
 
Current Readiness: "We have to get to the fight faster to seize and retain the initiative. That requires increasing the operational availability of our forces by continuing to refine and test the Fleet Response Plan (FRP)." CNO said a key word in the Navy's future is surge, adding that, "if a resource doesn't have surge capability we are not going to own it." The number one priority is taking the fight to the enemy. To accomplish this, the Navy will also improve its maritime security cooperation initiatives with allied navies and also provide homeland security and force protection.  
 
Future Readiness: "Speed, agility and a commitment to joint and coalition interoperability are core attributes of this evolving Navy." The Navy continues to move forward with the Sea Power 21 vision, comprised of Sea Strike, Sea Shield, Sea Basing and FORCEnet, to transform the way the Navy fights. This includes refining the Navy's global war on terrorism capabilities needed to support Homeland Security and Homeland Defense missions.  
 
Quality of Service: "The quality of service of our Sailors, their families and our civilian workforce is a top priority in carrying out our mission. We will foster innovation and support technologies that will enable our people to do their jobs more efficiently and effectively." This year's focus will be to review and recommend ways to more tightly fit educational experiences to job requirements. Other initiatives include eliminating all inadequate bachelor and family quarters by 2007, and achieving Homeport Ashore by 2008.  
 
Alignment: "Our objective is to unify the entire Navy and deepen the cultural change in our institution so that our organizations, processes, communication and actions align with our institutional beliefs, values and priorities." A major focus for alignment is establishing a national Global Maritime Intelligence Center, integrating DoD, Department of Homeland Security and allied intelligence resources to support global maritime surveillance, global Maritime Interception Operations and Maritime Homeland Protection.  
 
Clark, in summing up his 2005 Guidance, said that "The evidence is clear. We are moving in a positive direction on all of the major issues of the day. You have set a standard of excellence, from success in recruiting and retention, and the unparalleled availability of our forces, to the new and more capable ships, aircraft and shore infrastructure we are fielding to fight the global war on terror."  
 
CNO also said that the Navy's mission remains bringing the fight to our enemies. "Your effort and your accomplishments have set in motion forces of change, beginning the journey I believe we must undertake if we are to maintain the greatness that our 229 years of naval history has bestowed upon us," he said.  
 
To accelerate positive change within the Navy, "our behavior must also reflect our organizational values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Leadership must drive this alignment of values and behavior; the Sailors who serve our great nation deserve nothing less," he said. Specifically, CNO said we must be more diligent in looking after the health of our entire Navy family. "In particular, we must deepen our commitment to prevent alcohol abuse, violent crime, spouse and child abuse, and blue-on-blue incidents. To do this, we must adhere to the highest standards of ethical and personal conduct."  
 
"Remember, our people remain at the heart of all that is good in our Navy. Our expectations for 2005 are high, and we will continue to provide new opportunities for growth and development of our Sailors," he continued. "Positive change is the bridge to our future. The business of the Navy will always be combat, and victory is both our mission and our heritage. Therefore, my guidance to you this year is to bridge to the future, taking us from today's fight to tomorrow's victories."  
 
 
To read CNO Guidance 2005 in full, go to www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/clark-guidance2005.pdf (http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/clark-guidance2005.pdf).  
 
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Department of Navy, DoD, Industry Create Miniaturized Disaster Relief Device
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Jan. 3, 2005)
 
 
 PANAMA CITY --- The year 2004 closed with historical records of natural disasters ranging from earthquakes and hurricanes to tsunamis, and also terrorist activity, but Navy researchers and industry have provided innovative relief for 2005 with the advent of concentrated water-purification in miniature form.  
 
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Panama City (PC), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Defense’s Office of Technology Transition and commercial industry have joined U.S. elite forces to produce and field a miniaturized water-purification system that destroys biological and chemical warfare agents. These agents include anthrax, plague, smallpox and common waterborne pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and protozoa, including E. Coli, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium.  
 
“The purpose for developing the water disinfection technology was to provide the warfighter a portable water purification device during tactical missions - a key lesson learned in a number of previous conflicts,” said DARPA’s Special Assistant Operational Liaison Air Force Col. Jose Negron.  
 
DARPA contracted with MIOX Corporation and Cascade to refine and commercialize the MIOX Purifier and miniaturize the MIOX technology down to the approximate size of a felt-tipped pen – small enough for the individual soldier.  
 
Military Affairs Manager for Cascade Designs Kevin Gallagher said the 3.5-ounce MIOX Purifier uses the power from two camera batteries to convert saltwater into a mixed oxidant solution – basically a chlorine-based liquid disinfectant. The pen produces about two milliliters of mixed oxidant within about 30 seconds, which is then added to the water gathered by the soldier before he drinks it.  
 
“Almost any type of salt will work,” said Gallagher. “You can use regular table salt, rock salt or water-softener salt.” The user can treat anywhere from a half liter of water up to four liters of water at a time, including the standard two-liter volume carried within a CamelBak hydration bag.  
 
According to Gallagher, unlike with use of iodine or chlorine tablets, the water tastes very good, as long as the purifier is properly dosed. Purity of the water can be verified with a safety indicator strip. No pumping is required to treat the water, and the generation of the mixed-oxidant disinfectant solution is almost instantaneous.  
 
Gallagher said the pen supplies enough energy to purify up to 50 gallons of water, which takes about 30 minutes for the process to produce safe drinking water.  
 
Warren’s strategy paid off, rendering early and effective prototypes that exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Guide Standard and Protocol for Microbiological Purifiers” in independent laboratory studies of 2002. The project reached completion during the summer of 2004, according to NSWC PC’s Coastal Maritime Security Research and Development Senior Scientist Frank Downs.  
 
“Once the device met the needs of the EPA protocol, we had a commercial-off-the-shelf product,” Downs said. “This eliminated the need to meet DoD Mil-Spec requirements, yielding further reductions in time and costs.”  
 
The Water Purification System/Water Pen Unit was funded as a Technology Transition Initiative (TTI) project in FY 2003 and FY 2004 to bridge the gap between DARPA’s development funding and scheduled procurement in FY 2005. The TTI program facilitates the rapid transition of new/mature technologies from DoD science and technology programs into acquisition programs for production. TTI funding allows successful demonstration of these technologies and accelerates their introduction to the armed forces. The TTI program funded the purchase of 6500 Water Pens, accelerating their introduction and use throughout the Services and Special Operations Command by an estimated 18-24 months.  
 
Negron commended DARPA predecessors Bill Warren and the late Mike Gardos for their management strategy. “DARPA helped accelerate the miniaturization of the disinfection pen thus reducing the logistic tail requirements for the services,” said Negron.  
 
Negron added the MIOX Purifier could be used for disaster relief after a hurricane or when a humanitarian need exists to disinfect water sources already contaminated.  
 
Describing his original intentions for the purification concept, MIOX Vice President of Engineering, Research and Development, Rodney Herrington, said his idea was to create “an effective device in the hands of anyone in the world that would need it – something that just used regular salt and some batteries to save lives.”  
 
The purifier is available through the Government Services Administration (GSA) web site (GSA #GS-07F-5451R) or through the Department of Defense’s National Stock Number catalog (NSN #4610-01-513-8498).  
 
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Battle Begins Over Carrier Kennedy
WASHINGTON JAN. 06

Key members of Virginia's congressional delegation, including the powerful chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, lined up Wednesday to thwart Pentagon plans to retire one of the Navy's 12 aircraft carriers. Shortly after Florida lawmakers announced plans for a bill that would require the Navy to keep a minimum of 12 flattops, Sen. John W. Warner, R Va., hailed the idea as "very clever" and all but promised his backing. "I've always supported carriers. I'd like to have 24," Warner told reporters. As Armed Services Committee chairman, Warner is considered Congress' most influential voice on defense issues. He typically acts as point man for the Bush administration on such matters, but his remarks Wednesday seemed to signal that he'll break with the White House if the president insists on cutting the carrier fleet. Defense officials indicated last week that they're prepared to retire the 37 year old carrier John F. Kennedy, based in Mayport, Fla., as part of a series of budget cuts aimed at reducing the mushrooming federal budget deficit.
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USS San Francisco Runs Aground off Guam
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Jan 8, 2005)
 
 
 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- The Los Angeles-class submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) ran aground while conducting submerged operations approximately 350 miles south of the island of Guam today.  
 
The incident occurred at approximately 4 p.m., Jan. 7, Hawaii Standard Time (12 noon, Jan. 8, Guam Time).  
 
The extent of the injuries and damage aboard San Francisco is still being assessed, but includes one critical injury and several other lesser injuries. The submarine is on the surface and is making best speed back to their homeport in Guam.  
 
There were no reports of damage to the reactor plant which is operating normally. Military and Coast Guard aircraft are enroute to monitor and assist in the situation.  
 
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 US Nuclear-Powered Submarine Runs Aground  
 
 
(Source: Voice of America news; issued 8 Jan 2005)
 
 
 An accident has occurred on one of the U.S. Navy's nuclear powered attack submarines in the Pacific Ocean. The Navy says the sub, for reasons not yet known, hit bottom in one of the deepest parts of the Pacific.  
 
The U.S. Navy says the USS San Francisco was on its way to a port visit in Australia when the accident happened in the Pacific Ocean, about 560 kilometers south of Guam.  
 
Petty Officer Alyssa Batarla, a spokeswoman for the Navy's Pacific Fleet in Honolulu, says the nuclear-powered submarine appeared to have hit the ocean floor in the middle of the East Marianas Basin, causing injuries to some of the 137 crew members.  
 
"There is one critical injury and number of minor injuries," she said. "Approximately 20 personnel [were] injured to the point that they are unable to stand watch. The submarine is currently on the surface and making its best speed back toward its home port in Guam."  
 
The Navy says the submarine's hull is intact and the vessel's nuclear reactor has not been damaged.  
Military aircraft, a naval submarine tender and a Coast Guard cutter have been dispatched from Guam to escort the crippled submarine back to its home port. Officials say an attempt will be made to airlift the  
critically injured sailor from the submarine.  
 
The San Francisco, commissioned in 1981, is a fast-attack submarine which is capable of launching Tomahawk cruise missiles. It is also designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships.  
 
The last significant accident involving a U.S. naval attack submarine took place in 2001 when the nuclear-powered USS Greeneville surfaced off Hawaii, colliding with a high school's fishing boat from Japan, killing nine Japanese.  
 
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Navy Says Sub Hit Mountain That Was Not On Its Charts
New York Times - JAN. 11

A nuclear attack submarine that ran aground Saturday in the South Pacific, killing one sailor and injuring 23 others, appears to have smashed into an undersea mountain that was not on its charts, Navy officials said yesterday. The submarine, the San Francisco, was cruising at high speed, about 30 knots, and was more than 400 feet below the surface when the accident forced it to blow air into its emergency ballast tanks to surface. Some of the tanks were damaged by the impact. One officer said the effort to keep the submarine afloat was initially "very touch and go." The accident occurred 350 miles south of Guam, and the vessel returned to its base there under its own power yesterday. The Navy is investigating how the crash occurred.
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Northrop Grumman-built Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Called `Most Advanced Expeditionary Ship Ever'
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman; issued Jan. 17, 2005)
 
 
 PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- In a traditional naval ceremony blended with Native American traditions and symbolism, the amphibious transport dock ship LPD 19 was christened Mesa Verde here today in front of more than 1,000 guests. LPD 19 is the third San Antonio (LPD 17)-class ship being built by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps team.  
 
“Christening this ship symbolizes our hopes and our dreams for the capabilities of our Navy's future,” said Dionel Aviles, undersecretary of the Navy, the ceremony's principal speaker. “To the Northrop Grumman team -- you are building the most advanced expeditionary assault ships ever to sail the seas. There is a deep-rooted passion for shipbuilding in this region, and the skilled hands and the patriotic hearts of generations of ship-crafters in this area have been making our Navy the best in the world since 1938.  
 
The name Mesa Verde honors Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. Ship's sponsor Linda Campbell, wife of U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Ret.) of Colorado, followed the blessing by officially christening the ship Mesa Verde, exclaiming, “Bless this ship and all who sail in her.”  
 
“This ship will in fact bring sea basing to reality,” said Lt. Gen. Pete Osman, Marine Corps deputy commandant, “and allow us to project power ashore like we've not seen before -- a powerful punch deep into the heart of an enemy. This ship will become an integral part of our expeditionary strike groups ... but most importantly, this ship allows us to project ashore the most important weapon we have -- the 800 marines that it is able to embark.”  
 
Navy Cmdr. Shawn Lobree, a native of Miami, is Mesa Verde's prospective commanding officer. The ship is scheduled for commissioning in 2006 and will be homeported in Norfolk, Va.  
 
“These ships will be an integral component of Sea Power 21 -- the concepts and doctrine that describe how the Navy-Marine Corps team will operate as an integrated force,” said Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. “A major tenet in Sea Power 21, sea basing, calls for uniting joint forces with the ability to project and sustain power while maintaining a forcible entry capability from the sea. And when Mesa Verde takes to the seas alongside her sister ships, it is for one purpose, and one purpose only -- to preserve American freedom, be it in peace or war, or times of great destruction and fear.”  
 
Displacing nearly 25,000 tons, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships will be the second-largest ships in the Navy's 21st-Century Expeditionary Strike Groups. Mesa Verde will have a crew of 360 sailors and 3 Marines and can carry up to 699 troops with a surge capability of up to 800.  
 
These ships are 684 feet (208.5 meters) long and 105 feet (31.9 meters) wide and will replace the functions of four classes of older amphibious ships. This new class of ship affords the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious landing craft such as the Landing Craft, Air Cushion, operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft, as well as the ability to carry and launch the Marine Corp's Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.  
 
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems is the ship systems integrator for the LPD 17 ship class, with prime responsibility for the design and integration of the innovative shipboard wide area network, the backbone of the LPD capability. Raytheon draws upon its experience and proven expertise to integrate all government and contractor furnished equipment, providing exceptional capabilities to the joint expeditionary forces who will serve onboard.  
 
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan. Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life-cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies.  
 
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Deepwater's Second Maritime Security Cutter Under Contract and First Vessel Ahead of Schedule
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Jan. 18, 2005)
 
 
 ROSSLYN, Va. --- As part of its sweeping modernization program, the U.S. Coast Guard awarded Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) a contract to begin production and delivery of the second Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL, formerly called the National Security Cutter).  
 
The Deepwater program is the U.S. Coast Guard’s modernization program that will replace aging equipment with advanced technology and increased capability. Progress on this latest program award is well underway as long lead material has already been ordered to facilitate start of fabrication.  
 
“Since program inception, the ICGS team has continuously raised the bar in design excellence, supply chain management, and quality and process improvements. The team is poised, as has been proven with each accelerated milestone achievement, to build this new fleet at a rapid pace with a commitment to first time quality standards unprecedented in a new class of warships,” said Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. “The employees at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, who are providing the ship under contract to ICGS, are proud of their heritage of shipbuilding and understand the criticality of the Coast Guard’s needs.”  
 
"Our Integrated Coast Guard Systems team is honored to support the Coast Guard as it recapitalizes to meet its critical homeland defense and security missions. These cutters provide a platform that is highly flexible to accommodate the technology and capabilities needed to address potential threats as the Coast Guard carries out its important work of guarding our coastlines and protecting our maritime interests,” said Jamie Anton, executive vice president of ICGS. "The first ship in this class is well ahead of schedule and the ICGS team will strive to deliver it and this second cutter to the Coast Guard early.”  
 
The production contract for the first cutter of the class, WMSL 750, was awarded in June 2004, with ship construction getting underway in September 2004. At construction contract award for the first cutter, 75 percent of the design drawings were issued, which is far more than is common for first-in-class ship design and construction. Additionally, 94 percent of major equipment purchases were awarded prior to start of fabrication. By the end of the first 12 weeks of production, the ICGS Deepwater team was able to achieve the most accurate and error-free work ever accomplished in a first-of-class ship in production today.  
 
“The Deepwater team is reporting First Time Quality results that surpass any previous ship class, demonstrating a commitment of best-in-breed craftsmen and production management to ensure a ship for the Coast Guard that surpasses any first-in-class ship that is in production today,” commented Anton.  
 
The team is working toward an April keel laying for WMSL 750, the first cutter, weeks earlier than called for under the contract. This schedule achievement is possible because of the team’s accomplishments to date. Fifteen out of a total of 45 subassemblies are in production (ahead of schedule by a full two units) and the shipyard has 96 percent of its major equipment suppliers under contract, (35 percent ahead of schedule). These milestones were achieved just 90 days after start of fabrication last September.  
 
All eight of the proposed WMSL cutters will be manufactured at the Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, Miss., as a major partner in ICGS, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. Under this partnership, Lockheed Martin will develop and integrate the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for the vessel.  
 
The WMSL will be a 421-foot vessel with a 4,112-ton displacement at full load when delivered. It is powered by a twin screw combined diesel and gas turbine power propulsion plant that delivers a maximum speed of 28 knots. The cutter includes an aft launch and recovery area for two rigid hull inflatable boats, a flight deck to accommodate a variety of rotary wing manned and unmanned aircraft and state-of-the-art command and control electronics.  
 
ICGS is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. ICGS was awarded the Deepwater contract in June, 2002. Headquartered in Rosslyn, VA, core leadership teams are co-located in Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Washington, DC.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2003 sales of $31.8 billion.  
 
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Navy to Christen New Guided-Missile Destroyer Kidd (edited for content)
 
 
(Source: US Department of defense; issued Jan. 19, 2005)
 
 
 The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer Kidd, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005, during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems – Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula, Miss.  
 
The ship will honor Medal of Honor recipient Rear Adm. Isaac Campbell Kidd. Vice Adm. Phillip Balisle, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, will deliver the principal address. Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Corrinne Kidd Plumer will serve as sponsors of the ship named for their grandfather. In the time-honored Navy tradition, they will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship “Kidd.”  
 
Kidd is the 50th ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers. This highly capable, multi-mission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. Kidd will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains myriad offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.  
 
Cmdr. Richard E. Thomas of Westwood, N.J., will command Kidd and lead her crew of 380 officers and sailors. The 9,200-ton Kidd has an overall length of 511 feet, a waterline beam of 59 feet and a navigational draft of 33 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.  
 
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Navy Funds Contract Option for Construction of Destroyer  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Jan. 21, 2005)
 
 
 The Department of Defense announced today that Bath Iron Works, a unit of General Dynamics, received a $562.1 million modification to its FY02-05 DDG 51 Class multi-year contract to build the final ship of the Arleigh Burke Class. As the 34th DDG 51 Class Destroyer built by Bath Iron Works, DDG 112 represents the culmination of new construction for the U.S. Navy’s AEGIS shipbuilding program and marks the beginning of a major transition for the Navy as it moves from the DDG 51 to the next generation of destroyer, the DD(X).  
 
The Honorable John J. Young Jr., assistant secretary of the navy for research, development and acquisition, described today’s action as another “landmark on the highway” of AEGIS shipbuilding.  
 
“This is the last of 62 DDG 51 Class ships, the final act of a play that will be reviewed as one of the most successful defense acquisition programs in history,” said Young. “Bath Iron Works continues to produce excellent AEGIS destroyers that will serve this nation’s vital interests for decades to come. The funding of DDG 112 also continues the Navy’s commitment to a multi-year procurement contract and, combined with the purchase of LPD 25, satisfies the DDG-LPD workload swap agreement which saved the taxpayers over $500 million in shipbuilding costs.”  
 
“This extremely capable class of combatants continues to serve our nation and our Navy with distinction, and DDG 112 will carry on that proud legacy for decades to come as these ships serve as the foundation of our combatant force,” said Rear Adm. Charlie Hamilton, the program executive officer for ships. “The Navy has utilized a number of acquisition tools on the AEGIS shipbuilding program, including spiral development, flight upgrades and technology insertion. Those innovative methods have produced a great product and will continue have a lasting impact on how we develop and acquire the best surface combatants in the world.”  
 
Like its other Arleigh-Burke class ships, DDG 112 will be a 9,200-ton multi-mission guided missile destroyer capable of conducting a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. DDG 112 will be capable of fighting air, surface and subsurface battles simultaneously and will contain myriad offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.  
 
The ship will be built in Bath, Maine, and the Navy expects delivery in December 2010. DDG 112 will benefit from the considerable technological advancements and engineering upgrades that have been developed, tested and installed in the class since the commissioning of DDG 51 July 1991. (ends)
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U.S., French Navies Conduct First EOD Exercise in South Texas
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Jan. 27, 2005)
 
 
 INGLESIDE, Texas --- The U.S. Navy is conducting its first bilateral Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise with the French Navy in South Texas on Padre Island in the designated Mine Warfare Training areas, Jan. 24-28.  
 
Sixteen Sailors from EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6, Dets. 2 and 4, based in Ingleside, will work alongside nine French Sailors from Clearance Diving Team (CDT) Atlantic, based out of Brest, Brittany, France.  
 
“This is a terrific learning opportunity for the U.S. Navy EOD and French CDT,” said Lt. Cmdr. A. K. Williams of Commander, Mine Warfare Command, one of the exercise coordinators. “The teams are mine countermeasures (MCM) specialists, and this will allow us to exchange underwater MCM procedures as we work together.”  
 
During the exercise, EOD operations will follow standard phases - Location, Neutralization, Verification, Raise-Tow-Beach and Exploitation. First, the mine shapes are located. Next, they are neutralized, or prevented from working as they are intended to. Then the Sailors ensure the neutralization measures are effective and the shapes are safe to bring to the beach. They attach a lift balloon on the line and slowly tow the shape to the beach. The final step, exploitation, is intelligence gathering, identifying the mine and how it works, and then disassembling it or disposing of it.  
 
“We worked with Mobile Unit 6 in 2002 in Bahrain,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ronan Masseron, commanding officer of CDT Atlantic. “We are looking forward to working together again and enhancing the level of interoperability. It gives us a chance to learn from each other.”  
 
CDT Atlantic is one of three French Navy EOD teams and is located on the western tip of France.  
 
EOD divers are bomb disposal experts for all underwater ordnance and any explosive or ordnance that ends up in the water. They ensure shipping lanes are free of terrorist harbor mining, and fight terrorist threats worldwide.  
 
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US Helps West African Navies  
 
 
(Source: Voice of America news; issued Feb. 1, 2005)
 
 
 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast --- A large U.S Navy ship has deployed in the Gulf of Guinea to help West African navies become more effective in providing security in the oil-rich waters. But some African analysts warn American-led cooperation could be counter-productive.  
 
The mission's commander, Marine Colonel Barry Cronin, spoke to VOA as the USS Emory S. Land  entered West African waters, after departing from Spain last week.  
 
"This visit by the Land  is part of a phased approach to work with our African allies, in their effort to establish this regional maritime security on their own," he said.  
 
About 20 West African navy officers are on board, as well as 1,400 sailors and Marines. Over the next six weeks, the ship is scheduled to make stops in Ghana, Cameroon and Gabon.  
 
The deputy commander of American forces in West Africa, Air Force General Charles Wald, has said the American military does not intend to have ships stationed in the region permanently and that West African countries should defend their waters, themselves.  
 
To help this process, Colonel Cronin says training will take place aboard the large American vessel, as it travels south. "This ship is a logistics and support vessel," he said. "Someone described it as, and I hope the ship takes no umbrage, as a giant floating truck stop. It's capable of all kinds of repair type activities. We're looking into that. One of the other areas we think we might be able to help is with leadership development, something we take great pride in, the United States military, and something in which they are also interested in."  
 
Gulf of Guinea countries lack effective deep-sea navies and some - especially Nigeria - are dealing with rising banditry and violence in connection with oil production. General Wald has said the countries in the region need to improve shipping security and to protect pipelines and offshore rigs to prevent attacks.  
 
In a separate endeavor, the United States is furnishing Nigeria's navy with 15 patrol boats, to the delight of Nigerian Navy spokesman Captain Sinebi Hungiapuko.  
 
"We think the boats can solve our problems. And also they are ready to give us assistance, especially on piracy and these smuggling activities," he said.  
 
He went on to say the new patrol boats will be used to crack down on theft of crude oil in deep sea waters and in creeks of the Niger Delta.  
 
But a London-based African security and oil analyst, Olly Owen, says the United States should be careful in helping Nigeria's navy, because institutions in Nigeria remain very corrupt. Three senior naval officials were recently court-martialed for alleged involvement in the disappearance of an oil tanker impounded for smuggling 11,000 barrels of crude oil.  
 
"The Navy being the institution that's given over to cutting off this lucrative criminal economy, inevitably some people will be compromised and fall subject to temptation," he said. "Is that then a reason not to assist them at all? Perhaps, that's not a sufficient reason. Perhaps if the U.S. can be convinced that their aid isn't going to waste by being poured into a leaky vessel, then there's some value to it."  
 
General Wald has said the aim of the cooperation is also to protect oil installations against possible terrorist attacks.  
 
A Nigerian university professor, who studies relations between the United States and Africa, Layi Abegurin, says to do this, more focus should be given to diplomacy and development. He says a situation of a strong military with continued poverty in oil-rich areas can incite terrorism.  
 
"They are creating more enemies," he said. "They should work through the economic means, through diplomacy, not through force. You have to work collaboratively, through diplomatic means, and give economic incentives to people. If there is economic incentive, if they have where they can get their daily bread, where they can get money to feed their families, many of them will not resort to terrorism."  
 
West Africa already accounts for 14 percent of American oil imports, a share which could soon rise with the exploitation of new oil fields in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania, Chad and possibly the tiny islands of Sao Tome and Principe.  
 
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Navy to Christen the Littoral Surface Craft – Experimental (X-Craft) Sea Fighter  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued Feb. 2, 2005)
 
 
 The Navy will christen the experimental X-Craft “Sea Fighter” and designate it as the first Fast Sea Frame, Saturday, Feb. 5, during a noon PST ceremony at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash.  
 
Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will deliver the principal address. His wife, Lynne Hunter, is the ship’s sponsor. In the time-honored Navy tradition, she will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship "Sea Fighter."  
 
The high-speed, experimental vessel will test a variety of technologies that will allow the Navy to operate more effectively in littoral, or near-shore, waters. Sea Fighter will be used to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance, structural behavior, mission flexibility, and propulsion system efficiency of high-speed vessels, and will also serve as a test bed for developmental mission packages. It will serve as a “risk reduction,” experimental vessel for the Littoral Combat Ship and Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program concept of operation development at sea.  
 
The keel of the aluminum catamaran was laid in June 2003, is 262 feet in length and displaces 950 tons. The ship has a beam of 72 feet and a navigational draft of 11.5 feet. Two gas turbine engines, two propulsion diesels and two waterjets will power Sea Fighter to speeds reaching 50 knots.  
 
The Sea Fighter’s crew will consist of 16 Navy sailors and 10 Coast Guardsmen.  
 
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Boeing EA-18G Moves Up the Development Ladder
 
 
(Source: Boeing Co.; issued Feb. 3, 2005)
 
 
 ST. LOUIS --- Boeing engineers completed all wind tunnel testing for the EA-18G Airborne Electronic Attack aircraft on Jan. 27 under the EA-18G System Development and Demonstration (SDD) program.  
 
The program conducted five different wind tunnel tests at several laboratories, beginning in June 2004 and ending in January 2005. Each test gathered critical information for the continued development of the EA-18G. The Boeing team conducted a total of 1,412 hours of wind tunnel testing.  
 
“The wind tunnel testing has validated that the F/A-18F airframe is well suited to perform the electronic attack mission,” said Mike Gibbons, EA-18G chief engineer for Boeing. “We will use these results to complete the detailed design of the EA-18G weapon system and present it to the Navy at the Critical Design Review in April 2005.”  
 
--High speed performance testing was conducted on an eight percent model at the NASA-Ames transonic wind tunnel in Mountain View, Calif.  
 
--Configuration testing and lateral-directional stability and control testing also was conducted with the eight-percent model at NASA-Ames.  
 
--Low-speed lift testing occurred at the Boeing V/STOL wind tunnel in Philadelphia with a fifteen percent model  
 
--Separation and jettison testing for the jamming pods, external fuel tanks and missiles was conducted  
 
--The final test, using a new 16 percent aerodynamic force and moment model, analyzed the high angle of attack for the aircraft. The test gauged the upright and inverted high angle of attack stability and control effects. It was conducted at the Langley Full Scale Tunnel, operated by Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.  
 
“The EA-18G will provide improved capability and readiness, while offering a dramatic reduction in operating and support costs,” says Bob Feldmann, EA-18G program manager for Boeing. “The Electronic Attack system on the EA-18G provides the flexibility to counter the threats of today and to dominate the RF spectrum in the future, especially in the area of communications countermeasures.” The EA-18G was designed by an industry team led by Boeing and Northrop Grumman Beth page for affordability and growth. It will provide near-term capability and the capacity to incorporate receiver advancements, integrated AESA operations, next-generation jammers and other enhancements.  
 
The SDD program, which runs through early FY09, encompasses all laboratory, ground test, and flight tests for the EA-18G. First flight is expected in September 2006. The EA-18G will reach initial operational capability in the U.S. Navy by 2009.  
 
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $27 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government, and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world’s largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense and Department of Homeland Security; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in launch services.  
 
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Lockheed Martin Team Begins Construction on First Littoral Combat Ship
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Feb. 8, 2005)
 
 
 MARINETTE, Wis. --- The Lockheed Martin team cut steel for the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) early this month, marking the start of fabrication at Marinette Marine in Marinette. The team will deliver the first LCS to the U.S. Navy in late 2006.  
 
The team was authorized to move to the construction phase after passing a Production Readiness Review on Jan. 14, demonstrating the team's readiness to begin construction, based on design detail, personnel and material. During the review, the team also demonstrated an integrated program management approach to ensure a seamless transition from design to construction for on-time and on-budget delivery.  
 
The Lockheed Martin team design, a proven semi-planing steel monohull, provides outstanding agility and high-speed maneuverability with known seakeeping characteristics to support launch and recovery operations, mission execution and optimum crew comfort. The Lockheed Martin-led team includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox, shipbuilders Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., and Bollinger Shipyards, as well as best-of-industry domestic and international teammates to provide a low-risk, affordable LCS solution.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.  
 
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Ceradyne, Inc. Receives First Navy Ship Armor Order
 
 
(Source: Ceradyne, Inc.; issued Feb. 11, 2005)
 
 
 COSTA MESA, Calif. --- Ceradyne, Inc. announced it received a $2.8 million order for the Company's lightweight ceramic armor for use on a Navy vessel.  
 
First of its kind for Ceradyne, the order was placed by the Naval Surface Warfare Center for delivery in late 2005. The ships, which will use the Ceradyne system, are of the LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) type.  
 
Marc King, Ceradyne vice president of armor operations, commented: "I am particularly pleased that the Navy chose Ceradyne as the armor supplier for this ship. The use of state-of-the-art ceramic armor offers the lightest weight, most ballistic-efficient solution for ground, air, and sea applications where reduced weight is often the key consideration in decision making."  
 
Ceradyne develops, manufactures and markets advanced technical ceramic products and components for defense, industrial, automotive/diesel and commercial applications.  
 
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USS Florida Reaches Major Conversion Milestone
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Feb. 14, 2005)
 
 
 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- USS Florida (SSGN 728) undocked Feb. 10, achieving a major milestone in the overhaul and conversion process for the guided-missile submarine (SSGN) program.  
 
The milestone was achieved one week ahead of the scheduled date of Feb. 16.  
 
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) are jointly overhauling and converting Florida at NNSY. Florida is the second of four ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) being converted into state-of-the-art, multimission, guided-missile submarines. Florida's conversion is more than 49 percent complete, and the boat is scheduled to return to the fleet April 1, 2006.  
 
"General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is in charge of the conversion, and NNSY have accomplished this important milestone ahead of schedule," said SSGN Program Manager Capt. William Hilarides. "The continued progress on the SSGN Program is the result of a dedicated, professional team from GDEB and NNSY working together to deliver a key capability to the Navy on a compressed schedule."  
 
The SSGNs, when completed, will be flexible warfighting platforms with tremendous capabilities for joint warfighting, including Special Operations Forces (SOF), and large-scale strike capabilities in one clandestine, mobile platform. Each SSGN will carry up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and up to 66 Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) or other SOF for extended periods of time.  
 
SSGNs' two forward-most missile tubes will be converted into lock-in/lock-out chambers. Each will be able to host either an Advanced SEAL Delivery System or a Dry-Deck Shelter. The remaining 22 tubes, each having the volume of a tractor-trailer, will carry Multiple All-Up-Round canisters that pack up to seven Tomahawk Cruise Missiles.  
 
In the future, SSGNs' considerable volume could be used to deliver joint payloads, and will provide the space required for experimentation and development of off-hull sensors and vehicles.  
 
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Navy to Commission Attack Submarine Jimmy Carter  
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued Feb. 15, 2005)
 
 
 The Navy will commission the newest nuclear-powered attack submarine Jimmy Carter on Saturday, Feb. 19, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn.  
 
The attack submarine Jimmy Carter honors the 39th president of the United States.  
 
President Carter is the only U.S. president to have qualified in submarines. He has distinguished himself by a lifetime of public service, and has long ties to the Navy and the submarine force. Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, served as a commissioned officer aboard submarines, and served as commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1981. Carter's statesmanship, philanthropy and sense of humanity earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.  
 
Retired Navy Adm. Stansfield Turner, a classmate of the president who served in the Carter administration as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Rosalynn Carter is the sponsor for the ship named for her husband, with daughter Amy serving as matron of honor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Rosalynn Carter will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"  
 
The Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf class. As the most advanced submarine in the class, the Jimmy Carter will have built-in flexibility and an array of new warfighting features that will enable it to prevail in any scenario, against any threat – from beneath Artic ice to shallow water. Differentiating the Jimmy Carter from all other undersea vessels is its multi-mission platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension to enhance payload capability. The MMP will enable the Jimmy Carter to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations.  
 
Capt. Robert D. Kelso, a native of Fayetteville, Tenn., will serve as the Jimmy Carter’s first commanding officer, leading a crew of approximately 130 officers and sailors. Built by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., the 12,130-ton Jimmy Carter is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at speeds exceeding 25 knots when submerged.  
 
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Título: Navy Plans To Mothball Carrier JFK
Enviado por: JLRC em Fevereiro 18, 2005, 07:01:07 pm
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Navy Plans To Mothball Carrier JFK, Not Scrap It
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The Navy expects to mothball the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy after retiring it later this year, preserving vital systems so that the ship could return to the fleet if needed, Navy Secretary Gordon R. England said Thursday. The Kennedy "is not gone. It is still there. It is still available," he told members of the House Armed Services Committee. But while they will not scrap the 37 year old Kennedy, England and Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of naval operations, again defended their decision to pull the trouble prone ship from service and cut the fleet of active carriers to 11, the lowest level in decades.
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Navy to Commission New Guided Missile Destroyer Nitze  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued March 3, 2005)
 
 
 The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Nitze, during a 1 p.m. EST ceremony Saturday at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.  
 
John F. Lehman, former secretary of the Navy, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Elisabeth Scott “Leezee” Porter, the widow of Paul H. Nitze, is the ship’s sponsor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Porter will give the order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"  
 
The destroyer honors Paul H. Nitze, secretary of the Navy from 1963 to 1967.  
 
Nitze is the 44th ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers. This highly capable multi-mission ship can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection, in support of the National Military Strategy. Nitze will be capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously.  
 
The ship contains myriad offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century.  
 
Cdr. Michael Hegarty of Oklahoma is the Nitze’s first commanding officer, leading a crew of about 32 officers and 348 sailors. Built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, the 9,200-ton Nitze is 511 feet in length, has an overall beam of 66 feet, and a navigational draft of 33 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Março 08, 2005, 03:58:39 pm
USS Lake Erie Makes Naval History
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued March 4, 2005)
 
 
 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) returned to Pearl Harbor on Feb. 25 after participating in the latest Missile Defense Agency (MDA) test of the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program and the Standard Missile 3 (SM-3).  
 
The latest program test was designed to evaluate the operationally configurated SM-3 and its ability to intercept and destroy short- to medium-range ballistic missiles.  
 
The target missile was shot from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. At 11:03 a.m., one minute later, Lake Erie launched the SM-3 from its patrol area located more than 100 miles from Kauai. The intercept was achieved about two minutes after the SM-3 was launched.  
 
“We knew the missile was going to be launched,” said Lt. Cmdr. Paul Wingeart, combat systems officer, USS Lake Erie. “We just didn’t know when. When we detected the missile, we tracked it, then launched the interceptor and were successful,” said Wingeart.  
 
Chief Fire Controlman Technician (SW) Richard Thompson of USS Lake Erie believes this missile defense program is a milestone for the entire Navy.  
 
“Fortunately, we have been designated as the MDA test ship,” said Thompson. “But this intercept is not only important to the Lake Erie, but to the entire United States Navy. Lake Erie is on the cutting edge. We get to test all the systems and help develop the tactics that the entire Navy is going to use once this becomes an operational system. It feels great to be a part of something that will not only help defend the citizens of the United States, but our allies as well,” Thompson said.  
 
Fire Controlman 2nd Class (SW) Dennis Nystrom of USS Lake Erie was the first crew member to spot the ballistic missile on the ships SPY-1B radar.  
 
“I spotted the missile on our radar and called away the track number,” said Nystrom. “That started everything in motion. We were all really anxious just before the captain gave us permission to launch the SM-3. When we hit the ballistic missile, it was a great feeling. We were all jumping for joy. You know when you put two or three months of work into a project whose end result is over in just a matter of seconds, it’s an adrenaline rush,” Nystrom said.  
 
While the AEGIS weapons system, the foundation of the ballistic missile defense, is currently installed on 68 Navy ships, Lake Erie is the only Navy ship that has intercepted a ballistic missile.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Março 12, 2005, 09:50:15 am
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Carrier Speeding To Retirement
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The Navy on Thursday disclosed plans to essentially deactivate the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy by June, and a key lawmaker complained that the fast track schedule may pre empt congressional efforts to save the 37 year old ship and preserve a 12 carrier fleet. John J. Young Jr., the service's top weapons buyer, said officials will spend the summer evaluating bids for mothballing the Kennedy and expect to start that work by September. The process involves cleaning and lubricating equipment and sealing openings that could expose moving parts to corrosive salt water. In the interim, the Kennedy will remain at its pier in Mayport, Fla., unavailable for deployment overseas but with a crew that could move the ship to safety should a hurricane threaten the area, a Navy official said. The loss of the Kennedy would leave the Navy with its smallest carrier force in decades. And Vice Adm. Joseph A. Sestak Jr., the service's top warfare requirements officer, acknowledged that the fleet may decline temporarily to 10 carriers in 2014, with the scheduled retirement of the Enterprise, the Navy's oldest nuclear powered flattop.
Título: Vão afundar o America!
Enviado por: Luso em Março 12, 2005, 02:53:44 pm
Vão afundar o USS America para testar a sobrevivência dos grande porta-aviões!!! :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

NAVY SINKS 'AMERICA'
"No one has been able to land a [big] punch on an American [aircraft] carrier for over half a century," StrategyPage notes. "There is no practical knowledge about exactly how sturdy, or not, these big ships are."

So the Navy is going to sink the USS America, decommissioned since 1996, to find out what happens when the 1060-foot long carrier gets hit, hard.

In $22 million worth of "experiments that will last from four to six weeks," the AP reports, "the Navy will batter the America with explosives, both underwater and above the surface, watching from afar and through monitoring devices placed on the vessel."


These explosions would presumably simulate attacks by torpedoes, cruise missiles and perhaps a small boat suicide attack like the one that damaged the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in 2000.

At the end, explosive scuttling charges placed to flood the ship will be detonated, and the America will begin its descent to the sea floor, more than 6,000 feet below...

Certain aspects of the tests are classified, and neither America's former crew nor the news media will be allowed to view them in person, Dolan said. The Navy does not want to give away too much information on how a carrier could be sunk, Pat Dolan, a spokeswoman for Naval Sea Systems Command, said.

Why the America? No other retired supercarriers were available on the East Coast when the test was planned, Dolan said. The others - the Forrestal and the Saratoga - were designated as potential museums, she said.
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Kennedy Should Be Retired, Navy Leader Says
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The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy has only "marginal capability" and will soak up about $300 million a year the Navy should invest in new and better ships, Navy Secretary Gordon R. England said Wednesday. "We do not need this carrier," England asserted. In an appearance before the Senate's Defense Appropriations subcommittee, England and Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of naval operations, sharpened their rhetoric in defense of a decision to mothball the 37 year old Kennedy and cut the Navy's fleet of flattops to 11, the smallest force in decades. "We are moving to a new Navy, and this is the pivotal year to do that," England said. "That is causing some angst and some stress, in Washington and around the country."
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CNO Says Future Navy is Right Navy
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued March 25, 2005)
 
 
 WASHINGTON --- Today’s Navy is creating the right Navy for the future and the country, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark told military and industry leaders at the annual Navy League of the United States Sea-Air-Space Exposition luncheon held March 24 at the Washington D.C. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.  
 
"Ensuring Global Access," the theme for this year's Sea-Air-Space Exposition, is the key to the effectiveness of the Navy's sea basing efforts for projecting power ashore from the maritime domain. "In it's simplest terms, anything that floats on, under or is in the air operated from our area is the sea base, and the sea base is all about our ability to exploit our advantage of maneuver space," Clark explained.  
 
Comparing notes with his speech at the same event four years earlier, Clark told the audience the Navy is heading in the right direction. Reviewing his 2001 address, he had said then, “I’ve never been involved in a joint operation where access was not an issue. Anyone contending with the United States in the future has to think about anti-access. It’s a serious challenge for the United States military, but the Navy has some things going for it.”  
 
Clark said the Navy has learned a great deal in the past four years from the lessons of USS Cole (DDG 67), 9-11, Operation Enduring Freedom and ongoing Operation Iraqi Freedom. "What we've come to believe about this access issue is that exploiting our strengths, our advantages in the maritime domain is more important than ever before."  
 
"Four years ago we hadn't conceived of a Fleet Response Plan... we didn't talk about the ability to surge," Clark said. Mentioning programs like LCS, DD(X), MPF(F) and LHA(R) he said, “This Navy, the Navy that we are building today, is being built from the keel up to provide this nation with assured access. I believe that the future Navy, the Navy that we are creating today, is the right Navy for the United States of America."  
 
A key topic throughout the three-day event was the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan recently submitted to Congress. "What we do needs to be good for the Sailor and for the taxpayer," he said. "We have learned in the past four years that there is a way to create much more operational availability and capability for the investment that the taxpayers have already made to their Navy."  
 
Clark explained why the Navy no longer needs 375 ships, and what will determine fleet size within the 260 to 325-ship future Navy. "Sea Swap and the Fleet Response Plan have changed our Navy,” he said. “We have literally bought much more operational availability with these concepts, so we can provide the same kind of combat capability for less than 375 (ships)," he said.  
 
A smaller, more advanced Navy will be committed to the growth and development of Sailors and civilians who put the Navy's high-tech capabilities to work for the nation through a 21st century Human Capital Strategy. Speaking to industry leaders in the audience, he said that though they create the most "incredible technology" ever, "...it won't be of any value if we don't have the young men and women, active and reserve, government civilians and the contracting structure who make it possible for us to have the Navy we dream about."  
 
"When I came here five years ago we were recruiting 57,000 people. This year the number is 37,000,” CNO said. “Something remarkable has happened in our Navy. What has happened is the environment has changed in our Navy. Our young people understand that we made a commitment to them, that we are going to commit ourselves and this institution to their growth and development and give them a chance to make a difference for America. And they are responding to it."  
 
Speaking at the exposition for the fifth time during his tenure as CNO, Clark thanked the Navy League and national president Sheila M. McNeill for their continuing support. "Our Sailors, and for that matter our Marines, Airman, Soldiers and Coast Guard are watching the way Americans are responding to their labors representing this country in the far corners of this earth," he said. "Your message is unequivocal. Your message has sent them a clear indication that you support and believe in the sons and daughters of America."  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Março 31, 2005, 12:48:15 am
Northrop Grumman Redelivers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) after Successful Refueling and Complex Overhaul
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued March 25, 2005)
 
 
 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has redelivered to the Navy the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) after completing its one and only refueling and complex overhaul in a 50-year life span.  
 
The work was performed by the company's Newport News sector and the ship was redelivered after four days of successful sea trials, an aggressive series of operational tests to demonstrate that Eisenhower's two nuclear propulsion plants are fully mission capable.  
 
“The effort and complexity of this job was a mammoth undertaking,” said Bob Gunter, senior vice president for the aircraft carrier program at Northrop Grumman Newport News. “We've worked on every inch of this ship, installing the latest advancements in technology to make the 28-year-old ‘Ike’ better than new.”  
 
The Eisenhower is the second ship of the Nimitz class to undergo this major life-cycle milestone. The work took more than three years to complete and included the refueling of both of the ship's reactors as well as extensive modernization work to more than 2,300 compartments, to include the ship's mess decks, medical and dental spaces, and laundry and berthing spaces. Maintenance and repair work was performed below the ship's waterline and included the application of new paint. In addition, nearly 3,000 valves were replaced and another 600 were overhauled in various ship systems.  
 
Major upgrades were made to the flight deck, catapults, combat systems and the island house. The top two levels of the island house were removed and replaced to install a new antenna mast which provides better radar capabilities. Northrop Grumman Newport News also installed a new radar tower aboard the ship.  
 
The Eisenhower was built by Northrop Grumman Newport News and christened on October 11, 1975 by Mrs. Mamie Doud Eisenhower, wife of the ship's namesake, President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The ship was commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1977 and began its first deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in January 1979. After 22 years of service, the Eisenhower arrived at the Newport News shipyard in 2001 for its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul.  
 
Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels. The Newport News sector employs about 19,000 people.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Março 31, 2005, 12:53:06 am
Northrop Grumman Lays Keel for First U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter (WMSL 750)
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman; issued March 29, 2005)
 
 
 PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- In a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman Corporation's Pascagoula shipyard, members of the U.S. Coast Guard and industry gathered to participate in a traditional keel laying ceremony for the Coast Guard's new National Security Cutter (WMSL 750).  
 
The National Security Cutter is the largest cutter and the crown jewel in the Coast Guard's sweeping "Deepwater" modernization program. This ceremony marks an important milestone in what will be the most technologically advanced, multi-mission cutter in the Coast Guard fleet.  
 
The principal speaker at the event was the honorable Michael Chertoff, secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Chertoff's wife, Meryl Chertoff, is the sponsor of the first-of-the-class ship that will lead the Coast Guard's future fleet under the Deepwater acquisition program.  
 
"This National Security Cutter, the keel of which we lay today, is a visible symbol of the new generation of equipment that we are going to provide to the men and women of the Coast Guard," said Secretary Chertoff . "Importantly, this cutter is not just a ship, but it is an integrated system-a system that is designed to perform in the defense of this country. In a way, that's emblematic of the Deepwater program itself, which is not simply a collection of individual assets, cutters, ships and aircraft, but is part of a capability...part of a performance-based effort designed to deliver a result, a successful mission of protecting these United States."  
 
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said, "This shipyard is 'America's shipyard' because it is the most productive in America with the greatest workforce in America that produces the best product in the shipbuilding industry. This shipyard has been the crown jewel of our state's economy, because the people that work here do their jobs so well; and because Northrop Grumman and our state have insured that the capital investments have been here."  
 
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), in speaking about the great partnership between industry and the state said, "I am very proud indeed, that this ship is being built in Mississippi. I congratulate the management and the employees of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin for forming this successful joint venture. [The shipyard] is a vital component in the partnership, and it is highly valued as the economic engine of the Mississippi Gulf Coast."  
 
Echoing those sentiments, U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) remarked, "I am delighted that this National Security Cutter is being built in my hometown. I know the men and women of this shipyard. They have a long and proud tradition of doing the job within the budget, ahead of schedule and of producing quality ships."  
 
As host of the event, Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems remarked, "Today's keel laying ceremony marks the beginning and a culmination. The beginnings of the first Coast Guard cutter built here in Pascagoula, and the culmination of countless hours of research planning and commitment to making the National Security Cutter a formidable asset in America's homeland security effort. We are proud to be part of this program, the largest recapitalization effort in the Coast Guard's history. We are committed to making this ship the best first-of-the-class ship ever built by Northrop Grumman or its antecedents."  
 
At the conclusion of the program, Mrs. Chertoff and Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, were summoned to the podium, where they both signed a ceremonial plate, which was then permanently welded and will remain a part of this ship throughout its service life. At that time, Mrs. Chertoff, as ship's sponsor, recognized the ship's keel to be "truly and fairly laid."  
 
The National Security Cutter will be 418 feet long, sustain speeds of 28 knots, be capable of 29 knots sprint speeds and will have an endurance of up to 60 days.  
 
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan. Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life-cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and international navies.  
 
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Modernized Jayhawk Revised USCG Deepwater Plan  
 
 
(Source: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.; issued April 5, 2005)
 
 
 STRATFORD, Conn. --- The United States Coast Guard will upgrade and modernize its current Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter fleet to meet its expanded Homeland Defense responsibilities, according to the revised Deepwater Implementation Plan recently presented to Congress.  
 
Deepwater outlines the USCG’s long-range acquisition strategy across its entire inventory of cutters and aircraft to provide improved systems for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and innovative logistics support.  
 
An earlier version of Deepwater called for the purchase of a new and smaller aircraft to replace the Jayhawk as the Coast Guard’s Medium Range Recovery (MMR) Helicopter. In light of the USCG’s post 9-11 requirements, Deepwater now forgoes the new aircraft and calls for upgrading the current HH-60J Jayhawk.  
 
The newly-designated MH-60T will be fitted with a new state-of-the-art cockpit, new search /weather radar and Electro-Optics/IR units, upgraded engines and airframe, and an Airborne Use of Force Package to provide more firepower and protection from small arms fire.  
 
The Jayhawk is a variant of the Sikorsky H-60 product line currently used by all five branches of the US military along with 25 governments across the world.  
 
“We are honored that the Coast Guard has shown confidence in the JAYHAWK to help meet the nation’s Homeland Defense requirements,” said Joseph Haddock, Sikorsky Vice President for Government Business Development. “The Jayhawk is a rugged, proven, versatile multi-mission military aircraft well suited to the task.”  
 
Sikorsky Aircraft delivered 42 HH-60Js to the Coast Guard for search and rescue (SAR), offshore law enforcement, drug interdiction, aids to navigation and environmental protection.  
 
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, of Hartford, Conn., which provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.  
 
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches Virginia-Class Submarine
 
 
(Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued April 11, 2005)
 
 
 NEWPORT NEWS, VA --- Northrop Grumman Corporation reached a construction milestone on April 9 by launching the second Virginia-class submarine, Texas (SSN 775). This was the company's first submarine launching in nearly a decade.  
 
Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector is teamed with General Dynamics Electric Boat to build the first 10 ships of the Virginia class. Current plans call for 30 Virginia-class submarines in the fleet. The first ship of the class, the USS Virginia (SSN 774) was delivered on Oct. 12, 2004. Virginia is the first major combatant delivered to the U.S. Navy that was designed with the post-Cold War security environment in mind.  
 
Becky Stewart, vice president of submarine programs for Northrop Grumman Newport News, was among 150 employees and 40 sailors who participated in the launch. “Watching Texas take her first journey into the water was an exciting event for all of the people who have been involved in constructing the ship,” Stewart said. “It's a milestone that the entire team, shipbuilders and crew members, have been working hard to achieve. This crucial accomplishment is a testament to the great talent, skill and dedication of our employees and the Texas crew.”  
 
Preparations for the launch began April 6 when the sector's floating dry dock, a transportable dock used to launch and dock ships, moved into position behind the Texas. The following morning a transfer car system raised the 7,800-ton submarine off its keel blocks and transported it 500 feet to the floating dry dock. On April 8, the floating dry dock, with Texas on board, moved into launch position and shipyard employees and Texas crew members completed final launch preparations. On April 9 the floating dry dock began to slowly fill with water and after seven hours, Northrop Grumman Newport News successfully launched Texas into the James River. Once in the water, tugboats moved Texas to the shipyard's submarine pier where final outfitting and testing will take place.  
 
Captain John Litherland, Prospective Commanding Officer of the Pre-Commissioning Unit Texas, rode in Texas' sail as it touched water for the first time. “It's great to finally get the Texas into the water, her natural environment,” said Litherland. “My crew and I are excited about achieving this significant milestone, and look forward to continuing our joint efforts with the men and women of Northrop Grumman Newport News to complete the construction and testing of this great ship and take her to sea.”  
 
Texas is the second ship of the Virginia class. With improved stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and special warfare enhancements, it will provide undersea supremacy well into the 21st century.  
 
The keel for Texas was laid on July 12, 2002 and the ship was christened on July 31, 2004. First Lady Laura Bush is the ship's sponsor and attended both ceremonies. The ship is scheduled to be delivered in 2006.  
 
Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building nuclear-powered submarines. Newport News also provides after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial vessels. The Newport News sector employs about 19,000 people.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Abril 18, 2005, 03:06:57 pm
Pentagon Contract Announcement
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued April 15, 2005)
 
 
 Titan Corp. Unidyne Group, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $26,401,635 firm-fixed-price contract for five Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft.  
 
The LCAC is an essential element within the current and future United States Navy/Marine Corp amphibious warfare triad that provides heavy lift capability. The LCAC SLEP will extend service life from twenty to thirty years. Modifications include repair/refurbishment of the hull, main engine upgrades, installation of a new skirt system and upgrades to the communication navigation systems.  
 
Work will be performed in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (80 percent) and Norfolk, Va.(20 percent), and is expected to be completed by August 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contact was competitively awarded and advertised via the Navy Electronic Commerce on Line website, with three offers received.  
 
The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Abril 22, 2005, 03:51:02 pm
Boeing Debuts Super Hornet with Advanced Radar System  
 
 
(Source: Boeing Co.; issued Apr. 21, 2005)
 
 
 ST. LOUIS --- Boeing will debut the F/A-18E/F Block II Super Hornet equipped with the revolutionary APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system at a ceremony at Boeing's St. Louis facilities today.  
 
The AESA radar will provide Super Hornets with significantly improved reliability, situational awareness, target detection and tracking range.  
 
"AESA will revolutionize the Super Hornet's warfighting capability," said Capt. Donald "BD" Gaddis, the F/A-18/EA-18G program manager for the U.S. Navy. "This will dramatically enhance the force commander's ability to prosecute targets, support our troops and protect our facilities and ships."  
 
Featuring a fixed array with an agile beam that scans near the speed of light, the AESA will, for the first time, enable aircrews to conduct simultaneous air-to-air and air-to-surface operations with independent dual-cockpit operation. In air-to-air mode, the radar allows targets to be engaged at very long ranges, permitting weapons launch at maximum range and enhancing warfighter survivability and lethality. The system also offers high-resolution ground mapping at long standoff ranges for air-to-surface tracking.  
 
"The AESA-equipped Super Hornet represents a quantum leap in operational technology and capability," said Chris Chadwick, Boeing vice president for F/A-18 programs. "With the integration of the APG-79 radar, the Super Hornet today has unsurpassed precision strike capability and situational awareness."  
 
This milestone marks the latest step in the block upgrades designed into the Super Hornet. This method of procuring weapons systems ensures the Navy has the latest technology to continuously improve the aircraft's capabilities for today's battlefield.  
 
The aircraft will be used as part of the AESA radar flight test program prior to entering Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) in 2006.  
 
The AESA radar, built by the Raytheon Corporation of El Segundo, Calif., is part of the F/A-18E/F Block II upgrade, which includes integration of advanced mission computers, high speed data network, cockpit controls and displays, environmental control system upgrade and forward fuselage affordability improvements. It works with several existing elements of the weapon system, such as the stores management system, the gun director, and AIM-120 and AIM-9 missiles, to enhance the lethality, survivability and affordability of the F/A-18E/F. The AESA radar and the Block II upgrades are being delivered under two multiyear contracts, providing the Navy increasing capability at a decreasing price.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Abril 25, 2005, 01:52:23 pm
UH-1Ys to Be Built New Starting in 06  
 
 
(Source: US Naval Air Systems Command; issued April 22, 2005)
 
 
 NAVAIR PATUXENT RIVER, MD --- The UH-1Y Huey light utility helicopter, part of the Marine Corps' H-1 Upgrades program, was approved April 15 by the Defense Department acquisition chief to be built as new helicopters rather than be remanufactured from UH-1N's currently in use.  
 
The Honorable Michael Wynne, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, signed the Acquisition Decision Memorandum that will provide new-built UH-1Y's to the Marine Corps starting in 2008 as part of the third lot of low-rate initial production aircraft.  
 
"A new-build UH-1Y better meets the pressing littoral warfare needs of the Marine Corps," stated Col. Keith Birkholz, the H-1 program manager. "Both in today's battle space and for tomorrow's requirements. This gives us the acquisition strategy to give it to them."  
 
Program officials estimate production costs for building the helicopters new to add approximately $100,000 per aircraft, and non-recurring engineering costs to add approximately $8.1 million, to the program for a total increase of $17.4 million for the 90 UH-1Ys.  
 
Per the President's 2005 budget, the H-1 Upgrades total program cost is estimated to be approximately $5.5 billion.  
 
Although the H-1 Upgrades program originally planned to remanufacture 180 AH-1W Super Cobras and 100 UH-1N Hueys into the 84 percent identical AH-1Z/UH-1Y configuration, the UH-1N fleet has subsequently experienced a surge in operational tempo that is not expected to abate in the near term. Coupled with the average age and attrition rate of the aircraft, as well as the marginal cost difference between a remanufactured UH-1Y and a new-build UH-1Y, the program concluded, and DoD acquisition leadership agreed, that building UH-1Ys new better supports the needs of the Marine Corps.  
 
With the current size and availability of the UH-1N fleet, having a number of them out of the fleet for two years to accommodate the remanufacture process severely and adversely impacts the Marine Corps' speed, persistence, precision and reach in conducting expeditionary maneuver warfare in support of the Global War on Terrorism and other operations around the globe.  
 
Program officials are currently studying the feasibility and cost of also building the AH-1Z's new. A date for that decision is yet to be determined.  
 
Currently, 10 UH-1Y and six AH-1Z aircraft are in production at Bell Helicopter's production facilities in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas. By 2014, the Marine Corps will have procured 100 UH-1Y Hueys and 180 AH-1Z Super Cobras.  
 
The H-1 Upgrades program to date has achieved approximately 2,800 flight test hours since Dec. 7, 2000. One of the test AH-1Zs recently flew to Yuma, Ariz., where it is currently testing weapons accuracy. The program is scheduled to begin its final operational evaluation later this year for both the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Maio 05, 2005, 10:18:43 pm
U.S. Navy Completes Initial Testing of Lockheed Martin Naval Gun
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin ; issued May 3, 2005)
 
 
 AKRON, Ohio --- The U.S. Navy recently completed initial testing of Lockheed Martin's Millennium Gun as part of its effort to validate and qualify new naval cannon technology for fleet self protection.  
 
The gun's capabilities -- including its high rate of fire and air-bursting Advanced Hit Efficiency And Destruction (AHEAD) ammunition - were evaluated during two weeks of testing. The Millennium Gun is a multi-mission, close-in weapon system capable of engaging multiple fast-attack surface craft and near- shore land targets in littoral and riverine waters, as well as defending against anti-ship missiles and aircraft.  
 
The U.S. Navy-funded ground testing familiarized Navy personnel on the system and validated the AHEAD lethality at various target ranges. Lockheed Martin supplied the gun system and technical assistance for this testing. The gun system will continue testing and qualifications next year with at-sea tests that will validate the system's capability against multiple targets in various sea states.  
 
"The U.S. Navy recognizes that force protection against multiple small craft and unmanned air vehicle threats is an essential mission capability in the modern asymmetric warfare environment," said John Wojnar, director of Business Development for Lockheed Martin's Akron facility. "These test results will prove that the high rate of fire combined with accurately fused airbursting ammunition provides the needed capability for ship self protection. The Millennium Gun is an effective inner-layer defense that extends ship self-protection to ranges greater than any other close-in weapon system."  
 
The Millennium Gun fires 35-mm ammunition, including the AHEAD round, at 1,000 rounds per minute. Each AHEAD dispenses 152 subprojectiles that form a cone-shaped pattern to destroy a target's control surfaces, seeker and other vital components as it moves through this lethal cloud. The Millennium Gun is equipped with a low-cost, unmanned, remotely controlled gun mount and is compatible with modern and legacy sensor and fire control systems. Designed as a modular system without through-deck penetration, the Millennium Gun can be fitted on a number of ship classes, and is especially well suited for smaller combatant and patrol ships.  
 
Lockheed Martin is the U.S. licensee to Oerlikon Contraves for sale and manufacture of the gun systems. Oerlikon Contraves is part of Rheinmetall DeTec, an established military products company. It specializes in land and naval air defense systems and medium-caliber guns and ammunition. It has delivered over 3,000 gun systems and more than 35 countries now use its products.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.  
 
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Navy's First Littoral Combat Ship Honors Freedom  
 
 
(Source: US Department of Defense; issued May 9, 2005)
 
 
 Secretary of the Navy Gordon England has selected the name Freedom for the Navy’s first new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).  
 
The future USS Freedom acknowledges the enduring foundation of our nation and honors American communities from coast to coast which bear the name Freedom. States having towns named Freedom range from New York to California, and include Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming.  
 
“These new, fast and capable ships will increase the effectiveness of our naval forces and provide us with an ability to operate in the littoral areas of the world where the enemies of freedom seek to operate and hide” England said. “The USS Freedom and her crew will defend the noble cause for which they are named,” he added.  
 
LCS is an innovative combatant designed to counter challenging shallow-water threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, submarines and fast surface craft.  
 
LCS ships will be fast, agile, and networked surface combatants and will utilize focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute a variety of missions.  
 
In May 2004, the Department of Defense awarded both Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, separate contract options for final system design with options for detail design and construction of up to two LCS ships.  
 
In December 2004, the Department of Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., a contract for detail design and construction of the first LCS. Lockheed Martin’s teammates include Gibbs & Cox, Arlington, Va.; Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis.; and Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La.  
 
A keel laying ceremony is scheduled for June 2, 2005, at Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Maio 12, 2005, 10:38:29 pm
LPD 17 Successfully Completes Builder's Sea Trials
 
 
(Source: US Naval Sea Systems Command; issued May 11, 2005)
 
 
 PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- San Antonio, first ship of the LPD 17 Class, returned to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) Pascagoula facility after successfully demonstrating performance during Builder's Sea Trials. Having accomplished significant pier-side systems testing and dock trials, this underway testing was a critical milestone on the path to ship delivery.  
 
NGSS conducted a complete range of tests including ship maneuvering and steering, propulsion and propulsion controls, mission systems, auxiliary systems, and combat systems. The Shipboard Wide Area Network and Engineering Control System, which comprise the cornerstone of this highly complex new amphibious ship, were also demonstrated.  
 
Close coordination between the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), Naval Sea Systems Command, ship's force, NGSS shipbuilder and integrator, suppliers, and government program office (PMS 317) ensured success of the trial.  
 
The future USS San Antonio will be commissioned in Ingleside, TX, this fall. The next three ships of the class, New Orleans, Mesa Verde, and Green Bay are all scheduled to undergo Builder’s Trials in 2006. The future USS New York, the fifth ship of the class, continues construction at the NGSS facility in Avondale, LA.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Maio 19, 2005, 01:02:22 pm
AH-1Z/UH-1Y Complete First Sea Trials
 
 
(Source: US Naval Air Systems Command via Bell Helicopters; dated May 17, 2005)
 
 
 NAVAIR PATUXENT RIVER, MD --- The Marine Corps' newest utility and attack helicopters, the UH-1Y and AH-1Z, made their first shipboard landings May 7 while conducting shipboard compatibility testing, or "sea trials."  
 
Operating aboard the Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship USS Bataan off the Virginia Capes, the two aircraft made 267 landings during nearly 30 flight hours in both day and night operations to test their ability to operate in the shipboard environment.  
 
Program officials are satisfied with the results.  
 
"We met all the test objectives we hoped to accomplish," said Matt Funk, the H-1 lead flight test engineer for sea trials testing. "The idea was to verify shipboard compatibility by looking at the aircraft's ability to operate in the maritime environment and during all aspects of shipboard operations."  
 
The testers weren't completely happy, though. "The weather was too good," he explained. "We conducted launch and recovery operations in winds up to 35 knots over the deck. The only thing preventing testing in higher wind conditions was a lack of higher winds."  
 
Despite the curse of beautiful weather, partially salved by the Bataan's mess serving the flight test crew lobster and steak meals while aboard, testers put the two aircraft through a wide array of tasks designed to evaluate the aircraft's degree of marinization, including day and night aided and unaided launches and recoveries, refueling, shipboard handling (with the ship pitching and rolling in the ocean swells), rotor blade folding and unfolding in winds up to 25 knots, and flight deck crew familiarization training.  
 
"The whole idea was to demonstrate the platform's marinization," explained Lt. Col. David Anderson, the H-1 program's assistant program manager for systems engineering. "We need to know that when we go aboard the boat, we can live there. The test team did just that."  
 
As Marine Corps aircraft, the AH-1Z and UH-1Y must be marinized to support the Corps' mission of assault from the sea. "Marinization" refers to the unique capability of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to withstand the daily punishment of temperature extremes, salt water, high structural loads and harsh conditions associated with shipboard/austere location operations in the expeditionary environment.  
 
Specific aspects of marinization can include blade and tail folding, ruggedized avionics and airframe structure, improved corrosion resistance for both the aircraft and support equipment, ability to withstand salt water ingestion by the engines, and close quarters deck-handling ability.  
 
To date, the H-1 Upgrades program has more than 2,900 flight test hours tallied since Dec. 7, 2000. Other current testing includes AH-1Z weapons accuracy testing at the Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona and UH-1Y firing loads and vibrations testing here. More than 870 2.75-inch rockets have been fired during testing, as well as 13,662 rounds of machine gun and automatic cannon ammunition, 11 Hellfire anti-armor missiles and three AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.  
 
The AH-1Z and UH-1Y are slated to replace the current fleet of AH-1W and UH-1N aircraft which have been operating at sea with the Marine Corps for many years. The H-1 program provides over 80% parts commonality for the two aircraft.  
 
A change to the program that will build UH-1Ys completely new, rather than remanufacturing them from aging UH-1N's, received approval by the Defense Department's acquisition chief in April 2005. The first new build UH-1Ys will start production in 2006 as part of the third lot of low-rate initial production aircraft. First deliveries of the new aircraft are scheduled to begin in 2008.  
 
Currently, 10 UH-1Y and six AH-1Z aircraft are in production at Bell Helicopter's Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas facilities. By 2014, the Marine Corps will have procured 100 UH-1Y Hueys and 180 AH-1Z Super Cobras.  
 
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Enviado por: JLRC em Maio 23, 2005, 11:51:53 pm
NASSCO Launches the USNS Lewis and Clark, First T-AKE Ship
 
 
(Source: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; issued May 22, 2005)
 
 
 SAN DIEGO --- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has joined with the U.S. Navy to launch the USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1), the lead ship in the Navy's new T-AKE Class.  
 
The name Lewis and Clark was selected to honor the two legendary explorers who led a visionary project from 1804 to 1806 to explore the American West. Two descendants from the families of Captain Meriwether Lewis and then-Lieutenant William Clark -- Jane Lewis Sale Henley and Lisa Clark -- served as sponsors of the ship. At precisely 8 p.m., they christened the ship by breaking bottles of champagne across its bow as it slid into San Diego Bay to the cheers of thousands of San Diego residents and NASSCO employees in attendance.  
 
Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), delivered the ceremony's principal address. Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) introduced Congressman Lewis. Other featured speakers included Admiral Vernon Clark, the Navy's chief of naval operations; Rear Admiral Charles Hamilton II, program executive officer for ships; and Richard Vortmann, president of NASSCO.  
 
The T-AKE is a dry cargo/ammunition ship that will be operated by the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command, providing logistic lift from sources of supply either in port or at sea. The ships will transfer cargo -- ammunition, food, fuel, repair parts, and expendable supplies and material -- to station ships and other naval forces at sea. The T-AKE will substantially upgrade the Navy's ability to maintain its forward-deployed forces, replacing aging T-AE ammunition ships and T-AFS combat stores ships that are nearing the end of their service lives.  
 
Construction on the Lewis and Clark began in September 2003 and delivery is scheduled for early next year. The second T-AKE, to be named the USNS Sacagawea, is now in full-rate production for delivery in 2006. Eight ships have been awarded to NASSCO under this program. The T-AKE contract includes options for four additional ships.  
 
The T-AKEs are 210 meters (689 feet) in length and 32.2 meters (105.6 feet) in beam, with a design draft of 9.12 meters (29.9 feet). The ships will carry almost 7,000 metric tons of dry cargo and ammunition and 23,500 barrels of cargo fuel. The T-AKEs will be the first modern Navy ships to combine proven international marine technologies such as an integrated electric-drive propulsion system that can achieve a speed of 20 knots and commercial design features that will minimize their cost of operation and maintenance over their expected 40-year life.  
 
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 70,100 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation.  
 
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Ike, French Carrier Work Together During Multinational Maritime Exercise
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued May 26, 2005)
 
 
 ABOARD USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER --- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) opened her flight deck to the French navy May 25 during Multi-National Maritime Exercise (MNME) 05-1.  
 
A multi-role strike fighter Rafale M jet performed landings, and an E-2C Hawkeye from the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle (R 91) trapped and launched from Ike’s deck during MNME 05-1. It is the first time in more than four years Ike has worked with multinational forces.  
 
MNME 05-1, which incorporates more than 17,000 Sailors from Canada, France, Great Britain, Spain and the United States, is one step in the certification of forces for the NATO Response Force (NRF).  
 
Ike, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Carrier Strike Group and other U.S. Navy units are representing the United States as all five countries conduct coalition strike training, tactical air cross-deck training, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and related unit training events.  
 
For Ike to be a participant in such a multinational exercise is historic, in the sense that the warship has only been to sea five times since completing her four-year, mid-life overhaul. Not since 2001, when Ike last completed a Mediterranean cruise, has the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier taken on an active role with NATO forces.  
 
Ike’s role in MNME 05-1 was to provide a platform for allied navies to use as the United States and other countries continue to build relationships, which are vital to the overall success of any military operation. In addition to fixed wing operations, French Puma and Dauphin helicopters also landed aboard Ike.  
 
Ike also hosted 15 French sailors for a 24-hour period. The French Sailors were able to tour most of the ship, including the gyms, ship’s stores, various work centers, the bridge, primary flight control and the flight deck during flight operations.  
 
“I was very impressed because there was so much activity,” said Petty Officer Sebastien Laurent of Charles De Gaulle from Normandy, France. “There is always aircraft flying, landing and launching — it never stops.”  
 
Laurent said he and his French shipmates were amazed at the complexity of Ike, since De Gaulle is not as compartmentalized as U.S. aircraft carriers. De Gaulle has two catapults and holds 40 aircraft, so the French Sailors were amazed at Ike’s size.  
 
“It’s very, very big. It’s three times bigger than the De Gaulle,” said Laurent. “I think it’s very great.”  
 
Lt. Cmdr. Jason Rimmer was one of three Ike crew members, in addition to eight Carrier Air Wing 7 representatives, who flew over to De Gaulle to experience how their French ally conducts carrier operations, and to offer assistance regarding the launching and recovery of several U.S. Navy aircraft, including an F/A-18 Hornet, E-2C Hawkeye and C-2 Greyhound.  
 
This was the first time an F/A-18 landed aboard De Gaulle.  
 
“I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to the Charles De Gaulle and the chance to participate in joint operations with the two navies,” said Rimmer. “Their commanding officer put it best, saying that he hoped this exercise would prove our interoperability and readiness for tasking wherever and whenever. The French were excellent hosts and extremely professional operators.”  
 
As Ike continues to move forward toward becoming surge ready under the Fleet Response Plan, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier will take on a more active role in exercises such as MNME 05-1.  
 
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DD(X) Quarter Scale Model Underwater Explosive Testing Successful
 
 
(Source: DD(X) National Team; issued Jun 1, 2005)
 
 
 ABERDEEN, Md. --- The DD(X) National Team, led by Northrop Grumman and in partnership with Raytheon, General Dynamics, United Defense and Lockheed Martin, announces the successful completion of Underwater Explosion (UNDEX) testing on the DD(X) Quarter Scale Model.  
 
This test provided a critical step in demonstrating that the DD(X) wave piercing tumblehome hull form fully meets the operational requirements set forth by the U.S. Navy.  
 
The primary purpose of the testing was to determine the DD(X) hull form's reaction to an UNDEX to demonstrate the validity of the DD(X) design. Explosive charges were placed at predetermined distances from the DD(X) Model. Intensity of the charges increased as the test series progressed. A large plume resulted from the explosions and the DD(X) wave-piercing bow, tumblehome cross section, step deck area and rising stern responded as envisioned.  
 
"The successful completion of this event increased the overall confidence level in the DD(X) hull design and was carried out at a fraction of the cost for testing a full-size model," said Brian Cuccias, Northrop Grumman Vice President and DD(X) Program Manager. "We are meeting Phase III exit criteria and are eager to begin detail design of this truly revolutionary ship."  
 
The 150 foot DD(X) Quarter Scale Model was built at the Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS. This scaled down model mitigates risks associated with a new design at a nominal investment. The UNDEX tests were conducted by Northrop Grumman employees with the support of U.S. Army personnel and under the auspices of the U.S. Navy. Data collection and analysis continue and the knowledge of the hull form response, as well as lessons learned will be applied to Phase IV of the DD(X) program.  
 
In partnership with the United States Navy, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and United Defense are leading a premier National Team to design DD(X) -- a revolutionary multi-mission destroyer. DD(X) technologies are currently in an advanced state of development and are destined to influence ship design efforts around the world for the remainder of this century.  
 
The National Team, which includes more than 100 U.S. companies from 45 states, understands the importance of the rapidly maturing DD(X) Program to our nation, and is proud of the historic role this vessel will play in the advancement of ship -- and ship systems -- design.  
 
The DD(X) National Team has successfully completed nearly a dozen incremental design review milestones, highlighting the DD(X) National Team's commitment to staying on schedule and on cost, as well as the extraordinary maturity and discipline of the program's approach to integrating unprecedented advanced technologies into the platform.  
 
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Lockheed Martin LCS Team Lays Keel on FREEDOM, Nation's First Littoral Combat Ship
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued Jun 2, 2005)
 
 
 MARINETTE, Wis. --- Today the keel was laid for FREEDOM (LCS 1), marking a significant milestone in production of the U.S. Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS is a new class of surface combatant, designed to defeat enemy threats in shallow coastal waters. FREEDOM is under construction at Marinette Marine and will be delivered to the Navy in late 2006.  
 
"It was barely three years ago that we dared to dream of a new vision for our Navy's future," said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark. "Today that vision of American seapower will be welded into the keel of the very first Littoral Combat Ship - and that ship shall be called the United States Ship Freedom."  
 
"This is a rewarding day for the entire LCS team and signifies a major milestone in the LCS program," said Fred Moosally, president of Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors. "We are proud to be the team bringing FREEDOM to the U.S. Navy fleet."  
 
Before more than 200 guests, Birgit Smith, the ship's sponsor, and Clark authenticated the keel, assisted by veteran Marinette Marine welder Jim Renner. Smith was selected as sponsor for FREEDOM (LCS 1) by Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England. She is the widow of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery and gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  
 
LCS, a revolutionary naval combatant designed to dominate the world's coastal waters, provides the Navy with fast, maneuverable and shallow draft ships aimed at maximizing mission flexibility. The ship's first missions will include mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare.  
 
The Lockheed Martin team design, a proven semi-planing steel monohull, provides outstanding agility and high-speed maneuverability with known seakeeping characteristics to support launch and recovery operations of manned and unmanned vehicles, mission execution and optimum crew comfort. The team designed a low-risk, affordable solution that provides the Navy with a maneuverable, flexible, networked surface combatant.  
 
The Lockheed Martin team was awarded a contract for final design in May 2004, with options for up to two Flight 0, or initial production, ships.  
 
The Lockheed Martin-led team includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox, ship builders Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., and Bollinger Shipyards, as well as best-of-industry domestic and international teammates to provide a low-risk, affordable LCS solution.  
 
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Navy Takes Possession of Fastest Experimental Ship
 
 
(Source: US Navy; issued July 8, 2005)
 
 
 ARLINGTON, Va. --- The U.S. Navy took delivery of its newest experimental ship, Sea Fighter (FSF 1), at Naval Station Everett, Wash., in July. The Navy's fastest ship, Sea Fighter will operate at greater than 50 knots and has a range of approximately 4,000 nautical miles.  
 
The ship will move to San Diego and continue experimentation while assigned to Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet.  
 
“Sea Fighter will serve as the platform to test the technologies and manning concepts that will allow the Navy to operate more effectively around the world," said Vice Adm. Terry Etnyre, commander, Naval Surface Forces. “It will fill a critical role as the bridge between current ships and future surface combatants as we introduce Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to the fleet.”  
 
The ship will also be used to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance, structural behavior, mission flexibility, and propulsion system efficiency of high-speed vessels, and will also serve as a test bed for developmental mission packages. The ship can accommodate two helicopters on its flight deck and has bays for 12 flexible mission modules, a stern ramp/cradle that can be lowered at sea to launch and recover a variety of manned and unmanned vehicles, and a small crew of 16 Navy Sailors and 10 Coast Guardsmen.  
 
The keel of the aluminum catamaran was laid in June 2003 at Nichols Bros. Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Wash., and Sea Fighter was christened in February 2005. The ship is 262 feet in length and displaces 1,400 tons (at full load), with a beam of 72 feet and a navigational draft of 11.5 feet. Two gas turbine engines and two propulsion diesels power Sea Fighter’s four waterjets.  
 
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Lockheed Martin Delivers First Update II.5 P-3C Aircraft with AIP Upgrades
 
 
(Source: Lockheed Martin; issued July 12, 2005)
 
 
 EAGAN, MN. --- Lockheed Martin has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first Update II.5 P-3C aircraft modified under the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program (AIP). Under contracts received in 2004 and 2005, Lockheed Martin will install the AIP upgrade kits on five of the service's Update II.5 aircraft.  
 
Update II.5 aircraft are older P-3C models which, in many cases, have seen less operational use than subsequent production aircraft. The AIP update program first concentrated on the Update III model P-3C aircraft, and is now focusing on the earlier aircraft. This Update II.5 P-3C aircraft initially will be an additional asset for the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 (VX-20) and will be the sea trial demonstration aircraft.  
 
In addition to the AIP modifications, this aircraft will receive various networked communication upgrades and planned Anti-Submarine Warfare Maritime Improvement Program (AMIP) enhancements that satisfy Sea Power 21 and FORCEnet constructs. The first sea trial demonstration is planned for November 2005 during the Trident Warrior exercise.  
 
"We are pleased to continue providing the Navy with these essential upgrades to ensure that the P-3 aircraft remain an integral part of our nation's defense systems," said Richard F. Ambrose, president of the Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors' (MS2) Tactical Systems line of business. "Extending the upgrades to the Update II.5 aircraft further improves their surveillance role in military and humanitarian missions."  
 
Lockheed Martin has been the prime contractor and systems integrator for the aircraft's avionics, including non-acoustic sensors, communications, survivability and displays and controls since 1994. To date, Lockheed Martin has upgraded 66 P-3C aircraft with AIP upgrade kits; the U.S. Navy plans to upgrade a total of 73 aircraft. The AIP upgrade draws on commercial-off-the-shelf and non-developmental technology to provide the next generation of mission capability for the U.S. Navy P-3C.  
 
The P-3 is the primary maritime surveillance aircraft operated by the U.S. Navy and 15 allied nations. Its roles include anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; command, control communications, computers and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; search and rescue, drug interdiction, and exclusive economic zone protection.  
 
New workstations, satellite communication capabilities, enhanced radar, and electro-optics and infrared sensors significantly increase the aircraft's surveillance role over land as well as over water. The new acoustic processing suite enables greater ASW capabilities in blue water and littoral regions. The capabilities provided enable the aircraft to be used extensively in all major U.S. combined forces operations, including those overland in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, and others associated with the global war on terrorism.  
 
Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems performs engineering, integration, and major contract work in Eagan, MN; MS2 Undersea Systems in Manassas, VA, provides the acoustic processing suite and Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics Center in Greenville, SC, completes the aircraft installation.  
 
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2004 sales of $35.5 billion.  
 
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Enviado por: Normando em Agosto 22, 2005, 02:32:39 am
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/ncwire ... 9401c.html (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/ncwire_news/story/2741776p-9179401c.html) :

N.C. aircraft mechanics help Marines with helicopter shortage

The Associated Press

CHERRY POINT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, N.C. - The Marine Corps is coping with a shortage of heavy cargo helicopters by dusting off choppers that have been mothballed in the Arizona desert for a decade and retrofitting them for service.

Civilian maintenance workers at the Naval Air Depot at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station this week will start cleaning and updating three shelved Navy MH-53E Sea Dragons. It could take 20 months to transform them into the Marine version of the aircraft, the Super Stallion.

The Marines have been forced into taking the extraordinary step because they have only 150 of their only heavy-lift workhorses left in their fleet. Six Super Stallions have been destroyed in crashes since 2001 and the rest are logging long hours in the air in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"They're coasting on legacy fleets," said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group, an aerospace and defense consulting company in Fairfax, Va. "They planned to coast indefinitely ... and it would have worked just fine if it hadn't been for Afghanistan and Iraq."

The Super Stallion can carry up to 55 Marines long distances and can use slings to transport heavy equipment such as Humvees or even small armored vehicles.

A replacement helicopter, designated the CH-53X, is in the works but it will probably be at least a decade before the new choppers are deployed, said John Milliman, a helicopter acquisition programs spokesman at Patuxent River Marine Air Station in Maryland. The problem is that current estimates are that the Marines will have to start parking about 15 Super Stallions a year in 2010 as the choppers reach the end of their service lives.

That means the Marine Corps' fleet of heavy lift helicopters will dwindle for about five years before replacements start coming into service.

"We will cover it somehow. I know we've got great minds working on it." Milliman said.

Aboulafia also blames the soaring costs of the long-troubled V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor development program for the failure to replace the Super Stallions sooner.

The Osprey was never intended to replace the Super Stallion. It carries fewer troops and less cargo, and it's planned as the replacement for the Marine Corps' smaller CH-46 chopper.

Yet the Osprey has been in development since 1983, a process marred by two crashes in 2000 that killed 23 Marines and a scandal over falsified maintenance records. The nearby New River Marine Corps Air Station is home to the only Marine squadron that is testing Ospreys.

The Marines have spent $13.4 billion on the Osprey, said Ward Carroll, a spokesman for the program. They have spent or obligated $111.8 million for the replacement for the Super Stallion, Milliman said.

Marine Corps officials thought buying other aircraft would divert money from the Osprey long seen by the Marines as their most important aircraft program, Aboulafia said. A new heavy-lift chopper also could reduce the need for the vulnerable Osprey in the eyes of budget makers in Washington, he said.

Milliman said the Osprey's problems have made it a convenient target for critics.

At least part of the solution to the Super Stallion shortage, Milliman said, could involve the 14 other rebuildable helicopters sitting in Arizona's Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center. The site, picked for the low rainfall and humidity and the alkaline soil that holds corrosion to a minimum, is a combination junkyard and storage lot for military and Coast Guard aircraft that can be brought back into U.S. service or sold to allies.

Last week, three dark-gray Sea Dragons sat on a concrete apron outside the Cherry Point depot's hangars after arriving from Arizona. Their rotor blades, exterior fuel tanks and various hatches were detached. Their rear loading ramps bared the interiors, which contained larger parts such as tail fins.

The depot's civilian workers perform major maintenance on helicopters for the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps as well, as the Marines' vertical takeoff Harrier jets and the presidential helicopter fleet. They are adept at maintaining aircraft that have been out of production for decades by building new parts or devising techniques to replace components.

The reconditioning task on the Sea Dragons is so unusual that the depot workers will start with just one aircraft this week and build a body of experience before starting on the other two, said Dan Anthony, who schedules work on the aircraft.

The depot expects to put all three helicopters back in service in top condition for $15 million, operations director Lt. Col. A.P. Camele said. That compares with the $105 million estimated cost for each Osprey or the $30 million the last new Super Stallions cost when production ended in 1999.

The refurbished helicopters should last as long as others in the fleet with the same hours. One has about half its service life left, the others about one-third.
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U.S. Sub Collides With Cargo Ship

Associated Press  |  September 05, 2005

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A U.S. Navy submarine collided early Monday with a Turkish merchant ship in the Gulf, the U.S. Navy reported. No one was hurt on either vessel.

The USS Philadelphia was traveling on the surface of the Gulf when it hit the Turkish-flagged M/V Yaso Aysen, a cargo ship, at around 2 a.m. local time, the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain reported in a statement.

No sailors or merchant seamen were injured, the Navy said.

The Philadelphia was conducting surface operations on its way to Bahrain for a scheduled port visit, the Navy said.

The submarine continued to Bahrain where inspectors will check it for damage. There were no immediate reports of damage to the Turkish ship.

The Navy statement did not say exactly where the collision took place.

The Philadelphia is part of a fleet of U.S. and allied navy vessels patrolling the Gulf, conducting what are called "maritime security operations" against weapons and drug smuggling.
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Enviado por: Rui Elias em Setembro 06, 2005, 09:33:25 am
Algum dos colegas daqui poderá confirmar ou ter mais informações sobre notícia que anda a correr em certos meios de que os EUA estão na disposição de oferecer ao Paquistão a possibilidade de aquisição de 2 OHP Long Hull?

Se se confirmar é estranho, já que tinha lido em tempos que para já, os EUA apenas tinham para ceder OHP's short hull, semelhantes às nossas FFG12 e FFG14 que chegarão (esperemos) para o ano de 2006.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Setembro 25, 2005, 06:35:21 pm
DD(X) Advanced Gun System Demonstrates Sustained Rate of Fire
 
 
(Source: US Naval Sea Systems Command; issued Sept. 21, 2005)
 
 
 WASHINGTON --- The DD(X) National Team and the Navy successfully conducted a rate of fire test for the 155 mm Advanced Gun System (AGS) on Aug. 31. Preliminary results indicate the gun and magazine-handling equipment met or exceeded requirements.  
 
As the primary battery for DD(X), the fully automated AGS is designed to fire up to 10 precision-guided munitions per minute at ranges up to 83 nautical miles. The test took place on the AGS Land Based Test Site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.  
 
“The combination of a 155mm rapid fire gun and long-range, precision munitions will provide DD(X) with a potent strike weapon that will quickly create lethal effects ashore,” said Rear Adm. Charles Goddard, the DD(X) program manager. “AGS and the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) are meeting or exceeding our expectations, and the success of our test program is testament to the effort of the National Team and U.S. Government personnel. The Army has been an excellent host at Dugway.”  
 
The test successfully demonstrated a sustained maximum rate of fire of at least ten rounds per minute in eight round bursts, and unloaded eight complete rounds from a pallet in 45 seconds or less. The event also tested a sustained firing capability and reliability by demonstrating the AGS Engineering Development Model gun and magazine are capable of unloading several pallets of ammunition.  
 
BAE Systems conducted the test event under subcontract with the DD(X) design agent Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.  
 
DD(X) is the Navy’s next-generation destroyer, tailored for land attack and inland support of joint and coalition forces. Each DD(X) will be armed with two advanced guns and an expandable magazine that can hold up to 920 rounds. AGS has a 10-meter barrel and is specifically designed to fire LRLAP, which uses a rocket motor, canards, and a Global Positioning Satellite guidance system, to maneuver in flight.  
 
During testing this year off of Pt. Mugu, Calif., LRLAP has made successful guided flights up to a world-record distance of 63 nautical miles and has demonstrated accuracy to within meters of the intended target. With an increased rate of fire combined with LRLAP’s precision long-range strike capability, AGS provides three times the fires coverage of today’s shipboard guns.  
 
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Enviado por: Marauder em Agosto 02, 2006, 11:18:19 am
3º LCS contractualizado
 http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsurf ... 60709.aspx (http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsurf/articles/20060709.aspx)
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Enviado por: Marauder em Agosto 03, 2006, 09:36:51 am
Marinha e DARPA juntas no desenvolvimento de novo submarino - Projecto Tango Bravo, com metade do tamanho dos Virginia
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/200 ... x.php#more (http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/07/tango-bravo-rd-project-to-drive-down-sub-size/index.php#more)
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Enviado por: Marauder em Agosto 04, 2006, 05:54:51 pm
Futuros porta-aviões mais pequenos e compactos?
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnava ... 60728.aspx (http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20060728.aspx)
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Enviado por: Marauder em Agosto 04, 2006, 08:22:23 pm
Marines vão ter novo veiculo de assalto anfíbio
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Marines to get new landing vehicles

The military acquisition agency said yesterday it will soon produce additional amphibious landing vehicles to replace the Marine's outdated landing equipment.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said it has finalized production contracts for the new amphibious armored personnel carriers with Samsung Techwin Co., one of Korea's leading defense firms, and the world's fourth-largest defense contractor BAE Systems plc.

The domestically produced equipment will completely replace the Marine's U.S.-made LAV amphibious vehicles by 2010, the DAPA said. About $150 million will be spent on the project until the target year, it said.

The military has been developing the new amphibious vehicle since 1998 in partnership with U.K.-based BAE Systems. Under the acquisition project, codenamed KAAV, 124 units have been deployed for landing missions.

The KAAV vehicle is used for landing missions from sea and mechanized troop-maneuvering missions on land. It is equipped with K-4 and K-6 machine guns, and carries 24 personnel.

The 23-ton tracked armor runs at a maximum 72 kilometers per hour on land and 13 kilometers in the sea.



koreaherald.co.kr
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Enviado por: luis filipe silva em Setembro 27, 2006, 03:34:20 am
Lançamento do LHD 8 uss Makin Island.
http://www.makin-island.navy.mil/default.htm (http://www.makin-island.navy.mil/default.htm)

Lançamento do 1º Littoral Combat Ship.

Navy Christens Littoral Combat Ship Freedom


(Source: US Navy; issued Sept. 21, 2006)

The U.S. Navy will christen Freedom, the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at 10 a.m. CDT on Saturday, Sept. 23, during a ceremony at Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis.

The future USS Freedom acknowledges the enduring foundation of our nation and honors American communities from coast to coast which bear the name Freedom. States having towns named Freedom include California, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The 378-foot Freedom will be the first U.S. Navy ship to carry this class designation.

Birgit Smith will serve as ship’s sponsor. She is the widow of Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who was killed in action in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The ceremony will be highlighted by Smith breaking a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship, which is a time-honored Navy tradition. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen will deliver the principal address at the ceremony.

A fast, agile, and high-technology surface combatant, Freedom will act as a platform for launch and recovery of manned and unmanned vehicles. Its modular design will support interchangeable mission packages, allowing the ship to be reconfigured for antisubmarine warfare, mine warfare, or surface warfare missions on an as-needed basis. The LCS will be able to swap out mission packages pierside in a matter of hours, adapting as the tactical situation demands. These ships will also feature advanced networking capability to share tactical information with other Navy aircraft, ships, submarines and joint units.

Freedom is the first of two LCS seaframes being produced. Freedom is an innovative combatant designed to operate quickly in shallow water environments to counter challenging threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, submarines and fast surface craft. The LCS is capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots and can operate in water less than 20 feet deep.

Freedom will be manned by one of two rotational crews, blue and gold, similar to the rotational crews assigned to Trident submarines. The crews will be augmented by one of three mission package crews during focused mission assignments. The blue crew commanding officer is Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, who was born in northern Minnesota and graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1989. The gold crew commanding officer is Cmdr. Michael Doran, who was born in Harrisonville, Mo., and graduated from Villanova University in 1989. Upon the ship’s commissioning in 2007, Freedom will be home-ported at Naval Station San Diego, Calif.

In May 2004, the Department of Defense awarded both Lockheed Martin Corp., Maritime Systems & Sensors in Moorestown, N.J., and General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, separate contract options for final system design, with options for detail design and construction of up to two flight 0 LCS ships.

In December 2004, the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. the contract for detail design and construction of the first LCS. Lockheed Martin’s teammates include Gibbs & Cox in Arlington, Va.; Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis., where the ship is being built; and Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La.
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Enviado por: luis filipe silva em Setembro 27, 2006, 03:46:29 am
LHD Belleau Wood afundado.
http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/art ... 004030.asp (http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200672004030.asp)
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Setembro 27, 2006, 10:12:58 am
Citação de: "Marauder"
Marines vão ter novo veiculo de assalto anfíbio
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Marines to get new landing vehicles

The military acquisition agency said yesterday it will soon produce additional amphibious landing vehicles to replace the Marine's outdated landing equipment.

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said it has finalized production contracts for the new amphibious armored personnel carriers with Samsung Techwin Co., one of Korea's leading defense firms, and the world's fourth-largest defense contractor BAE Systems plc.

The domestically produced equipment will completely replace the Marine's U.S.-made LAV amphibious vehicles by 2010, the DAPA said. About $150 million will be spent on the project until the target year, it said.

The military has been developing the new amphibious vehicle since 1998 in partnership with U.K.-based BAE Systems. Under the acquisition project, codenamed KAAV, 124 units have been deployed for landing missions.

The KAAV vehicle is used for landing missions from sea and mechanized troop-maneuvering missions on land. It is equipped with K-4 and K-6 machine guns, and carries 24 personnel.

The 23-ton tracked armor runs at a maximum 72 kilometers per hour on land and 13 kilometers in the sea.


koreaherald.co.kr


Eu vi um video desse veiculo, não me lembro muito bem onde foi. Tenho que dizer que é muito superior ao veiculo que vai substituir. Comporta-se como barco em água (é capaz de atingis velocidades alucinantes para um anfibio) e é um veiculo perfeitamente capaz em terra. É sem dúvida um excelente projecto.
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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 29, 2006, 01:57:40 pm
Citação de: "Rui Elias"
Algum dos colegas daqui poderá confirmar ou ter mais informações sobre notícia que anda a correr em certos meios de que os EUA estão na disposição de oferecer ao Paquistão a possibilidade de aquisição de 2 OHP Long Hull?

Se se confirmar é estranho, já que tinha lido em tempos que para já, os EUA apenas tinham para ceder OHP's short hull, semelhantes às nossas FFG12 e FFG14 que chegarão (esperemos) para o ano de 2006.


as duas únicas short-hull ainda em posse dos EUA são precisamente as FFGs 12 e 14.

Todas as outras short-hull foram já cedidas a outras Marinhas.

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Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities:
 
 Source: The Rand Corporation
 
 Ref: ISBN: 0-8330-3922-9
 
 Released Sept. 8, 2006
 
 120 pages in PDF format  
 
As the United States seeks ways to stretch its defense dollars, it is highly likely that policymakers will increase their reliance on aircraft carriers, using them more often and in more situations than they have in the past, especially if the vessels have the additional capabilities to respond appropriately.  
The current and expected use of aircraft carriers led the United States Navy in fall 2004 to commission RAND to explore new and nontraditional ways that the United States might be able to employ aircraft carriers in pursuit of traditional and emerging military and homeland defense missions. Over six months, RAND created and convened two Concept Options Groups (COGs) to explore possible nontraditional roles for aircraft carriers. One COG explored and identified new ways that aircraft carriers could be used in combat operations; the second COG examined ways that the vessels could be used in noncombat, homeland security missions or to help the nation recover from terrorist attacks or natural disasters in U.S. territories.  
Among the combat recommendations to come from the COG insights are that abilities need to be enhanced to reconfigure carrier air wings; among noncombat recommendations are that the availability of nonready carriers to respond to unforeseen crises needs to be improved. This monograph summarizes the activities, findings, and recommendations of both carrier COGs. It should be of special interest to the Navy and to uniformed and civilian decisionmakers with responsibilities related to naval and carrier operations, maritime domain awareness, or homeland security.  
 
 
 (PDF format)
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Say 'Bye, Bye' in Swedish!
Norman Polmar | May 25, 2007
The Swedish Navy submarine Gotland, which has worked with U.S. naval forces off San Diego since June 2005, will soon be returning to Sweden. The U.S. Navy had “leased” the submarine -- the Swedes note that only actual expenses have been charged -- to help train U.S. anti-submarine forces to cope with modern, non-nuclear submarines.

The Gotland is a modern submarine, completed in 1996, with Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) in which two Stirling 75-kilowatt external combustion engines propel the craft and/or charge her batteries without the need to operate (noisy) diesel engines. Submarines with various forms of AIP are being acquired by several countries.

Late in June the Gotland will be loaded aboard a heavy-lift ship and returned to Sweden. While she was operating from San Diego the Gotland was manned by crews that rotated on a regular basis by air from Sweden. Her crew included female officers and sailors. The submarine provided more than 250 underway days during the two years.

While details of the Gotland’s performance against U.S. fleet units is classified, earlier Lieutenant Commander Jan Westas, captain of the Gotland’s Blue Crew, said that U.S. ASW forces “have had a very difficult time finding us.”

Unofficial reports cite a total failure of U.S. carrier battle groups to locate the submarine until the Gotlandsignaled her position.

Negotiations are now underway with Chile to provide a diesel-electric submarine to operate from San Diego for 90- to 120-day periods. On the Atlantic coast, Colombia and Peru have been sending submarines north for sustained ASW training, normally operating out of Mayport, Florida, for periods up to 180 days.  Currently negotiations are underway to assign a Brazilian submarine to the Atlantic Fleet for sustained periods for ASW training.

However, these submarines are not AIP craft, hence they must use their diesel engines (snorkel) on a regular basis, making them vulnerable to detection by U.S. ASW forces.  Most experts agree that the current U.S. anti-submarine forces cannot cope with advanced AIP-type submarines.


Cuidado que os russos também já têm AIP!!! :?
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Enviado por: Duarte em Maio 31, 2007, 08:24:08 pm
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Say 'Bye, Bye' in Swedish!
Norman Polmar | May 25, 2007
The Swedish Navy submarine Gotland, which has worked with U.S. naval forces off San Diego since June 2005, will soon be returning to Sweden. The U.S. Navy had “leased” the submarine -- the Swedes note that only actual expenses have been charged -- to help train U.S. anti-submarine forces to cope with modern, non-nuclear submarines.

The Gotland is a modern submarine, completed in 1996, with Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) in which two Stirling 75-kilowatt external combustion engines propel the craft and/or charge her batteries without the need to operate (noisy) diesel engines. Submarines with various forms of AIP are being acquired by several countries.

Late in June the Gotland will be loaded aboard a heavy-lift ship and returned to Sweden. While she was operating from San Diego the Gotland was manned by crews that rotated on a regular basis by air from Sweden. Her crew included female officers and sailors. The submarine provided more than 250 underway days during the two years.

While details of the Gotland’s performance against U.S. fleet units is classified, earlier Lieutenant Commander Jan Westas, captain of the Gotland’s Blue Crew, said that U.S. ASW forces “have had a very difficult time finding us.”

Unofficial reports cite a total failure of U.S. carrier battle groups to locate the submarine until the Gotlandsignaled her position.

Negotiations are now underway with Chile to provide a diesel-electric submarine to operate from San Diego for 90- to 120-day periods. On the Atlantic coast, Colombia and Peru have been sending submarines north for sustained ASW training, normally operating out of Mayport, Florida, for periods up to 180 days.  Currently negotiations are underway to assign a Brazilian submarine to the Atlantic Fleet for sustained periods for ASW training.

However, these submarines are not AIP craft, hence they must use their diesel engines (snorkel) on a regular basis, making them vulnerable to detection by U.S. ASW forces.  Most experts agree that the current U.S. anti-submarine forces cannot cope with advanced AIP-type submarines.



Isto para mim só realça o verdadeiro valor dissuasão dos subs com AIP.
Espero que se realize a opção por um terceiro sub.
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Espero que se realize a opção por um terceiro sub.

Esqueça, a data já "espilrou"... :cry:  :cry:
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Jamaicans train with US Navy
The destroyer USS Carney
(DDG 64) has paid host to a
party from the Jamaican Coast
Guard.
The ship provided a sevenman
team with training in
boarding and seizure during a
one-day visit on March 16. The
destroyer was on a spring patrol
of the Caribbean in support of
US Southern Command.
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Sub ‘vanishes’ during exercise
The US Navy submarine service,
which was recently stood down
following two accidents, has had
two reminders of the continued
dangers.
The stand-down to review safety
procedures (Naval Spyglass Vol 3
No 8) was lifted but on March 14
an Atlantic Fleet Los Angeles class
submarine ‘disappeared’ during an
exercise off Florida.
Communication with the USS San
Juan (SSN 751) was lost for
unknown reasons and then a red
flare was seen near her lost
reported position.
The submarine was safe and reestablished
contact at a time when
its crew believed they had been
expected to report. In the
meantime, Rumic UK who
rescued the crew of the Russian
min-submarine AS 28, were placed
on alert and a transport was sent
to Scotland to carry them and a
submersible to Florida.
But in a joint exercise in the
Arctic Ocean on March 21, two
members of the crew of HMS
Tireless were killed when an
oxygen generator exploded. The
submarine was participating in Ice
Exercise 2007 with the USS
Alexandria (SSN 757).
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New policy aims to control costs
The entire shipbuilding process wascritcised by US Navy Secretary Dr
Donald C. Winter who pledged to clear the Augean Stables through a
‘tough love’ policy in the next 21 months.

Addressing the Sea Air Space exposition in Washington DC on April 3 he revealed his determination to give the Navy, rather than industry, control of managing programmes. He said: “The Navy owns the fleet, and the Navy is the customer, sometimes, one has the impression that this tiny distinction has been forgotten.”
CONTRACT
He spoke of lifting a ‘stop work’ order on Lockheed Martin’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) after costs on the first-of-class threatened to rise 70% and the Defense Department was now renegotiating the contract.
He is now talking of fixed-price incentive contracts for all except the first-of-class with the Navy acting as systems integrator. He rebuked industry for failing to invest in plant and personnel leaving US yards behind those f
the rest of the world.
ERODED
Yet he offered few ideas about how he would implement his new policy in the 18-months or so left of the Bush Administration. Also the Navy has seen its shipbuilding and systems engineering expertise eroded over the past decade and has only a limited understanding of what drives business.
The Navy has been hoping that commercial solutions would overcome the hurdle of growing costs but the service itself has failed to recognise total
programme costs and is reluctant to rationalise. Its desire to implement the latest technology has meant that the programmes have high technical risks and, inevitably, the costs of programmes such as LCS and the Zumwalt have spiralled.


Toda a gente precisa :oops:
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Enviado por: SSK em Junho 02, 2007, 11:17:25 am
Novo LHA para a marinha dos E.U.A.
1800 milhões de Euros para mais um navio de projecção estratégica
02.06.2007


A marinha norte-americana acaba de atribuir uma verba de aproximadamente 1800 milhões de Euros (R$ 4.7 bilhões) à Northrop Grumman para a construção de mais um navio do tipo LHA.

Este tipo de navios, muitas vezes confundidos com porta-aviões fazem parte da frota americana para complementar e apoiar os porta-aviões, mas servem também como navio almirante de esquadra, conforma as missões que lhe estiverem cometidas.

O novo LHA 6, deverá substituir um dos navios mais antigos construídos nos anos 70 e que deverá sair de serviço em 2012.

O LHA-6 terá mais capacidade para operar e utilizar aeronaves, podendo mesmo vir a ser parte integrante do futuro conceito de «Pre positioning force», em que haverá uma força combinada embarcada nestes navios, com capacidade para se projectar sobre terra num curto espaço de tempo.

O navio será alterado à popa com alterações ao nível do “poço” de forma a permitir a construção de um hangar maior para utilização de aeronaves, o que lhe dará uma capacidade para operar um maior numero de aviões, entre as quais se encontrará a futura versão de descolagem vertical do F-35/Lighting-II.

Porém, mesmo com capacidade para operar maior numero de aeronaves, o LHA-6 como os seus congéneres não terá nem de longe as mesmas capacidades dos grandes porta-aviões de esquadra da marinha norte-americana.

Mesmo assim, esses navios são enormes para os padrões de qualquer marinha, com 280 metros de comprimento, um deslocamento que deverá atingir as 50.000 toneladas e uma tripulação que supera os 1100 militares, o LHA-6 terá capacidade para transportar uma força de 1800 fuzileiros navais, transportará 20 F-35/Lighting-II e 10 a 20 helicópteros pesados.

Para defesa, o navio estará equipado com lançadores de mísseis Sea-Sparrow e com um sistema de defesa de ponto não determinado, eventualmente do tipo SeaRam.
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Enviado por: Cabecinhas em Junho 02, 2007, 11:23:18 am
Uma simples coisa desta mais tudo o que pode transportar é suficiente para nos dar o verdadeiro arraial de porrada  :?
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Enviado por: SSK em Junho 02, 2007, 11:30:30 am
Citação de: "Cabecinhas"
Uma simples coisa desta mais tudo o que pode transportar é suficiente para nos dar o verdadeiro arraial de porrada  :wink:  Com isto e muito mais e mesmo assim somam derrotas em todo o lado onde vão. Viu-se os GOtland...
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Enviado por: Cabecinhas em Junho 02, 2007, 11:33:18 am
"É por isso que eles têm o material e nós os seres humanos. Com isto e muito mais e mesmo assim somam derrotas em todo o lado onde vão. Viu-se os GOtland..."

Não percebi o comentário  :?  Ainda sou um leigo nestas andanças o pouco ou nada que sei foi de ler este fórum e uma outra história que o meu pai conta dos tempos dele do ultra-mar e na marinha
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Citação de: "Cabecinhas"
"É por isso que eles têm o material e nós os seres humanos. Com isto e muito mais e mesmo assim somam derrotas em todo o lado onde vão. Viu-se os GOtland..."

Não percebi o comentário  :?  Ainda sou um leigo nestas andanças o pouco ou nada que sei foi de ler este fórum e uma outra história que o meu pai conta dos tempos dele do ultra-mar e na marinha


http://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4987&start=48
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Spectrum Selected by Harris Corporation to Support the U.S. Navy Multi-Mission Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MMUSV) ]

 
The Government Communications Systems Division of Harris Corporation has selected Spectrum's flexComm SDR-4000 rugged software defined radio (SDR) solution to be deployed in field trials of the United States Navy's Multi-Mission Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MMUSV). Under the agreement, Spectrum will supply the signal processing system onboard the MMUSV that communicates with a processing system aboard a Littoral Combat Ship (LSC). Field trials for the MMUSV are scheduled to begin in early 2007.

The MMUSV, a vessel similar to a rigid inflatable boat, is one of the mission modules that can launch from a LCS. It is designed to operate autonomously and thereby protect boat operators from threats and attacks including extreme environmental conditions and hazardous electromagnetic attack. The MMUSV can be configured to support several different types of missions such as side scanning sonar data collection, weapons missions, anti-submarine warfare or surface ship warfare. Each of these missions will require a different type of data to be collected and communicated to the LCS. Spectrum's SDR-4000 will be used to enable the transmission of these different data types.

For more information on the MMUSV announcement, read the press release, SDR-4000 datasheet (pdf) or contact Spectrum Sales. This is the second contract between Harris Corporation and Spectrum Signal Processing to support future U.S. littoral systems. The first came in 2006 in support of the U.S. Navy's Advanced Deployable System (ADS) program.
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PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 1, 2007 -- The U.S. Navy today awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious assault ship, LHA 6. Work will be performed primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and ship delivery is scheduled for 2012.

"This contract award reinforces the U.S. Navy's confidence that we have recovered from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and are capable of meeting the warfighters' needs in a timely and cost effective manner," said Philip Teel, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector. "We are proud to have been the sole provider of these ships since USS Tarawa (LHA 1), commissioned in 1976.

"This contract is not only important to our employees, our company and our community but also to the sailors and U.S. Marines who will operate these ships in defending our nation's freedom," Teel continued.

"The workforce on the Gulf Coast has a proud history of success in building amphibious ships for the United States Navy. I am pleased that Mississippi continues to maintain its partnership with the Navy and Northrop Grumman in providing innovative and state-of-the-art vessels for the U.S. Marines defending our country," said U.S. Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi.

"Geared around mobility and the need to quickly project naval power throughout the globe, the LHA program is essential for meeting 21st Century security threats," said U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi. "The program is a big part of our Gulf Coast's ongoing economic recovery as well. Since Hurricane Katrina, we've seen many national and international companies show confidence in our state's skilled workforce, creating hundreds of new jobs. This contract is a reaffirmation of Mississippi's longstanding shipbuilding industry and the professional men and women who continue that tradition. I know the U.S. Navy and the American taxpayer will once again be well served by Northrop Grumman, and I look forward to the day this ship is delivered."

The LHA 6 will replace one of the aging LHA 1 class of amphibious assault ships. Like its predecessors, it will be able to operate as the flagship for an expeditionary strike group. Ships of this type may also play a key role in the Maritime Pre-Positioning Force (Future). Northrop Grumman has built five LHAs as well as seven USS Wasp (LHD 1) class ships. The Pascagoula shipyard is currently building an eighth LHD, Makin Island.

LHA 6 design modifications optimize aviation operations and support activities. Removal of the well deck provides for an extended hangar deck with two wider high bay areas, each fitted with an overhead crane for aircraft maintenance. Other enhancements include a reconfigurable command and control complex, a hospital facility, additional aviation fuel capacity, and numerous aviation support spaces.

These changes equip the ship to be an integral part of joint, interagency and multinational maritime forces. It will be configured to support landing force elements as well as various naval amphibious command and control and support organizations.


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Enviado por: Lancero em Junho 04, 2007, 09:07:12 pm
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Submarine backers claim momentum in Congress

By Andrew Miga - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 1, 2007 21:44:22 EDT
   
Freshman Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., has dubbed it the holy grail of submarine production.

Convincing the Navy to accelerate plans to double its Virginia-class submarine production to two ships a year as soon as possible has long been a key mission for Connecticut and Rhode Island officials seeking to safeguard jobs at Electric Boat, the submarine-maker with facilities in both states.

This year, supporters of the high-tech attack sub are claiming new momentum as the fight moves to a critical phase, securing funds in the congressional appropriations process.

“There is clearly more momentum than the proposals have had in the past,” Electric Boat spokesman Robert Hamilton said Friday. “There’s certainly more reason for optimism this year than there’s ever been.”

Electric Boat’s Groton shipyard in Connecticut and Northrop Grumman Newport News in Virginia produce one $2.5 billion submarine a year.

About 7,500 people work at Electric Boat in Groton, while about 2,000 are employed at the company’s Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island.

Not just jobs are at stake, said Courtney.

“The diminishing size of our submarine fleet is a threat to our national security, and I am pleased by the momentum that our combined advocacy for increased production has gained in both chambers of Congress,” Courtney, whose district includes the Electric Boat shipyard and the Submarine Base New London in Groton, said in a statement.

Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., an Armed Services Committee member, calls the attack subs “a critical component” of the nation’s defense capabilities.

Sub supporters gained ground recently when the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a spending blueprint increasing sub production to two ships per year beginning in 2010, two years ahead of the Navy’s target date. The bill includes $470 million for the advanced procurement of submarine components.

A similar proposal failed in the Senate last year.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., a senior member of the armed services panel who pushed for the increase, hailed the new spending measure as a “turning point.”

But as Lieberman quickly noted, there is a tough road ahead.

The measure that passed the Senate Armed Services Committee was part of the defense authorization bill. The House earlier this year passed a similar authorization measure to boost sub production.

Such bills are rough drafts of next year’s defense budget used by congressional appropriators. The actual funding will be awarded during the appropriations process in Congress later this year. Lieberman and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., have already reached out to the appropriators.

“We’re working on it,” said Lieberman. “I don’t presume anything at this point.”

The Navy opposes moving up its plans for a second sub before 2012.

“The Navy leadership is actively discouraging this move, arguing that it will unravel the other parts of their shipbuilding plan,” said Loren Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute.

But if Congress approves money for a second sub, the Navy will have to change course, Lieberman said.

Sub backers have a powerful ally, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a 35-year House veteran who chairs the appropriations subcommittee on military spending.

“Congressman Murtha has come out very strongly in favor of this,” said Hamilton. “That certainly is going to help.”

Electric Boat says doubling annual sub production would help to reduce the cost for each sub, something the Navy has been pushing for. The increase would also make it cheaper to buy materials while making it easier to keep workers and equipment in place, they say.

On the grassroots level, a Groton-based group called Submarine Capital of the World hopes to boost support for building two subs per year.

“We want to reinforce the momentum,” said the groups Bud Fay. “This whole effort is based on broadening support.”

Fay said the economic benefits stretch well beyond Connecticut and Rhode Island. The group’s Web site includes a graphic showing that the submarine industrial base includes more than 4,000 companies in 47 states.

In the long term, Connecticut and Rhode Island officials are concerned the Navy seems determined to pull back from submarines in favor of other weaponry.

Such a trend, the officials say, could imperil national security as the U.S. fleet shrinks and foreign nations such as China press ahead with sub production.

From a public relations standpoint, the sub program suffers because there is so much secrecy surrounding the military and intelligence missions that subs perform, said Thompson.

“Since none of that gets reported, people don’t realize the role they are playing,” he said.


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Northrop Grumman to Build an Unmanned Combat Aircraft for the US Navy

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) won a $635 million US Navy contract to build a Carrier-based (CV) Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration vehicle (UCAS-D). The program will mature critical carrier suitability technologies for future low observable unmanned combat platforms. Once proving these capabilities, the Navy is expected to launch a full scale development of a future UCAV, which could be fielded by 2018.

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As a stealth aircraft, UCAS-D will complement the carrier-based version of the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35C), it will be operated by the US Navy, UCAS will become the carrier task force's "first day of the war" asset, similar to way B-2 and F-117 are used by the US Air Force. As a refuellable unmanned platform it will provide the Navy with persistent capability over selected, high value targets in the future battlespace, providing real-time targeting data for weapons launched from other platforms, or direct attack by weapons carried on board. The unmanned combat aircraft will have the capability to acquire targets at high precision, designate fixed or moving targets, strike them with precision guided weapons and collect and disseminate post strike information.

The US Navy UCAS program was born from the former Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program sponsored by DARPA. For this program Boeing developed the X-45 while Northrop Grumman developed the X-47 UCAV demonstrators. The Navy's UCAS is focusing on a strike-fighter sized unmanned air vehicle which will demonstrate carrier flight operations. Testing is scheduled to begin in late 2009 and culminate with carrier flight operations in 2013. The tests will involve shipboard operation, including catapult takeoffs, arrested landings and flight in the immediate vicinity of an aircraft carrier. The air vehicle will not carry weapons.

“This specific contract is for technology development and demonstration and will not be an operational system” explained Navy Capt. Rich Brasel, program manager for NAVAIR’s technology demonstration effort here. “But through it, we will develop knowledge, skills and technologies specific to operating an autonomous low-observable unmanned air vehicle in an aircraft carrier environment. This is a critical step in efforts to develop future Naval Aviation combat capabilities.”

Subsequently, following the successful conclusion of these trials, a full-scale development program will be launched, with a targeted service entry date in 2018.

The X-47B will be capable of operating at altitudes from sea level up to over 40,000 ft, at a combat radius of 1,500 nm (on ISR missions) flying at high subsonic cruise speed. It will be able to carry up to 4,500 lbs of payload (2,045 internally). The UCAS-D will be equipped with various sensors including electro-optical infrared (EO/IR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with ground moving target indication (GMI) capability, electronic support measures (ESM), and others. Unmanned combat aircraft are expected to be used for intelligence, surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions, long range precision strikes, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), close air support, electronic attack, and information operations.
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Enviado por: JLRC em Dezembro 13, 2007, 05:07:02 pm
Um texto extenso mas muito interessante sobre o futuro CG(X) :

http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/795.pdf (http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/795.pdf)
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Navy Takes Delivery of New Submarine
Navy News | February 22, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Navy took delivery of its newest attack submarine, Pre-commissioning unit North Carolina (SSN 777), from Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN) Feb. 21. North Carolina is the fourth Virginia-class submarine and the second delivered by NGNN.

According to Virginia-class program manager, Capt. Dave Johnson, the delivery of North Carolina was a 10-month improvement compared to NGNN's first Virginia-class submarine, USS Texas (SSN 775).

"The Navy's shipbuilding partners have brought the learning curve down and performance continues to improve," he said.

The Virginia-class is the Navy's first major combatant designed and delivered specifically for the post-Cold War security environment. The class provides the ability to dominate across a wide range of missions including strike; special operations; anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; battle group support; and Mmne. warfare in both shallow and deep-water environments.

"North Carolina's delivery marks a major milestone for the program," said Program Executive Officer for Submarines Rear Adm. William Hilarides. "It completed the last ship of the Block I contract and with Electric Boat's and Newport News' continued improvement and innovation we will reach our goal of 2 for 4 in 12 [buying two Virginia Class submarines for $4 billion as measured in Fiscal Year 2005 dollars, in fiscal year 2012]."

North Carolina will be commissioned May 3, 2008, in Wilmington, N.C. Mrs. Linda Bowman, wife of retired Adm. Frank Bowman, the former Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, is the ship's sponsor.
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First Littoral Combat Ship Gets Underway

The U.S. Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship, the Freedom (LCS 1), left its pier for the first time Monday and moved into Lake Michigan to begin a series of underway builder's trials.
The first Littoral Combat Ship, the Freedom (LCS 1), left its pier for the first time Monday and will spend the next two weeks conducting trials in Lake Michigan, said Lockheed Martin spokesman Chip Eschenfelder. (LOCKHEED MARTIN)

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The 378-foot long ship will spend the next two weeks conducting the trials, said Lockheed spokesman Chip Eschenfelder. During that time, engineers from Lockheed Martin, its shipbuilder, Marinette Marine, and other subcontractors will check out the ship's propulsion, communications, navigation and mission systems, as well as other ship systems, Eschenfelder said. The ship will not remain underway for the entire period, but will return to harbor or anchor for most nights.

If the builder's trials are successful, the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey will then conduct acceptance trials to determine if the ship's systems meet standards. If all goes well, the ship should leave the Great Lakes later this year to head for its homeport in San Diego.

Marinette Marine and Lockheed have been working hard to prepare for the trials, which the shipbuilders had hoped to carry out last spring.

The LCS program, which originally envisioned a two-year construction period for the ships, has experienced multiple design and production difficulties, and Freedom is more than a year behind schedule. The ship's keel-laying was held in June 2005, and it was launched in September 2006.

Costs for the first-of-its-kind ship have risen dramatically. Projected in 2004 at $220 million, the price tag has more than doubled. Navy and Lockheed officials won't reveal current numbers, but sources have said the price for the first ship is at least $500 million.

Delays and cost growth have also affected Lockheed's competitor in the LCS program, the General Dynamics Independence (LCS 2), which is under construction at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.

Cost growth and a desire to renegotiate the construction contracts caused the Navy last year to cancel construction of each company's second ship, and for now, the Freedom and Independence are the only LCS ships under construction. Three more have been approved or requested, but contracts have yet to be awarded.

Navy officials have been loathe to show off the new ships publicly, and shipyard visits by the media and independent analysts have been severely limited or not allowed at all.

At 2,862 tons full load, the Freedom represents the first of what the Navy hopes will become a total of 55 ships. The LCS is intended to fight in waters near shore and carry out a variety of missions, including fighting off surface ships, hunting submarines and clearing out mines.

Once the ships are completed, the Navy will carry out competitive trials of the Freedom and Independence and decide whether to build more of each design or concentrate on just one.


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Navy: No Need to Add DDG 1000s After All
By philip ewing
Published: 1 Aug 08:18 EDT (12:18 GMT)
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Top Navy acquisition officials dramatically reversed course during a congressional hearing July 31, saying the service needed to purchase more Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 destroyers, and no longer needs the next-generation destroyer it has been pushing for over the past 13 years.

This, after years of vigorously claiming the service needed to move beyond the 1980s technology in the Burkes and leap ahead with the new ship, the DDG 1000 Zumwalt class. Now, they're saying the Zumwalts just won't cut it, citing the planned ship's inability to fire advanced versions of the Standard Missile, contradicting previous industry claims.
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They also said there was a new "classified threat" for which the Burkes are better suited but would not go into specifics. Speaking for the Navy were Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of resources and capabilities; and Allison Stiller, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for ship programs.

"Now, we're turning on a dime," mused Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., a former Navy vice admiral, after hearing their testimony.

In earlier congressional and public discussions, the sticking point for the DDG 1000 had been its cost, which is now estimated to be $3.2 billion per copy. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., chairman of the House Armed Service's Seapower subcommittee earlier this year struck the third Zumwalt from the Navy's budget request because he said ballooning costs for the advanced warships would bankrupt the Navy's acquisitions budget.

Navy leaders confirmed last week that they would end the ship class at two hulls, nixing earlier plans to build seven ships. Before that, the Navy had called for 32 hulls.

At the hearing, Taylor maintained his stance that cost was the biggest problem with the program. But the Navy's stated position July 31 wasn't that officials couldn't control the costs for its future ships but that the world threat picture had changed in such a way that it now makes more sense to build at least eight more Burkes. Precise details were still unclear for when the ships would be built and how they'd be outfitted.

"Why not go with the Zumwalt if you don't care about affordability?" Sestak asked.

Taylor, interjecting, said affordability may not have been a consideration for Navy planners, but it remained important to the subcommittee.

But McCullough maintained that more Burkes are needed to counter: a bigger threat from ballistic missiles; sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missiles; and quiet diesel-electric submarines.

They also told subcommittee members that the Marine Corps no longer needs the long-range fire support from the Zumwalts' 155mm Advanced Gun System, because such fire support could be provided by Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles and precision airstrikes. McCullough said the Marine Corps agreed, although a spokesman for Headquarters Marine Corps, Capt. Carl Redding, said he could not immediately confirm there had been a new accord with the Navy.

A second panel of congressional Navy experts, including Ron O'Rourke of the Congressional Research Service and Eric Labs of the Congressional Budget Office, told lawmakers they hadn't heard before McCullough mentioned it July 31 that the Marine Corps had withdrawn its requirement for long-range fire support from offshore naval guns.

Reporters weren't able to ask McCullough or Stiller for details about the acquisition plan for the new Burkes or the Marine Corps fire support issue. Surrounded by a phalanx of aides, McCullough and Stiller jogged from the hearing room and out the door of the Rayburn House Office Building into a waiting motorcade, ignoring shouted questions from journalists. It was a departure from previous hearings, where it's not out of the ordinary for witnesses to stop and answer reporters' questions after giving testimony.

Earlier in the hearing, many subcommittee members appeared incredulous that the Navy could have conducted such a sweeping re-evaluation of the world threat picture in just a few weeks, after spending some 13 years and $10 billion on the surface ship program known as DD 21, then DD(X) and finally, DDG 1000. That figure does not include the money spent for the two hulls.

Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., noted that in March, McCullough told Congress that DDG 1000 was critical the Navy's future missions. Did he still stand by his testimony?

McCullough and Stiller said they still thought the ship would be highly capable, but more Burkes would be better for today's asymmetrical threats. McCullough cited the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah's anti-ship missile attack on an Israeli patrol boat in 2006.

Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., asked why the Navy had made such an about-face after it had already asked for a third DDG 1000 in this year's budget request. Had the Navy done an analysis of alternatives, or consulted with other military commanders, before deciding to stop building DDG 1000 after two ships?

No, McCullough said, adding that when Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead started his job last October, the new Navy leader pointed out an "asymmetric mismatch" in what the Navy would need and the types of ships it was building. The service had "excess capacity in fire support," so it didn't need more of the new ships it has been planning, in various stages, since 1995. McCullough and Stiller added that Roughead still has not given his final approval on eliminating the five ships beyond the two the Navy has already ordered.

In the second panel, Paul Francis, an acquisitions expert with the Government Accountability Office, said the fire support issue came as a "surprise" to him.

Sestak said he was worried about what he called the recent "sea change" the Navy had apparently undergone in the threats it perceived over the next few years.

"My issue today is one of credibility. Not of an individual but of a process. I don't know what the strategic sense of the Navy is today," he said. "Whither the Navy of the future?"

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =AME&s=TOP (http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3654864&c=AME&s=TOP)
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U.S. House, Senate Agree To Add 3rd DDG 1000

Other shipbuilding details in the compromise bill included $920 million for two littoral combat ships - which eliminates a ship Congress authorized last year, taking away the Navy's ability to issue contracts for a total of three more. Lawmakers "remain concerned that the Navy has not taken sufficient actions to control costs for follow-on vessels," according to a joint House and Senate statement. As such, the bill announced Tuesday requires the Navy to submit a long-term acquisition strategy for LCS with next year's budget request, and delays the $460 million cost cap for each ship until next year.

The bill also:

■ Includes $600 million for advance procurement on two San Antonio-class amphibious transport ships - one more than the Navy had asked for

■ Authorizes one Virginia-class submarine, adds $300 million to advance procurement for another, and authorizes the Navy to begin building two a year.

■ Authorizes two Lewis and Clark-class T-AKE cargo ships

■ Authorizes two Joint High Speed Vehicles for the Navy and the Army.

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Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
The Navy's Floating Fiasco

By Mark Thompson / Washington

The maiden voyage of the taxpayers' newest nearly $2 billion warship stalled for two days in August. That's when the stern gate of the U.S.S. San Antonio — needed to roll vehicles onto and off the nearly 700-ft. vessel — wouldn't work. The Navy eventually got the gate fixed in time for the ship to leave Norfolk and sail to the Persian Gulf, where its mission is to hunt down smugglers. But now the San Antonio has been forced into port in Bahrain for at least two weeks of repairs to leaks in the hefty pipes feeding fuel to two of its four engines. Hinting at the seriousness of the problem, the Navy has just dispatched a team of 40 workers — including engineers, pipe fitters and welders — to Bahrain to make the San Antonio shipshape. "Forty technicians — that's ludicrous," says Norman Polmar, an independent naval expert. "It means the problems are major, because the ship has mechanics, metal smiths and other people on board as part of the crew, and they're supposed to take care of minor problems." And you thought McHale's Navy was canceled back in 1966.

The San Antonio is the first in a new class of amphibious ships — blue-water buses — each of which carries 350 sailors and is responsible for ferrying 700 Marines and their gear to global hot spots. And the ship's sad plight represents in miniature all that is wrong with the way the Pentagon buys its weapons. The pattern of haste and waste accelerated in the Cold War's wake and simply exploded following 9/11. It highlights the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama as he contemplates retooling an Industrial Age military — primed for state-on-state warfare — into the more agile force better suited for 21st century conflicts of the type now being waged in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Navy inspections of the San Antonio have found a raft of problems so baked into its design that many Navy officials fear it can never be made right, despite its price tag's having risen from $644 million to $1.8 billion. "Some significant fraction of the welds in that ship were flawed and had to be redone," John Young, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told Congress in June. "I shouldn't be forced to pay on behalf of taxpayers any price for any level of deficient performance." Still, that's just what the Navy did, forking over an additional $100 million to make it seaworthy after the Navy had taken delivery of the vessel from its builder, Northrop Grumman, in 2006. The service said it needed the new ship to replace an older one it was retiring and could finish the work more cheaply in its own shipyard. The Navy has blamed Northrop Grumman for poor work; the company has blamed the Navy for a constantly changing design, as well as Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf yards in which the ship was built.

Navy officials have said the San Antonio has so many problems because it is the first ship in its class, a claim Polmar dismisses. "We've been building these kinds of ships since 1943," he says. "It has no big missiles, no advanced radar and no nuclear propulsion." The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last year that the San Antonio's woes began because the Navy relied on "immature" computer blueprints that infected its entire construction. That led to delays that cost up to five times what it would have if the work had been done in proper sequence. The GAO found that the ship had been "delivered to the war fighter incomplete and with numerous mechanical failures," including "safety concerns related to personnel, equipment, ammunition, navigation and flight activities." Navy officials say the leaking oil that forced the San Antonio into port in Bahrain poses no safety threat to its crew — a claim viewed dubiously by some sailors.

Navy inspectors also recently criticized the U.S.S. New Orleans, the second vessel in the San Antonio's class. It "cannot support embarked troops, cargo or landing craft" — its primary mission — according to a report obtained by the independent Navy Times. Navy officials say the third and fourth vessels are performing much better. The rush to produce the fleet might make military sense if they were needed, but the last time Marines stormed ashore — the key reason the taxpayers are spending $14 billion on the San Antonio and at least eight more ships just like it — was nearly 60 years ago, at Inchon during the Korean War.

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Ai a US Navy também tem NPOs?  :twisted:
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Ai a US Navy também tem NPOs?  :Esmagar:
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Enviado por: PereiraMarques em Dezembro 08, 2008, 10:36:37 pm
Como nos EUA os F/A-18 são operados pela US Navy ou pelo USMC...

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08 Dezembro 2008 - 20h51

Califórnia
'F-18' cai em San Diego
Um caça norte-americano ‘F-18’ despenhou-se numa área residencial em San Diego, na Califórnia, quando se preparava para aterrar na base naval de Miramar.


 O piloto conseguiu ejectar-se do avião. Imagens da TV mostravam grossas nuvens de fumo da área residencial, não havendo ainda informações sobre vítimas.


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Enviado por: HaDeS em Dezembro 14, 2008, 10:23:46 pm
Batismo do "New Mexico" (SSN 779)


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Enviado por: alphaiate em Dezembro 15, 2008, 01:20:08 am
que monstro!!!
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Enviado por: Instrutor em Dezembro 15, 2008, 11:01:31 pm
MK48 o Torpedo mais poderoso e sofisticado de sempre.
O ministro da Defesa da Austrália, Joel Fitzgibbon, parabenizou nesta quinta-feira (24Julho) os militares do submarino que testou com sucesso um novo torpedo, desenvolvido em colaboração com os Estados Unidos.

Uma operação conjunta das marinhas americana e australiana testou o torpedo MK-48 Mod. 7, entre junho e julho, na costa do Havaí.

O submarino HMAS Waller, Classe Collins, "acertou em cheio" um navio americano desativado, afundando a embarcação imediatamente.

A nova arma tem um sistema de sonar avançado que, segundo os militares australianos, aumenta a eficácia do torpedo em águas rasas e em operações de contra-ataque.





Otimizado para operações em águas rasas, o MK 48 Mod 7 CBASS é o melhor torpedo lançado de submarinos

Os melhoramentos do sonar tornam o torpedo eficaz em águas rasas e permitem que o mesmo derrote todos os tipos de contramedidas em todos os ambientes


WASHINGTON – Os primeiros torpedos pesados Warshot MK 48 Mod 7 Advanced Capability(ADCAP) Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System(CBASS) foram entregues à frota e alocados a bordo do USS Pasadena(SSN 752) em Pearl Harbor, no dia 7 de Dezembro.

O torpedo Mk 48 Mod 7 CBASS é o produto de um projeto de engenharia, desenvolvimento, fabricação e suporte conjuntos entre os Estados Unidos e a Austrália, e será a arma principal abordo dos submarinos da marinha.

“O forte relacionamento entre a Marinha dos Estados Unidos e a Real Marinha da Austrália(RAN) levou ao design, desenvolvimento e agora a introdução à frota da mais eficaz arma anti-navio litorânea do mundo”, disse o oficial executivo do programa para submarinos, Almirante William Hilarides. “A interoperabilidade que o CBASS dá é um multiplicador de forças para ambas as nossas nações e um fator crítico na iniciativa de parceria marítima global.”

“Através de nossa parceria com a RAN, nós incorporamos a experiência operacional deles com a nossa, fazendo o MK 48 CBASS uma arma substancialmente melhor que os seus competidores mais próximos”, acrescentou Hilarides.

Otimizado para operações em águas rasas, o MK 48 Mod 7 CBASS é o melhor torpedo lançado de submarinos. Acoplado ao sistema de Controle de combate AN/BYG-1, também desenvolvido cooperativamente entre a marinha americana e a RAN, o CBASS é uma arma anti-superfície e anti-submarina com excesso de potência. Os melhoramentos do sonar tornam o torpedo eficaz em águas rasas e permitem que o mesmo derrote todos os tipos de contramedidas em todos os ambientes.

O MK 48 Mod 7, usando tecnologias saídas da prateleira comercial em um ambiente computacional de arquitetura aberta, é capaz de permanecer no topo da capacidade tecnológica através de upgrades regulares de hardware e software.

“A Austrália está orgulhosa de fazer parte dos programas MK 48 CBASS e AN/BYG-1” disse o diretor geral de submarinos da RAN, Comodoro Boyd Robinson. “Com o desenvolvimento espiral deles, nossas armas e sistemas de controle de combate serão virtualmente a prova de obsolência.”

A Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems(Raytheon IDS – Sistemas Integrados de Defesa Raytheon) é a principal fornecedora de torpedos leves e pesados, incluindo o MK 49 Mod 7 CBASS. A Raytheon IDS também é a principal fabricante e integradora do sistema de monitoramento de combate AN/BYG-1 tanto para a marinha Americana quanto a RAN, dando sinergia e interoperabilidade na entrega desta capacidade avançada à frota.

“Juntamente com as marinhas dos Estados Unidos e Austrália, a Raytheon está orgulhosa de celebrar este marco de nossa parceria global industrial e governamental” disse Dan Smith, presidente da Raytheon IDS. “O sucesso desta parceria total é evidente no desenvolvimento e entrega dos sistemas de armas mais avançados, confiáveis e efetivos, para atender às necessidades dos Estados Unidos e forças navais aliadas ao redor do mundo.”

Segue a informação da Marinha:


Tendo que selecionar um novo torpedo. em face do cancelamento do contrato de aquisição do Sistema Torpédico de Armas SAAB T2OOO (sueco), a Marinha para evitar situações semelhantes, estabeleceu que, para concorrer à seleção os torpedos, além de serem tecnologicamente atuais e atenderem às características operacionais requeridas, deveriam estar em uso corrente nas Marinhas dos países que os produzissem. Qualquer torpedo que ainda. fosse mero projeto estaria liminarmente descartado, posto que não interessava à MB participar, com os parcos recursos do seu orçamento, do financiamento de tais desenvolvimentos, com todas as incertezas que os cercam. À época (2003), e ainda hoje -, somente dois torpedos satistaziam tais condições: o Mk-48 Mod 6AT, americano, e o SEA HAKE DM2 A4, alemão.

A MB mantém negociações paralelas, tanto com a Marinha dos Estados Unidos, detentora do MK-48, como com a. ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, fàbricante do DM2 A4, Até o momento, não houve decisão, porquanto a seleção do torpedo está vinculada à seleção do sistema de combate a ser adquirido pala a modernização dos submarinos Classe Tupi e, no devido tempo, do submarino Tikuna, Dependendo das circunstâncias, poderão ser de origem alemã ou americana; as negociações ainda estão em curso. A intenção da MB é a de obter torpedos e sistemas de combate naturalmente integrados, de modo a evitar problemas resultantes das restrições impostas, por todos os países, no que se refere à cessão de dados para a integração de seus produtos com os de outros fabricantes.

Concorrente ítalo-francês, o BLACK SHARK (DCN / Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei -Wass), ainda não foi adquirido pelas Marinhas da França nem pela da Itália, países que o fabricam, em razão do que. não atende ao parâmetro estabelecido pela MB.

Além disso, dos países da OTAN, o único que encomendou o Black Shark, até o momento foi Portugal, que ainda não os recebeu, Somente o Chile possui esse torpedo. Assim, a MB não pode considerá-lo um armamento homologado.

Por outro lado, o Mk-48 é empregado por diversas Marinhas, a começar pela dos Estados Unidosl e o DM2 A4 e empregado pelas Marinhas da Alemanha, que o homologou, de Israel, Noruega, Turquia, Grécia. (em aquisicão) e Espanha.

www.adrenaline.com.br/forum/papo-cabeca ... -video.htm (http://www.adrenaline.com.br/forum/papo-cabeca/202590-torpedo-avancado-do-mundo-afunda-navio-de-guerra-video.htm)
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The manufacturer is offering the U.S. Navy more F-18Es for a bargain price of $50 million each. This proposal is intended as a stopgap to keep fighter strength up as older F-18As are retired, and the introduction of the new F-35 is delayed. With a max weight of 29 tons, an F-18E can carry up to eight tons of bombs. Combat range is 720 kilometers, and the aircraft was designed as a fighter.

U.S. Air Force simulations and studies have shown the new F-35 to be four times as effective against any current fighter (the best of them known as "fourth generation" aircraft.) The major advantages of the F-35 are engine power (it's one engine generates more power than the two engines used in the Eurofighter or F-18), stealth and the fact that it can fight "clean" (without any pods or missiles hung from its wings, and interfering with maximum maneuverability).

The 27 ton F-35 is armed with an internal 25mm cannon and four internal air-to-air missiles (or two missiles and two smart bombs). Plus four external smart bombs and two missiles. All sensors are carried internally, and max weapon load is 6.8 tons. The aircraft is very stealthy when just carrying internal weapons. The first F-35s will be delivered in two years, but it will be five years before they are available in quantity. Given the prospect of a smaller defense budget, the navy is expected to decline the offer of budget F-18s (which can cost nearly $100 million when fully tricked out.)

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairf ... 81224.aspx (http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20081224.aspx)
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SHIPS THAT WON'T SAIL



"No more amphib excuses" reads the headline of a recent editorial in Navy Times newspaper. The editorial went on to enumerate some of the problems being encountered by the Navy's new amphibious ships of the San Antonio (LPD 17) class.

After a construction period that lasted twice as long as planned, and cost twice as much as originally budgeted, the San Antonio was belatedly placed in commission on 14 January 2006.

But the ship was not ready for service and, after two and a half years of being "fixed," the San Antonio was to deploy with an amphibious group. But on the eve of her August sailing it was discovered that there were problems with the stern gate to her docking well, where LCU landing craft and AAV amphibian assault vehicles are carried and discharged.

After additional work was performed the ship was able to deploy two days later.

Still, the San Antonio probably goes down in Navy history as having taken the longest time on record from being placed in commission to first deployment. This is amazing when one considers that the LPDs are basically "transport ships" with docking wells and helicopter decks. The Navy has been building docking well ships since the early 1940s, with the first, the USS Ashland (LSD 1), completed in 1943.

The new LPDs have relatively simple and basic systems -- no high-tech radars, no sonar, no advanced missiles, no nuclear propulsion, no advanced electronic warfare systems. Okay. As the Navy Times editorial of 8 September pointed out, the Navy and industry spokesmen "repeatedly have given the same excuse: You will always have issues with the first ship of a class."

That is not a true statement -- look at the intervals between being placed in commission and the first deployment of the first U.S. nuclear-propelled submarine, the Nautilus (SSN 571); the first Polaris submarine, the George Washington (SSBN 598); the first nuclear surface warship, the Long Beach (CGN 9); the first Aegis warship, the Ticonderoga (CG 47); and many other high-tech lead ships.

Now the second ship of the San Antonio class, the USS New Orleans (LPD 18), has been found to suffer from a long list of problems. That ship, also behind schedule and far over cost, was commissioned on 5 March 2007 -- a year and a half ago. The recent report of a Navy inspection team concludes that the ship "cannot support embarked troops, cargo or landing craft," and was deemed "degraded in her ability to conduct sustained combat operations."

These ships were built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems at Avondale, Louisiana. An additional ship, the Mesa Verde (LPD 19), was commissioned on 15 December 2007, and several more are under construction at the yard.

By accepting these ships the Navy has taken responsibility away from the shipbuilder to pay for fixing these massive problems. Beyond these issues, the basic design of the LPD 17 must also be questioned. Compared to the Navy's previous LPD class of 12 ships completed from 1965 to 1971, the San Antonio class is one-third larger (24,900 tons compared to 16,585 tons), but has minimal improvements in troop, vehicle, and landing craft capacities, with a slight increase in speed.

Coupled with the delays and major cost increases in the Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) program, and the Navy's continued confusion and changes in the DDG 1000 advanced destroyer program, the credibility of the Navy's shipbuilding efforts must be questioned. When addressed in the broad context of the shrinking size of the fleet and the expected reductions in shipbuilding budgets, the situation should be considered critical

-- Norman Polmar

September 19, 2008

LPD-17, THE FLOATING FIASCO"

Navy Secretary: Quality Inspections Need to Start a Process, Not Just Come at the End


(Source: Project On Government Oversight; published Nov. 18, 2008)



Government Executive [magazine] reports that Navy Secretary Donald Winter is echoing a criticism of defense procurement that we're hearing a lot: there's not enough of an emphasis on trying to control things early in the process to get the requirements right during the design stage.

"Every quality analysis that's ever been done...suggests that the hardest way to build quality is by inspecting at the end," said Winter to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "You've got to start at the beginning, you've got to design the right way, you've got to build the right way."

Most recently, the media has been shining a light on the many problems with the Navy's LPD-17 San Antonio. Time called it a floating fiasco, with design flaws so profound that they may never be able to be "made right." From the article:

“Navy inspections of the San Antonio have found a raft of problems so baked into its design that many Navy officials fear it can never be made right, despite its price tag's having risen from $644 million to $1.8 billion. ‘Some significant fraction of the welds in that ship were flawed and had to be redone,’ John Young, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told Congress in June. ‘I shouldn't be forced to pay on behalf of taxpayers any price for any level of deficient performance.’ "

The Navy Times reports that some experts are even calling the workmanship on the ship criminal. For a disturbing slideshow of the lube oil leaking from failed welds in the ship's main machinery, go here.  http://www.militarytimes.com/static/pro (http://www.militarytimes.com/static/pro) ... ntonio.pdf

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has also cited the LPD-17 as an example of how the Navy need to improve business cases to prevent San Antonio class cost overruns of $1.3 billion, an almost 77 percent increase above the initial budgets.

Winter has criticized warship builder Northrop Grumman Corp in the past for their mismanagement of the project, despite the fact that he used to be a corporate VP at the company. We've also questioned the company's management and performance concerning the Coast Guard Deepwater project.

And not surprisingly, Secretary Winter "continues to be unsatisfied" with the performance of the LPD-17, saying there needs to be a "culture of quality" for Navy acquisitions. We couldn't agree more.

And while we're at it, how about if we actually complete developmental and operational testing before going into production? (ends)




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The Navy's Floating Fiasco (excerpt)


(Source: Time Magazine; published Nov. 12, 2008)



WASHINGTON --- The maiden voyage of the taxpayers' newest nearly $2 billion warship stalled for two days in August. That's when the stern gate of the U.S.S. San Antonio — needed to roll vehicles onto and off the nearly 700-ft. vessel — wouldn't work. The Navy eventually got the gate fixed in time for the ship to leave Norfolk and sail to the Persian Gulf, where its mission is to hunt down smugglers.

But now the San Antonio has been forced into port in Bahrain for at least two weeks of repairs to leaks in the hefty pipes feeding fuel to two of its four engines. Hinting at the seriousness of the problem, the Navy has just dispatched a team of 40 workers — including engineers, pipe fitters and welders — to Bahrain to make the San Antonio shipshape.

"Forty technicians — that's ludicrous," says Norman Polmar, an independent naval expert. "It means the problems are major, because the ship has mechanics, metal smiths and other people on board as part of the crew, and they're supposed to take care of minor problems." And you thought McHale's Navy was canceled back in 1966.

The San Antonio is the first in a new class of amphibious ships — blue-water buses — each of which carries 350 sailors and is responsible for ferrying 700 Marines and their gear to global hot spots. And the ship's sad plight represents in miniature all that is wrong with the way the Pentagon buys its weapons. The pattern of haste and waste accelerated in the Cold War's wake and simply exploded following 9/11.

It highlights the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama as he contemplates retooling an Industrial Age military — primed for state-on-state warfare — into the more agile force better suited for 21st century conflicts of the type now being waged in Afghanistan and Iraq. (end of excerpt)


Click here for the full story (HTML format) on the Time.com website.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article) ... 49,00.html

Isto refere-se apenas aos LPD. Quanto ao Freedom, creio que são apenas problemas de "dentição" de um tipo de navio com muitas inovações e caríssimo.
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Mais do San Antonio:

em http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/lpd ... ain-03235/ (http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/lpd17-reliability-issues-surface-again-03235/)

e fotos de problemas:

http://www.militarytimes.com/static/pro ... ntonio.pdf (http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/111008sanantonio.pdf)

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bidas
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NAVY NEWS
USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH COMMISSIONED
A presidential welcome for USS George H.W. Bush
"What do you give a guy who has been
blessed and has just about everything
he has ever needed?" asked President
George W. Bush from aboard the Navy's
newest ship. "Well, an aircraft carrier."
The USS George H.W. Bush, a steelgray
vessel longer than three football
fields and built at a cost of $6.2 billion,
was commissioned Saturday with its
namesake, the 41st president, and other
members of the Bush family on hand for
the ceremonies at Naval Station Norfolk.
Adorned for the day with red, white and
blue bunting, the USS George H.W.
Bush is one of the Nimitz class of
nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the
largest warships in the world.
"The ship that bears our dad's name is
more than 95,000 tons of aluminum and
steel," Bush said from a podium tucked under the flight deck. "She will carry nearly 6,000 of the finest sailors and
Marines in the world. She represents the craftsmanship of many skilled builders, and thousands of hours of
preparation."
Bush, who took his last scheduled flight aboard Air
Force One to get to Norfolk, added: "Laura and I are
thrilled to be here to help commission an awesome
ship and to honor an awesome man."
It was the ultimate honor for former President George
H.W. Bush, a decorated World War II pilot. The
former president recalled the day 65 years ago in
Philadelphia when he attended the commissioning of
the USS San Jacinto, a light carrier on which he
served during the war. It was during that trip, he
said, that he gave his fiancee, Barbara, an
engagement ring.
"I thought that the San Jac was by far the biggest
ship, or anything else, I'd ever seen," said the elder
Bush, comparing it to the massive aircraft carrier, spit
and polished for its unveiling. He marveled at its 4.5-acre landing field, a tower that reaches 20 stories above the
waterline and its 1,400 telephones. Speaking to the sailors preparing to serve on the new ship, his voice quavering at
times with emotion, the former president said: "I wish I was sitting right out there with you, ready to start the
adventures of my naval aviation career all over."


fonte:
DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2009 – 012
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sala de comando dos novos patrulhas americanos:

http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia ... EDOM_PANO/ (http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/photo/FREEDOM_PANO/)
http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia ... 936049181/ (http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/video/936049181/)
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US Navy: 2 vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz

MANAMA, Bahrain – Two U.S. Navy vessels — a submarine and an amphibious ship — collided early Friday in the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian peninsula, the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet reported.

The military said in a statement that the collision occurred around 1:00 a.m. local time on Friday (5 p.m. EDT, Thursday).

The USS Hartford, a submarine, collided with an amphibious ship, the USS New Orleans.

According to the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, 15 soldiers aboard the Hartford were slightly injured but able to return to duty. No injuries were reported aboard the New Orleans.

The New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 25,000 gallons (95,000 liters) of diesel fuel. Damage to both vessels is still being evaluated.

Both ships are currently operating under their own power.

The Navy said both ships were on regularly scheduled deployments to the region and conducting security operations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_ ... ps_collide (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_us_navy_ships_collide)
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U.S. Navy Orders Another LCS Ship

The long-delayed order for a third Littoral Combat Ship came through March 23 when the U. S. Navy and Lockheed Martin agreed on a construction contract.

The ship, to be named Fort Worth (LCS 3), will be built at Marinette Marine Corp., in Marinette, Wis., and delivered to the Navy in December 2012.

The contract award comes after protracted negotiations between Lockheed and the Navy on a fixed-price incentive fee contract. The Navy did not disclose the amount of the contract award, citing the competitive nature of the contract award.

Congress has imposed a $460 million-per-ship cost cap on the LCS program, but the cost cap is not to take affect until the next budget.

Lockheed is in competition with General Dynamics to build the LCS. GD remains in negotiation with the Navy over a construction contract for the Coronado (LCS 4).

Only two LCS ships have been built thus far. The Freedom (LCS 1), from Lockheed, was commissioned in November and is at Norfolk, Va.; construction of GD's Independence (LCS 2) is continuing, with the ship expected to be delivered to the Navy this fall.

The troubled LCS program has experienced a spiraling series of cost overruns that have more than doubled the original $220 million-per-ship price tag for the new type of warship. The Navy revealed the cost growth at the beginning of 2007, and in April and October of that year canceled construction contracts with Lockheed and GD, respectively, for the second LCS ship from each of those companies. The Navy tried to renegotiate each of those second-ship contracts, ordered in 2006, to more favorable terms, which the shipbuilders were unable to meet.

The contract award announced March 23 uses funds appropriated in fiscal 2009, although the contract re-uses the hull number of the 2006 ship. Such a practice is unusual, in that the hull number is also considered an account identification number for bookkeeping purposes.

Revised acquisition costs for each of the first two ships have yet to be revealed by the Navy, and discussion of the new contract costs for LCS 3 and LCS 4 won't be revealed until after the next round of contract awards, to be conducted for the fiscal 2010 ships, according to a Navy spokesman.

"The amounts will be released when the fiscal 2010 competition is over," said Lt. Cmdr. Victor Chen, a spokesman for the Navy's acquisition team.

The Navy plans to ask for three more LCS ships in the 2010 budget request, with two ships going to the competitor offering the best terms.

All the new LCS ships are referred to by the Navy as "Flight 0+" ships, with minor modifications over the initial, Flight 0, ships.

A total of 55 LCS ships are to be procured by the Navy, which is leaving open the option to continue to build both designs or only one type.

Defense News (http://http)
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House panel adds two ships to Navy budget

Congressman John P. Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announced today that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense has completed and marked-up the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill.

The subcommittee mark up includes $15 billion for the procurement of 10 Navy ships, two above the request (one DDG-51 Guided Missile Destroyer; one SSN-774 Attack Submarine; four Littoral Combat Ships--one more than request; two Intra-Theater Connector Ships [Joint High Speed Vessels]--one more than request; and two T-AKE Auxiliary Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ships). This is the first time since 1992 that the shipbuilding account was funded for 10 or more ships.

The mark up also includes $539 million for the continued development of the DDG-1000 Guided Missile Destroyer.

http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/ ... 00164.html (http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2009jul00164.html)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Novembro 03, 2009, 10:06:18 am
Novo navio de assalto USS New York, com metal do World Trade Center

http://dn.sapo.pt/galerias/fotos/?content_id=1408378&seccao=Globo
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: SSK em Janeiro 16, 2010, 10:01:46 am
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Coping With The Great American SSN Shortage
January 12, 2010: The U.S. Navy is facing a temporary SSN (nuclear attack submarine) shortage, and there is no solution that will not involve some pain. The problem is that new Virginia class subs cannot be built quickly enough to replace all the Cold War era Los Angeles class boats that have to retire. Even that will be delayed, at least for 16 Los Angeles class subs, that will get enough refurb to keep them at sea for up to two more years. Meanwhile, many of the shipyards used to build all those Los Angeles class boats, were discarded as part of the Peace Dividend for winning the Cold War.

The shortage will begin in 2022, when the number of SSNs will fall below 48. The bottom will be in 2028, when only 41 SSNs will be available, and the shortage won't end until 2034. While keeping boats at sea more than six months per cruise will insure that all current requirements (that need about ten boats at sea at any given time) are met, the navy won’t be able to meet its wartime need for 35 boats. Keep in mind that a certain number of boats are always laid up for upgrades, maintenance or repairs. And some of this work can be speeded up, or even put aside, to get boats to sea in wartime, or a major crises.

Keeping existing boats at sea for longer cruises also comes with a cost. For each additional day (beyond six months) you keep a crew at sea, a certain percentage of them will not stay in the navy. Those long months at sea are hard on the families, and sailors as well. Too much of that, and more of them leave. For submarine crews, the most highly trained, with the highest standards, in the navy, this is no small problem.

There are other ways around the problem. The navy and the shipyards have found ways to built SSNs more quickly. Currently it takes 70 months to build a Virginia. But in the next few years, that will be coming down to 60 months. For the navy, the worst solution is to change war plans, and peacetime use patterns of SSNs, and adapt to a smaller number of attack boats. The navy would rather not think of this, but politicians often do, so the navy must.
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Enviado por: nelson38899 em Junho 13, 2010, 11:36:09 pm
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(https://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uboat.net%2Fallies%2Fwarships%2Fphotos%2Fam%2Fbb_uss_new_york_bb34.jpg&hash=212a4d051a9f4ed76de28c1dd91d0f92)

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http://www.usmilitaryart.com/homepage.htm (http://www.usmilitaryart.com/homepage.htm)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: sergio21699 em Junho 15, 2010, 10:59:04 am
Submarinos convencionais podem ser opção para a US Navy
Cortes no orçamento, forçam estudo sobre novas possibilidades

09.06.2010

A possibilidade de a marinha norte-americana vir a operar submarinos de propulsão diesel-electrica, é uma das possibilidades que decorrem da análise que alguns políticos em Washington parecem fazer sobre as futuras necessidades da guerra.
A utilização de submarinos convencionais [1] foi apenas uma das varias possibilidades numa marinha orientada para a redução de custos.
A responsabilidade pelas declarações é de Ike Skelton, o presidente da «House Armed Services Committee», a comissão de assuntos de defesa da Câmara dos representantes em Washington.

Ike Skelton, é um dos defensores da manutenção de uma marinha norte-americana com um número mais elevado de navios, considerando a velha máxima, de que «o número tem uma qualidade própria». Isto implica que um reduzido numero de sistemas muito sofisticados poderá ser menos eficiente que um numero maior de sistemas menos sofisticados mas mais baratos.

Para manter o objectivo de possuir uma força naval combatente de 313 navios, a marinha norte-americana precisa de um orçamento e de recursos financeiros que serão impossíveis de atingir ainda mais nas actuais condições económicas.
Para conseguir atingir o número de 313 navios operacionais modernos, vários caminhos estão em estudo.
O ciclo de vida dos navios deverá ser aumentado para mais alguns anos (os navios norte-americanos são normalmente utilizados por períodos muito mais reduzidos que os de outras marinhas). Entre as possibilidades estudadas está a de voltar a introduzir ao serviço da marinha dos Estados Unidos, submarinos convencionais de propulsão anaeróbica armados com mísseis de cruzeiro.

Segundo este conceito, se o mar durante a I guerra mundial foi dominado pelo couraçado Dreadnought e pelo porta-aviões na II guerra, os conflitos navais do futuro, serão dominados e decididos pelas redes de dados estabelecendo ligações com várias plataformas, entre as quais se contam os submarinos com propulsão AIP, que são os mais silenciosos navios submarinos que presentemente existem.

A capacidade destes navios para permanecer quase ocultos em praticamente qualquer lugar do mundo é especialmente importante. A presença ou a simples notícia da presença de navios norte-americanos em qualquer mar do globo, é importante do ponto de vista militar e político.


 :arrow: http://www.areamilitar.net/noticias/noticias.aspx?NrNot=927
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Enviado por: Upham em Junho 15, 2010, 12:55:37 pm
Boa tarde!

Segundo o que li, até aos anos 80 a marinha dos estados unidos ainda operava submarinos de propulsão convencional (construidos nos anos 50 e sendo os primeiros com o formato "Albacore"). Não terão é neste momento a capacidade tecnológica para a utilização da propulsão independente de ar.

Será isso, ou falta de vontade politica??

Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: teXou em Agosto 30, 2010, 05:44:50 pm
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Continuous Active Sonar

August 26, 2010: A major problem with ASW (Anti-submarine warfare) is that your submarine detection software equipment is turned off most of the time, and when it is used it requires a lot of trained operators and lawyers (to deal with the growing number of lawsuits filed by NGOs seeking to protect sea animals from noise pollution). Ships depend on intelligence, usually from large organizations like the CIA or military intel operations, to alert them that a submarine threat might exist in their area.
For nearly a decade now, research has been underway on a solution in the form of Continuous Active Sonar (CAS). This is a low level sonar signal that operates like radar, providing a continuous flow of data on what might be down there. Current sonars send out a more powerful signal, but at a low rate (one or more a minute). This annoys underwater creatures, and lawyers representing the critters make it difficult for the navy to even train with this equipment. CAS is based on the growing effectiveness of passive sonar (that just listens, and uses an electronic library of sounds to identify enemy ships). CAS makes it possible to identify increasingly quiet submarines, that depend on their stealth to get close enough to fire a torpedo.

The problem with CAS is that it's been a tricky technology to perfect, although recently there have been some promising tests at sea. If CAS could be perfected and deployed, it would give ships round the clock warning of approaching submarines. With a mature CAS technology, it would also be able to detect approaching torpedoes, and deploy underwater decoys. Eventually, when someone gets CAS to work reliably for sailors to use regularly.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/ ... 00826.aspx (http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20100826.aspx)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: SSK em Agosto 31, 2010, 07:46:11 pm
Transmissão em contínuo não pode ter rate tem de ser em contínuo... Para tal teria de ter um "código", ou ágeis em frequência, para as transmissões não se anularem às outras. Isto seria uma aproximação ao que acontece nos radares em Continuous Wave, mas acústica "gimbra" de modo diferente.

Se pensarem que o som se propaga na água a uma velocidade aproximada de 1500 m/s, se um submarino pode adquirir um contacto e atacar a 15Km (para não dizer mais) a transmissão tem de ter pelo menos intervalos entre transmissão de 10s, caso contrário vai empastelar...

Ainda falta um pouco, mas é possível o CW Sonar.
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Enviado por: teXou em Setembro 02, 2010, 11:43:00 am
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New warships have serious problems
By Gary Robbins, UNION-TRIBUNE

Originally published August 31, 2010 at 10:14 p.m., updated September 1, 2010 at 1:33 p.m.

The Navy's new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), which are supposed to be able to carry out a variety of missions at high speeds in shallow water, have serious design and technical problems that could mean the multi-billion dollar fleet won't deliver its "promised capability," says a report by the General Accountability Office (GAO).

The report raises questions about the ability of the program's two first ships -- USS Freedom and USS Independence -- to hunt submarines, deal with mines and to launch smaller boats, especially in heavy seas. The GAO also suggests that Freedom was deployed too early, and that the various problems have increased the price of the two ships' seaframes by almost $700 million. Many of the problems, says the report, stem from putting Freedom into service before issues with its frame were resolved and the ship was fully outfitted.

Freedom operates out of San Diego. Independence has been on the East Coast, undergoing upgrades, outfitting and testing. But San Diego is its assigned home port.

"Until mission packages are proven, the Navy risks investing in a fleet of ships that does not deliver promised capability," the GAO report says.

The report was released one week after the Navy announced that it has delayed a decision on which contractor will be chosen to build the next batch of LCS vessels. The contract is worth billions of dollars. The Navy said little about why it chose to postpone the decision until later this year.

Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, has acknowledged the large cost overruns on the program. But he said in a speech last year, the LCS "is a ship that is going to serve us very, very well regionally, and in the types of missions that we'll be performing."

Freedom was designed and built by an industry team led by Lockheed Martin . The company pursued a different design than General Dynamics, which led the team that built Independence. The companies and its partners are now building the third (LCS3) and fourth (LCS4) ships in the line. The Navy plans to build as many as 55 of the vessels at a cost of at least $25 billion.

The GAO report discusses a variety of design and technical problems with the frames of Freedom and Independence. It goes on to say that, "Key mine countermeasures and surface warfare systems have encountered technical issues that have delayed their development and fielding. Further, Navy analysis of LCS anti-submarine warfare systems found these capabilities did not contribute significantly to the anti-submarine warfare mission."

The report also says that ,"The Navy deferred testing of (Freedom's) launch, handling, and recovery system -- a system instrumental to deploying and recovering mission package elements (boats and unmanned vehicles) that, if not performing adequately, will impair LCS capability.

"To date, a full demonstration of this system remains incomplete. Navy simulations to date have identified risks in safely launching and recovering mission systems that experience pendulous motion during handling -- such as the remote multi-mission vehicles and unmanned surface vehicle systems."

Independence has encountered similar problems, especially when it comes to recovering boats and unmanned vehicles.

The Navy and its contractors have been trying the fix the various problems, an undertaking that has contributed to a large increase in the cost of the ships. GAO says the initial budget of Freedom's seaframe has grown from $215.5 million to $537 million. The budgeted cost of the Independence seaframe has increased from $256.5 million to $637 million.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010 ... -problems/ (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/31/new-sd-warships-have-deep-design-problems/)
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Enviado por: teXou em Setembro 02, 2010, 12:26:12 pm
Não penso que se falou destes artigos.
Por conseguinte vou continuar com os problemas da US Navy.  :twisted:
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Navy shares blame for San Antonio's woes

Since the day the Navy commissioned it, the Norfolk-based amphibious ship San Antonio has been plagued with costly defects. Five years later, it sits along the Elizabeth River unfit to deploy.

Now a report says that the Navy, as well as contractors who designed and built the vessel, bears blame for the problems.

Released publicly Thursday, the report details findings from a six-month Navy investigation. While it looked only at the San Antonio, the inquiry could help answer questions about defects aboard the four other ships in its class that are now in service, including the New York.

The first of the five to take to the sea, the San Antonio has suffered the worst of the problems. In its short life, the $1.8 billion, 25,000-ton vessel has been called in for several major repairs worth at least tens of millions of dollars.

The most pressing of San Antonio's defects are with its four diesel engines, and that's where the Navy investigation focused. Fleet Forces commander Adm. John Harvey ordered the examination after crews discovered small metal bits embedded in the engines' bearings. Those bits had contaminated the engine oil, and that caused the bearings - and ultimately the engines - to fail.

But what allowed the bits and other contaminants to get in?

The investigation traced the problems to poor welding and shoddy work during the ship's initial construction, as well as to engine design defects. The San Antonio, which carries a 360-person crew, was built at Northrop Grumman's shipyard in Avondale, La. Its engine, a Colt-Pielstick, was made by Fairbanks Morse, although the Navy has not identified any defects in components manufactured by Fairbanks Morse, the company said.

But the Navy shares in the blame for failing to identify the flaws, the report says: If the government had properly overseen and inspected the vessel during construction, the problems could have been caught early.

Investigators also fault the San Antonio's crew for failing to uncover the defects before they caused major damage.

"Ship's force was slow to recognize lube oil contamination (because of) a variety of long-term issues," the report says. Specifically, it cites sailors who weren't properly trained and who didn't carry out vital systems checks.

Navy officials declined to discuss whether crew members were disciplined or consequences they could face.

"The chain of command has taken appropriate administrative action aboard San Antonio to hold accountable those responsible for the training and maintenance deficiencies aboard the ship," Naval Surface Force Atlantic said in a statement.

The report includes several pages detailing the training failures. The Navy requires 42 sailors aboard the San Antonio to complete a course on operating its engines; only three have. Fifty should have taken a class on the ship's lube oil system; only one has.

The report also says that unqualified sailors were teaching some training classes, that the lesson plans for others contain incorrect information, that months of training logs are missing, and that many sailors took courses on a system that doesn't exist on the San Antonio.

"I think it's clear that there were issues on several fronts," said Rear Adm. Dave Thomas, the commanding officer of Naval Surface Force Atlantic. He declined to say whether the San Antonio will be ready to deploy as scheduled later this year, although the report states it may not be.

Thomas said all the ships in the San Antonio class will receive improved engine oil filters, strainers and flushing systems. The Navy will implement new flushing procedures across the class and work to comply with the report's recommendation for better government oversight during ship construction, he said.

Eric Wertheim, author and editor of the Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, said the Navy appears to be taking the problems seriously. "The Navy and the Defense Department should look at this as an example of how every step of the process can go wrong," he said. "Most of the problem seems to be with the shipbuilder, but the Navy's the one that really needs to figure how to stop this from happening again."

In a written statement, Northrop Grumman said the Navy's findings support those that emerged from an investigation earlier this year by a technical team that included contractors. Recommendations from that investigation are being implemented, the statement said.

The San Antonio was last deployed in March 2009. It has spent much of the past 16 months under repair at the Earl Industries shipyard in Portsmouth. The Navy wouldn't disclose how much it has spent fixing the ship since its commissioning, saying the government is still negotiating those costs with Northrop Grumman and other contractors.

The San Antonio underwent at least $39 million in repairs in 2007. It will take at least $7.5 million to fix its current problems, Thomas said.

The Navy announced in January that the newest ship in the San Antonio class, the New York, needed major engine repairs.
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/report- ... os-defects (http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/report-navy-shares-blame-san-antonios-defects)
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U.S. Aegis Radars' Readiness Plunges

The advanced radar systems aboard U.S. cruisers and destroyers are in their worst shape ever, according to an independent probe into U.S. Navy readiness, raising questions about the surface fleet's ability to take on its high-profile new mission next year defending Europe from ballistic missiles.

Poor training, impenetrable bureaucracy and cultural resignation have caused a spike in the number of technical problems and a dip in the operational performance of the Aegis system, considered the crown jewel of the U.S. surface force, the investigation found.

And if that's the situation with Aegis - which includes warships' iconic, hexagonal SPY 1 radar arrays - the panel wondered what that could mean for other, lower-profile equipment.

"The SPY radar has historically been the best supported system in the surface Navy, and coincidentally supports one of the most critical Navy missions today: ballistic missile defense. Yet SPY manpower, parts, training and performance are in decline."

If that's the case, the report said, "it can be assumed that less important systems could well be in worse material condition."

The findings came in the report of the "fleet review panel," convened last September by Adm. John Harvey, head of Fleet Forces Command, to conduct an outside assessment into the readiness of the surface force.

The seven-member panel, which was chaired by retired Vice Adm. Phillip Balisle and included two serving admirals, produced a comprehensive indictment of Navy decision-making since the late 1990s: Admirals' preoccupation with saving money, which led them to cut crews and "streamline" training and maintenance, led to a surface force that can't keep its ships in fighting shape.

The Balisle panel's report, which has not been publicly released, was obtained by Navy Times, a sister publication to Defense News. Navy officials in the Pentagon deferred questions about it to Naval Sea Systems Command.

NavSea officials did not respond by the time this newspaper went to press.

Although sailors and other observers have said before that cuts in crew sizes hurt readiness, Balisle's report is the first to detail so many problems with Aegis, widely considered the world's finest seagoing radar and combat system. It is so powerful and adaptable, in fact, the Obama administration is counting on it becoming a permanent ballistic missile defense shield for Europe next year, taking the place of ground-based sensors and weapons as U.S. warships make standing patrols in the Mediterranean.

But Aegis, like the rest of the fleet, has become a victim of personnel cuts and the Navy's labyrinthine internal organization, the report said. Casualty reports are up 41 percent from fiscal year 2004, and those requiring technical assistance are up 45 percent.

Over the same period, SPY radar performance, as observed by the Board of Inspection and Survey, has steadily worsened for cruisers and destroyers.

The report includes a sample of eight cruisers visited in the past several months by InSurv, whose scores on Aegis readiness form a distinct downward trend.

Causes

What's causing it? The panel found many reasons, including:

■ There aren't enough qualified people in the right jobs.

■ Sailors aren't fully trained on maintaining the radars.

■ It's too much work navigating the Navy bureaucracy to order replacement parts, and as such, crews have grown to accept "degradation," Balisle's panel found.

For example, ships are not ordering replacement voltage regulators, the report said, which SPY radars need to help manage their prodigious consumption of ship's power. Crews aren't ordering them because technicians can't get the money to buy spares, so commanders are knowingly taking a risk in operating their Aegis systems without replacements.

"The technicians can't get the money to buy spare parts," the report said. "They haven't been trained to the requirement. They can't go to their supervisor because, in the case of the DDGs, they likely are the supervisor. They can't repair the radar through no fault of their own, but over time, the non-responsiveness of the Navy system, the acceptance of the SPY degradation by the Navy system and their seniors, officers and chiefs alike, will breed (if not already) a culture that tolerates poor system performance. The fact that requests for technical assistance are up Navy-wide suggests there is a diminished self-sufficiency in the surface force. Sailors are losing their sense of ownership of their equipment and are more apt to want others to fix it."

Naval expert A.D. Baker III, a retired Office of Naval Intelligence analyst and longtime editor of "Combat Fleets of the World," called the Balisle findings "utterly damning."

"The Aegis readiness shortfall is just one of a vast number of problems related to pushing people too far and not giving them the training or funding resources to carry out their duties properly," Baker said.

He said the report's findings showed the Defense Department's priorities for European ballistic missile defense had been misplaced.

"This will significantly affect our putative BMD capability. The [Pentagon's] money is going to missile development and procurement, not to maintenance of the detection and tracking system - without which the best missiles in the world won't be of much use."
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =FEA&s=CVS (http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4688283&c=FEA&s=CVS)
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Enviado por: teXou em Setembro 25, 2010, 02:04:43 pm
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EMALS Readies for Launch with Super Hornet

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) completed catapult commissioning testing for its system functional demonstration at NAVAIR Lakehurst, N.J., last week.

“The team has successfully completed no-load and dead-load launches in all areas of the required performance envelope,” said Capt. James Donnelly, Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program manager. “The program’s test performance and data supports moving from SFD commissioning to full SFD testing.”

Among the test points accomplished, the team recently completed a 154-knot dead-load launch equivalent to the weight of an F/A-18E Super Hornet, the first platform to be launched by EMALS scheduled this fall.

Moving into SFD marks the opening of the test program window for the F/A-18E launch and future launches. The F/A-18E is currently being instrumented and test data is being analyzed in order to obtain flight clearances and launch approval for later this year.

“Full SFD demonstrates the significant progress the EMALS program is making in Lakehurst,” said Ms. Lisa Nyalko, program executive officer for tactical aircraft programs (Acting). “Completing commissioning testing brings us one step closer to our first aircraft launch this fall and more importantly, to our on-time delivery of EMALS to CVN 78.”

SFD testing began Sept. 12 and will continue to demonstrate system operation and hone software development/maturation simultaneous to hardware production on the first ship set.

“The production and delivery of EMALS and SFD are two distinct efforts,” said Cmdr. Russ McCormack, deputy program manager for future systems. “Hardware production is occurring independently from the system functional demonstration as component operation was previously proven in the High Cycle Testing and Highly Accelerated Life Testing phases of the program.”

The EMALS program will begin delivery of the first ship set to CVN 78 in 2011.

http://www.navair.navy.mil/press_releas ... site_id=15 (http://www.navair.navy.mil/press_releases/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.view&Press_release_id=4408&site_id=15)
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Enviado por: teXou em Novembro 15, 2010, 09:25:07 am
LCS USS Independence:

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Enviado por: teXou em Dezembro 06, 2010, 12:12:53 pm
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Impressionnante mise à flot pour le troisième LCS américain

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Si les lancements sur cales inclinées deviennent rares, ceux par le travers le sont encore plus. C'est, pourtant, toujours de cette manière que les chantiers Marinette Marine, dans le Wisconsin, procèdent à la mise à flot des navires qui y sont construits. Samedi, le futur USS Fort Worth, troisième Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) américain et second prototype du consortium emmené par Lockheed Martin, a été lancé dans la rivière Menominee. Longue de 11.5 mètres, la coque a glissé par le travers, provoquant une impressionnante vague lors de son entrée dans l'eau. Sistership de l'USS Freedom (LCS 1), livré à l'US Navy fin 2009, le nouveau bâtiment affichera, comme son aîné, un déplacement de plus de 3000 tonnes et pourra atteindre la vitesse de 45 noeuds grâce à deux turbines à gaz MT30 et quatre hydrojets Kamewa 153SII fournis par Rolls-Royce. L'armement de base comprendra une tourelle de 57mm, des mitrailleuses et un système surface-air RAM. Grâce à l'embarquement de modules interchangeables, le bâtiment peut être configuré pour la lutte anti-sous-marine en eaux côtières ou la lutte antinavire.
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Enviado por: AtInf em Dezembro 13, 2010, 09:40:46 am
Sob pena de me repetir, mas isto é revolucionário, e as pesquisas em decurso ainda prometem mais:

Na sexta-feira passada foi efectuado um teste de demonstração pelo gabinete da pesquisa naval resultando num recorde mundial. Obtiveram uma potência de disparo de 33 megajoule com um Railgun eletromagnético no centro naval de guerra de superfície. O CAlm Nevin Carr, chefe da pesquisa naval, disse " o tiro de 33 megajoule significa que a marinha pode disparar projécteis a pelo menos 110 milhas náuticas, colocando marinheiros e fuzileiros navais a uma distância de segurança e fora de perigo." As velocidades elevadas igualmente fazem o sistema taticamente relevante para defesas aereas e anti-míssil.
Para põr o em alguma perspectiva, o tiro de 33 megajoule poderá alcançar uma velocidade do Mach 5 em distâncias prolongadas, em talvez mais de 200 milhas náuticas.  
Agora imaginem: 1 megajoule é equivalente ao impacto de 1 Ton a 160 Km/h !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BfU-wMw ... r_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BfU-wMwL2U&feature=player_embedded)
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Enviado por: Edu em Dezembro 13, 2010, 12:04:23 pm
Isso dos 33 megajoules em si não diz muito se de facto 1 megajoule é uma tonelada a 160km/h. Tendo em conta que para a energia cinética a velocidade vem ao quadrado 33 megajoules significa um corpo de uma tonelada a cerca de 919km/h, se não estou em erro os grandes canhões navais da segunda grande guerra disparavam projeteis de 1 tonelada a velocidades maiores...

Penso que o que é inovador nesta tecnologia é conseguir colocar enormes quantidades de energia cinética em pequenos corpo, transportando-os a grande velocidade.
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Enviado por: AtInf em Dezembro 13, 2010, 02:07:20 pm
O que julgo ser mais importante é a distância a que se consegue alcançar os alvos. Os couraçados  da 2ª GM conseguiam de facto colocar projecteis bem pesados  1,900 a 2,700 lbs (860 a 1,200 kg) com uma velocidade de  820 m/s  a um alcance maximo de 38,720 m. Agora este sistema dá uma potência de destruição semelhante mas a um alcance actual de 110 milhas nauticas ( cerca de 200 km ), de futuro preveêm chegar às 200 milhas ( mais de 350 km ). Isto para os Super Dragões uiii !!! :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: Upham em Dezembro 14, 2010, 03:38:49 pm
Citação de: "Edu"
Isso dos 33 megajoules em si não diz muito se de facto 1 megajoule é uma tonelada a 160km/h. Tendo em conta que para a energia cinética a velocidade vem ao quadrado 33 megajoules significa um corpo de uma tonelada a cerca de 919km/h, se não estou em erro os grandes canhões navais da segunda grande guerra disparavam projeteis de 1 tonelada a velocidades maiores...

Penso que o que é inovador nesta tecnologia é conseguir colocar enormes quantidades de energia cinética em pequenos corpo, transportando-os a grande velocidade.

Boa tarde!

Presumo que esta tecnologia exija uma quantidade monstruosa de energia eléctrica, a exemplo do dispositivo laser a bordo do Boeing 747 experimental?
A bordo de um navio (Com propulsão nuclear)?????? a solução talvez fosse mais simples que a bordo de um avião?
O que pensam?

Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: bidas em Dezembro 15, 2010, 12:28:31 am
Citação de: "Upham"
Citação de: "Edu"
Isso dos 33 megajoules em si não diz muito se de facto 1 megajoule é uma tonelada a 160km/h. Tendo em conta que para a energia cinética a velocidade vem ao quadrado 33 megajoules significa um corpo de uma tonelada a cerca de 919km/h, se não estou em erro os grandes canhões navais da segunda grande guerra disparavam projeteis de 1 tonelada a velocidades maiores...

Penso que o que é inovador nesta tecnologia é conseguir colocar enormes quantidades de energia cinética em pequenos corpo, transportando-os a grande velocidade.

Boa tarde!

Presumo que esta tecnologia exija uma quantidade monstruosa de energia eléctrica, a exemplo do dispositivo laser a bordo do Boeing 747 experimental?
A bordo de um navio (Com propulsão nuclear)?????? a solução talvez fosse mais simples que a bordo de um avião?
O que pensam?

Cumprimentos


1 megajoule = 0,277777778 quilowatt hora
32 megajoule = 8,888888889 quilowatt hora

Apenas para terem a noção de megajoule (MJ) em quilowatt hora (kWh), e também é óbvio que é uma aproximação à energia eléctrica pois existe sempre perdas.  
Existe também outras questões, como a dimensão do sistema, mas é experimental.  :wink:

Cumprimentos,

bidas
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Enviado por: Edu em Dezembro 15, 2010, 12:41:48 am
Tal como eu já havia tentado referir no meu outro post 33 MJ não é assim uma quantidade de energia tão expectacular, grandes canhões da 2º GM disparavam projecteis com energias bem superiores. Um automovel vulgar em autoestrada a 100km/h consome esta quantidade de energia em 15 minutos . No artigo fala em recorde mundial atinjido, mas só se for para este tipo de arma, porque noutras armas 33 MJ não é nada de por ai além.

O inovador como já referi está em conseguir colocar este energia em pequenos corpos, dando-lhes assim uma grande velocidade.
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Enviado por: AtInf em Dezembro 15, 2010, 09:00:54 am
Citação de: "Edu"
Tal como eu já havia tentado referir no meu outro post 33 MJ não é assim uma quantidade de energia tão expectacular, grandes canhões da 2º GM disparavam projecteis com energias bem superiores. Um automovel vulgar em autoestrada a 100km/h consome esta quantidade de energia em 15 minutos . No artigo fala em recorde mundial atinjido, mas só se for para este tipo de arma, porque noutras armas 33 MJ não é nada de por ai além.

O inovador como já referi está em conseguir colocar este energia em pequenos corpos, dando-lhes assim uma grande velocidade.

Eu volto a explicar: O importante é o alcance, a energia com que o projectil atinge o alvo também tem como é obvio a sua importância, mas passar de um alcance de cerca de 30 Km para os 200 km faz uma diferença enorme nas operações navais. Significa que um destroier com esta capacidade pode dar apoio a forças a uma distância relativamente segura. O espaço que os os explosivos ocupam actualmente provavelmente vai ser ocupado pelo sistema, mas isso só vai contribuir para a segurança a bordo do navio. Deixam de se preocupar com o reabastecimento de cargas exposivas.
Possivelmente só a nova classe Zumwalt é que vai ter este tipo de arma devido às quantidades enormes de energia que são necessárias ( atenção que são libertadas numa fracção de segundo e não durante uma hora ).
As dimensões do actual sistema tambem não nada económicas: aproximadamende as mesmas que um autocarro.
A Marinha dos EUA conta ter o sistema operacional e instalado a bordo dos seus navios por volta de 2020.
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Enviado por: bidas em Dezembro 17, 2010, 05:44:20 pm
Citação de: "AtInf"
Citação de: "Edu"
Tal como eu já havia tentado referir no meu outro post 33 MJ não é assim uma quantidade de energia tão expectacular, grandes canhões da 2º GM disparavam projecteis com energias bem superiores. Um automovel vulgar em autoestrada a 100km/h consome esta quantidade de energia em 15 minutos . No artigo fala em recorde mundial atinjido, mas só se for para este tipo de arma, porque noutras armas 33 MJ não é nada de por ai além.

O inovador como já referi está em conseguir colocar este energia em pequenos corpos, dando-lhes assim uma grande velocidade.

Eu volto a explicar: O importante é o alcance, a energia com que o projectil atinge o alvo também tem como é obvio a sua importância, mas passar de um alcance de cerca de 30 Km para os 200 km faz uma diferença enorme nas operações navais. Significa que um destroier com esta capacidade pode dar apoio a forças a uma distância relativamente segura. O espaço que os os explosivos ocupam actualmente provavelmente vai ser ocupado pelo sistema, mas isso só vai contribuir para a segurança a bordo do navio. Deixam de se preocupar com o reabastecimento de cargas exposivas.
Possivelmente só a nova classe Zumwalt é que vai ter este tipo de arma devido às quantidades enormes de energia que são necessárias ( atenção que são libertadas numa fracção de segundo e não durante uma hora ).
As dimensões do actual sistema tambem não nada económicas: aproximadamende as mesmas que um autocarro.
A Marinha dos EUA conta ter o sistema operacional e instalado a bordo dos seus navios por volta de 2020.

Boas, aqui fica mais informação sobre este projecto:

Segundo o director do projecto Dr. Amir Chaboki o "DDG 100 Destroyer" é um dos candidatos a usar estes sistema porque este usa um sistema de propulsão de 72 MW( propulsão eléctrica com base no LM2500 combinado com geradores eléctricos)  e segundos os cálculos dele, o sistema de 64 MJ necessita de 16 MW para disparar 6 vezes por minuto, o pulso eléctrico necessário pode ser fornecido por condensadores eléctricos ou alternadores de pulso.
Os vários objectivos deste projecto são, ter um tempo de voo menor e um custo por projéctil muito inferior e produzir danos iguais ou superiores ao BGM-109 Tomahawk.  
Fontes:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/4231461
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1964895/navys_electromagnetic_railgun_demo_sets_new_record/

Para informação sobre armas navais actuais e antigas :
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/index_weapons.htm
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Enviado por: AtInf em Dezembro 21, 2010, 09:28:31 am
O EMALS ( Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System ) conseguiu lançar com sucesso no passado Sábado um F18 tripulado. Este sistema vai equipar a nova classe de PA ( a começar pelo Gerald Ford ), substituindo as catapultas a vapor. Até ao momento não houve registo de interferências nem nos sistemas electónicos das aeronaves nem no armamento. No próximo ano vão prosseguir em testes com os C2 e T45.
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Enviado por: AtInf em Dezembro 22, 2010, 01:04:06 pm
Video do teste EMALS

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Enviado por: ACADO em Dezembro 23, 2010, 03:17:18 pm
Agora já é o que é!! E estão a mudar tudo ainda mais para sistemas Electricos, tou para ver quando alguém tiver "armas EMP" funcionais...
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Enviado por: HSMW em Dezembro 23, 2010, 03:31:24 pm
Citação de: "ACADO"
tou para ver quando alguém tiver "armas EMP" funcionais...
Quando isso acontecer voltamos ao inicio. Armadura de ferro e cargas de cavalaria...
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Enviado por: Edu em Dezembro 23, 2010, 04:10:38 pm
Citação de: "ACADO"
Agora já é o que é!! E estão a mudar tudo ainda mais para sistemas Electricos, tou para ver quando alguém tiver "armas EMP" funcionais...

Caro ACADO, talvez não saiba, mas existem maneira de blindar equipamentos a impulsos electromagnéticos, é algo inviável quando se trata de blindar uma grande quantidade de sistemas mas quando se apenas localmente em dispositivos especificos faz-se com relativa facilidade. Este sistema, quando for instalado é bem provavel que venha a ser protegido de impulsos electromagnéticos.

Um pequeno aparte, os EMP não afectam os sistemas electricos mas sim os sistemas electrónicos...
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 06, 2011, 12:51:50 pm
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:arrow: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/busin ... ml?_r=3&hp (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/business/06marine.html?_r=3&hp)

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It was supposed to be a tank that swims, a new way for the Marines to storm hostile beaches.


United States Marine Corps
The vehicle was conceived to carry Marines ashore and move inland without pausing on the beach. It has faced problems in combining its land and sea technology.
But as military budgets come under pressure, the 38-ton landing craft that turns into an assault vehicle seems destined to be the next bit of high-tech wizardry to bite the dust.

Pentagon and industry officials say the defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, is poised to cancel the long-delayed $14.4 billion program on Thursday, when he is expected to announce a new round of belt-tightening at the Pentagon. The hybrid vehicle, being built by General Dynamics, is the most expensive weapons system to be cut since Mr. Gates canceled or trimmed three dozen programs in April 2009.

Mr. Gates is also likely on Thursday to approve a two-year delay in the Marine Corps version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, the military’s largest program, and spell out how he plans to save up to $100 billion on the Pentagon’s operations.

The military is facing intensifying political and economic pressures to restrain its budget, and Mr. Gates has sought to contain the demands by ending troubled weapons systems and squeezing more efficiency out of the Pentagon’s bureaucracy to pay for other programs. But Congress will have the final say on many of the decisions, including the fate of the hybrid Marine vehicle, and it remains hard to tell how it will balance the fiscal demands with concerns about jobs and military strength.

The Marine landing craft, called the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, was conceived in the late 1980s, and each one was meant to carry 17 Marines ashore and roar inland without pausing on beaches raked by enemy fire. But difficulties in marrying the land and sea technology have led to billions in cost overruns and years of delay, with an early cost estimate of $9 billion for 1,000 vehicles ballooning to $14.4 billion for 574 of them. The government has so far spent about $3 billion on its development.

Mr. Gates, moreover, has questioned whether amphibious assaults, which were crucial in World War II and the Korean War, make sense now that adversaries can fire missiles at ships and tanks from many miles away.

As a result, a decision to cancel the vehicle would represent a shift in war-fighting strategy and could diminish the role of the Marines. Even though they have handled some of the toughest fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marines have been eager to get back to their traditional role as an amphibious fighting force. And to be effective, some say, they need a better means to force their way onto heavily defended islands and coastlines, even if infrequently.

Current and former Marine officials said they would now extend the lives of their older landing vehicles, which must be released much closer to the beach, and see if they could come up with a less expensive version of the new vehicle.

“We’ll just pray that we don’t have to go into harm’s way in the next 10 years,” said Gregory S. Newbold, a retired Marine lieutenant general who served as director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2000 to 2002.

General Dynamics officials and some former Marine officials said they would appeal to Congress to consider buying a smaller number of the new vehicles — possibly 200 — to use in the most hazardous landings, while using other methods to conduct more routine operations. Company officials said the program could account for thousands of jobs in Michigan and Ohio.

Mr. Gates’s decision comes after a series of extensive reviews of the future of the Marine Corps, which have left many Marines feeling under siege. Though the smallest service, the Marines have long been known for their outsize political strength, because of their gung-ho desire to be “first to fight” whenever trouble flares.

The leaders of President Obama’s deficit reduction panel recommended in November that Mr. Gates cancel the fighting vehicle and also kill the Marine version of the F-35, which can take off and land almost vertically, and halt production of the V-22 Osprey, a combination of a winged plane and a helicopter that has also had a troubled history.

But Mr. Gates is likely to give the Marines two more years to solve problems with parts failures that have caused the testing of their version of the F-35, a fighter designed to attack ground targets, to fall behind that of the more conventional Air Force and Navy models, industry officials said. Mr. Gates is not expected to reduce production of the V-22, which the Marines use to speed the delivery of their forces.

Still, the Marines say they recognize that Pentagon spending is leveling off and is likely to decline over the next several years. Federal officials said Mr. Gates was seeking to increase the basic Pentagon budget, excluding war costs, to $566 billion for fiscal 2012, but had to push the White House to approve $554 billion, or just a slight increase over the $549 billion that the Pentagon sought for 2011. And even some Marines acknowledge that they made themselves vulnerable to the cost-cutting by becoming just as caught up in high-tech projects as the rest of the military.

“The Marine Corps used to say, ‘Our weapons system is the Marine,’ and tout its affordability as a service,” said Dakota Wood, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a research group in Washington. “But they seem to have become enamored with the very high-end programs that in previous years they would have criticized the Army or the Air Force for pursuing.”

The new fighting vehicle was supposed to replace the 40-year-old amphibious assault vehicle, which has less armor and can ferry the Marines only a couple of miles to shore. The new craft would have allowed Navy vessels to dispatch the Marines up to 25 miles from shore. It was also designed to travel three times as fast, which could have made it easier for the Marines to skirt the toughest defenses and land in more isolated spots.

But during the two decades that the vehicle has been in development, the range of antiship missiles has shot up to 75 miles, making Navy vessels vulnerable if they tried to bring in Marines to attack more sophisticated adversaries.

Mr. Gates has also said that a flat hull, needed for the vehicle to skim the surface of the water at 20 to 25 knots, would have exposed it to another threat — roadside bombs — once it came ashore.

But after years of breakdowns and poor reliability in testing, program officials said new prototypes had finally seemed on the verge of meeting minimal reliability standards.

Navy officials have suggested that Marines would only undertake assaults after enemy defenses had been largely subdued through weeks of bombing by ships and planes. But retired Marines say it is naïve to think that the military would always have such a luxury of time or that bombing works that well.

Thom Shanker contributed reporting for this article.
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Enviado por: nelson38899 em Janeiro 29, 2011, 01:06:52 pm
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Porta-aviões norte-americano "USS Enterprise" está fundeado no Tejo
O USS Enterprise, o primeiro porta-aviões nuclear do mundo, chegou anteontem, quarta-feira, a Lisboa. A tripulação está satisfeita com a paragem na capital portuguesa e os poucos que tiveram oportunidade de visitar o interior do navio também.


http://www.jn.pt/multimedia/video.aspx?content_id=1769017
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Enviado por: zawevo em Fevereiro 02, 2011, 05:29:00 pm
O fotografo não é grande coisa nem usa o photoshop, mas é com boa vontade

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Até à próxima :mrgreen:

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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 02, 2011, 06:04:24 pm
Porreiras Zawevo, obrigado !!!!!  :D
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Enviado por: nelson38899 em Fevereiro 02, 2011, 11:08:47 pm
Citação de: "P44"
Porreiras Zawevo, obrigado !!!!!  :D

Bem grande fotografo, será que não arranja mais fotos, mas desta vez com a entrada e saída  no mar da palha do PA??
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Enviado por: JLRC em Fevereiro 02, 2011, 11:21:10 pm
Citação de: "nelson38899"
Citação de: "P44"
Porreiras Zawevo, obrigado !!!!!  :shock:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Fevereiro 03, 2011, 10:19:04 am
Ele não esteve por lá??
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: luis filipe silva em Fevereiro 03, 2011, 10:31:11 am
O único navio movido a energia atómica que entrou e atracou no Tejo, foi o cargueiro Savanah nos anos "60" do século passado. Atracou na Rocha do Conde de Óbidos e esteve patente ao público. A primeira vez que o Enterprise veio a Portugal, ficou ao largo de Cascais, também por essa altura.
Presentemente qualquer navio nuclear que venha a Lisboa, ou atraca no cais do Portinho da Costa (Porto Brandão) ou fica ancorado entre Algés e a Trafaria.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Fevereiro 03, 2011, 12:06:56 pm
Citação de: "luis filipe silva"
O único navio movido a energia atómica que entrou e atracou no Tejo, foi o cargueiro Savanah nos anos "60" do século passado. Atracou na Rocha do Conde de Óbidos e esteve patente ao público. A primeira vez que o Enterprise veio a Portugal, ficou ao largo de Cascais, também por essa altura.
Presentemente qualquer navio nuclear que venha a Lisboa, ou atraca no cais do Portinho da Costa (Porto Brandão) ou fica ancorado entre Algés e a Trafaria.

Qual é a razão?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: luis filipe silva em Fevereiro 03, 2011, 03:26:57 pm
Questões de segurança, especialmente ambiental.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Fevereiro 03, 2011, 07:14:01 pm
Citação de: "luis filipe silva"
Questões de segurança, especialmente ambiental.

Obrigado
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: AtInf em Maio 02, 2011, 09:01:53 am
SEAL 6 caçou o Bin Laden :G-beer2:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/ap-osama-bin-laden-dead-050111/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Junho 09, 2011, 06:12:32 pm
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Dan Seal, program manager of Boeing's immersive development environment, briefs reporters on the company's new tools for designing the next generation of air dominance fighters. The 7 June brief in St. Louis shows Boeing is serious about competing for the US Navy's long-term requirement for replacing the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.


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Enviado por: borisdedante em Junho 26, 2011, 08:24:36 am
Builder Blames Navy as Brand-New Warship Disintegrates

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06 ... ntegrates/ (http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/shipbuilder-blames-navy-as-brand-new-warship-disintegrates/)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Julho 01, 2011, 06:30:33 pm
Marinha norte-americana simula operação de socorro em Portugal

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A Marinha americana foi na manhã desta sexta-feira confrontada com um sismo de grau 7, com múltiplas situações de socorro, desde incêndios a fugas de gás, com dezenas de feridos, mas num simulacro de catástrofe. A tripulação do navio de guerra americano USS Bulkeley, que regressa de uma operação militar de combate à pirataria e terrorismo marítimo no Golfo de Áden, aproveitou a paragem em Lisboa para treinar com a Marinha portuguesa uma intervenção de «assistência humanitária e medicina de catástrofe».

Este tipo de «exercício não está contemplado no plano de formação da marinha americana», e Portugal «possuiu experiência neste tipo de procedimentos em caso de catástrofe», explicou hoje à agência Lusa o chefe do Departamento de Treino e Avaliação Naval da Marinha portuguesa, comandante Marcelo Correia.

A «experiência nacional nestes casos, do tipo Distex [Disaster Relief Training] serve para treinar os navios em apoio a uma população sinistrada», vitima de uma catástrofe natural, no caso um tremor de terra, com o «navio a utilizar as valências que tem a bordo em socorro das populações», precisou o comandante militar.

As valências neste exercício são «incidentes de nível clínico e técnico», na assistência aos feridos e na «reposição das infra-estruturas básicas, como água, electricidade», tudo o mais «próximo da realidade possível, como aconteceu por exemplo no Haiti», acrescentou Marcelo Correia.

A marinha nacional utilizou como cenário a "Vila D'Ela", existente na Base Naval do Alfeite, na margem sul do rio Tejo, para montar a simulação do desastre, com vários feridos em simultâneo, rebentamento de condutas de gás e água, vários incêndios com diversas origens, para os «militares treinarem e operacionalizarem a resposta», disse o oficial.

O comandante do navio USS Bulkeley, Sean Anderson, considerou que «estas instalações de treino são únicas», o que se reflecte como «uma oportunidade de treinar com os parceiros portugueses» e «aprender novos métodos», enquadrados numa força móvel naval.

O comandante disse ainda que «viram situações novas, e que aprenderam muito», considerando ser «importante para a [sua] tripulação treinar com os parceiros portugueses», além da «grande oportunidade para a tripulação», este tipo de cenário, após seis meses de missão no Golfo e antes de atravessar o Atlântico na viagem de regresso aos Estados Unidos.

O cenário utilizado para o treino conjunto, enquadra-se num espaço de 16 mil metros quadrados, com várias casas de uma pequena vila, simuladores de danos de avarias, uma unidade de busca e salvamento, centro de simulação médica e simuladores de incêndios.

Lusa
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 06, 2011, 08:43:17 pm
Tal como no curso dos nossos enfermeiros... Que nem à ESE vão...  :roll:
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 07, 2011, 10:15:42 pm
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Enviado por: SSK em Novembro 08, 2011, 06:04:27 pm
É o horror...

http://www.theday.com/article/20111104/NWS09/111109813/1017

 :N-icon-Axe:  :N-icon-Axe:
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Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 23, 2011, 11:06:39 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 17, 2012, 09:53:18 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 19, 2012, 12:43:59 am
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Enviado por: BC304 em Fevereiro 20, 2012, 12:50:14 pm
Andam duas petições na Internet para baptizar o novo porta aviões (CV-N 80) de USS Enterprise, dado que o actual Enterprise é aposentado no próximo ano. Concordo, o USS Enterprise é o nome com mais peso na marinha americana e deve haver sempre um navio Enterprise na Frota.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Março 02, 2012, 03:42:16 pm
Fuzileiro Naval é beijado por companheiro ao chegar da guerra

Um beijo ao chegar da guerra do Afeganistão

Militar americano e namorado assumem paixão e se agarram em aeroporto do Havaí

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Sargento Morgan é erguido pelo companheiro, o artista Dalan Wells | Foto: Reprodução

Estados Unidos - O beijo recebido por um fuzileiro naval americano sacudiu as Forças Armadas dos EUA esta semana. A imagem é do militar Brandon Morgan, 25 anos, sendo beijado e erguido pelo companheiro Dalan Wells, 38, num aeroporto do Havaí, após missão no Afeganistão. A foto foi postada na Internet e teve milhares de apoiadores. Os dois se conheciam havia quatro anos, mas nunca tinham trocado um beijo.

A foto foi também interpretada como sinal de abertura no meio militar americano depois que, em junho, o presidente Barack Obama assinou o fim da lei de 1994 que impedia que soldados abertamente homossexuais servissem.

A imagem foi publicada por um perfil que defende a união gay de militares nos EUA, depois replicada por vários outros. Após ser procurado por jornalistas, o sargento Brandon Morgan distribuiu um texto à imprensa americana agradecendo o apoio que obteve de milhares de pessoas na Internet.

“A todos que responderam de maneira positiva, meu parceiro e eu queremos dizer obrigado. Dalan, o gigante na foto, não está acreditando em quantos ‘curti’ tivemos por isso. Não fizemos isso para ficar famosos ou algo do tipo, fizemos porque depois de três desdobramentos e quatro anos conhecendo um ao outro, finalmente dissemos o que sentíamos. E quanto àqueles cheios de ódio, deixe-os odiar”, diz parte da mensagem do militar.

http://odia.ig.com.br/portal/mundo/um-b ... o-1.414020 (http://odia.ig.com.br/portal/mundo/um-beijo-ao-chegar-da-guerra-do-afeganist%C3%A3o-1.414020)


In the Navy...Lalalalala!

Ó SSK, ainda vou ver uma foto destas na nossa?! :?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: SSK em Março 05, 2012, 09:21:36 pm
:lol:  :lol:  :lol:

E passa rá a ser "Feios, porcos e maus... mas fofinhos!!!" :oops:  :oops:
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Enviado por: psaa em Março 05, 2012, 09:51:26 pm
:D  :D
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Março 08, 2012, 11:55:38 am
Inacreditável...

 :shock:
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Enviado por: PedroI em Março 08, 2012, 02:35:01 pm
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US Senator Questions the Future of the Littoral Combat Ship Program
By gCaptain Staff On March 8, 2012

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) questioned Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus about the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Navy’s budget today. Kohl worked to help Marinette Marine, part of a team with Lockheed Martin, win a Navy contract to build 10 of the new small warships over five years. The Navy plans to purchase a total of 55 Littoral Combat Ships over the long term, to replace an aging fleet of ships, but Kohl raised concerns at the hearing that the Navy’s five year budget projection calls for cutting two ships after the current contract is completed.

    “Would you agree, Mr. Secretary, that if Congress were to delay the Navy’s plans to bring these ships into the fleet, that the Navy’s effectiveness would be hurt? We understand that the LCS is going to replace an aging fleet of frigates and minesweepers, and that Navy readiness will suffer without them. Is that true, and what will happen if the LCS is delayed?” Kohl asked Secretary Mabus during today’s hearing.

Secretary Mabus assured Kohl that the Navy is not planning to cut the two additional ships, but the timeline to build them has shifted out. The Secretary called the LCS one of the backbones of their fleet today and in the future, citing its capability to adapt to developing weapons technology.
LCS 3 USS Fort Worth

Marinette Marine bid to construct 10 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) in competition with Alabama shipbuilder, Austal USA. The Navy awarded both Marinette Marine and Austal USA contracts to produce 10 LCS each over five years. Kohl made a strong case for Marinette Marine’s shipbuilding bid with Secretary Mabus, including during hearings in the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, on which Kohl serves. Kohl also frequently met with officials from Marinette Marine and its parent company, Italian ship-builder Fincantieri, along with representatives from Lockheed Martin, to make a strong case to the Navy as officials weighed a decision on the shipbuilding contract.

Marinette Marine estimates that with the current contract they will employ 2,100 workers at the company as part of roughly 5,000 new jobs in northeastern Wisconsin and throughout the state.

It is also projected that $2.6 billion will be injected into the Wisconsin economy over the life of the contract.

At a time when many Navy ships cost at least $1 billion each, the Navy has been trying to build a smaller, more flexible vessel that can work closer to shore. Ultimately, the LCS will likely be less than half that price. The Navy needs the LCS in order to meet its goal of having 300 ships in the fleet so it can quickly protect U.S. interests around the world.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lightning em Março 08, 2012, 09:12:20 pm
Citação de: "Cabeça de Martelo"
Inacreditável...

 :shock:

Isto com os intercambios e exercicios internacionais, para o ano já vamos ver o DAE a fazer o "Seal Slide :mrgreen: ".
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Março 11, 2012, 08:09:44 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: brunopinto90 em Março 12, 2012, 09:07:18 pm
É um navio bonito, mas não tem nada de litoral, o navio é enorme para ser classificado como tal.

Fiquei com uma sensação após o visionamento do vídeo que estes navios vão desempenhar missões semelhantes aos avisos.
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Enviado por: PedroI em Abril 13, 2012, 12:05:43 am
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Rolls-Royce to Power Two More Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ships
By gCaptain Staff On April 12, 2012

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Rolls-Royce says it has secured a contract to supply power and propulsion systems for the two latest vessels in the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme.

Designed to operate in combat zones close to the shore (littoral waters), each LCS will be equipped with two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines powering four large Mk1 waterjets. This will enable the vessels to reach speeds in excess of 40 knots.

This latest order, for the ships Little Rock (LCS-9) and Sioux City (LCS-11), follows previous orders for the Milwaukee (LCS-5) and the Detroit (LCS-7), which are both under construction. Rolls-Royce already powers two Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ships, the USS Freedom (LCS-1), which was deployed two years early and the Fort Worth (LCS-3), which is due to complete trials later this spring.

Andrew Marsh, Rolls-Royce, President – Naval said: “This order builds on the success of the Rolls-Royce powered Littoral Combat Ships to date and we’re delighted that we will also power the Little Rock and the Sioux City.

“We have worked closely with Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Navy and other partners during the LCS programme, using our extensive experience to further develop these highly advanced ships. The combination of the MT30 gas turbine and our latest waterjet technology will ensure these ships are at the cutting edge of global naval capability.”

The MT30 is derived from Rolls-Royce aero engine technology and builds on over 45 million hours of operating experience.  At 36 megawatts, it is the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine and has the highest power density – a key factor in naval propulsion where delivering a high power output in a compact space is essential. The MT30 has also been selected for the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer programme as well as the UK Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

The waterjets are among the largest produced by Rolls-Royce and can pump water at a combined rate of 25,000 gallons per second – enough to fill an Olympic style swimming pool in 25 seconds.

In addition to gas turbines and waterjets, a significant range of Rolls-Royce equipment is specified in the Lockheed Martin design, including shaftlines, bearings and propulsion system software.
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Enviado por: PedroI em Abril 18, 2012, 03:23:44 pm
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Maritime Raid Force – Marines Gear Up To Battle Pirates
By John Konrad On April 17, 2012 in gCaptain

Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the USS Dewey at Naval Base San Diego, April 9. The MRF's primary role is to carry out raids against Maritime objectives including oil platforms, ships, and targets on shore and is based around the MEU's Force Reconnaissance platoon and supported by a security and headquarters element. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy Childers)

With the recent failure of Navy anti-pirate drones early this month, the US Marine Corps is taking a more traditional stance against the Somali pirates. This month the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force began training at Camp Pendleton and Naval Base San Diego with Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, to learn the skills needed to take back pirated ships by force.

The Maritime Raid Force (MRF) is a special operations force designed to carry out raids against maritime objectives including gas and oil platforms, ships and ports. “The MRF performs small scale precision raids as well as maritime interdiction operations in support of MEU operations,” said Gunnery Sgt. Jason P. Fitzgerald, MRF staff non-commissioned officer in charge, Command Element, 15th MEU.

The MRF is composed of three elements, assault, security and headquarters. The assault element, those with boots on board ship, is made up of Marines and sailors from Force Reconnaissance Company of the 15th MEU. They are assisted by servicemembers from a Security Platoon, Marines from the Command Element and sailors from a Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company fill the headquarters element. Working together they make an impressive small scale strike anti-pirate force.

“The MRF is important because it provides the MEU with small scale strike capability and a force capable of performing unique mission sets,” said Fitzgerald.

The unique missions of MRF include counter-piracy operations like the Sept. 9, 2010 boarding and control of a vessel infested with armed pirates. The MRF successfully took control of the ship without any injuries to the ship’s crew or Marines. But, with this month’s training, the Corps hopes to improve their tactical advantage.

“This MRF will do a broader expanse of operations than the previous iterations,” said Capt. Mathew Lesnowicz, MRF commander, Command Element, 15th MEU. “We will focus on counter-piracy, but we will also be relied upon for precision raids on land.”

During the first week of training the MRF servicemembers learned the basic skills they would need for the coming months. The Marines trained at a rappel tower to become proficient in fast roping before sliding from the hellhole of a CH-46E Sea Knight the following week.

Marines and sailors also participated in the military’s Shallow Water Egress Trainer course. Similar to HUET Training in the offshore industry, the course develops servicemembers survival techniques in case of a helicopter crash in open water. The troops also became confident using caving ladders, a portable wire-ladder system, to board vessels from rigid-hulled inflatable boats.

Once the Marines and sailors became proficient in these required skills, they began conducting visit, board, search and seizure drills at Naval Base San Diego. In these drills, the MRF boarded vessels with caving ladders and cleared the ship’s key spaces including the bridge, radio room and engine room.

The unit conducted this training to prepare themselves for the next phase of their training, Realistic Urban Training, which will further enhance their skill sets as the unit’s special operations force

The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,300 Marines and sailors who are training for their deployment scheduled for this fall.

This article was originally written by Lance Cpl. Timothy Childers , for the 15th MEU blog and was edited by John Konrad.
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Enviado por: chaimites em Maio 08, 2012, 01:54:57 am
Sucata stealth.......


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The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has placed its famous Sea Shadow stealth ship up for auction. And while the high-tech military sea vessel cost more than $195 million to develop, its opening bid was for the relatively tiny sum of $50,000, with only a $10,000 deposit required.

The ex-Sea Shadow shall be disposed of by completely dismantling and scrapping within the USA," reads the item's description on the GSA website. "Dismantling is defined as reducing the property such as it has no value except for its basic material content."
However, before you begin finalizing your plans for global dominance, there is one major catch to the auction: The ship will be dismantled and reduced to scrap before being handed out to the auction's eventual winner
The 164-foot experimental craft was first constructed in 1983 by Lockheed for the U.S. Navy and contains the same stealth technology used by its more famous aerial counterparts. Although it appears almost flimsy on the surface, it actually contains two submerged twin hulls and is specifically designed to withstand very rough ocean waves


The Courier Mail reports


Quem quizer fazer um lance no leilão tem aqui o link
ha 5 minutos atraz ia em 3.200.000

 :D  :D

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucdsclnk?sl=31QSCI12129001
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Enviado por: BC304 em Junho 04, 2012, 04:12:34 pm
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Stealth destroyer, at over $3 billion apiece, is US Navy’s latest answer to rising China

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A super-stealthy warship that could underpin the U.S. navy’s China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic “railguns” right out of a sci-fi movie.

But at more than $3 billion a pop, critics say the new DDG-1000 destroyer sucks away funds that could be better used to bolster a thinly stretched conventional fleet. One outspoken admiral in China has scoffed that all it would take to sink the high-tech American ship is an armada of explosive-laden fishing boats.

With the first of the new ships set to be delivered in 2014, the stealth destroyer is being heavily promoted by the Pentagon as the most advanced destroyer in history — a silver bullet of stealth. It has been called a perfect fit for what Washington now considers the most strategically important region in the world — Asia and the Pacific.

Though it could come in handy elsewhere, like in the Gulf region, its ability to carry out missions both on the high seas and in shallows closer to shore is especially important in Asia because of the region’s many island nations and China’s long Pacific coast.

“With its stealth, incredibly capable sonar system, strike capability and lower manning requirements — this is our future,” Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, said in April after visiting the shipyard in Maine where they are being built.

On a visit to a major regional security conference in Singapore that ended Sunday, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Navy will be deploying 60 percent of its fleet worldwide to the Pacific by 2020, and though he didn’t cite the stealth destroyers he said new high-tech ships will be a big part of its shift.

The DDG-1000 and other stealth destroyers of the Zumwalt class feature a wave-piercing hull that leaves almost no wake, electric drive propulsion and advanced sonar and missiles. They are longer and heavier than existing destroyers — but will have half the crew because of automated systems and appear to be little more than a small fishing boat on enemy radar.

Down the road, the ship is to be equipped with an electromagnetic railgun, which uses a magnetic field and electric current to fire a projectile at several times the speed of sound.

But cost overruns and technical delays have left many defense experts wondering if the whole endeavor was too focused on futuristic technologies for its own good.

They point to the problem-ridden F-22 stealth jet fighter, which was hailed as the most advanced fighter ever built but was cut short because of prohibitive costs. Its successor, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has swelled up into the most expensive procurement program in Defense Department history.

“Whether the Navy can afford to buy many DDG-1000s must be balanced against the need for over 300 surface ships to fulfill the various missions that confront it,” said Dean Cheng, a China expert with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research institute in Washington. “Buying hyperexpensive ships hurts that ability, but buying ships that can’t do the job, or worse can’t survive in the face of the enemy, is even more irresponsible.”

The Navy says it’s money well spent. The rise of China has been cited as the best reason for keeping the revolutionary ship afloat, although the specifics of where it will be deployed have yet to be announced. Navy officials also say the technologies developed for the ship will inevitably be used in other vessels in the decades ahead.

But the destroyers’ $3.1 billion price tag, which is about twice the cost of the current destroyers and balloons to $7 billion each when research and development is added in, nearly sank it in Congress. Though the Navy originally wanted 32 of them, that was cut to 24, then seven.
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Enviado por: HSMW em Setembro 21, 2012, 09:38:02 pm
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Enviado por: chaimites em Setembro 26, 2012, 03:54:37 am
Zumwalt class Destroyer  
no proximo ano o primeiro  DDG 1000 deve ser lançado ao mar
estao 3 em construção.

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Tem cara de bixo mau!  :lol:

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Setembro 26, 2012, 11:22:10 am
Mais um programa megalómano que muito provavelmente vai dar inúmeros problemas (tal como grande parte dos programas de novos equipamentos feitos nos últimos anos nos EUA). A Zumwalt class Destroyer provavelmente vai ser ainda mais cara do que eles estão à espera e os números dos navios vão ser muito mais reduzidos do que eles querem.
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Enviado por: chaimites em Setembro 26, 2012, 11:49:25 am
Estes sistemas estão cada vez  mais complexos.

E preciso mentalizar, que problemas são normais em projectos novos.

È só ver em comparação, quantos anos demora uma marca de automóveis a lançar um novo automóvel e quantas unidades  são destruidas em testes.

Desde o primeiro esboço  ate se arrancar com a linha de montagem passam-se varios anos

O Problema aqui é que cada unidade custa milhares de milhoes, é muito mais complexa que um automóvel  e não se pode destruir  umas duzias de navios para testar,  é preciso ir corregindo e afinando consoante os problemas vão surgindo.
e depois tratando-se de um navio , qualquer parametro que alteres intrefere com todos os outros, obrigando por vezes a ter recalcular todos os  outros  parametros do navio.

 se daqui a 5/6 anos  anos esta classe  de navios estiver a ser montada completamente afinada e com todos os problema resolvidos  é muito bom!
10 anos  é talvez uma meta que não deve ficar muito longe de ser atingida.

Quem pense que eles lançam o primeiro ao mar e ele passados 6 meses esta operacional, esta completamente fora  da realidade  que representa a complexidade dum projeto destes.
muito normal a primeira unidade custar o dobro ou o triplo das restantes.

Não ha milagres , nem aqui nem nos States.

PS: a Rolls Royce anda ha 4 anos a testar um controlo remoto  revolucionário, todo XPTO,  no NRP Viana do Castelo,  e ainda não  esta operacional
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 01, 2012, 09:04:04 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Outubro 26, 2012, 09:49:41 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 27, 2012, 12:16:36 pm
Citação de: "chaimites"
Zumwalt class Destroyer  
no proximo ano o primeiro  DDG 1000 deve ser lançado ao mar
estao 3 em construção.


não eram só 2  :?:
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Enviado por: chaimites em Outubro 28, 2012, 03:02:44 pm
Citação de: "P44"
Citação de: "chaimites"
Zumwalt class Destroyer
no proximo ano o primeiro DDG 1000 deve ser lançado ao mar
estao 3 em construção.


não eram só 2 :?:

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Huntington Ingalls Industries, company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding​ division, has been awarded an advance procurement contract for work on the U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG 1002.
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Enviado por: Menacho em Dezembro 06, 2012, 12:30:03 pm
Prototipo del CH-53K, reemplazo de los CH-53 E:

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Enviado por: Menacho em Dezembro 13, 2012, 05:05:10 pm
Del gran Charly 015:

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Enviado por: HSMW em Janeiro 02, 2013, 08:46:14 pm
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Enviado por: chaimites em Janeiro 28, 2013, 12:52:40 am
DDG 1000  
 
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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 22, 2013, 11:35:25 am
Cortes orçamentais na USN:


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Effects of the Continuing Resolution and Sequestration on the Navy

Tier A – Continuing Resolution ($4.6B Operation and Maintenance + $ 1.7B “New Starts”)

    Cancel 10 ship availabilities in San Diego ($219M)
    Cancel 10 ship availabilities in Norfolk ($271M)
    Cancel 1 ship availability in New London ($45M)
    Cancel 1 ship availability in Washington ($65M)
    Cancel 1 ship availability in Mayport ($4M)
    Cancel 3rd and 4th Quarter aircraft maintenance in San Diego, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Whidbey Island, Lemoore, & Cherry Point ($433M)
    Cut 1,121 temporary workers mostly in shipyards and base operating support ($30M)
    Reduce Facilities, Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization by 50 percent ($1.142B)
    Cut Base Operating Support by 10 percent ($363M)
    Cut non-essential travel/conferences ($26M)
    Cut Navy Expeditionary Combat Command by 20 percent ($182M)
    Reduce ship operations, flying hours ($670M)
    Cancel 30 building demolition projects ($62M)
    Delay decommissioning and/or disposal preparation ($33M)
    Implement civilian hiring freeze ($70M)

“New Start” Prohibitions

    Defer “new start” Military Construction Division projects ($675M)
    Defer “new start” construction of CVN 79 ($608M)
    Defer “new start” aircraft procurements ($150M)
    Defer “new start” research and development ($263M)
    Cancel construction of 1 DDG-51 ($1.4B) – quantity limit

Tier B – Sequestration ($4.0B)

    Cancel several SSN deployments
    Flying hours on deployed carriers in Middle East reduced 55 percent; steaming days reduced 22 percent
    Reduce Western Pacific deployed operations by 35 percent; Non-deployed Pacific ships lose 40 percent of steaming days
    Cancel naval operations in and around South America; cancel all non-Ballistic Missile Defense deployments to Europe
    Reduce Middle East, Atlantic, Mediterranean Ballistic Missile Defense patrols
    Shut down all flying for four of nine Carrier Air Wings in March 2013. 9-12 months to restore normal readiness at 2-3 times the cost
    Stop non-deployed operations that do not support pre-deployment training
    Reduce non-deployed operations for pre-deployment training
    Cut all exercises (e.g., MALABAR, CARAT, FOAL Eagle)
    Reduce port visits
    Furlough most civilians for 22 work days ($448M)
    Defer emergent repairs (USS Miami - $294M in Maine, USS Porter - $125M, USS Montpelier - $41M East Coast) ($505M Total)
    Cancel Blue Angels shows in 3rd and 4th quarters ($20M)
    Cancel Community Outreach Programs (e.g. Fleet Week)

IMPACTS

    By October 2013, only one Carrier Strike Group / one Amphibious Ready Group (Japan-based) crisis-ready
    By October 2013, CONUS forces will require nine+ months to deploy due to maintenance and training curtailments
    Middle East deployed Carrier Strike Group reduced to one.


http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/story_1.html (http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/story_1.html)
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Enviado por: P44 em Março 17, 2013, 07:42:05 pm
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USS Freedom Sports New Paint; Gears Up for Deployment

USS Freedom (LCS 1) undergoes testing and preparations off the coast of San Diego prior to its deployment to Southeast Asia in spring of 2013. Freedom’s new four-color camouflage paint job now bears a combination of flat black, haze gray, haze white and ocean gray colors.

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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 19, 2013, 02:32:19 pm
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Enviado por: Menacho em Maio 19, 2013, 07:47:29 pm
Un ejemplo de a boa construÇao de as fragatas Perry, 2 exocet, y no fundieron o buque... :!:

1 exocet que no explotó, hundió al Sheffield.
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Enviado por: nelson38899 em Junho 24, 2013, 12:56:38 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Junho 25, 2013, 12:12:21 pm
Olha a GI Jane a tornar-se realidade...

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Enviado por: BC304 em Junho 26, 2013, 09:16:46 pm
Vai haver um novo USS Enterprise

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Navy to name next Ford-class carrier Enterprise

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Saturday via video message at the USS Enterprise inactivation ceremony that the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named Enterprise.

Mabus selected this name to honor USS Enterprise, the Navy's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which was inactivated today in Norfolk.

Commissioned in 1961, the USS Enterprise served for more than five decades. The carrier participated in the blockade of the Cuban Missile Crisis, launched strike operations in Vietnam, and conducted combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

"The USS Enterprise was the first of its kind, and for 51 years its name has been synonymous with boldness, readiness and an adventurous spirit," said Mabus. "Rarely has our fleet been without a ship bearing the name. I chose to maintain this tradition not solely because of the legacy it invokes, but because the remarkable work of the name Enterprise is not done."

The future USS Enterprise, designated CVN 80, will be the ninth ship to bear the name.

USS Enterprise and subsequent Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will provide improved warfighting capability, quality of life improvements for Sailors and reduced life cycle costs, according to the Navy.

The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be 1,092 feet in length and have a beam of 134 feet. The flight deck will be 256 feet wide, and the ship will be able to operate at speeds in excess of 34 knots. Enterprise will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News.
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Enviado por: HSMW em Junho 30, 2013, 02:01:53 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Julho 09, 2013, 04:12:37 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 24, 2013, 02:36:16 pm
US Navy Report Confirms LCS Failure

LCS OPNAV Review: Executive Summary
   
   
(Source: US Navy; issued July 22, 2013)
 
 
   
   In January 2012, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations directed that there be an assessment and review of the Navy’s readiness to receive, employ and deploy the Littoral Combat Ship.

This document provides a summary of the effort that went into that review.

As a reminder, this report is more than a year old and many of the issues identified in the report have been addressed – in many cases corrected prior to the deployment of USS Freedom (LCS 1) in April 2013.


Click here for the report (3 PDF pages) on the US Navy website.  :arrow: http://navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2013/ ... M-LCS1.pdf (http://navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2013/07/OPNAV-REVIEW-EXEC-SUM-LCS1.pdf)


(EDITOR’S NOTE: This 3-page summary sounds very much like an obituary for the Littoral Combat Ship concept, if not for the program itself. No wonder that its public release was delayed by a year.
It notes that “seven areas require modification to effectively integrate LCS into fleet operations: concept of operations, manning maintenance, modularity, MP capability, training and commonality.”
In other words, none of the original concept’s tenets have worked out.
The report also “highlights the gap between ship capabilities and the missions the Navy will need LCS to execute,” leaving only two options: modify the ship to meet its requirements, or downgrade the requirements to what the ship can do.
There can be no greater admission of failure.
Three other points merit a mention here:
- two out of three mission packages are unsatisfactory, while the sentence relating to the third is blacked out: i.e., none work.
- the small crew concept is impractical and unaffordable;
- the shipbuilding strategy is also a failure: “divergent seaframes and ship systems prevent greater use of economies of scale for equipment, maintenance and training.”
Given all this, one wonders how the report can possibly conclude that “LCS has the potential to be a remarkable ship and modularity an outstanding asset,” except to note that many brilliant naval careers no doubt urgently require rescue.)

-ends-

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Enviado por: pchunter em Julho 26, 2013, 12:00:23 am
E o outro? É tão mau quanto este? :lol:
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Enviado por: HSMW em Agosto 04, 2013, 05:58:44 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Agosto 11, 2013, 01:02:20 pm
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Evolução dos submarinos da U.S. NAvy
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Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 20, 2013, 12:12:28 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AW72dBp5DBM


 :G-beer2:
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Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 18, 2013, 12:49:44 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 27, 2013, 12:58:50 am
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: chaimites em Novembro 07, 2013, 02:01:13 am
Flutua!!!!

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Novembro 07, 2013, 09:35:09 am
Citação de: "chaimites"
Flutua!!!!


Não vejo qual o espanto. Este menino é muito parecido aos navios da guerra civil americana.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: chaimites em Novembro 07, 2013, 05:32:23 pm
Citação de: "nelson38899"
Citação de: "chaimites"
Flutua!!!!


Não vejo qual o espanto. Este menino é muito parecido aos navios da guerra civil americana.

Caro Nelson

O meu "flutua" não era de espanto! era mais uma expessão  de comemoração!
do genero:
 " ja está na agua!"   :Obrigado:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Nuno Bento em Novembro 08, 2013, 06:09:07 pm
È um navio impressionante, com 14.798 ton e 180 mtrs é o maior destroier alguma  vez construído, em deslocamento assemelha-se a um cruzador de batalha.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 08, 2013, 10:28:58 pm
Citação de: "Nuno Bento"
È um navio impressionante, com 14.798 ton e 180 mtrs é o maior destroier alguma  vez construído, em deslocamento assemelha-se a um cruzador de batalha.


Também é impressionante no preço... :shock:
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Cost:   US$3.45 billion (unit cost), US$7.0 billion (total unit cost including R&D)
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Edu em Novembro 08, 2013, 11:16:53 pm
É possivel que futuras unidades saíam mais baratas. Além de que muita investigação e desenvolvimento beneficiará também muitas futuras classes de navios e mesmo talvez algumas já existentes.

Só não compreendo porque é que este navio não é classificado como um cruzador (ou mesmo batleship) visto que é maior e com um deslocamento significativamente maior que a classe de cruzadores Ticonderoga.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 09, 2013, 12:41:45 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: chaimites em Novembro 09, 2013, 05:43:31 pm
Fino como uma folha
 impressionante e muito bem conseguido.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 24, 2013, 04:31:29 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: psaa em Janeiro 07, 2014, 07:02:28 pm
DDG-1000: EUA desenvolvem navio de guerra mais caro do mundo

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O navio de guerra mais poderoso do mundo é, também, o mais caro: o novo contratorpedeiro da classe Zumwalt para a Marinha americana, o DDG 1000, custou US$ 7 bilhões – preço do desenvolvimento do projeto, mais a construção da primeira unidade de uma série de três. Descontado o investimento, só o navio saiu por US$ 1,4 bilhão.

“É um ‘drakar’ da idade da tecnologia”, afirma Júlio Penteado, engenheiro naval com especialização militar, comparando o contratorpedeiro às embarcações dos guerreiros vikings – os mais temidos da Europa há 1.200 anos.

Para o engenheiro, o desenho do Zumwalt e as inovações que incorpora, “estabelecem referências que não poderão ser ignoradas no planejamento das frotas modernas”.

Nada é convencional no DDG-1000. O uso dos materiais compostos no casco e de nódulos de titânio (apenas na torre de comando) tornam o navio quase invisível ao radar e a sensores eletrônicos. A representação nas telas de busca equivale à de um barco de pesca de pequeno porte. Nas máquinas, um sistema de troca de calor reduz a temperatura e evita a localização pela emissão de ondas térmicas.

O DDG-1000 é definido pela Marinha dos EUA como um navio para múltiplas missões, lançador de mísseis, “dedicado a ataques contra alvos em terra”. É mais que isso. O lote pretendido inicialmente, de 32 unidades, deve chegar a 24 contratadas até 2030, com expectativa de vida útil além de 2060.

“Ele será o suporte da política de Defesa dos EUA na região da Ásia e do Pacífico”, avalia o analista Jay Korman, lembrando que “o preço proibitivo dessas primeiras embarcações será inevitavelmente reduzido na sequência do contrato”.

O processo de barateamento já começou. O segundo navio da classe, o Lyndon B. Johnson, terá a ilha de comando executada apenas em aço com revestimento especial para driblar o radar de um eventual inimigo. Jay acredita que a medida implicará “redução nos custos na faixa dos US$ 220 milhões”.

Com 180 metros de comprimento – o tamanho de um campo e meio de futebol – o impressionante Zumwalt é o maior destróier americano. Escassamente tripulado, com 140 militares, tem grande poder de fogo. Ao menos 80 mísseis de cruzeiro Tomahawk – com alcance entre 800 e 1.300 quilômetros e ogiva de 450 quilos – de alta precisão, combinados com os Sparrow, antiaéreos, foguetes e torpedos, compõem o arsenal regular. A artilharia fixa usa granadas propelidas capazes de cobrir até 100 quilômetros.

O novo destróier é o sucessor de uma classe extremamente bem-sucedida, a Arleigh Burke, iniciada em 1991, da qual foram entregues 62 navios. “Esperamos do DDG-1000 que seja invisível ao inimigo, que possa ver tudo com seu inacreditável sistema sonar-radar e, combinando tudo isso com a maciça capacidade de ataque, signifique um decisivo elemento dissuasivo – é o nosso futuro”, disse o então secretário de Defesa, Leon Panetta, no Congresso americano, em 2012.

Diferente de qualquer outro, o contratorpedeiro praticamente não tem estruturas externas. A tripulação raramente será vista. Para compensar esse regime, os estaleiros Huntington Ingalls e seu associado Bath Iron, garantem ter criado “espaços com a dimensão do conforto humano”, explicitado nos alojamentos, áreas de lazer e refeitórios. A façanha parece difícil em um casco estreito (máximo de 24 metros) e por isso sujeito a oscilações que exigem controle eletrônico em condições climáticas adversas.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Fevereiro 18, 2014, 09:27:47 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Fevereiro 28, 2014, 09:30:23 am
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Os navios USS Bataan e USS Gunston Hall chegaram hoje a Lisboa, onde ficam até domingo, depois de terem participado num exercício conjunto com forças dos fuzileiros portugueses e da infantaria naval espanhola, entre 22 e 26 no sul deste último país.O DN esteve a bordo e revela alguns aspetos do USS Bataan. O USS Bataan está em missão durante oito meses no Mediterrâneo e Atlântico para garantir segurança das vias marítimas.
Integrado na 6.ª Esquadra, que opera no mediterrâneo, partes do Atlântico e da costa africana, o USS Bataan é um navio de assalto anfíbio que permite a projeção de forças, de componente terrestre e aérea. Transporta uma força de Marines de "cerca de dois mil efetivos" em "condições de efetuar todas as missões que nos forem atribuídas, nomeadamente a segurança das vias marítimas que é uma das nossas prioridades", explicou ontem o seu comandante, coronel Wiliam Dun durante uma visita de jornalistas ao navio, que permanece em Lisboa até amanhã, e que já visitou no início de 2012. O Bataan voltará depois ao Mediterrâneo, mas pode "operar no Atlântico ou onde nos sejam atribuídas missões", até na "área de responsabilidade" da 5.ª Esquadra (Mar Vermelho, Golfo Pérsico e Mar Arábico), explicou o capitão Neil Carnes, comandante do grupo que integra os dois navios.
Foi a bordo do Bataan que seguiram os fuzileiros portugueses e os seus equivalentes espanhóis durante o exercício PHIBLEX 2014, que decorreu de 22 a 26 na região de Sierra del Retin e que testou, entre outros aspectos, a capacidade de projeção de forças - com assalto anfíbio e inserção a partir de meios aéreos - a partir de uma plataforma naval e a cooperação entre os Marines e a infantaria de combate das marinhas portuguesa e espanhola.
O Bataan, além de ter participado nas operações ao largo da Líbia em 2011-2012, apoiou as populações do Haiti, após o sismo de 2010. Nas suas quatro enfermarias, foram tratadas mais de cem pessoas e numa ocorreu o primeiro parto a bordo, recordou o oficial de relações públicos do navio, Dennis Herring
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 09, 2014, 12:53:04 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 10, 2014, 09:58:03 am
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 10, 2014, 04:55:41 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Abril 11, 2014, 10:55:06 am
Além de caro é barulhento: http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2014/04/10/jato-do-barulho/  :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 16, 2014, 03:08:44 pm
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Bonhomme Richard on Call for Korean Ferry Rescue Efforts
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 25, 2014, 04:51:12 pm
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50 Years Later the C-2A Greyhound is Still Completing the Navy's Mission
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Enviado por: HSMW em Maio 03, 2014, 12:29:51 am
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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 20, 2014, 08:23:35 pm
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The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Bell Helicopter a $337.8 million contract modification to purchase 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters and 12 UH-1Y utility helicopters on May 16.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 21, 2014, 12:20:42 pm
Opinion: Is There a Frigate in Your Future?

Opinion: Is There a Frigate in Your Future?
By: Adm. Robert Natter, USN (Retired)
Published: May 12, 2014 9:14 AM

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s recent direction to the Navy to develop proposals for a “capable and lethal small surface combatant, generally consistent with the capabilities of a frigate” could have a major affect on several Navy programs.
The U.S. Navy has only 12 frigates in commission—four of them manned mainly by reservists. This compares with almost 100 frigates in commission when the Cold War ended in December 1991. Further, the surviving frigates no longer have critical anti-aircraft/anti-ship missiles.

Frigate-type ships are extremely useful for a variety of operations in crises, low- and medium-threat, escort, blockade, and presence operations. Today the U.S. Navy must allocate higher-capability Aegis cruisers and destroyers to those roles. Based on historical ship classes, developing a new frigate design, gaining approval from various agencies and Congress, awarding contracts, and building the first ship probably would take 12 years—or longer––and cost upwards of $1.5 billion for the lead ship.

A solution may be found in Hagel’s memorandum of Feb. 24, which put a temporary hold on the Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program at the 32 ships now built, under construction, or under contract. The memo stated:

Submit to me, in time to inform the PB 2016 budget deliberations [i.e., summer 2014], alternative proposals to procure a capable and lethal small surface combatant, generally consistent with the capabilities of a frigate. Options considered should include a completely new design, existing ship designs (including the LCS), and a modified LCS. Include target cost, mission requirements, sensors and weapons requirements and required delivery date.

In response to the Hagel memo, the Navy has established a Small Surface Combatant Task Force (SSCTF) to assess the issues and to provide detailed options to service leaders on future alternative ship designs. The three specific ship options for a capable and lethal “small surface combatant” that the SSCTF is addressing are:

•A new ship design
•Existing ship design (including the LCS)
•A modified LCS design
For the time being the last option appears to offer the most promising course for the Navy to develop a small, lethal, and affordable surface combatant. With a full-load displacement of almost 3,000 tons the LCS is smaller than most foreign ships rated as frigates. (The current U.S. frigates of the Oliver Hazard Perry class displace approximately 4,000 tons full load.)

However, the LCS is a “platform” intended to embark mission modules; thus, the LCS is designed specifically to take aboard weapon and sensor “packages.” The USS Freedom (LCS-1) design can accommodate 180 metric tons for the baseline mission package.

Further, modern weapons and sensors are more compact and efficient than those previously installed in existing frigate-type ships. Thus, an existing LCS design could be fitted with today’s most advanced systems to provide equivalent capabilities found aboard modern, multi-mission frigates.

During his late-March 2014 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, acknowledged that the next ship after LCS could look quite different although perhaps using the same LCS hull. The CNO compared it with the evolution of the Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet fighter-attack aircraft that was followed by the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, and the EA-18 Growler electronic warfare aircraft. While each of the suggested options could ultimately meet Secretary Hagel’s direction, a modified Freedom design—with existing hull, machinery, and electrical features held constant—most likely offers the most cost-effective, timely, and straightforward approach to redressing the Navy’s requirement for a frigate-type warship.

The sensors and weapons that are envisioned for a “frigate-like” upgrade to the LCS all are in operational service or advanced development. For example, the lightweight SPY-1F multifunction radar is now installed in the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates. Similarly, the LCS is well suited for installation of a Vertical-Launching System (VLS) that could accommodate a mix of surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. Such VLS batteries are found in several foreign frigates, providing a potent defensive and offensive capability. Advanced anti-submarine sonar, additional radars, electronic warfare suites, and other systems for a multi-mission LCS are readily available. An upgraded LCS could retain the large hangar and flight deck area to embark a MH-60 helicopter and various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

In this context, most of the development and initial production costs for the upgraded LCS have already been paid. While both of the basic LCS designs—Freedom and Independence (LCS-2)—are suitable for upgrading, Lockheed Martin, team leader for the Freedom program, since 2008 has analyzed and developed ways to “beef up” the baseline LCS-1 variant. These efforts were undertaken in large part because of foreign interest in that ship and those nations’ desire for a more frigate like ship. While no foreign navy has initiated formal negotiations for either of the LCS designs, at least two countries have made serious inquiries to Lockheed Martin about procuring an upgraded LCS platform.

Accordingly, Lockheed Martin has undertaken detailed cost and technical analyses including tow-tank testing of a multi-mission Freedom-class LCS to be completed this year. Technical and engineering tradeoffs to determine the optimum mix of additional weapons, sensors, and other systems as well as a preliminary design have already been completed. Lockheed Martin indicates that a rough order-of-magnitude cost estimate is about $800 million for the “lead” multimission LCS-1 “frigate-type” warship.

Eric Labs from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the LAMPS III version of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class (FFG-7) with no upgrades or modification would cost approximately $710 million in Fiscal Year 2014 dollars. The cost of a lead/improved FFG-7 is difficult to ascertain without definitive characteristics and systems and without knowing the size of the frigate buy, but a rough order-of-magnitude estimate is $1.3 billion for the lead ship (including certain design and research and development costs) with follow-on ships to cost approximately $900 million.

Potential systems envisioned to transform the Freedom from a baseline tailored/single-mission LCS into a multi-mission surface combatant include:

•32-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System
•AN/SPY-1F (V) radar
•Baseline 9 version of Aegis combat system
•Evolved Sea Sparrow anti-air missile
•Standard SM-2 surface-to-air missile
•76-mm OTA Melara rapid-fire gun (replacing the current
Mark 110 57mm gun)
•MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and Fire Scout (or other) UAVs
•Longbow Hellfire anti-ship missile
•Passive and active electronic warfare systems
•Towed sonar array
If an upgraded multi-mission LCS design along these lines were to emerge from the Navy’s analysis as the leading contender for the future small surface combatant mission, then Hagel may want to inject some of those added/changed capabilities back into the current LCS program. These changes/upgrades could include additional ships to be procured beyond the 24 now in service, building, or under contract. A spiral-development risk-reducing effort could thus be implemented to ensure those LCS ships bought between the current 24-ship program and the start of a new effort are upgraded and constrained within a reasonable budget.

Thus, Hagel’s proposed “frigate-type” warship could provide the U.S. Navy with a much-needed combat platform, bring foreign navies into the program—which would drive down overall ship and system costs—and provide useful upgrades to the basic LCS effort.

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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 27, 2014, 04:50:21 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 30, 2014, 10:20:48 am
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Joint High Speed Vessel
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Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Junho 09, 2014, 02:31:37 pm
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The Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye maybe the U.S. Navy’s secret weapon against the emerging threat of enemy fifth-generation stealth fighters and cruise missiles.

The key to that capability is the aircraft’s powerful UHF-band hybrid mechanical/electronically-scanned AN/APY-9 radar built by Lockheed Martin. Both friend and foe alike have touted UHF radars as an effective countermeasure to stealth technology.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Julho 12, 2014, 04:50:51 pm
US Navy deploys prototype EM railguns on USS Millinocket JHSV

The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has integrated two prototype electro-magnetic (EM) railgun weapons on the joint high-speed vessel (JHSV) USS Millinocket, at the Naval Base San Diego.

Until now, the prototypes had been tested and fired in a lab setting.

Scheduled for testing in a maritime environment in 2016, the prototypes, developed by BAE Systems and General Atomics, will undergo at-sea demonstrations, marking a significant step forward in naval combat for the US Navy.

Launched at high velocities to accomplish greater ranges than traditional guns, the projectiles sustain sufficient kinetic energy, while eliminating the requirement of a high explosive payload when they reach the target.

"Each projectile costs approximately $25,000, which is 100 times less than a traditional missile."EM weapons, which are capable of firing a projectile at seven times the speed of sound (5,000mph) at a range of up to 110nm, use an electromagnetic force called the Lorenz Force to rapidly accelerate and launch a projectile between two conductive rails.

Furthermore, they can deal with multiple threats, including enemy warships, small boats, aircraft, missiles and land-based targets.

Railguns, which complement the existing kinetic weapons, are activated only when an electrical pulse is sent across metal rails to create an electromagnetic force.


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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Julho 15, 2014, 06:36:01 pm
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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2014) A half-scale ultra heavy-lift amphibious connector (UHAC), an amphibious connector prototype created by Navatek Ltd. and the Office of Naval Research, departs the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). The Marine Corps Warfighting lab sponsored this UHAC demonstration during the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray/Released)

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 07, 2014, 05:36:18 pm
The past aligned with the future: MARSOC becomes Marine Raiders

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.a:hasimageObject reference not set to an instance of an object.a:gallery MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- During World War II, four Marine Raider battalions and two Raider regiments were formed and saw action in the Pacific Theater between 1942 and 1944. Formed to conduct amphibious raids and guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, the Raider battalions were the United States’ first special operations units.  

The Raiders went on to participate in campaigns across the Pacific Ocean and earned more than 700 decorations, including seven Medals of Honor, before disbandment approximately two years later.

Though the units’ existence was short-lived, they left a lasting impression. The Marine Raider battalions were the inspiration for what would become modern day special operations.

But when U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command was established in 2003, the unit did not officially carry-on the moniker.

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos made official the title in a proclamation he released Wednesday, which calls for “the official continuation of our Corps’ special operations heritage from the Raiders of World War II to our modern day Marines.”

“United States Marines take great pride in our special operations and irregular warfare heritage…From this point forward, the Marines of MARSOC will be officially aligned with the Marine Raiders of World War II and are charged with maintaining the high standards and traditions that accompany such distinction,” as stated in the proclamation read during the unit’s change-of-command ceremony held at Stone Bay aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

While MARSOC is adopting the name Marine Raiders, the command’s official title will remain MARSOC. However, Major Subordinate Elements of the unit will reflag with the Raider name. For example, subordinate commands will reflag as Marine Raider Regiment, Marine Raider Support Group, Marine Raider battalions, etc.

The Marine Raiders and MARSOC share the common experiences of being a specialized unit; formed during a time of conflict; and uniquely manned, trained, and equipped to conduct special operations.

Use of the Marine Raider title has so far been informal although MARSOC units have linked to the Raiders since establishment. Special operations Marines have used the Raider insignia in their unit emblems and it has become both a linkage to Marine Corps identity and a source of unit pride.

Major Gen. Mark A. Clark, the MARSOC commander, welcomed the news as he turned over command of MARSOC to Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Osterman. The decision to align MARSOC with the Marine Raiders of WWII will enhance the Esprit de Corp and anchor MARSOC’s identity and heritage with the Marine Corps, said Clark.

“We are proud and honored to adopt the name Marine Raider, carrying on the rich heritage passed along to MARSOC by the Raiders of World War II,” said Clark. “As with every Marine Corps unit, MARSOC desires a moniker that creates its own unique identity that is based on Marine Corps heritage and enables Marines to trace the legacy of those Marines who served before them.”

Although MARSOC draws upon the Raider’s heritage for identity and Esprit de corps, the unit is a forward looking organization focused on innovative and critical thinking, standing always ready and prepared for modern day and future conflicts, explained Clark.

The reason for the recent designation is two-fold. First, Clark said, the Marine Raiders were performing special operations missions during World War II and therefore provides a logical, historical link to MARSOC.

The second reason is one backed by Raiders themselves. At recent Marine Raider reunions, its remaining original members have highlighted their strong desire for their legacy to not be forgotten and to be carried on by another Marine Corps unit.

“The Marine Raiders have chosen MARSOC to be the holder of their legacy,” said Clark. “We feel we owe it to those Marine Raiders still living and their families to make every attempt to do so."

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Footage of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS1) carrying out a live-fire exercise with its Mk-46 30mm gun weapon system during the at-sea phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. Produced by Petty Officer 3rd Class Spencer Mickler. Courtesy Video | Navy Media Content Services | Date: 07.21.2010

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 19, 2014, 12:48:37 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Setembro 08, 2014, 04:43:11 pm
O futuro da guerra anfíbia.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Outubro 04, 2014, 05:47:08 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Outubro 20, 2014, 09:38:07 am
LCS 7 Detroit Side Launch
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 20, 2014, 03:24:53 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 05, 2014, 10:56:57 am
Marinha americana ameaça militar que matou Bin Laden

Fox News anunciou documentário onde militar que matou Bin Laden vai revelar identidade. Elite dos Navy Seals está indignada e já avisou: anonimato é para manter.

A elite da Marinha norte-americana está indignada com a intenção do "atirador" - assim é conhecido até hoje o militar que matou Bin Laden - de revelar a sua identidade num documentário que a Fox News vai transmitir nos próximos dias 11 e 12 de novembro.

O canal norte-americano anunciou na semana passada que irá emitir um especial, em dois episódios, que "mostrará a descrição dos últimos momentos" de Bin Laden, "bem como o que aconteceu quando ele deu o último suspiro", referiu em comunicado. Para isso, contará com a preciosa colaboração do comando das forças especiais da Marinha dos EUA que disparou sobre o líder terrorista em maio de 2011 em Abbottabad, no Paquistão.

Em março do ano passado, o "atirador" já tinha dado uma entrevista à revista Esquire onde relatou, na primeira pessoa mas sem revelar a identidade, a missão que levou à captura de Bin Laden. Segundo a Fox News, irá agora partilhar sem sigilos a "história da sua formação para se tornar um membro da força de combate de elite dos Estados Unidos e explicará o seu envolvimento na Operação Lança de Neptuno" que terminou com a morte do líder da Al-Qaeda.

Perante este anúncio, o líder dos Navy Seals já veio a público lembrar o veterano de que tem um dever de confidencialidade. E o próprio Pentágono não se compromete com qualquer informação avançada pelo documentário da Fox News, referindo que não confirma que o protagonista seja efetivamente o homem que disparou sobre Bin Laden.

Numa carta a que a AFP teve acesso, dirigida aos militares, o contra-almirante Brian Losey, chefe do comando das operações especiais da Marinha, denuncia aqueles que "procuram a fama" ao revelar informação sensível sobre as missões secretas dos Navy Seals. Losey faz uma severa advertência aos que violam a tradição de discrição da Marinha americana publicando memórias ou falando aos meios de comunicação social.

"Uma disposição essencial do nosso código de conduta é: não tornarei pública a natureza da minha atividade e não procurarei obter reconhecimento pelas minhas ações", escreveu Losey. "Não toleramos o egoísmo ou o desrespeito pelos nossos valores fundamentais em troca da notoriedade ou de ganho finaneiro", sublinha a missiva, que realça a exigência do anonimato e da confidencialidade enquanto compromisso e obrigação para toda a vida - mesmo após deixar a Marinha,como foi o caso do "atirador" que matou Bin Laden.

Na carta, fica ainda explícito que haverá "consequências judiciais" para os militares que violem deliberadamente a lei revelando informações sigilosa.

Até ao momento, a Fox News não manifestou intenção de recuar na transmissão do documentário.


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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 06, 2014, 02:48:16 pm
http://www.special-ops.org/navy-seal-killed-bin-laden-revealed-rob-oneill-named-seal-team-six-hero-shot-911-mastermind-three-times-head/
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Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden revealed: Rob O’Neill named as SEAL Team Six hero who shot 9/11 mastermind three times in head

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 07, 2014, 12:24:06 pm
Um CV impressionante.


EXCLUSIVE: Navy SEAL who killed bin Laden revealed. Rob O'Neill named as SEAL Team Six hero who shot terror chief three times in head - and has already inspired series of Hollywood roles


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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 07, 2014, 02:47:44 pm
Fui eu, fui eu... :twisted:  :twisted:
http://www.special-ops.org/fellow-seals-brand-team-six-member-rob-oneill-liar/
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Fellow SEALs brand Team Six member Rob O’Neill a LIAR? Another exclusive from MailOnline, after they yesterday claimed that they have revealed the identity of the Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden, a most wanted terrorist ever. The SEAL Team Six member who was named as the man who shot Osama bin Laden dead is facing a whispering campaign from other SEALs claiming that his account of the killing is not truthful.

Read more: http://www.special-ops.org/fellow-seals ... z3IOVPeurl (http://www.special-ops.org/fellow-seals-brand-team-six-member-rob-oneill-liar/#ixzz3IOVPeurl)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 07, 2014, 03:02:34 pm
Já tinha visto esse artigo.

Não fui eu! Foi assim, os "américas" têm dezenas de milhares de SF e não sei que mais, mas vieram cá convidarem-me porque eu sou muita mau e tenho aspecto de Taliban. Eles realmente eu vi uns helis muito estranhos pintados de preto lá a voarem, mas quem matou o fulano fui eu com uma pevide de abóbora (engasgou-se). Pois é, o tio Laden apesar de se armar em mauzão e dizer-se um verdadeiro muçulmano não trocava por nada a sua cervejinha com os respectivos aperativos enquanto via o seu FCP!... c34x  :twisted:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 07, 2014, 07:54:57 pm
Citação de: "Cabeça de Martelo"
enquanto via o seu FCP!... c34x  :twisted:  :twisted:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 12, 2014, 05:23:00 pm


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 18, 2014, 12:10:40 pm
http://news.usni.org/2014/11/17/csba-recommends-new-course-u-s-navy-surface-forces
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The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) unveiled a plan on Monday that promises to squeeze the most out of the U.S. Navy’s existing surface assets — between now and 2025 when the Navy’s shipbuilding budget will be hard pressed by the Ohio-class replacement program’s (ORP) — while at the same time promising new capabilities such as lasers and modifying existing systems like air defense missiles to increase range and also be used for strike, the report’s author told reporters at a briefing on Monday.
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Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 20, 2014, 07:21:12 pm
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The Navy and Marines' sea basing dreams are quickly becoming a tangible reality, with two of their giant Mobile Landing Platforms already in the water. Now, the next variation of the sea basing concept has been floated, the Afloat Forward Staging Base USNS Lewis B. Puller, which has more in common with the world's first aircraft carriers than anything else.
This giant flight deck can accommodate four the DoD's biggest choppers, the MH-53E Sea Dragon, at any given time. There is a massive hangar space built into her forward structure, just off her flight deck, as well. This hangar bay is so big that two MH-53Es can be worked on inside of it, along with storage for four Mk 105 minesweeping hydrofoil sleds, with plenty of room to spare.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 22, 2014, 04:53:21 pm
Eu acho que o conceito por detrás deste navio é muito interessante.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 24, 2014, 09:13:30 am
Citação de: "Cabeça de Martelo"
Eu acho que o conceito por detrás deste navio é muito interessante.
Concordo. Até porque se trata de uma base de operações para os MH-53 e respectivos equipamento de desminagem.
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The Marine Corps' most unique aircraft is going to get a bigger punch.

A Marine Corps planning document shows that officials want to arm the MV-22B Osprey with more weapons so the aircraft can support the service's new crisis response forces that carry out missions like embassy evacuations.
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Já vão tarde. Aliás, se o Exercito tivesse adquirido o Osprey e fizesse a mesma coisa, se calhar encarava-se a retirada dos A-10 de forma diferente.
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M240 machine gun mounted on V-22 loading ramp with a view of Iraq landscape
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Dezembro 04, 2014, 04:18:13 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 10, 2014, 02:41:51 pm
http://news.usni.org/2014/12/10/omnibus-spending-bill-includes-money-15-growlers-12th-san-antonio
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The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill from Congress includes $1.46 billion for 15 Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft and $1 billion to start work on a 12th San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warship, according to a summary of the bill released late Tuesday.
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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 06, 2015, 11:11:37 am
http://www.helis.com/database/news/airasia_sampson
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US Navy, December 30, 2014 - YOKOSUKA, Japan – USS Sampson (DDG 102) is supporting the ongoing Indonesian-led search and recovery operations for the downed AirAsia flight QZ8501 and assisted in locating the crash debris field yesterday.

At the request of the Indonesian government, Sampson arrived on station in the Java Sea in the early afternoon on Dec. 30 and began assisting in the search. The ship’s MH-60R search and rescue helicopters were launched to assist in the search efforts and the crews, working with multiple Indonesian assets, discovered debris late on the 30th.

The ship and her helicopters are still on station and continuing to search in close coordination with Indonesian authorities.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Fevereiro 09, 2015, 02:51:04 pm
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/feb/07/lewis-puller-ship-christen-marine-nassco/2/?#article-copy
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The first two Mobile Landing Platform ships — the Montford Point and John Glenn — feature docking areas that make it comparatively easy to load and unload landing craft with troops and equipment. Both ships were built at NASSCO, the last remaining large shipbuilder on the West Coast.

With the Puller, the design was modified to handle significant operations by helicopters and to berth hundreds of people.

“The first two (Mobile Landing Platform ships) are basically transfer stations for troops and equipment,” said Eric Wertheim, an analyst at the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Md.

“The third — the Puller — is much more of a mobile staging base that can operate in international waters without permission from other countries,” he added. “This allows us to economize our forces. You don’t want to keep something mobile and valuable like an amphibious assault ship in an area to do mine-countermeasures work. You can do that sort of long term work from a staging base, which also can be used to help fight piracy or to handle supplies during a humanitarian mission.”

The Navy hired NASSCO to build the Montford Point and John Glenn in 2011, when the company was laying off workers due to a lack of contracts to build commercial tankers and product carriers. That contract was worth at least $744 million.

It was soon followed by a contract for the Puller, which cost almost $500 million.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 10, 2015, 10:58:37 am
Pode ser feio, mas eu acho este projecto muito interessante.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Menacho em Fevereiro 23, 2015, 09:05:36 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Março 30, 2015, 10:34:58 am
http://www.aereo.jor.br/2015/03/27/entra-ano-sai-ano-e-o-f-5-nao-sai-da-usn/
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O Jacksonville Business Journal noticiou, em 26 de março, que a Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. de St. Augustine (Flórida – EUA) recebeu uma modificação no valor de 42 milhões de dólares de um contrato, previamente concedido, para serviços de manutenção e apoio da frota de 44 jatos F-5 Tiger II operados pela Marinha dos EUA (USN).
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Crypter em Abril 05, 2015, 11:25:13 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 08, 2015, 11:21:54 am
Last IOC in Marine infantry experiment drops female officers
By Hope Hodge Seck, Staff writer

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Abril 17, 2015, 07:25:04 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Abril 20, 2015, 07:38:16 pm
Fincantieri to Build The Other Two Ships Plus One Option for the US Navy's LCS Program
 
FINCANTIERI in partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation, announces that its subsidiary Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) has signed a contract modification for one fully funded Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 21) along with advanced procurement funding for another ship (LCS 23) for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Furthermore the contract modification also includes a priced option for one additional ship, LCS 25, to be funded in 2016. The total value of the award for Fincantieri is approximately USD 232 million.

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LCS 1, USS Freedom during high speed trials. Picture: Lockheed Martin
          
The US Congress has approved total funding for LCS 21 and, for LCS 23, has approved funding for advanced procurement that allows the cost and schedule of the final block buy option to be maintained, with total funding for this latter vessel anticipated by 31 December 2015.
These ships are the last 2 units of the 10 Freedom class vessels within the LCS program, awarded in 2010 to MMC through Fincantieri’s partnership with the US-based defense contractor, Lockheed Martin Corporation.

The other 8 vessels are currently under construction at MMC’s shipyard. “Milwaukee” (LCS 5) was launched in 2013, and is planned to be delivered to the US Navy in the summer of 2015, and “Detroit” (LCS 7) was launched in 2014. “Little Rock” (LCS 9) and “Sioux City” (LCS 11) are under construction, with the LCS 9 launch planned for this summer. The keel of “Wichita” (LCS 13) was laid in February 2015, while “Billings” (LCS 15), “Indianapolis” (LCS 17) and the yet to be named LCS 19 are all three in the early stages of construction.

The LCS program is one of the US Navy’s main shipbuilding programs and relates to a new generation of mid-sized multirole vessels, designed for surveillance activities and coastal defense for deep water operations as well as capabilities for addressing asymmetrical threats such as mines, silent diesel submarines and fast surface ships.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Menacho em Abril 24, 2015, 07:03:59 pm
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Enviado por: lexivia em Abril 25, 2015, 09:46:56 pm
Link de notícia sobre a possível dependência dos porta-aviões na US Navy
http://www.businessinsider.com/navy-captain-us-should-rethink-aircraft-carriers-2015-4
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 26, 2015, 10:23:29 am
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USS Hull (DD-945) a Forrest Sherman class destroyer which had an 8inch gun (203 mm) in front, the only modern destroyer to carry such a gun. The effective range was 29,260m

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?177337-World-Wide-Navies/page68
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Abril 28, 2015, 09:54:20 am
Classe de Couraçados Iowa:
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: nelson38899 em Abril 28, 2015, 11:39:38 am
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Classe de Couraçados Iowa:


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A mais bonita classe que alguma vez navegou os nossos mares.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Abril 28, 2015, 12:03:40 pm
De facto são navios impressionantes... e segundo se diz podem ser reactivados em caso de guerra, tal como foi na Guerra do Golfo.
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 28, 2015, 02:42:07 pm
É a única classe de navios totalmente preservada no mundo :wink: http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail-page-2.asp?ship_id=USS-Iowa-BB61
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Abril 28, 2015, 05:57:36 pm
Concordo com o nelson, sem dúvida os mais belos navios de sempre! Ainda me lembro quando um deles (o Missouri, se a memória não me falha) veio a Lisboa nos anos 80. Mais tarde, quando estava a viver na área de São Francisco, via regularmente, e com muita tristeza, o pobre do Iowa a apodrecer na baía.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Abril 28, 2015, 06:38:54 pm
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Concordo com o nelson, sem dúvida os mais belos navios de sempre! Ainda me lembro quando um deles (o Missouri, se a memória não me falha) veio a Lisboa nos anos 80. Mais tarde, quando estava a viver na área de São Francisco, via regularmente, e com muita tristeza, o pobre do Iowa a apodrecer na baía.
Foi o ultimo a ir para museu (agora está em L.A,). O curioso é que assim que a US Navy liberou os navios para serem museu choveram interessados. Foi uma guerra... :mrgreen:
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By 2012, all four Iowa-class battleships were stricken from the US Naval Vessel Register and had become museum ships accessible to the general public.http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=800
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Abril 28, 2015, 06:41:35 pm
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Ainda me lembro quando um deles (o Missouri, se a memória não me falha) veio a Lisboa nos anos 80.

Afirmativo: o Missouri, em 1986.

http://lmcshipsandthesea.blogspot.com.e ... -1986.html (http://lmcshipsandthesea.blogspot.com.es/2009/02/battleship-uss-missouri-in-lisbon-1986.html)

Esta foto é bela.

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Enviado por: NVF em Abril 28, 2015, 06:55:23 pm
Belíssima foto! Gracias compañero olisipo!
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 28, 2015, 07:54:05 pm
Provavelmente o momento mais negro da historia destes couraçados foi a explosão da Torre 2 do USS Iowa, onde faleceram 47 membros da tripulação:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_turret_explosion
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Enviado por: NVF em Maio 10, 2015, 03:18:23 pm
Navy Spends $1.6B to Upgrade Carrier and Amphib Ship Defenses

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The Navy is working on a $1.6 billion technological upgrade overhauling ship defense systems onboard amphibs and aircraft carriers to include interceptor missiles, streamlined radars and software improvements, service officials said.

The work is being done on what’s called Ship Self Defense Systems, or SSDS – a series of integrated technologies being upgraded to track, identify and destroy a wide range of possible threats such as incoming enemy supersonic missiles.

“I’m upgrading the SSDS to handle the Joint Strike Fighter and to handle higher threats. My primary upgrades with SSDS are getting an upgrade to be able to handle supersonic targets,” said Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, director of Surface Warfare.

Some of the key elements to the upgrade include getting the ship ready for upgraded missiles such as the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block 2, or ESSM Block 2, and Block 2 of the Rolling Airframe Missile, or RAM Block 2.

Both missiles, already in limited or early production, are engineered to protect carriers,amphibious assault ships and other vessels from cruise missiles, small boat threats and airborne enemy threats such as aircraft or UAS.

The new RAM Block 2 variant includes a new RF receiver, new navigation system and increased diameter to 6-inches, Raytheon officials said. The weapon has a dual mode RF and IR guidance system. The Block 2 missile is 9.45 feet long, weighs 194-pounds and is able to reach supersonic speeds, according to Raytheon and Navy information.

The new missile variant also includes enhanced guidance algorithms and a more powerful dual-thrust rocket motor enabling the missile to reach longer ranges, Raytheon officials said. Overall, the Navy plans to acquire at least 502 RAMs between 2015 and 2019, service officials said.

The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block II, or ESSM, is a new version of an existing Sea Sparrow weapons system currently protecting aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, amphibious assault ships and other vessels against anti-ship missiles and other surface and airborne  short-range threats to ships, Navy officials said.

The ESSM Block II is engineered with what’s called an active guidance system, meaning the missile itself can achieve improved flight or guidance to its target by both receiving and actively sending electromagnetic signals, said Raytheon officials.

The ESSM uses radar technology to locate and then intercept a fast-approaching target while in flight. The use of what’s called an “illuminator” is a big part of this capability, Raytheon officials said.

The current ESSM missiles use what’s called a semi-active guidance system, meaning the missile itself can receive electromagnetic signals bounced off the target by an illuminator. The ESSM Block 2’s “active” guidance includes illuminator technology built onto the missile itself such that it can both receive and send important electromagnetic signals, Navy and Raytheon officials explained.

“Block 2 relieves us of the requirement to do a lot of illuminator guidance as a short range self-defense. It has an active front end. That gives the fleet more options as there are going to be situations where you are going to want a semi-active guided but when you are dealing in a tough threat situation,” Rear Adm. John Hill, Program Executive Officer, Integrated Warfare Systems, told Military​.com in an interview.

The missile is able to intercept threats that are close to the surface by sea-skimming or diving in onto a target from a higher altitude, Navy officials explained.  The so-called kinematic or guidance improvements of the Block 2 missile give it an improved ability to counter maneuvering threats, Navy and Raytheon officials said.

ESSM Block 2 is being jointly acquired by the U.S. and a number of allied countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and Turkey. All these countries signed an ESSM Block II Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, designed to solidify the developmental path for the missile system through it next phase. The weapon is slated to be fully operational on ships by 2020.

As part of the SSDS overhaul, Navy leaders are now working on a wide range of software and hardware fixes to amphibs and carriers so that they can accommodate the upgraded RAM and ESSM missiles.

“From a combat systems perspective I am updating the software to be able to handle the speed and the ranges that those missiles can now function against. It is both software and hardware. I also have to upgrade the Sea Sparrow launchers to take the added weight of the Sea Sparrow Block 2, upgrade the RAM launchers to take the new RAM systems and I have to upgrade the radar to allow the data to flow back and forth,” Fanta said.

Fanta explained that a lot of the work relates to making sure the upgraded RAM and ESSM missiles can properly integrate into their missile tubes.

“I’m doing something within the software or the actual hardware of these systems.  A lot of it is algorithm work and a lot of it is making the launchers able to turn faster with more weight in each missile tube,” Fanta added.

The upgrades are also integrating a defensive weapon called Close-In-Weapons-System or CIWS, Navy leaders explained.

“It is a close-loop fire protection system all by itself. It has a radar and it has a gun. It is trainable and you can do different levels of integration with CIWS. It is either stand alone or it has some level of integration with the other sensors on board,” Hill said.

Hill also explained that the current SSDS upgrades included a technology known as Fire Control Loop Improvement, or F-CLIP, which involves the use of a common display system for different sensors and radar signals.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 14, 2015, 04:39:36 am
Breaking the Anti-Access Wall

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Proceedings Magazine - May 2015 Vol.
141/5/1,347
By Captain Sam J. Tangredi, U.S. Navy
(Retired)
Reviving the forgotten ‘arsenal ship’ concept could give the Navy the edge in destroying an enemy’s communication and weapon systems.

Defeating an anti-access strategy requires three core capabilities. The first is the ability to neutralize the sensors of the anti-access force (to include the termination of the enemy’s satellites). The second is a robust layered defense that provides physical, electronic-warfare, and cyber-war protection for one’s own force. This capability should include the preplanning of autonomous actions by tactical units if/when force communications are lost. It must also include cutting-edge deception techniques. The third is the capacity to provide a precise, persistent, and continuous volume of fire directed at the enemy’s command-and-control (C2), communications nodes, and long- and mid-range weapon systems. Since some of the enemy’s systems can be expected to be mobile or hardened, this cannot be done in the “one bomb, one kill” fashion that is the full promise of smart weapons. Accurate targeting and smart weapons are essential, but volumes of (precise) fire with multiple striking salvos are also needed to paralyze and suppress the anti-access force.

Many articles can and should be written about all three of these capabilities. But the proficiency that appears most lacking in the U.S. naval arsenal today is the third: the ability to rapidly and repeatedly put multiple ordnance on target. There are too few missile tubes/launchers in the Fleet, and many of them must be filled with theater ballistic-missile defense, anti-satellite, anti-antiship ballistic and cruise missiles, and anti-aircraft weapons to provide the needed layered defense. In this scenario, the Navy requires launchers with strike weapons in abundance. This should drive us back to reconsidering the once-heralded but quietly discarded concept of the arsenal ship.

Artigo completo (http://http)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Maio 16, 2015, 10:15:50 am
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This is a project which was being developed by both the U.S. Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) . It would be a vessel which carried hundreds of vertically launched cruise missiles of various types. They would be intended to operate forward in a manner which provides peacetime presence and crisis response in the event of a regional conflict. With massive firepower, the U.S. Navy hope to create the ability to halt a regional aggressor quickly, allowing time for a counter-build up of friendly forces

Many have even suggested that these vessels could be seen as modern day Battleships if built.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 18, 2015, 04:38:31 am
Navy retires the SH-60B Seahawk

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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - After 30 years of service, the SH-60B Seahawk Copter was retired on Monday after making its last flight.

A ceremonial day for hundreds of airman and sailors who retired the SH-60B Seahawk in a sundown ceremony in North Island.

Many said they stood on the shoulders of legends who flew on the aircraft over the last 30 years.

"For our venerable SH-60B, a great friend and she served the Navy very well,' said Captain Shawn Malone, USN, Commodore Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific.

For more than three decades, the SH-60B protected a legacy of airman and sailors, putting more than 3.6 million hours of service.

"For 32 years she has been protecting our nation's interest, and influencing the hearts and mind around the world where it mattered and when it mattered," said Vice Admiral Paul A. Grosklags, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisitions.

The Seahawk was not only used in combat across the globe, but it was also deployed for hundreds of humanitarian efforts.

The Seahawk was replaced with the MH-60R Seahawk, described a quantum leap of technology for another legacy of airman and sailors.

The last active duty detachment of the SH-60B returned in April.

It was part of the helicopter maritime strike Squadron 49 based out of North Island who went on a seven month deployment in South America in a counter drug mission.

The Navy said San Diego residents will not notice a big change in how the MH-60R looks and flies because the biggest difference is in the inside and the technology.

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Enviado por: Menacho em Maio 19, 2015, 06:45:49 pm
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Enviado por: Crypter em Maio 19, 2015, 09:35:25 pm
A MARINHA dos EUA tem mais poder aéreo de que toda as FA da Europa juntas...  :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Maio 20, 2015, 10:39:40 am
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Seis caças F-35B pousaram no navio anfíbio USS Wasp na segunda-feira para duas semanas de testes operacionais necessários antes que o Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais dos EUA (USMC) possa declarar um primeiro esquadrão de dez F-35 prontos para combate no mês de julho, informou um funcionário do Pentágono.

O teste, que se realiza ao largo da costa da Virgínia, envolverá o maior número de F-35 já utilizados em um navio de guerra da Marinha até o momento, bem como pilotos, pessoal de manutenção e especialistas em logística, disse a fonte.

Os testes verificarão a capacidade dos jatos furtivos para integrar operações de voo a bordo do navio. Eles incluirão operações diurnas e noturnas com armamentos , coordenação com o sistema de logística ALIS a bordo e como a equipe lidará com regulares e inesperados reparos no mar.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Menacho em Maio 21, 2015, 06:19:52 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Maio 21, 2015, 06:35:18 pm
Mas porque é que a precedência da mensagem é URGENTE e não superior? Era o máximo que existia na altura?
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Enviado por: Bravo Two Zero em Maio 22, 2015, 11:09:48 pm
Citação de: "HSMW"
Mas porque é que a precedência da mensagem é URGENTE e não superior? Era o máximo que existia na altura?


O USS Wasp estava colocado nas Bermudas (UTC-4) e a 6,30 horas de diferença do Hawai na altura. Se percebi, a mensagem chegou às 15h36 hora local, ou seja 09h06 no Hawai, quando a segunda vaga de ataque japonesa estava no ar.

Ok, tenho muito tempo livre para perder com cálculos :?
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Enviado por: NVF em Maio 23, 2015, 02:29:31 am
Dada a sua localização não é que o Wasp pudesse alterar o curso dos eventos em Pearl Harbor, mas imaginemos que o seu grupo se cruzava com um navio japonês (militar ou civil não importa) no Atlântico? O comentário do HSMW faz todo o sentido. Talvez eles tivessem um código de precedência diferente do actual (ainda não consegui encontrar nada no google).
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 23, 2015, 04:46:54 pm
USS Samuel B. Roberts decommissioned at Mayport

News Staff, First Coast News 11:19 a.m. EDT May 22, 2015

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The USS Samuel B. Roberts, after nearly 30 years of service, was decommissioned Friday morning at Mayport in Jacksonville.

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate was named for Navy Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts Jr. Back in September 1942, Roberts volunteered for a rescue mission to save Marines that had been surrounded by a superior Japanese force, according to a press release.

The rescue group reportedly came under heavy fire and was almost destroyed. Roberts volunteered, selflessly, to distract the Japanese troops by drawing their fire away from the rescue group.

His plan worked - and all the Marines were able to be evacuated. Tragically, as he was making his escape, Roberts' boat was hit and he was mortally wounded. Roberts was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

The USS Samuel B. Roberts had a crew of 17 officers, 198 enlisted men, and could support a SH-60 helicopter or an MQ-8 UAV Fire Scout detachment.

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Enviado por: Menacho em Maio 23, 2015, 10:04:57 pm
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Enviado por: Menacho em Maio 27, 2015, 02:02:19 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Junho 12, 2015, 03:57:59 pm
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Enviado por: Lightning em Junho 15, 2015, 10:03:30 pm
É um exercicio com vários paises, mas o video é da US Navy.

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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 20, 2015, 09:34:07 am
http://www.janes.com/article/52423/nassco-delivers-modified-mlp-to-us-navy
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General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has handed over to the US Navy (USN) a third Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) - the first MLP to be configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB).

Lewis B Puller (MLP 3/AFSB 1) was delivered earlier in June at NASSCO's San Diego, California shipyard. The 223 m vessel, based on the Alaska-class tanker design, was modified to include a 52,000 ft 2 flight deck, designed to support MH-53 and MH-60 helicopters, along with repair spaces, storage for fuel and equipment, and magazines. The AFSB configuration also includes accommodation and mission planning areas for up to 250 personnel. In addition, the navy is planning to upgrade the flight deck to enable the operation of US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

AFSB is also meant to support mine countermeasures (with deck cargo space for four Mk 105 minesweeping sleds), patrol craft, and special operations forces in regions where the USN does not have sufficient shore basing.

Lewis B Puller is expected to deploy to the Gulf area of operations in the 2016 time frame to replace USS Ponce (AFSB (I)-15), the interim afloat staging base that has been operating in the region.

Two MLPs are in commission under the auspices of the US Military Sealift Command: USNS Montford Point (MLP 1) and USNS John Glenn (MLP 2).

Entregue.  :wink:
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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 24, 2015, 02:42:48 am
Triton due-regard radar design shows progress

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    The USN has resumed funding for Triton due-regard radar development
    Northrop Grumman has shown progress in miniaturising the technology for the UAV

Northrop Grumman has received a USD39 million contract modification "for the correction of deficiencies" to the design of a due-regard radar that will allow its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to sense and avoid other aircraft. The contract has been awarded because the company has made significant progress on developing the radar, according to a 16 June Pentagon contract announcement and the US Navy's (USN's) programme manager for the UAV.

The company has "brought in a simplified re-design of the AARS [air-to-air radar subsystem] that is promising and makes it easier to produce", Sean Burke told IHS Jane's on 19 June.

Burke said he was "optimistic" that the technology is now on track. He said the key component Northrop Grumman was having trouble miniaturising was the 'thin-pile array' panel that emits a signal and then scans for a return signal when it bounces off other aircraft. The radar design contains three of the panels - one facing forward and one on either side.

Designing the radar so that it can be adequately cooled and powered within the confines of the Triton air frame has been a continuing challenge for Northrop Grumman and its subcontractor, Exelis. The navy issued a stop-work order to Exelis in 2013, and a Northrop Grumman business unit took the lead in the work. However, contract awards stopped at that time.

Burke said the navy still plans to field Triton in 2018 without the radar but it expects the technology to be ready for insertion approximately two years later.

Previously known as the Broad Area Maritime System (BAMS), the Triton is a derivative of Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV flown by the US Air Force. The MQ-4 is expected to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance as a companion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon manned maritime surveillance aircraft.

http://www.janes.com/article/52479/triton-due-regard-radar-design-shows-progress

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The USN plans to add a due-regard radar to its MQ-4C Triton UAV after it is deployed to the fleet. Source: Northrop Grumman
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 25, 2015, 09:22:21 am
http://www.janes.com/article/52520/usn-debuts-lcs-fort-worth-in-carat-exercise-series
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The US Navy's LCS USS Fort Worth is debuting in the annual 'CARAT' exercise series
Exercise drills will test interoperability of LCS key concepts of operations
The US Navy (USN) is sending its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) for the first time to the 'Co-operation Afloat Readiness and Training' ('CARAT') exercises and will be proving out key operational concepts associated with the vessel, the navy told IHS Jane's on 23 June.

Fort Worth is currently on a 16-month rotational deployment to the Asia-Pacific region, and is configured with a surface warfare (SUW) package. The USN is operating Freedom variant LCSs out of Singapore's Changi Naval Base.

The Philippines phase of 'CARAT' 2015 will feature, among other aspects, the ability of Fort Worth 's composite rotary wing detachment to interoperate with a Southeast Asian partner, said Lieutenant Arlo Abrahamson, a public affairs officer with the USN's Task Force 73. The detachment comprises one Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and one Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

"The LCS is designed to operate in the littoral environments and it is a platform of comparable size to many of our partners in Southeast Asia," said Lt Abrahamson, who confirmed that the MQ-8B has not yet operated with Philippine Navy (PN) assets.

Participating PN ships include the Pilar (Hamilton and Hero)-class frigates BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16) and BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF 15), and the Jacinto (Peacock)-class corvette Apolinario Mabini (PS 36).

The Philippines phase of 'CARAT' 2015 takes place from 22-26 June, on the ground in Puerto Princesa and in the waters and airspace of the Sulu Sea. Drills to be conducted include diving and salvage training, coastal and riverine operations, and maritime patrol and reconnaissance manoeuvres.

Additional bilateral phases of the 'CARAT' exercise will take place from July through to November 2015 with Bangladesh and Timor-Leste as well as the Southeast Asian navies of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 25, 2015, 11:33:25 pm
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Norwegian Sea, June 5, 2015. The attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) makes a stop for personnel
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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 26, 2015, 12:24:32 am
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San Diego, June 12, 2015. Three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70),  USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at the Naval Station North Island.
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 29, 2015, 09:33:44 am
http://www.janes.com/article/52592/hii-hands-over-12th-virginia-submarine-to-us-navy
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII's) Newport News Shipbuilding division has handed over the US Navy's (USN's) 12th Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), officials announced on 25 June.

John Warner (SSN 785) - named after the US senator and former secretary of the navy - was delivered at HII's Newport News, Virginia shipyard. It is the sixth Virginia SSN to be completed by Newport News, which is building the boats in partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat, under a teaming agreement.

The USN is acquiring a 30-boat class of Virginia SSNs. Eleven boats are in commission.

John Warner is the second of eight Block III Virginias that feature a redesigned bow (with a new Large Aperture Bow array) and two 87-inch Virginia payload tubes that each launch six Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles.
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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 29, 2015, 11:52:49 am

Atlantic Ocean, June 1, 2015. The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commisioning Unit (PCU) John Warner (SSN 785) ends sea trials at the Atlantic (Footage released by the builders)
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Atlantic Ocean, June 5, 2015.The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) fires a Standard 2.
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 04, 2015, 09:49:53 am
http://www.janes.com/article/52742/us-navy-retires-prowler-electronic-attack-aircraft-after-close-to-45-years-service
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The US Navy (USN) retired from service the last of its Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic attack (EA) aircraft during a three-day 'sundown' ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island in Washington state from 25 to 27 June.

The four-seat Prowler, which was developed from the twin-seat A-6 Intruder attack aircraft, first entered service with the US Navy in 1971. With the final unit (Electronic Attack Squadron [VAQ] 134) having now fully transitioned over the successor Boeing EA-18G Growler, the Prowler was withdrawn after nearly 45 years of operations.

Although a highly capable EA platform, the Prowler had for a long time been showing its age and a need for replacement.

With no real self-defence capability, the Prowler needed a fighter escort when operating in denied environments. With a relatively modest (for a jet) top speed of 556 kt, the Prowler could not keep up with the navy's modern crop of fighters, requiring them to slow down to a sub-optimum performance envelope, which is far from ideal when flying in enemy airspace.

This is not an issue for its successor, since it is based on the same F/A-18E/F Super Hornet airframe as the navy's current fleet defence fighter. As well, the Growler is capable of defending itself with air-to-air missiles and so does not need an escort in the first place.

While the transition from Prowler to Growler has largely seen the current capabilities cross-decked from one platform to the other, one issue that the navy had to deal with was the 50% reduction in the number of crew members needed. With only half as many crew members as the Prowler, one of the navy's biggest priorities was to redefine the different roles of the Growler's two-man crew. The pilot is no longer fully occupied with flying the aircraft, but instead spends much of his or her time operating the mission systems as well.

Whereas each crew station in the Prowler is fitted with specific kit for specific tasks, in the Growler both crew members have access to the full range of onboard mission systems. However, the specific systems tasked to each crew member largely depend on the mission being flown at that time.

As well as being more capable than its predecessor, the Growler is also easier to maintain, needing 1.6 man-hours of servicing per flight hour compared with 30 man-hours per flight hour for the Prowler.

At the height of its service, there were 170 Prowlers in the USN's inventory. These have been replaced by 114 Growlers.
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Sai de cena o Prowler entra o Growler.  :wink:
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Enviado por: NVF em Julho 04, 2015, 08:26:50 pm
O Prowler ainda vai continuar ao serviço dos Marines por mais alguns anos.

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Enviado por: NVF em Julho 06, 2015, 07:28:52 pm
Four NATO Ships Enter Black Sea for Annual Exercise, Russian Activity on Rise in the Region

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Guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) entered the Black Sea on Sunday — following three other NATO ships in the last several days — marking a noticeable uptick in activity in the region ahead of military exercises in Bulgaria, according to a Bosphorus Naval News ship spotting site and U.S. 6th Fleet.

Porter crossed the Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea on Sunday a day after the Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp (F-803) and Portuguese frigate NRP D. Francisco de Almeida (F-334). Spanish minesweeper ESPS Tajo (M-36) crossed the strait on July 1.

The ships were bound for Bulgaria as part of the annual Breeze 2015 exercise that include ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2). The exercise began on July 3 and is scheduled to run until July 12, according to a release from the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense.

“Porter’s presence in Bulgaria reaffirms to NATO allies that the U.S. Navy shares a commitment to strengthen ties while working toward mutual goals of promoting peace and stability in the Black Sea region,” read a statement from 6th Fleet.

The exercise will include 30 ships and around 1,700 personnel from Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey as well as the U.S., according to the MoD.

Outside of the exercise, the French signals intelligence ship Dupuy de Lôme (A759) and guided missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) recently left the Black Sea as part of an ongoing presence mission since Russia seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March of 2014.

In addition to the NATO ship moves, Russia moved two Project 775 amphibious warships — Korolev (130) and Alexander Otrakovski (031) — into the Black Sea on Friday.

All warships from countries without a coast on the Black Sea operate under the 1936 Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits.
Montreux rules call for foreign warships to depart the Black Sea after 21 days.

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USS Porter (DDG-78) off the coast of Bulgaria on July 6, 2015. US Navy Photo

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain on April 30, 2015. US Navy photo.
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Timor Sea, July 6, 2015. An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopters Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 transfers supplies to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a replenishment-at-sea as part of Talisman Sabre 2015. It is a bilateral training exercise between US and Australian forces.
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Little Creek, Virginia, July 5, 2015. The Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS "Spearhead" (JHSV 1) transits away from a pier at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. "Spearhead" is deploying to support Southern Partnership Station 2015, a joint exercise of the US Navy with allied militaries of the Caribbean area.
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Enviado por: olisipo em Julho 11, 2015, 09:49:51 pm

USS nuclear aircraft carrier "Gerald R. Ford" (CVN-78) being outfitted at the Newport News Shipbuilding. The Phalanx CIWS, RAM missile launchers and ESSM launchers are already in place. She is supposed to be commissioned in 2016.

By the way, an American engineer of Egyptian origin was arrested after trying to pass the plans for this aircraft carrier to a FBI agent who he believed was an Egyptian spy.

http://touch.dailypress.com#section/-1/ ... 822023115/ (http://touch.dailypress.com#section/-1/article/p2p-822023115/)
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Em 21 de julho de 1946, o navio-aeródromo USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) tornou-se o primeiro dos EUA a operar com avião a jato em condições controladas. O capitão tenente James Davidson voando um jato McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom realizou uma série de decolagens e pousos bem-sucedidos no Roosevelt ao largo de Cape Henry, Virginia.Os testes com jato continuaram em novembro, quando o tenente coronel Marion E. Carl, USMC, fez dois lançamentos por catapulta, quatro decolagens livres e cinco pousos enganchados com um Lockheed P-80A.
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 24, 2015, 03:42:03 pm
http://news.usni.org/2015/07/24/last-west-coast-frigate-uss-gary-decommissioned-before-sale-to-taiwan
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he last Oliver Hazard Perry frigate on the West Coast was decommissioned after more than 30 years in service in a Thursday ceremony at Naval Station San Diego, Calif.
Former and current crew from the USS Gary (FFG-51) gathered at the yard for the ceremony.

“These are the boys of Gary,” said second commanding officer, retired Capt. Dallas Bethea, during remarks at the ceremony.
“These are the boys, the men, who were integral in the success of the ship. They took a ship that was nothing in the shipyard and created a warship. It wasn’t me, my predecessor or successor; it was the boys of Gary. That is the heart and soul of the ship, the men who serve aboard her.

Following the ceremony, the ship will now be readied for sale to Taiwan, along with three other Perrys.

The Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013 — signed by President Obama in December — approves the sale of up to four frigates to Taiwan.

Along with Gary, the act identified USS Taylor (FFG-50), USS Gary (FFG-51), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Elrod (FFG-55) as the ships approved for sale to Taiwan.

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The ships will replace four Knox-class destroyers and join eight Perrys built in Taiwan.

The final Perry in commission — USS Kauffman (FFG-59) — returned from deployment in mid-July.

Originally built as escort ships, the Perrys spent their last days in service as platforms for peacetime missions like anti-trafficking and maritime cooperations.

Many of their roles will be taken over by the emerging two classes of Littoral Combat Ship and the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV).
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Julho 24, 2015, 04:07:43 pm
Taiwan já vai retirar de serviço as Knox?  :arrow: http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/G ... class.html (http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/GG04%20-%20Knox%20class.html)
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 25, 2015, 12:12:10 pm
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Taiwan já vai retirar de serviço as Knox?  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Julho 25, 2015, 05:28:39 pm
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Waters near Japan, July 24, 2015. Four US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growlers assigned to the Black Ravens of Electronic Attack Squadron  (VAQ) 135 conduct bilateral training with four Japan Air Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi F-15J Eagles.
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Enviado por: olisipo em Julho 27, 2015, 01:47:20 pm

The American way of decommisioning some of its ships. The USS Ogden (LPD-5), sunk by South Korean and Norwegian  naval missiles during an exercise.
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Enviado por: NVF em Julho 27, 2015, 02:45:36 pm
Destroyer USS The Sullivans Damaged After Missile Explodes After Launch, No Injuries Reported

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A Navy guided missile destroyer was damaged after a missile exploded shortly after launch during an exercise off the U.S. Atlantic coast on Saturday, Navy officials have confirmed to USNI News.

“On July 18 at approximately 9 a.m. (EDT) a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) test missile exploded after suffering a malfunction as it was fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) during a planned missile exercise off the coast of Virginia,” read a statement from Naval Sea Systems Command provided to USNI News.

There were no reported injuries and though the ship suffered a small fire on its port side “from missile debris” the destroyer was able to return to Naval Station Norfolk, Va. unassisted, NAVSEA said.

“It is too early to determine what, if any, effect this will have on the ship’s schedule,” read the statement.

The missile, believed to be an older Raytheon Standard Missile 2 Block IIIA, exploded shortly after takeoff and showered the ship with debris sparking the fire on the ship’s port side, according to pictures of the incident obtained by USNI News. The photographs show ignited debris shower the ship and the surrounding ocean. The explosion appears to have occurred slightly lower than the mast of The Sullivans.

The warhead on the missile was unarmed, NAVSEA told USNI News.

Naval Sea Systems Command’s program executive office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) is now investigating the cause of the malfunctioning missile, NAVSEA officials told USNI News.

According to pictures of the explosion obtained by USNI News, a fire broke out on the port side of The Sullivans shortly after the missile launched.

The Sullivans was performing a missile exercise along with the guided missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) which was not damaged during the incident, USNI News understands.

The SM-2 Block IIIA, first fielded in 1991, was developed to not only handle traditional air threats like fighters but was modified to interdict sea skimming targets like cruise missiles.

While the Navy didn’t comment on why the missile failed, the photos point to a problem with the rocket engines that drove the SM-2.

Largely for safety reasons, the Navy almost exclusively uses solid rocket fuel for its missiles and incidents involving failures of the engines are largely non-existent.

Several experts contacted by USNI News could not recall a similar incident with any other SM-2 missiles but all recalled a solid rocket failure from more than four decades ago.

In 1969, the solid rocket motor of a MK-32 Zuni rocket was overheated and misfired from a F-4 Phantom onboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) that sparked a fire on the flight deck resulting in the death of 27 personnel.

The following is the complete July 22, 2015 statement from the Naval Sea Systems Command on the July 18 incident.

On July 18 at approximately 9 a.m. (EDT) a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) test missile exploded after suffering a malfunction as it was fired from the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) during a planned missile exercise off the coast of Virginia. There were no injuries and only minor damage to the port side of the ship resulting from missile debris. The ship returned to Naval Station Norfolk for assessment. An investigation into the malfunction has been ordered and is being conducted by the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems, which is part of Naval Sea Systems Command. It is too early to determine what, if any, effect this will have on the ship’s schedule.

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The resulting fire on USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) following the explosion of a Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA guided missile. US Navy Photo obtained by USNI News

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A Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA guided missile explodes over USS The Sullivans during a training exercise on July 18, 2015. US Navy Photo obtained by USNI News

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A Raytheon SM-2 Block IIIA guided missile explodes over USS The Sullivans during a training exercise on July 18, 2015. US Navy Photo obtained by USNI News
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 28, 2015, 09:35:07 am
http://www.aereo.jor.br/2015/07/28/esquadrilha-de-f-35b-dos-marines-abateu-nove-cacas-adversarios-em-combate-simulado/
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O tenente-general Jon Davis, vice-comandante da aviação dos Marines, disse em entrevista que durante o recente teste de prontidão operacional dos F-35B dos Marines, quatro JSF lutaram contra nove aviões adversários (provavelmente F-5 agressores).

“Os bandidos se deram mal”, disse Davis. Ele forneceu poucos detalhes, dizendo que eles eram classificados, mas enfatizou que os F-35s enfrentaram uma ameaça que “nós nunca colocamos diante de um F-16 ou um Harrier.” O F-35B, disse ele, fez um “grande trabalho”.

Sobre a recente notícia de que o F-35A não se saiu tão bem em duelo contra um F-16, Davis disse: “eu amo o F-16. Foi um grande avião. Ainda é muito bom, mas eu não gostaria de estar em um numa luta contra um F-35. ”

Em uma mensagem clara aos defensores do A-10, Davis disse que o F-35B executou extremamente bem as missões de apoio aéreo aproximado, empregando munições Joint Direct Attack (JDAMs) e guiadas por laster GBU-12s. A aeronave precisa de um canhão, ele admitiu, para algumas missões. A arma está passando por seus primeiros testes montados em uma aeronave, mas não vai ser implantada no avião até 2017, quando o software Bloco 3F será instalado. Mas Davis foi inequívoco em seu entusiasmo com a aeronave. “Nenhum avião do mundo chegará perto desse jato em apoio aéreo aproximado”, disse ele a repórteres.

Davis disse que fez a sua recomendação sobre a capacidade operacional inicial (IOC) do F-35B ao comandante general Joseph Dunford: “Ele tem toda a papelada e agora está analisando isso.”

O vice-comandante da aviação dos Marines disse que os primeiros modelos do F-35B estão mantendo uma taxa de prontidão de missão de 60 a 65%, algo que ele espera aumentar substancialmente com a chegada de aviões mais novos à linha. Ele observou que um esquadrão de treinamento com aviões mais recentes tem obtido taxas de 70-75% de disponibilidade.O objetivo geral é de 80% no final do programa.

Os fuzileiros navais pretendem comprar 353 caças F-35B e Davis disse que não tem ouvido absolutamente nada que possa convencê-lo a reduzir esse número. Parece bastante certo que Davis recomendou a Dunford que o IOC seja aprovado, mas, como ele mesmo disse, isso é decisão do comandante.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Agosto 09, 2015, 04:21:54 pm
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Pacific Ocean, Aug. 4, 2015. The John C. Stennis Strike Group conducts a show of force transit, the final step before being certified for deployment.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 12, 2015, 10:13:52 am
http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2015/08/12/documento-relatorio-para-o-congresso-dos-eua-sobre-a-modernizacao-naval-chinesa-e-implicacoes-para-a-u-s-navy/
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Em 28 de julho de 2015 foi divulgado o relatório do Serviço de Pesquisa do Congresso dos EUA, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress” – Modernização Naval da China: Implicações para as capacidades da Marinha dos Estados Unidos – antecedentes e questões para o Congresso. Leia o arquivo rolando a tela abaixo ou baixe o arquivo PDF no botão download.
Bastante pormenorizado.  :wink:
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 13, 2015, 05:37:31 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Agosto 17, 2015, 10:02:13 pm
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Arabian Gulf, July 22. 2015. Navy divers an explosive ordnance disposal technicians work together to salvage an F/A-18 Super Hornet aboard the Miilitary Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba.
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Arctic Ocean, July 30, 2015. The fast attack submarine Seawolf  (SSN 21) surfaces through Arctic ice at the North Pole. Sailors aboard Seawolf inspect the boat and remove ice from the hull. Seawolf conducted routine Arctic operations.
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Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 30, 2015, 01:25:46 pm
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U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, and light-armored reconnaissance vehicles have arrived in Bulgaria to support NATO allies and international partner countries. The heavy equipment, assigned to the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, arrived in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 25, 2015. The tanks, artillery, and light armored reconnaissance vehicles were loaded on trains and moved across Europe demonstrating our allies’ and international partners’ ability to move heavy equipment across the region to support operations during a crisis. The equipment will allow the Marines to participate in mechanized regional multinational exercises in Eastern Europe. Photo by Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Read more at: http://defence-blog.com/army/u-s-marine ... garia.html (http://defence-blog.com/army/u-s-marine-armor-weapons-arrive-in-bulgaria.html)
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 31, 2015, 10:44:17 am
http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2015/08/30/com-o-p-8a-poseidon-a-vida-fica-mais-dificil-para-os-navios-de-guerra-inimigos/
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A foto impressionante mostra o novo avião de patrulha marítima P-8A Poseidon lançando três mísseis antinavio Harpoon ao mesmo tempo.

A Marinha dos EUA planeja comprar um total de 114 aviões P-8 a um custo de US$32,8 bilhões, o que dá US$ 288 milhões por unidade. O avião está substituindo os velhos quadrimotores P-3 Orion e já foi adquirido também pela Índia e pela Austrália.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Agosto 31, 2015, 03:57:23 pm
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US Navy orders additional P-8A aircraft, First Royal Australian Air Force planes

http://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-orde ... nes-65216/ (http://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-orders-additional-p-8a-first-royal-australian-air-force-planes-65216/)  
 
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The US Navy awarded a nearly  $1.5 billion contract Aug. 27 to Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the procurement of 13 Full Rate Production (FRP) Lot 2 P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

 Nine planes will join the US fleet and four will join the Royal Australian Air Force  (RAAF), who has been a cooperative partner in the P-8A joint program office since 2009.

The contract also provides an option to procure 20 additional FRP Lot 3 planes, 16 of which will go to the US Navy and four to the RAAF. (...)

Boeing has delivered 28 planes to the Navy, the latest of which arrived to Jacksonville, Florida Aug. 18 (...)
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Enviado por: mafets em Setembro 01, 2015, 10:48:54 am
http://www.janes.com/article/53898/new-us-research-vessel-completes-acceptance-trials
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A new US Navy (USN) oceanographic research vessel has completed acceptance trials, officials announced on 27 August.

RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), lead ship of a new class of auxiliary general oceanographic research vessels, passed the series of in-port and underway tests conducted by the USN's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).

Built by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, Neil Armstrong is expected to be delivered to the navy in September. The 72.5 m vessel will be operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under a 'charter party' agreement with the US Office of Naval Research.

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Enviado por: olisipo em Setembro 09, 2015, 04:44:04 pm
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Mayport, Florida, Sept., 6. The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney  (DDG 64) departs Mayport for its new homeport of Rota, Spain. This is the fourth Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be forward deployed to Rota to serve as a part of the European Adaptative Approach to ballistic missiles, popularly known as the "NATO's anti-missiles-shield".

 :arrow: Estados Unidos completará el despliegue de destructores en Rota el día 25

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Enviado por: NVF em Setembro 18, 2015, 03:51:35 am
Navy Integrating SeaRAM on Rota-Based DDGs; First Installation Complete In November

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The four ballistic missile defense destroyers patrolling 6th Fleet will get a self-protection upgrade beginning this year, as the Navy integrates Raytheon’s Sea Rolling Airframe Missile (SeaRAM) onto its Aegis-equipped Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDG-51) for the first time.

U.S. 6th Fleet leadership sent an urgent requirement for self-protection on the four ships, which focus all their energy on the BMD mission, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Rear Adm. Jon Hill said last week at an American Society of Naval Engineers event.

“We put [the ships] out there by themselves, and they’re putting all their radar energy up in space, they’re tracking space objects now, and you have to wonder, hey, can they defend themselves?” he said. After toying with the idea of putting a second ship nearby to protect the BMD destroyer – much like a cruiser protecting an aircraft carrier – the Navy decided the SeaRAM could fill the self-protection requirement even though the system had never been paired with an Aegis ship before.

“What we had to do was really develop software, make sure we had the equipment ready to roll, get the computer programs aligned,” Hill told USNI News after the event.
“And the big thing you have to worry about is fratricide – so where you put that mount on the ship, it’s looking right over the vertical launching system, so what you don’t want to have happen is you’re shooting something with the SeaRAM while missiles are coming out of the VLS. So that’s the fundamental bit of integration we have to do.”

Hill added there were no extra SeaRAM systems lying around, so he pulled equipment from a foreign military sales program to allow for the quickest installation possible. He said the Navy also leveraged testing done by other programs to help speed up the process of integrating SeaRAM onto a new class of ships.

According to a February reprogramming request by the Pentagon comptroller, the Navy requested $15.3 million in Fiscal Year 2015 to get started on filling the urgent need, to be followed by additional funding in FY 2016. That money will help “capitaliz[e] on factory flexibility to work an extra shift,” minimizing the delay to the FMS contract.

USS Porter (DDG-78) and USS Carney (DDG-64), which arrived in Spain this year, will undergo selected restricted availabilities in fiscal year 2016 and will receive the SeaRAM upgrade then. Hill said Porter should be through maintenance and back on station by about November.

USS Ross (DDG-71) and USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) will have availabilities in FY 2017 and will receive SeaRAM then.

Hill said the level of integration between SeaRAM and Aegis Combat System would improve as they learn more with each ship.

“We’re pretty excited about it. It’s a great missile system, it’s a great radar system, it gives them an extra layer of capability they don’t have today,” he said.

As currently configured, the four Rota destroyers are equipped with an older Aegis baseline that requires the ship to operate in a BMD mode or switch to the traditional aircraft and cruise missile defense role. The Navy’s new Baseline 9 ships can do both missions at the same time, but modernization reductions could limit the number of those ships in the fleet.

SeaRAM is a combination of Raytheon’s Phalanx Close-In Weapon System and Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Weapon System.

“An 11-missile RAM launcher assembly replaces Phalanx’s 20 mm gun. SeaRAM combines RAM’s superior accuracy, extended range and high maneuverability with the Phalanx Block 1B’s high resolution search-and-track sensor systems and reliable quick-response capability,” according to Raytheon’s website.

Hill said this extra fire power is important to the surface warfare community’s new distributed lethality philosoph: if each ship, regardless of its mission, is upgunned, a potential opponent cannot overlook any ship in the fleet when calculating its next move. Hill said distributed lethality brings the emphasis back from defensive to offensive operations – which would be true of the four destroyers, who could now go after an enemy ship if needed rather than stay focused on the BMD mission solely.

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) sits moored in Rota, Spain on June 9, 2015. US Navy photo.

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Undated photo of a SeaRAM. Raytheon Image
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Enviado por: olisipo em Setembro 25, 2015, 06:43:43 pm

 
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) has arrived this morning to the
naval base of Rota (Spain). With her arrival, the NATO's anti-missiles-shield, officially known as the
 European Adaptative Approach to Ballistic Missiles, based in Rota, is completed.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 20, 2015, 04:25:16 pm
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A NATO vinha preparada para tudo, excepto para as areias "comunistas" de Grândola...

https://www.facebook.com/jorge.vilhena.7/videos/995737133817858/

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Costa portuguesa revelou-se um inesperado obstáculo para os marines norte-americanos em exercício da NATO

Os fuzileiros portugueses a bordo dos dois hovercrafts a deslizar em direção à Praia da Raposa, carregadas de soldados e viaturas militares para um ataque anfíbio, nunca tinham andado a 80 km/hora. Mas a chegada acabou num anti-clímax: as embarcações norte-americanas não tinham velocidade suficiente para subir o declive de areia e sair da água.

Dada meia-volta para uma segunda tentativa bem-sucedida de desembarque naquela zona do município comunista de Grândola, seguiu-se outro imprevisto: as primeiras viaturas blindadas a deixarem os gigantescos hovercraft da Marinha dos EUA atolaram-se na areia - e nem com vários militares a empurrar saíam do local.

http://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/areias-de-concelho-comunista-bloquearam-marines-dos-eua-4845055.html
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: tenente em Outubro 26, 2015, 05:49:38 pm
Raytheon awarded Phalanx work
26th October 2015 - 11:30 by the Shephard News Team

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Raytheon has been awarded a $159.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense to manufacture, inspect and test Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) for the US Navy, the company announced on 23 October.

The contract provides for an option worth $10 million in fiscal year 2015 and another option worth $291 million in fiscal year 2016.
Work includes the provision of support equipment for the Phalanx and SeaRAM weapon systems, Block 1B radar upgrades and kits for reliability, maintainability, and availability. The overhaul of four land-based Phalanx Weapon Systems will also be covered under the contract.

The work is expected to be completed by August 2018.

Rick Nelson, vice president, naval and area mission defense product line, Raytheon, said: ‘Phalanx provides the US Navy's ships with a 'last-chance' defense against anti-ship missiles and littoral warfare threats while SeaRAM extends that inner-layer battlespace. Close-in systems give warfighters the ability to automatically carry out functions usually performed by separate systems on other ships.’

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Enviado por: olisipo em Outubro 31, 2015, 11:02:10 pm

USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) high speed acceptance trials.
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Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 04, 2015, 11:31:30 am
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The Navy has run its 10 aircraft carriers hard since USS Enterprise (CVN-65) decommissioned in December 2012 and is now paying the resulting maintenance bill, with half the fleet tied up in repairs and the other five trying to keep up with combatant commanders’ needs.

During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on aircraft carrier presence, Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers Rear Adm. Tom Moore said that five of the 10 carriers are unavailable for tasking due to maintenance work.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is in the middle of its Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding, and USS George Washington (CVN-73) is making a slow, engagement-filled voyage from its previous homeport in Japan to Newport News Shipbuilding, where it will await the start of its RCOH in 2017. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is in a 14-month availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is in an eight-month availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is in a six-month availability in San Diego, Moore said.

“I think what we’ve seen here recently, as a result of being down to 10 carriers and having to run carriers at a pace faster than they were designed for – for instance, Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) just finished a 24-month availability, which was only scheduled for 14 months; she had deployed four times since 2008 with only one maintenance availability in there. So much faster than we had designed, consumed the service life of that ship much faster, so it’s really no surprise that you saw some of the impacts there.

“We’ve got to get our arms around that, I’ve certainly spend a lot of time looking at Eisenhower to figure out where we can do better going into maintenance periods,” Moore said.

Moore said during the hearing that the operational tempo for the carrier fleet has gotten higher since Enterprise decommissioned but that not all carriers have been used equally in the last three years. Nimitz and Eisenhower in particular have been pushed hard, and it shows in the maintenance periods. Ike’s 14-month maintenance availability had to be extended by nearly a year, forcing USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) to take on an unscheduled deployment this fall with only a reduced maintenance availability after its last deployment – which may hurt Truman down the road.

And Nimitz will spend the better part of three years in maintenance to make up for work that has been skipped previously to allow for greater overseas presence, Moore said.

“We really run her at a higher optempo than some of the other carriers, so of the availabilities we have going on right now I would tell you that the Nimitz one up in Bremerton is the most challenging in terms of the size of the work package,” he said. To compensate, rather than send Nimitz straight into its regularly scheduled docked availability, the Navy inserted a 14-month “extended maintenance availability” to be followed by the docked period, “so she’s going to have, in the span of three years, a significant amount of maintenance done on her to try to catch back up.”

Even if Nimitz and Eisenhower took the worst of the combined carrier shortfall and uptick in combatant commander demand since 2012, the other ships have been pushed hard too.

“In the last three years in order to meet the demand signal from the COCOMS … we’ve run the carriers harder than we’ve typically done and harder than they were designed,” Moore said.
“We’ve had, since 2012, seven aircraft carriers that have gone more than 300 days deployed time between maintenance availabilities – not all consecutive (deployed days), but that’s an awful lot of run time, and that’s a challenge we’re going to have to continue to face here until we get” USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), which will commission next year but not be operationally available until 2021 due to first-in-class test and evaluation.

The Navy is transitioning into its new deployment schedule, the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, which would limit deployments to seven months and ensure proper maintenance and training time for the ships, crews and air wings. However, given that only five carriers are currently available for tasking, HASC seapower ranking member Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) asked if the Navy could realistically stick to its plan.

“You’re going to be showered in demands, and it’s going to take discipline to sort of maintain this for the next three years or so,” he said to the four Navy officials testifying at the hearing.
“Do you all feel confident we’re going to be able to get through this patch and accomplish the goals of a fleet that is ready to meet all the requirements that are out there?”

Vice Adm. John Aquilino, vice chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy, responded that “we’re confident that our model and our plans will get us where we need to be, absent the fact that the world gets a vote.”

Already the Navy has chosen to accept gaps in carrier presence around the world to deal with the current condition of the carrier fleet. There is no aircraft carrier in the Middle East presently, though Truman will deploy later this year to U.S. 5th Fleet. Aquilino said the Navy would risk having carrier gaps in the Middle East or Pacific, where there had previously been at least one or two carrier strike groups in each theater at all times, until 2021.

Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley added that “we’re operating a small number of carriers, low-density, high-demand, and if the temperature rises in a risk area around the world, then senior leadership is going to have to decide is it more important to do that maintenance, which is a long-term investment, or do we have to respond today to the immediate crisis.”

He said that returning to an 11-carrier force in 2021 will help create a more sustainable schedule for maintenance and deployments, but being down a carrier now means driving the other 10 ships harder, which puts more ships in maintenance than planned, which forces even fewer ships to work even harder to meet global requirements.

Moore told USNI News after the hearing that he learned a lot of lessons from the Eisenhower maintenance availability, after back-to-back deployments without maintenance and four total deployments in seven years. He will apply those lessons to Truman when that carrier returns from what is essentially a back-to-back deployment, with just a couple months maintenance for only the most necessary work rather than a full planned maintenance availability.

Moore noted than Truman might not come back in as bad a condition as Eisenhower did after the double deployment, given than Truman is only 18 years old compared to the 38-year-old Ike.

“So a little bit younger ship, so it has the ability to kind of absorb a little bit more than say Eisenhower did,” Moore said.

Still, “we made a conscious decision to shorten the maintenance period, we don’t like to do that but we’ll keep a very close eye on that when she comes back for her next availability.”
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives pierside at Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton prior to a planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. US Navy photo.

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Enviado por: olisipo em Novembro 05, 2015, 09:17:55 pm

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and the Japanese JS Izumo (DDH-183)
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Pacific Ocean, Nov. 10, 2015. A Standard Missile 2 is fired from the forward missile deck aboard the guided-missile
destroyer USS William P.Lawrence (DDG 110).
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Coronado, Calif., Nov. 9, 2015. A "combatant craft medium" boat assigned to Naval Special Warfare Special Boat Team 12
transits the San Diego bay. The CCM is a reconfigurable, multimission maritime surface tactical mobility craft with a primary
mission to insert and extract special operations forces in a medium threat environment.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 13, 2015, 02:07:57 pm
É o "Humwee" dos SEAL.
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Philippine Sea, Nov, 15, 2015. The US Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits
this area with its embarked Air Wing, Carrier Air Wing (CAW) 5.
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Enviado por: NVF em Dezembro 08, 2015, 04:32:23 pm
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U.S. to Deploy Navy P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Singapore

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Singapore has given the go-ahead for U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to operate out of its airbases to patrol the disputed waters of the South China Sea.

On Monday, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Singapore Defense Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen signed an enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) at the Pentagon, where Dr Ng is currently on a state visit.

According to a joint statement released by both countries, the enhanced DCA “will provide a new framework for an expanded defence relationship between the two nations” by enhancing existing defense cooperation as well as doing so in new areas such as Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) and cyber defense.

The joint statement also said that the deployment of the P-8A to Singapore was conducted within the scope of a 1990 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and a 2005 Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) between the United States and Singapore, which sees Singapore providing logistical support to U.S. military aircraft and vessels in the region.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised the development in a Tuesday statement provided to USNI News.
“Singapore is a long-time friend and partner of the United States who has always punched above its weight when it comes to cooperating with the U.S. military,” the statement read.
“Just like with the four LCSs scheduled to rotate through Singapore in the years ahead, the regular deployment of P-8s will enhance our presence in a part of Southeast Asia where our partners are increasingly asking us to operate more regularly.”

Meanwhile, a news release issued by the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet Public Affairs announced that a USN Poseidon has already been deployed to Singapore to “to support cooperative efforts in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.” The inaugural deployment, scheduled to take place from Dec. 7th to 14th, expands U.S. forward presence and engagement with partner nations, contributing to regional security, stability and prosperity.

The P-8A is most likely to be an aircraft from Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 War Eagles, which is currently forward-deployed to Kadena Airbase in Okinawa. The U.S. Navy deploys two PATRONS to the Western Pacific on rotational deployments, with a Lockheed-Martin P-3C Orion squadron at Misawa, Japan alongside the Kadena-based P-8As.

Although the press release did not identify the Singaporean airbase the P-8A, it is most likely Paya Lebar Airbase in Singapore’s northwest, where U.S. military aircraft regularly call into for logistical support and training exercises with the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF).

Singapore has been a staunch supporter of the U.S. military presence in the region. The island nation, which gained independence in 1965, provided logistical support to U.S. forces during the Vietnam War and was a popular Rest and Recreation (R&R) destination for servicemen during that period. Singapore is today home to a small but important U.S. military logistics component supporting air and naval operations in the region.

These include the U.S. Navy’s Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific (COMLOG WESTPAC) and Commander, Task Force 73 (CTF 73). COMLOG WESTPAC provides logistical support for U.S. Navy ships deployed to the 7th Fleet Area of Operations while CTF 73 conducts advanced planning, facilitates communication with host nations, promotes military to military relations, organizes resources, and directly supports the execution of training exercises with regional navies.

The Republic of Singapore Navy’s Changi Naval Base also currently plays host to a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on rotational deployments to the region, which is due to increase to four ships from 2017. Changi is also a regular port of call for 7th Fleet Ships, and is the only base in the region outside of Japan deep enough for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to come alongside during port calls

With a prosperous economy that is highly dependent on seaborne commerce, Singapore sees the freedom of navigation and commerce as vital interests, particularly the strategic Straits of Malacca and South China Sea, which lie on either side of Singapore.

Although a non-claimant to the disputed islands in the South China Sea and repeatedly stating that it takes no sides in the dispute, Singapore’s leaders have nonetheless made clear their increasing concern about rising tensions over the disputes and have called for restraint by all claimants and for the U.S. to remain engaged in the region.

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A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon takes off from NAS Jacksonville, Fla. US Navy Photo
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Enviado por: NVF em Dezembro 08, 2015, 04:40:12 pm
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France Takes Command of NAVCENT Task Force 50

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RED SEA (NNS) -- A French flag officer embarked in the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle took command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command's Task Force 50 Dec. 7, leading coalition naval strike operations for Operation Inherent Resolve -- the fight to degrade and ultimately destroy the ISIL terrorist organization.

Commander, French Maritime Force, Rear Adm. Rene-Jean Crignola, embarked in Charles de Gaulle, took command of CTF 50, which plans and conducts strike operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

This integration of France's premier naval strike force into a critical leadership role in the NAVCENT command and control structure demonstrates its exceptional interoperability with U.S. and other coalition forces.

Charles de Gaulle's presence in the region signals the return of carrier-based naval aviation to the fight against ISIL. The carrier and embarked air wing, along with the other ships in her battle group, will support strike operations over Iraq and Syria. She will also provide a range of flexible and adaptable capabilities to perform theater security cooperation efforts and maritime security operations aimed at increasing the French navy's interoperability with allies in the region.

The battle group left its home port of Toulon, France, Nov. 18.

Escorting Charles de Gaulle are the air defense destroyer (FN) Chevalier Paul; the anti-submarine frigate (FN) La Motte-Picquet; the anti-submarine frigate (BN) Leopold Ier, the anti-submarine frigate (GN) Augsburg; the command and supply ship (FN) Marne; and a (FN) nuclear attack submarine.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is responsible for approximately 2.5 million square miles of area including the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, North Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. NAVCENT's mission is to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts, and strengthen partner nation's maritime capabilities in order to promote security and stability in the U.S. 5th Fleet AOO.

For more news from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th Fleet, visit www.navy.mil/local/cusnc/.

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SUEZ CANAL (Dec. 7, 2015) The French navy nuclear aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) transits the Suez Canal as it enters the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. Commander, French Maritime Force, Rear Adm. Rene-Jean Crignola, embarked aboard Charles de Gaulle, took command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command's Task Force 50 Dec. 7. CTF 50 plans and conducts strike operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (Official French navy photo/Released)
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Enviado por: NVF em Dezembro 08, 2015, 04:43:50 pm
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Largest Destroyer Built for Navy Headed to Sea for Testing

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BATH, Maine — The largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy headed out to sea for the first time Monday, departing from shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and carefully navigating the winding Kennebec River before reaching the open ocean where the ship will undergo sea trials.

More than 200 shipbuilders, sailors and residents gathered to watch as the futuristic 600-foot, 15,000-ton USS Zumwalt glided past Fort Popham, accompanied by tugboats.

Kelley Campana, a Bath Iron Works employee, said she had goose bumps and tears in her eyes.

"This is pretty exciting. It's a great day to be a shipbuilder and to be an American," she said. "It's the first in its class. There's never been anything like it. It looks like the future."

Larry Harris, a retired Raytheon employee who worked on the ship, watched it depart from Bath.

"It's as cool as can be. It's nice to see it underway," he said. "Hopefully, it will perform as advertised."

Bath Iron Works will be testing the ship's performance and making tweaks this winter. The goal is to deliver it to the Navy sometime next year.

"We are absolutely fired up to see Zumwalt get underway. For the crew and all those involved in designing, building, and readying this fantastic ship, this is a huge milestone," the ship's skipper, Navy Capt. James Kirk, said before the ship departed.

The ship has electric propulsion, new radar and sonar, powerful missiles and guns, and a stealthy design to reduce its radar signature. Advanced automation will allow the warship to operate with a much smaller crew size than current destroyers.

All of that innovation has led to construction delays and a growing price tag. The Zumwalt, the first of three ships in the class, will cost at least $4.4 billion.

The ship looks like nothing ever built at Bath Iron Works.

The inverse bow juts forward to slice through the waves. Sharp angles deflect enemy radar signals. Radar and antennas are hidden in a composite deckhouse.

The builder sea trials will answer any questions of seaworthiness for a ship that utilizes a type of hull associated with pre-dreadnought battleships from a century ago.

Critics say the "tumblehome" hull's sloping shape makes it less stable than conventional hulls, but it contributes to the ship's stealth and the Navy is confident in the design.

Eric Wertheim, author and editor of the U.S. Naval Institute's "Guide to Combat Fleets of the World," said there's no question the integration of so many new systems from the electric drive to the tumblehome hull carries some level of risk.

Operational concerns, growing costs and fleet makeup led the Navy to truncate the 32-ship program to three ships, he said. With only three ships, the class of destroyers could become something of a technology demonstration project, he said.

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The first Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest ever built for the U.S. Navy, heads down the Kennebec River after leaving Bath Iron Works, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in Bath, Maine. The ship is headed out to sea for the first time to F.
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Enviado por: NVF em Dezembro 08, 2015, 04:46:58 pm
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Zumwalt Destroyer Leaves Yard for First Set of Sea Trials

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On Monday morning, the first-in-class Zumwalt-class destroyer left its pier at General Dynamics Bath Iron Work, headed down Maine’s Kennebec River bound for the Atlantic Ocean and its first taste of saltwater.

The 16,000-ton Zumwalt (DDG-1000) departed the yard for its first set of open ocean trials — years after the ship began construction in 2008 and after several production delays.

The trials follows a four day “fast cruise” in October in which the ship did everything from rolling the shafts, bringing up and down systems, testing failure modes, testing watch station effectiveness,” Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition (RDA) told Defense News last month.
“We did everything that we could next to the pier prior to getting underway.”

Outside of releasing photos of the ship on social media and its website, the Navy did not give many details on the trials.

Zumwalt is the first of three planned ships in the $22.1 billion program that promises a next generation propulsion system that has enough energy to power future sensors and weapon systems.

However, delays in production for the ships at BIW have pushed back delivery schedules for other ships in the yard.

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Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is underway for the first time conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean on Dec. 7, 2015. US Navy Photo

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Zumwalt on Dec. 7, 2015. US Navy Photo
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Dezembro 10, 2015, 02:04:24 pm
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Enviado por: olisipo em Dezembro 10, 2015, 08:04:58 pm
Uma estética naval.... futurista? Como este

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The future Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) being transferred to the dry dock at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia.
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Enviado por: Nuno Bento em Dezembro 17, 2015, 12:17:43 pm
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WASHINGTON — The US Navy's fight to buy 52 variants of its littoral combat ship (LCS) from two shipbuilders may have taken a fatal blow this week after the secretary of defense directed the service to cap its buy at 40 ships and pick only one supplier. The directive also orders the Navy to buy only one ship annually over the next four years, down from three per year.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in a Dec. 14 memo to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, told the Navy to "reduce the planned LCS/FF procurement from 52 to 40, creating a 1-1-1-1-2 profile, for eight fewer ships in the FYDP, and then downselect to one variant by FY 2019."

FF is a Navy designation for frigate. Beginning with LCS 33, the Navy is planning to build a more heavily-armed LCS variant with the FF designation — the result of a 2014 directive from then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to produce a more powerful ship.

The "1-1-1-1-2" profile would provide for one ship each year in 2017-2020 and two ships in 2021, the end of the current future years defense plan (FYDP).

Carter, in the Dec. 14 memo, directs the Navy to reallocate savings from the LCS/FF cuts to buy more F/A-18 and F-35 aircraft, more SM-6 surface-to-air missiles, and support Virginia Payload Module (VPM) development for future Virginia-class submarines. The VPM is an extra hull section that would be built into Block V submarines and mount four large vertical payload tubes.

The directive to cut the LCS comes in the face of strenuous Navy objections. The service has argued that building a ship takes much longer than ordering a new aircraft or missile.

“It’s unfortunate that we find ourselves in this situation, because the Navy needs both an increase in ship numbers and a bump in warfighting capability. In this case there is no right or wrong answer.”
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The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), said one Pentagon source, wants "capability over capacity" in its changes. The Navy's argument, the Pentagon source said, is that "decisions you make on ships impact you for 5-10-20 years. Decisions you make on aircraft can be changed the next year."

Carter's directive is the latest in an increasingly acrimonious back-and-forth exchange over the fiscal 2017 defense budget, due to be sent, in the form of a Resource Management Decision, on Friday to the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

According to the Pentagon source, the Navy successfully fought back an OSD move to cut two destroyers from the shipbuilding plan.

The Pentagon also considered cancelling the third ship of the DDG 1000 class — Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) — but that issue appears to have been decided in favor of keeping the ship.

Not in the Navy or Pentagon request, but expected to be added by OMB, is a plus-up of more than $2 billion to develop the SSBN(X) Ohio Class Replacement submarine. The cost of that program is expected to place considerable pressure on Navy shipbuilding budgets through the 2020s.

It is not clear from where OMB is pulling the additional SSBN(X) funding.

Another directive from OSD, the Pentagon source confirmed, is to alter again the service's plan to withdraw from active duty 11 cruisers and upgrade them for further service as carrier anti-air warfare escorts. The complicated issue has been hugely contentious in Congress the last three years, undergoing multiple changes in committee. It remains a thorn on the Hill, where further changes are likely to be met with critical skepticism.

One defense official decried the LCS cuts.

"It's unfortunate that we find ourselves in this situation, because the Navy needs both an increase in ship numbers and a bump in warfighting capability," the defense official said Dec. 16. "In this case there is no right or wrong answer."

The Navy has long argued it needs ship numbers to keep up worldwide posture and presence. The fleet today stands at 272 ships, but the latest fleet plan shows a rise to 308 ships in the 2020s. The LCS fleet is a major component in keeping to that goal.

The LCS program is unique among Navy ship classes and features two entirely different designs, the 3,300-ton Freedom class is produced by Lockheed Martin, while the 2,800-ton Independence class is built by Austal USA. Six LCSs are in commission, at least 14 are in various stages of construction, and another six are under contract. Lockheed's ships are built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, while Austal USA's shipyard is in Mobile, Alabama.

Two years ago, the Navy fought hard to fend off LCS cuts. Mabus personally made his case to Hagel to beat back acting defense under secretary Christine Fox's attempt to cut the program. Mabus saved the ships, but Hagel countered with a directive to develop a more heavily armed frigate version. The Navy is working through decisions of the frigate variant, and is expected to make some of those details public in the president's 2017 budget submission to Congress.

The Pentagon's Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) also has repeatedly evaluated the program, often proposing alternative designs. At one point, CAPE reportedly favored a version of Norway's 5,400-ton Spanish-designed Fridtjof Nansen-class missile frigates fitted with a lightweight Aegis combat system. More recently, one source said, the group was considering an updated version of the 1,000-ton Badr-class frigates designed and built in the US in the early 1980s for Saudi Arabia.

"In the last two months, the third deck has gone in two directions, generally to cut the program," said the Pentagon source, speaking of Carter's offices on the building's third floor.

"In the last year we went through a study to upgrade the ship, make it more capable. Now in CAPE some are arguing for a less-capable hull."

The Pentagon source was unconvinced the LCS cuts will result in real savings.

"It is our contention that the savings the third deck tells us will be achieved by the LCS cuts won't happen. In the end, if you break a multiyear buy it's going to end up costing more, not less."

Additionally, the Pentagon source said, "the cuts will have industrial base impacts. And we are sending a message to Saudi, for example, of our confidence in the ship."

Saudi Arabia agreed this fall to buy four missile-armed variants of the Lockheed LCS frigate — the first international sales of an LCS design.

Ships vs. Aircraft

The jump in aircraft is good news for F-35 maker Lockheed Martin and Boeing, who makes the E, F and G variants of the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

Boeing is struggling to keep open its Super Hornet manufacturing facility in St. Louis. The Navy planned to end F/A-18 procurement in 2014, but Boeing — still hoping for a foreign military sales (FMS) deal— eked out 12 new aircraft in the 2016 budget deal approved Dec. 16 by Congress. The company has an agreement to supply Kuwait with at least 28 aircraft, but the Kuwaiti deal is hung up with several US FMS deals to Middle Eastern countries.

Meanwhile, the Navy is not expected to request any 18s in the 2017 budget, and Carter's directive provides aircraft no sooner than 2018.

The company, one industry source said, would need an additional eight aircraft in 2017 to avoid a production gap and resultant layoffs before work on the 2018 jets could begin.

The argument over ships or aircraft has been simmering inside the Pentagon, according to one congressional source.

"There is a big food fight between shipbuilding and aviation," the congressional source said. The Navy favors ships, while "the aviation advocate is someone in OSD."

Another Hill source noted that the moves to cut ships in a presidential election year could be "a calculated risk that Congress won't go along with it." Other sources agreed that a Republican congress could restore the ships, at least in the 2017 budget, even though the LCS program remains controversial.

Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Alabama, in whose district Austal USA builds the Independence-class LCS, reacted quickly to the news of the cuts after seeing this story in Defense News.

"Our Navy is at risk across the world, and the weak and impotent Obama Administration seeks to further undermine our position with this ill-considered decision," Byrne wrote in an e-mail. "Make no mistake about it, from Mobile to Marinette, from San Diego and Jacksonville, the bell has rung, and those in the Pentagon need to hear that this will not stand. Not just for our shipyards but also for our Navy and for the defense of the people of the United States of America."

One political arena where the cuts are likely to quickly reverberate is in the presidential election. Most Republican candidates have cited a shrinking Navy is a critical need that needs to be addressed, and the factually-correct claim that "the Navy is the smallest since it's been since World War I" has become almost a mantra. A Democratic budget that reduces ship numbers is likely to become a lightning rod.
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US carrier strike group joins France in combined combat ops against Islamic State 

http://www.janes.com/article/56910/us-carrier-strike-group-joins-france-in-combined-combat-ops-against-islamic-state
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-release-sailors-diplomacy_56967e1de4b0778f46f7a863 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-release-sailors-diplomacy_56967e1de4b0778f46f7a863)
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WASHINGTON -- If Iranian officials holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors on Farsi Island this week was the the first test of U.S.-Iran relations in a post-nuclear deal environment, the outcome was vindicating for proponents of diplomacy between the two countries.

But you wouldn’t know it from listening to conservative hawks.

After Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained the sailors accused of crossing into Iranian waters on Tuesday night, nuclear deal critics crowed that the altercation was a huge embarrassment for President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to deliver his final State of the Union address hours later.

“Obama’s humiliatingly weak Iran policy is exposed again,” tweeted presidential candidate Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.). Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) suggested the president may need to delay his speech in order to address Iran’s “pattern of aggravating action.” The event proceeded as scheduled, and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) criticized Obama for failing to mention the Farsi Island incident. Notorious Iran fearmonger Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called on the president to rip up the nuclear deal if the American sailors were not returned “immediately.”

The nuclear accord has so far been successful in compelling Iran to scale back its nuclear program, which was the Obama administration’s stated sole reason for entering the negotiations. Iran is currently ahead of schedule in dismantling key components of its nuclear program, as required by the July 14 agreement signed by Iran, the U.S. and five world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to inspect Iran’s revamped and downsized nuclear infrastructure as early as this weekend. If it verifies that Iran is complying with the agreement, that will trigger widespread international sanctions relief.

It’s not entirely fair to use this week's incident to measure the success of the nuclear accord, which was never intended to resolve other issues between the U.S. and Iran -- of which there are many. However, even those who defended the Obama administration’s reasoning for keeping the nuclear deal separate from other issues hoped that increased diplomacy between the two nations would translate into greater cooperation on non-nuclear matters.

And it appears it has.

By Tuesday night, Reuters reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the sailors would be returned promptly. Despite a lack of formal diplomatic relations, the two men had developed a functioning working relationship during months of intense negotiations over the nuclear agreement.

At 6:59 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirmed the American Navy sailors were back in U.S. hands -- approximately three hours before administration officials had projected they would be. The Americans were released “after it was realized that their entry into Iran’s territorial waters was unintentional,” Iranian state-run news channel IRINN announced.
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Enviado por: NVF em Fevereiro 02, 2016, 03:05:50 pm
US Navy plans SLEP for Super Hornet fleet

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The US Navy intends to launch a service life extension programme (SLEP) for its fleet of Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet combat aircraft, a notice posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website reveals.

The notice, which was originally published by the The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on 19 January and updated on 1 February, is for Boeing to undertake a SLEP of the F/A-18E/F aft fuselage to extend the life of the aircraft upwards from the current 6,000 hours.

NAVAIR revealed no details pertaining to the number of aircraft involved, the extent of the increase in the service life of the aircraft, timelines, or contract values. Neither did the notification say whether the effort would be extended to international operators, which are currently limited to Australia but expected to include Kuwait shortly.

The US Navy fields approximately 550 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the first of which entered service in the late 1990s. The earliest aircraft to be delivered are expected to reach the end of their current 6,000-hour service lives in about 2017, which is two years ahead of the planned declaration of initial operating capability for the carrier variant Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.

Delays to the F-35C have already prompted the US Navy to execute a SLEP for 150 of its more than 600 legacy F/A-18 Hornet fleet (including US Marine Corps [USMC] assets). The goal of this particular SLEP is to increase the service life of the 1980s-vintage jets out to 10,000 hours, with the aim of keeping them in operational service until 2035. Other enhancements being considered for the legacy Hornets include a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) integrating the Link 16 datalink, colour screens in the cockpit and navigation upgrades with a moving map display, new Naval Aircrew Common Ejector Seats, and the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System.

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With the earliest delivered Super Hornets set to reach the end of their service lives in about 2017, the US Navy is to roll out a service life extension programme for the type that should help offset delays with the F-35C. Source: US Navy
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Ohio-Class Subs Approaching Several Firsts As Navy Prepares Them To Reach 42 Years of Service

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The Navy’s imperative to provide “uninterrupted strategic deterrence” with its ballistic missile submarines requires it meets two goals: development of the new boats must stay on schedule, and the old boats must make it to the end of their expected service lives.

The latter isn’t easy – the Navy is counting on the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to stick around for 42 years each, something that’s never been done. The longest-serving American submarine, the boomer USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642), retired in 2002 after 36 and a half years of service. USS Ohio (SSGN-726) has been around for just over 34 years and still needs to make it another eight – a mandate that keeps Capt. Scott Pappano, his team at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and other offices throughout the Navy busy.

Pappano, the program manager for strategic and attack submarines at NAVSEA, told USNI News in a Jan. 28 interview that “we have a very good, well designed ship that was designed for a 30-year service life.” In 1995 the Navy tasked sub builder General Dynamics Electric Boat with analyzing what it would take to get the boats to 42 years of life, and after a few additional trade studies the NAVSEA decided in 1998 to pursue the life extension.

Many of the ideas and challenges – both in the hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) side and the non-propulsion electronics systems (NPES) side – that were discussed 20 years ago are now coming to a head, Pappano said.

It was clear going into the life extension effort that the electronics would need to be updated. More recently, however, the Navy realized that the analog data processing and tactical systems the SSBNs were using were not only harder to maintain and operate, but would also be unsustainable past Fiscal Year 2018 due to the ability to get spare parts and other factors.

Pappano said the Navy decided to bring the SSBNs into the Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems (SWFTS) program, an open architecture electronics system with regular hardware and software updates. The attack submarines and the guided missile subs – four SSBNs, including Ohio, that were converted into SSGNs to deploy conventional weapons – already used SWTFS. USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) will be the first boomer to get the SWFTS systems.

Rhode Island went into the Norfolk Naval Shipyard last month for its mid-life Engineered Refueling Overhaul, and that 27-month period will be filled with both planned work from the class maintenance plan as well as initiatives meant to keep the boat ready and relevant through the second half of its 42 years.

The upgrade to SWFTS equipment will be “easier logistically, easier to maintain” for the fleet and the operators, and “it also brings great capability to the ship as well, essentially gives it an attack submarine tactical systems suite,” Pappano said. Major sections of the control room, computer stations, sonars and more will be ripped out of the sub while in dock for the refueling, and new computer servers and other equipment will be installed. This also gives the Navy the opportunity to install the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) – one of the major modernization efforts the Navy is trying to schedule for all classes of ships in the fleet, which will also keep the SSBNs relevant and easier to maintain and upgrade through the end of their service lives.

Rhode Island, as the fourth youngest SSBN, will get the SWFTS and CANES upgrades during its midlife refueling. Older boats may get these upgrades during the second engineering refit period (ERP), which comes at 32 years of service, or the work may be scheduled at another time when the public shipyards can handle the work and the fleet commanders don’t need the sub.

USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) will be the first to go into the 32-year-mark ERP later this year – another reminder of the importance to get the new class of ballistic missile submarines designed, built and ready to deploy on time.

“We’ve never operated a submarine up to 42 years before,” Pappano said, and though he’s confident the boomers will make it to 42 years, there is no room for error when it comes to having the lead ship in the new class of SSBNs ready to deploy when Henry M. Jackson decommissions.

“We don’t have the wiggle room to go beyond [42 years] right now. That’s my position and I’m sticking to it,” Pappano said.

On the HM&E side of the house, some of the work being done today was predicted by early analysis – replacing piping in the steam distilling plants, replacing analog computers and preserving the hull, for example, Pappano said. The Navy is monitoring the Ohio-class boats reassessing the plan to preserve them every few years “to make sure we’ve investing modernization dollars in the right systems.”

Helping this effort is the converted SSGNs.

“SSGNs have essentially become canaries in the coal mine for us,” Pappano said. These four boats are used in the littorals rather than open ocean, run at higher speeds and surface and dive more frequently than their SSBN counterparts, creating “accelerated aging of the platform.”

“We can learn a couple things from the SSGN operations hopefully ahead of the SSBN,” he said, noting that the SSGNs have already seen wear and tear in the sanitary piping systems and the trim and drain system used to maintain neutral buoyancy – indicating that repairs or replacements for these systems may be in the SSBNs’ future.

Pappano said the Navy has a good handle on the work they know they must accomplish to keep the SSBNs sailing, but as the boats near the end of their 42 years “some of those unknown unknowns may get uncovered.”

“My biggest concern is what I don’t know about the hull that hasn’t come up and bit me yet,” he said. He noted the Navy has prioritized the Ohio-class maintenance and modernization efforts due to its strategic importance and that he hopes that funding remains in place throughout the budget process.

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The Blue crew of the ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) transits the Hood Canal as it returns home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor following a routine strategic deterrent patrol on Sept. 30, 2015. US Navy photo.

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The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) departs Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. following an engineering refueling overhaul on Oct. 24, 2013. US Navy photo.
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Obama entrega Medalha de Honra a Navy SEAL que salvou médico no Afeganistão


Edward Byers torna-se hoje o sexto soldado das forças de operações especiais da Marinha norte-americana - os Navy SEALs - a receber a mais alta condecoração militar dos Estados Unidos.

A Medalha de Honra é-lhe entregue pelo presidente Barack Obama, na Casa Branca, pelas sua ações numa operação de resgate no Afeganistão em dezembro de 2012.

As ações do sargento-chefe Edward Byers nessa missão noturna da Equipa Seis - nome que designa as unidades de Navy SEALs, como a que matou o líder da Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden - para resgatar o médico norte-americano Dilip Joseph das mãos dos talibãs superaram de tal forma as expectativas que a Marinha dos EUA nem hesitou.

"Não há qualquer margem de dúvida ou hipótese de erro em conceder esta condecoração" a quem revelou tal "bravura e autossacrifício", afirmou fonte do Pentágono, sob anonimato, citada pelo jornal norte-americano USA Today.

A operação manteve-se secreta até ao início deste mês, quando o cruzamento da informação da Casa Branca (anunciando a cerimónia) com a história contada em livro por Dilip Joseph permitiu conhecer os contornos dessa missão.

"A Medalha de Honra é muito poucas vezes atribuída e apenas por feitos em combate de elevado relevo e demonstrando muita bravura", explicou em declarações ao DN o tenente-coronel paraquedista Miguel Machado.

Havendo apenas 77 militares vivos com essa condecoração nos Estados Unidos, "um país que anda constantemente em guerra e tem centenas de milhares de militares em operações todos os anos, é fácil ver que é mesmo muito difícil de alcançar. Não basta ter entrado em meia dúzia de operações de combate, é preciso ter uma carreira de combatente e ter levado a cabo atos de muita bravura", enfatizou.

Edward Byers, que está a frequentar o curso de Estudos Estratégicos na Universidade de Norwich, no Vermont, tem diversas condecorações, entre as quais sobressaem cinco Medalhas de Bronze e duas Purple Heart (Coração Púrpura) - que distinguem militares feridos ou mortos em combate.

"O ato individual que teve foi o corolário de muitas outras ações de combate" e a Medalha de Honra também pelo "acumular de atos heroicos, inclusive tendo sido ferido duas vezes", assinalou Miguel Machado, editor do site especializado www.operacional.pt.

A operação de resgate daquele médico norte-americano ocorreu a 8 e 9 de dezembro de 2012. Após quatro horas de caminhada pelas montanhas afegãs, os SEALs, equipados com óculos de visão noturna, invadiram a habitação. Identificado o refém Dilip Joseph, Byers atirou-se para cima dele para o proteger dos tiros - enquanto mantinha um talibã preso pela garganta contra a parede até ser morto por outros operacionais.

"Unidades destas só atingem este grau de eficiência com muito treino, mas acima de tudo muito combate real e equipamento do mais moderno que existe e, também, toda uma estrutura de informações e de apoio" para conseguir "montar uma operação em quatro dias, saber onde está exatamente o refém num local remoto e lançar uma operação de noite envolvendo, além dos helicópteros e dos operadores que lá foram, uma enorme panóplia de meios aéreos e outros militares de reserva para eventual intervenção/evacuação médica", assinalou ainda Miguel Machado.

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Enviado por: pfsbca em Março 23, 2016, 10:29:31 pm
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/us-navys-plans-huge-ballistic-missile-defense-ship-14920 (http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/us-navys-plans-huge-ballistic-missile-defense-ship-14920)

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Enviado por: olisipo em Março 30, 2016, 06:23:35 pm
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Marine aviation squadrons are salvaging aircraft parts from museums in order to keep planes flying, according to anecdotes from a key congressional leader.

During a recent trip to several Southern U.S. military bases, Marines told House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, that they've been paying for their units' supplies like pens and paper towels, and were forced to raid decommissioned aircraft for parts.

“I have heard firsthand from service members who have looked me in the eye and told of trying to cannibalize parts from a museum aircraft … getting aircraft that were sent to the boneyard in Arizona back and ready to fly missions, pilots flying well below the minimum number of hours required for minimal proficiency,” Thornberry said.

Lawmakers are livid about the fiscal shortfalls, even if their budget infighting in Congress is partly to blame.

At issue are military readiness accounts stretched thin by more than a decade of war and four years of defense penny pinching. Earlier this month, chiefs from each of the four services told lawmakers that those two stressors have led to belt-tightening headaches for units across the military, in some cases deferring long-term needs in favor of short-term solutions.

Thornberry would not identify which Marine air station had the parts shortage, and Marine Corps officials at the locations he visited would not confirm the stories.
O que vale é que pelos states existem muitos museus...  ;D ;)
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USS Zumwallt (DDG 1000) completes acceptance sea trials
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 15, 2016, 11:44:12 am
Austal - Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ships


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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 22, 2016, 01:24:15 pm
http://defence-blog.com/news/leonardo-finmeccanica-introduces-the-th-119-for-u-s-navy-advanced-helicopter-trainer-program.html (http://defence-blog.com/news/leonardo-finmeccanica-introduces-the-th-119-for-u-s-navy-advanced-helicopter-trainer-program.html)
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica introduced today an AgustaWestland AW119 single engine helicopter variant designated as the TH-119 during theNavy League Sea-Air Space Exhibition (Washington D.C., May 16-18). The aircraft is specifically designed for military training customers, primarily the U.S. Navy. The new version features distinctive capabilities and unique features differentiating it from the proven AW119Kx commercial helicopter while keeping certification advantages. Like the commercial AW119Kx, the TH-119 will be built at the company’s Philadelphia facility.

With high safety standards, the TH-119 maintains redundancies on several key systems for maximum safety, while featuring a dual-display Genesys Aerospace cockpit that gives flexibility to instruct from either seat and the option for VFR or IFR (IMC) operations. This makes the TH-119 the best single engine solution in the market for training in demanding weather and low visibility conditions.

Other features that set the aircraft apart from its competitors include:

    A unique cabin configuration with an additional 180-degree adjustable trainer observation seat at the base of the instrument panel giving the occupant a full view of the cockpit;
    Full Night Vision Device (NVD) compatible cockpit and cabin with high-visibility cockpit doors and a low-profile instrument panel to ensure maximum visibility from the cockpit;
    Re-enforced skids with replaceable skid shoes which support the multiple repetitions of essential touchdown training maneuvers;
    Cargo hook and hoist options supporting advanced training events;
    And a five-fuel cell option that provides more than five hours of flight time with pressure refueling port allowing for less downtime to refuel as well as “hot” refueling while the engine is still running.

As the U.S. Navy faces increasing challenges to its current training helicopter platforms, the TH-119 helicopter is the best solution for the U.S. Navy at the right time.
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Coastal Riverine Squadron Four (CRS-4) conducted well deck operations with the Mark VI patrol boat for the first time aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) May 15.

Two Mark VI boats demonstrated their capabilities by mooring and launching multiple times from the well deck of Bataan, accomplishing a major milestone for the craft.

The first operational Mark VI arrived in Bahrain as part of U.S. 5th Fleet. Once deployed, CRS-4 will utilize the Mark VI to conduct maritime security missions throughout the Arabian Gulf.

American aluminum boat manufacturer Safe Boats delivered first Mark VI boat to the Navy in August, 2014 while the Coastal Riverine Group 2 received their first two boats in September 2015.

The two vessels that recently trained with USS Bataan are the third and fourth vessels in the class. The navy will initially procure 10 boats and the fleet expansion is expected to start in 2018.

The Mark VI is an 85-foot patrol craft fitted with a Mark 38 25mm gun on the bow, and an ability to reach speeds in excess of 35 knots. The craft will provide the Navy the continued ability to patrol waterways for the purpose of protecting coalition forces and vital infrastructure.

Deck Department Division Officer Ensign Michael Klooster, from Cummings, Georgia was excited to train with CRS-4.

“This is the second time Mark VI patrol boats have ever done well deck operations and the first time conducting operations with an LHD-class amphibious warfare ship.”

“The Mark VI patrol boats are extremely cool pieces of machinery; they are extremely useful to the Navy’s warfighting mission,” said Kloster.

According to Klooster, the boats are versatile enough to fit inside the well deck; thus, they can be transported to any location in a short period of time. The crafts are also provided with kickstands to help deck department when conducting boat operations.

The Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) operates in harbors, rivers, bays across the littorals and ashore. The primary mission of CRF is to conduct maritime security operations across all phases of military operations by defending high value assets, critical maritime infrastructure, ports and harbors both inland and on coastal waterways against enemies and when commanded conduct offensive combat operations.
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Enviado por: tenente em Maio 22, 2016, 09:08:47 pm
USS Zumwalt officially delivered to US Navy

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USS Zumwalt, Photo: US Navy

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy’s next-generation of multimission surface combatants, May 20.

Ship delivery follows extensive tests, trials and demonstrations of the ship’s hull, mechanical, and electrical systems including the ship’s boat handling, anchor and mooring systems as well as major demonstrations of the damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems.

Following delivery and a crew certification period at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works, the ship will be commissioned in Baltimore Oct. 15.

Zumwalt will then transit to her homeport in San Diego where Mission Systems Activation will continue in parallel with a Post Delivery Availability.

The 610-foot, wave-piercing tumblehome ship design provides a wide array of advancements. The shape of the superstructure and the arrangement of its antennas significantly reduce radar cross section, making the ship less visible to enemy radar at sea.

Zumwalt is the first U.S. Navy surface combatant to employ an innovative and highly survivable Integrated Power System (IPS) distributing 1000 volts of direct current across the ship.

The IPS’ architectural capabilities include the ability to allocate all 78 megawatts of installed power to propulsion, ship’s service, and combat system loads from the same gas turbine prime movers based on operational requirements.

Each ship in the class features a battery of two Advanced Gun Systems, capable of firing Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) that reach up to 63 nautical miles, providing three-fold range improvement in naval surface fires coverage.

Each ship is equipped with eighty Advanced Vertical Launch System cells for Tomahawk missiles, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles, Standard Missiles, and Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC) (VLA).

DDG 1000 is tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.

The ship will employ active and passive sensors and a Multi-Function Radar (MFR) capable of conducting area air surveillance, including over-land, throughout the extremely difficult and cluttered sea-land interface.

BIW is also constructing follow-on ships, the future Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) and Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002).

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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 05, 2016, 01:53:58 pm


For the first time since 2003 an US aircraft carrier attacks the Middle East from the Mediterranean

Planes of the "USS Harry S. Truman" struck ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-strikes-usa-idUSKCN0YP1WU
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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 06, 2016, 12:02:22 pm


USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) sailing to Europe and the Middle East 
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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 12, 2016, 11:02:57 am


Flight Deck Operations Dwight E. Eisenhower
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Junho 16, 2016, 11:57:33 am
IKE Transits Strait Of Gibraltar • U.S. Carrier Enters MED


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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 26, 2016, 09:56:38 pm
Maldita crise (gosto das capa personalizada)...  ;D ;)
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The U.S. Marines Are Pulling Old F/A-18s Out of Desert Storage
F-35 delays mean desperate measures
by DAVID AXE

The U.S. Marine Corps has received the first two old F/A-18 Hornet fighters that Boeing is pulling out the U.S. military’s retired-warplane storage facility in Arizona and refurbishing for continued service.
Under a contract the U.S. Navy signed with Boeing in 2014, the Chicago plane-maker is “reconstituting” 30 first-generation F/A-18s that have been sitting for years in open desert storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson.

https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-marines-are-pulling-old-f-a-18s-out-of-desert-storage-a9b2febe3d64#.v4qp9qcbo (https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-marines-are-pulling-old-f-a-18s-out-of-desert-storage-a9b2febe3d64#.v4qp9qcbo)

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Enviado por: olisipo em Junho 29, 2016, 07:30:23 pm

After the USS "Harry S. Truman", the USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" aircraft carrier conducts strikes against the Daesh in Syria and Iraq from the Mediterranean
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 01, 2016, 04:36:10 pm
São só 170 páginas...  8)

https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/document-summary-u-s-navy-investigation-farsi-island-incident (https://news.usni.org/2016/06/30/document-summary-u-s-navy-investigation-farsi-island-incident)
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Document: U.S. Navy Investigation into Farsi Island Incident

June 30, 2016 9:51 AM • Updated: June 30, 2016 1:39 PM
The following is the executive summary of the U.S. Navy’s investigation into the Jan. 12, 2016 seizure of 10 U.S. sailors by Iranian forces near Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.

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Enviado por: olisipo em Julho 18, 2016, 04:18:18 pm

 
Former Frigate USS "Thach" Hit in Live Fire Sinking Exercise

https://news.usni.org/2016/07/18/video-former-frigate-uss-thach-sunk-live-fire-exercise
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Enviado por: Menacho em Julho 22, 2016, 07:44:50 am

 
Former Frigate USS "Thach" Hit in Live Fire Sinking Exercise

https://news.usni.org/2016/07/18/video-former-frigate-uss-thach-sunk-live-fire-exercise

Duras......muito duras, increible!!
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 26, 2016, 12:07:38 pm
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The US Navy’s newest supercarrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, may struggle to launch and recover aircraft, mount a defence and move munitions.

It has been reported that on-board systems for the previously mentioned tasks have poor or unknown reliability issues, according to a June the 28th memo obtained by Bloomberg News.

Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department’s director of operational test and evaluation, wrote:

“These four systems affect major areas of flight operations. Unless these issues are resolved, which would likely require redesigning, they will significantly limit the CVN-78’s ability to conduct combat operations.

Based on current reliability estimates, the CVN-78 is unlikely to conduct high-intensity flight operations at the outset of a war.”

In January 2014, the annual Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) report said that critical ship systems including the EMALS, Advanced Arresting Gear, Dual Band Radar, and weapons elevators were not reliable enough and needed more testing and improvements.

EMALS testing recorded 201 launch failures out of 1,967 launches, equaling a reliability rate of 240 mean cycles (launching of one aircraft) between critical failures. Testing of the Advanced Arresting Gear recorded 9 arresting failures out of 71 attempts, equaling a reliability rate of 20 mean cycles (recovery of one aircraft) between operational mission failure, a failure rate 248 times higher than should be expected.

Those systems performed at a fraction of their requirements for shipboard configurations, and even less of required standards. Radar and weapons elevator test data was not made available, but were also below expectations.

The US Navy maintains that further testing will resolve the problems.

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 06, 2016, 06:21:39 pm
Finalmente uma explicação lógica a explicar todo o programa LCS da Marinha Norte-Americana e porquê é que eles agora vão transformar esses navios em autênticas fragatas.

Citação de: AAMC;n174826
After the end of the cold war, the USN had a bit of soul-searching to do. The only navy in the world owned by a hostile power that could conceivably challenge the U.S had disappeared, it's former ships rusting ignominiously in dock. Besides the Soviet Union, no other power had anything even remotely close to the USN - remember that, in 1991, the Chinese (PRC) navy was still limited to a handful of hopelessly obsolescent destroyers and frigates. There seemed to be little need for a navy designed for conventional engagements. Frigates like the Perry class, being a vessel meant for high seas escort missions, were of very low priority when it seemed that there was no one left to challenge the USN out in the ocean.

Post Cold-War, the focus shifted to littoral waters - close to the shore - which was the only place where hostile powers such as Iran or North Korea could hope to inflict damage on the USN, through the use of Fast Attack Craft, midget submarines, or motorboats (a la Iran-Iraq War). Thus was borne the Littoral Combat Ship - a vessel that was explicitly designed for these types of environments. Many of the class' characteristics are specifically designed for fighting so-called 'asymmetric threats'; high speed (~45 kt) is pointless in missile combat, but useful for chasing down smaller boats. The (now-cancelled) NLOS missile, to be carried in the anti-surface role, was too small to pose a major threat to a frigate or destroyer, but it's promised (and ultimately unachievable) loiter mode would have made it effective in eliminating small craft. Finally, the substantial internal cargo space and helicopter facilities makes it possible to use the ships in an ad-hoc amphibious role, for commando raids.

Unfortunately for the USN, the future didn't quite turn out the way that the planners had expected. Russia began to rebuild and refurbish it's navy - not to Soviet standards, but enough to pose a credible conventional threat. Much more worryingly, China is rapidly phasing out it's obsolescent cold-war era ships, and replacing them with domestic designs that are increasingly coming closer to matching Western designs; the PLAN has thirteen Type 052D Destroyers in service or under construction, each resembling a Flight I / II Arleigh Burke. The conventional threat is rapidly moving back into the picture, and the LCS, as originally designed, was a very poor match for it.

As such, there's been a re-evaluation of naval strategy of late, and, lo and behold, the frigate is back:

SNA: Modified Littoral Combat Ships to be Designated Frigates (http://"https://news.usni.org/2015/01/15/sna-modified-littoral-combat-ship-class-changed-fast-frigate")

The remaining LCS' are to be build to a modified specification. Gone are the modular mission packages and littoral seas focus. Instead, the ships will get better radar, CIWS and anti-ship missile launchers. The new ships will get the FF hull designation.
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 19, 2016, 05:14:51 pm
Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) Tested on Ford-class Aircraft Carrier at HII Shipyard
 
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully tested the Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). PALS is a radar system that provides final approach and landing guidance to aircraft to ensure successful landings on the flight deck.

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A special instrumented F-18 Super Hornet flew within about 500 feet of Gerald R. Ford 10 times during the testing, which verifies the proper functionality, alignment and operation of the PALS equipment and its subsystems. Photo by HII
          
A special instrumented F-18 Super Hornet flew within about 500 feet of Gerald R. Ford 10 times during the testing, which verifies the proper functionality, alignment and operation of the PALS equipment and its subsystems. While the PALS technology is used on Nimitz-class carriers, Gerald R. Ford’s system is upgraded and modified for the new class’ island location and other design and technology changes. The dual band radar, also new to the Ford class, supported testing of the PALS.

“Aircraft landing precision is at the core of an aircraft carrier’s mission,” said Rolf Bartschi, Newport News’ vice president, CVN 78 carrier construction. “This test program ensures that the systems are working together as they were designed to work before we take the ship to sea.”


Newport News Shipbuilding has successfully tested the Precision Aircraft Landing System (PALS) on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Video by HII
          
Gerald R. Ford represents the next-generation class of aircraft carriers. The first-in-class ship features a new nuclear power plant, a redesigned island, electromagnetic catapults, improved weapons movement, an enhanced flight deck capable of increased aircraft sortie rates, and growth margin for future technologies and reduced manning. Ford has been under construction since November 2009 and was launched in 2013.
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 23, 2016, 07:41:17 pm
USS Fort Worth departs Singapore following repairs to propulsion damage

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
23 August 2016

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USS Fort Worth departing Singapore for San Diego on 22 August 2016. Source: US Navy
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USS Fort Worth has begun its journey towards San Diego after repairs to its propulsion systems
Vessel's damage was not as extensive as initially suggested, said the US Navy
The US Navy's (USN's) Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) has left Singapore's Changi Naval Base for San Diego after a deployment that was inadvertently extended by almost half a year due to issues with the platform's propulsion systems.

Fort Worth arrived in Singapore in November 2014 for a rotational deployment that was originally scheduled to last for 16 months, but the platform sustained damage to its propulsion systems in January 2016.

The US Pacific Fleet said at the time that initial indications suggest that the damage occurred because proper procedures were not adhered to during a test of the vessel's engines. A commanding officer who was responsible for the platform during the incident has been relieved of duty.

"Damage to the ship's combining gears was less extensive than initial investigations suggested," said the USN in a statement on the vessel's departure on 22 August. "A full assessment revealed that only three bearings needed to be replaced, and the repairs took less time and cost less than originally expected," the service added.

Fort Worth 's departure was cleared after it passed a number of assessments and validations to confirm that the platform has resumed a fully operational status following its repairs, said the USN. The ship will make the journey to San Diego with the use of both main propulsion diesel engines.

USS Coronado (LCS 4) is currently scheduled to replace Fort Worth as the rotationally deployed LCS in Singapore and the vessel is making preparations to transit over from Hawaii, the service has confirmed with IHS Jane's .

http://www.janes.com/article/63144/uss-fort-worth-departs-singapore-following-repairs-to-propulsion-damage
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Enviado por: olisipo em Agosto 26, 2016, 10:02:03 am

US Aircraft Almost Crashes into Sea By Falling From Aircraft Carrier As Landing Cable Snaps
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Enviado por: olisipo em Agosto 31, 2016, 04:13:23 pm
Problemas com dois navios da classe Litoral Combat Ship (LCS):


USS Freedom (LCS-1) Sidelined After Propulsion Casualty, Diesel Engine Contaminated With "Rust and Seawater"

https://news.usni.org/2016/08/28/uss-freedom-suffers-propulsion-casualty-diesel-engine-contaminated-rust-seawater


USS Coronado (LCS 4) Suffers Engineering Casualty, Returning to Pearl Harbor

https://news.usni.org/2016/08/30/lcs-uss-coronado-suffers-engineering-casualty-returning-pearl-harbor
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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 10, 2016, 10:40:02 pm
US Navy Drops LCS Plans, Concept After Latest Failures

(Source: Defense-Aerospace.com; published Sept 9, 2016)
By Giovanni de Briganti

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The US Navy has finally decided to abandon the unworkable Littoral Combat Ship modular concept, and to turn the ships it has on order into dedicated, single-mission vessels. Both LCS variants are shown here. (USN photo)
PARIS --- After spending billions of dollars, the US Navy has finally abandoned the Littoral Combat Ship concept, saying it will turn the first four LCSs into training ships and that all future vessels will be equipped for a single combat mission.

Although deliberately worded to minimize its import, the US Navy statement below is a clear acknowledgement that the LCS concept has been an abysmal failure.

But, even as it looks to mitigate the disastrous effects of having ordered a dozen LCS at once, before checking whether they performed as claimed (they have not), the Navy makes no mention of having found the technical faults which have struck four LCS ships this year.

In the statement below, the Navy announces it is abandoning the LCS’ most prized objectives (interchangeable mission modules; innovative but complex crewing arrangements) which were supposed to turn inexpensive small ships with small crews into potent combatants in coastal regions.

Ironically, this is an admission that the Government Accountability Office was right in recommending, in its latest report on the LCS program issued in June, that “Congress should consider not funding any requested LCS in fiscal year 2017 and should consider requiring the Navy to revise its acquisition strategy for the frigate.”

In fact, the ships are very expensive ($562.8 million for each ship, according to the Congressional Research Service. This is about as much as a DDG 51 destroyer, whose last batch cost about $700m each), their small crews are unable to switch mission modules even when these are available, and their crewing arrangements have proved inoperative.

By turning the four Littoral Combat Ships it has commissioned to date into training ships, the Navy is also admitting they are operationally worthless.

So the LCS concept is a total failure, and the billions of dollars spent so far have been wasted, despite each one having cost about half a billion dollars.

All of this should be of major concern as the US Navy has ordered 22 ships under two block buy contracts awarded to the two LCS builders in December 2010, and the 8th was delivered in mid-August. These contracts run until FY2022.

This means the Navy is still buying fault-plagued ships designed to a failed operational concept at over a half-billion dollars a pop, which is neither a good idea nor a prudent use of taxpayers’ billions of dollars.

Whether, or how, the US Navy reacts to the LCS ballooning problems in the acquisition field will determine how seriously its military and civilian chiefs take their responsibilities.


Story history
-- on Sept 9, edited for clarity the paragraph on DDG-51 costs.


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Navy Adjusts LCS Class Crewing, Readiness, and Employment

(Source: U.S Navy; issued Sept 8, 2016)

SAN DIEGO --- The Navy announced today it will implement several key changes to the projected 28-ship Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Flight 0/0+ class over the next five years that will simplify crewing, stabilize testing, and increase overseas deployment presence availability.

The projected 12 Frigates will be the next increment of LCS and will use the same manning, training, maintenance and operating concepts as those that have been approved as part of the LCS review.

The decision to make these changes resulted from a comprehensive review of LCS crewing, training, maintenance, and operations commissioned in March.

While a total of 40 ships have been approved for the program, the Navy Force Structure Assessment still projects the need for 52 small surface combatants that LCS and Frigate address.

Beginning this fall, the Navy will start to phase out the 3:2:1 crewing construct and transition to a Blue/Gold model similar to the one used in crewing Ballistic Missile submarines, patrol craft and minesweepers. The LCS crews will also merge, train, and rotate with mission module detachment crews, organizing as four-ship divisions of a single warfare area - either surface warfare (SUW), mine warfare (MCM), or anti-submarine warfare (ASW).

Though organized this way, the LCS class will retain the technological benefits of modularity and the ability to swap mission packages quickly if needed. Aviation detachments will also deploy with the same LCS crew, but will remain assigned to their respective squadrons when in home port.

To facilitate these changes across the class, the Navy will eventually homeport Independence-variant ships in San Diego and Freedom-variant ships in Mayport, Fla. 24 of the 28 LCS ships will form into six divisions with three divisions on each coast. Each division will have a single warfare focus and the crews and mission module detachments will be fused.

Each division will consist of three Blue/Gold-crewed ships that deploy overseas and one single-crewed training ship. Under this construct, each division's training ship will remain available locally to certify crews preparing to deploy. Few homeport shifts will be needed since only six LCS are currently commissioned while the rest are under contract, in construction, or in a pre-commissioned unit status.

The first four LCS ships (LCS 1-4) will become testing ships.

Like the training ships, testing ships will be single-crewed and could be deployed as fleet assets if needed on a limited basis; however, their primary purpose will be to satisfy near and long term testing requirements for the entire LCS class without affecting ongoing deployment rotations. This approach accommodates spiral development and rapid deployment of emerging weapons and delivery systems to the fleet without disrupting operational schedules.

Implementing these changes now and as more LCS ships are commissioned over the coming years will ultimately allow the Navy to deploy more ships, increasing overall forward presence. With the Blue/Gold model in place, three out of four ships will be available for deployment compared with one out of two under 3:2:1. The Blue/Gold model will also simplify ownership of maintenance responsibilities and enhance continuity as the same two crews rotate on a single ship. Single-crewed training ships will complement shore-based training facilities and ensure crews have enough time at sea before deployment. The findings and recommendations of the LCS review will allow the LCS program to become more survivable, lethal, and adaptable as the LCS become regular workhorses in the fleet.

"As we implement these changes, we will continue to make iterative adjustments and improvements based on evolving fleet requirements and technological developments," said Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces. "Implementing the approved recommendations from this review and continuing to examine other areas for improvement will better position the LCS program for success - both now and in the future."

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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/176873/us-navy-drops-lcs-plans%2C-concept-after-latest-failures.html
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Enviado por: olisipo em Setembro 20, 2016, 09:40:59 pm

USS Rentz (FFG 46) a Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate, commissioned in 1984, sank in an exercise off Guam after sustaining 22 "Hellfire" missile hits fired from helicopters of the US Navy Sea Combat Squadron 12
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Enviado por: nelson38899 em Setembro 25, 2016, 11:05:12 pm
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A visão do expresso do novo destroyer americano

http://leitor.expresso.pt/#library/expressodiario/23-09-2016/caderno-1/temas-principais/o-impressionante--e-sim-extremamente-caro--navio-star-trek-1 (http://leitor.expresso.pt/#library/expressodiario/23-09-2016/caderno-1/temas-principais/o-impressionante--e-sim-extremamente-caro--navio-star-trek-1)
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 09, 2016, 04:00:13 pm
Newest US aircraft carrier to miss another delivery deadline

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The most expensive ship the U.S. Navy has ever built is once again bound to miss a delivery deadline.

USS Gerald R. Ford, the lead ship of a next generation of U.S. aircraft carriers, was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2014, but the deadline kept being pushed back.

The latest delivery was scheduled for November this year, but according to a report by the Virginian Pilot, the delivery was delayed again and the Navy did not set a new one.

Defense News reported in September this year that voltage regulator problems on the carrier’s four main turbine generators (MTGs) resulted in an electrical explosion in one of the turbines in June with another, smaller, explosion taking place in July.

“We continue to look for opportunities to get Gerald R. Ford to sea as soon as possible. The Navy is evaluating the most cost-effective and efficient schedule to complete sea trials and ship delivery,” Navy spokesman Capt. Thurraya Kent was quoted as saying by the Virginian Pilot.

Earlier delays were caused by the carrier’s advanced arresting gear system which was, according to Senator John McCain $600 million over budget. Back in 2015, Ford faced a potential two-year delay which could have been caused by shock trial tests which were requested by Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation.

With a price tag of $12.9 billion, USS Gerald R. Ford is the most expensive ship in the Navy’s fleet. The $10.5 billion estimate from 2007 rose by 23 percent.

Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was ordered from Newport News Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, on Sept. 10, 2008. With this new class of ships the U.S. Navy hoped to save $4 billion in total ownership costs during each ship’s 50-year service life, compared to the Nimitz-class.

The 1,100 foot (335 meter) ship displaces 100,000 tonnes and is designed to operate effectively with nearly 700 fewer crew members than a CVN 68-class ship. Improvements in the ship design will, according to the Navy, allow the embarked air wing to operate with approximately 400 fewer personnel.

https://navaltoday.com/2016/10/07/newest-us-aircraft-carrier-to-miss-another-delivery-deadline/
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Enviado por: NVF em Outubro 11, 2016, 09:48:50 pm
USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack

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The crew of a guided-missile destroyer fired three missiles to defend themselves and another ship after being attacked on Sunday in the Red Sea by two presumed cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi-forces, USNI News has learned.

During the attack against USS Mason (DDG-87), the ship’s crew fired the missiles to defend the guided-missile destroyer and nearby USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) from two suspected cruise missiles fired from the Yemini shore, two defense officials told USNI News.

Mason launched two Standard Missile-2s (SM-2s) and a single Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) to intercept the two missiles that were launched about 7 P.M. local time. In addition to the missiles, the ship used its Nulka anti-ship missile decoy, the sources confirmed. Mason was operating in international waters north of the strait of Bab el-Mandeb at the time of the attack.

According to a defense official on Monday, Mason “employed onboard defensive measures” against the first suspected cruise missile, “although it is unclear whether this led to the missile striking the water or whether it would have struck the water anyway.” The official did not specify that the defensive measure was a missile fired from the ship.

USNI News understands, as of Monday, the crew of the ship was uncertain if the suspected cruise missile was taken out by an SM-2 or went into the water on its own. In the Monday statement, the Pentagon said an investigation was ongoing.

The second missile launched from Yemen hit the water without being struck by a U.S. interceptor.

Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis would not confirm Mason launched missiles to USNI News on Monday. On Tuesday, Davis told reporters the missiles coming from Yemen might have been intended to strike Ponce and that the U.S. “will take action accordingly,” in response to the findings of the ongoing investigation.

While the Pentagon will not confirm details of Mason’s engagement, the use of both missiles by the U.S. is, “very significant,” Bryan Clark, a naval analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and former aide to retired former-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, told USNI News on Monday.

“It might be the first time the SM-2 used against an actual threat for which it was designed,” Clark said.
“It’s definitely the first time ESSM has been used… This is obviously a huge deal.”

The SM-2s – more than two decades old – were specifically designed to tackle Cold War cruise missile threats to a guided-missile destroyer, much like the ones Iran has presumably given to the Houthis in Yemen.

Last week a Houthi-launched cruise missile caused significant damage to the UAE-leased HSV Swift – an unarmed aluminum high-speed transport vessel used to move supplies and wounded in the region, UAE officials said. UAE is part of a Saudi Arabia led coalition that has fought against the Iran backed Shi’a Houthis in Yemen since last year.

While U.S. sources haven’t confirmed the type of missiles, open source naval analyst and retired Navy Capt. Chris Carlson told USNI News on Monday the damage on Swift appears to be from the warhead used in a Chinese-built C-802 anti-ship missile (NATO reporting name CSS-N-8 Saccade). The C-802 is based on Cold War-era French technology.

Specifically, the damage on Swift indicates the missile had an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead – a well-known feature of the C-802. An EFP expands on impact launching additional pieces of shrapnel once the missile has penetrated the outer skin of a target around its circumference.

While the guidance system is largely 1990s vintage, the C-802 carries a, “very damaging warhead,” Carlson said.

The attacks on Mason and Ponce follow an airstrike that killed more than 140 people and injured more than 500 during a funeral in Yemen. The Saudi-led bombing has prompted a review of U.S. support of the conflict fought between the collation and the Houthis since last year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to the Saudi strike, Houthi rebels have told Saudi Arabia and its allies — via Iranian state media — to stay out of Yemen, “territorial waters.”

Davis told reporters on Tuesday, there’s no short-term anticipated change in U.S. posture in the region.

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USS Mason (DDG-87) fires an SM-2 during a March 2016 exercise. US Navy Image

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Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) on April 11, 2016. US Navy Photo

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Analysis of damage on HSV Swift by retired US Navy Capt. Chris Carlson. Used with permission

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EFP warhead blast pattern via Chris Carlson
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Enviado por: olisipo em Outubro 17, 2016, 11:55:50 am

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) commissionIng in Baltimore
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Outubro 17, 2016, 12:40:46 pm

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) commissionIng in Baltimore

Resolveram o problema da falta de energia suficiente para operar as railgun? No segundo 1:09"
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Enviado por: olisipo em Outubro 17, 2016, 03:41:09 pm

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) commissionIng in Baltimore

Resolveram o problema da falta de energia suficiente para operar as railgun? No segundo 1:09"

O que diz aquí é um bocado ambiguo:

http://futurism.com/uss-zumwalt-the-largest-ever-destroyer-has-joined-the-u-s-navy/

The largest ever destroyer just joined US Navy and it COULD fire railguns

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(...) We could one day see Zumwalt class warships equipped with kinetically-charged railguns capable of launching projectiles as far as 201 km (125 miles) at Mach-6 speeds (...)

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Outubro 17, 2016, 04:24:23 pm
"That’s enough energy to run the battleship and power a small town at the same time, according to the U.S. Navy. This massive font of electricity could fire the Navy’s next-gen beam weapons and railguns. We could one day see Zumwalt-class warships equipped with kinetically-charged railguns capable of launching projectiles as far as 201 km (125 miles) at Mach 6 speeds."

Quer isto dizer que ainda não tem as railgun instaladas! Presumo pelo que está escrito.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Outubro 29, 2016, 02:36:16 pm
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Outubro 29, 2016, 03:44:56 pm
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Quer isto dizer que ainda não tem as railgun instaladas! Presumo pelo que está escrito.

O destroyer está equipado com dois canhões de 155mm fabricados pela BAE

http://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/advanced-gun-system-ags (http://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/advanced-gun-system-ags)

Também aparece aqui uma imagem e a comparação com os modelos de artilharia naval actuais

http://ukarmedforcescommentary.blogspot.pt/2013/07/a-new-golden-era-for-naval-guns.html (http://ukarmedforcescommentary.blogspot.pt/2013/07/a-new-golden-era-for-naval-guns.html)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Outubro 30, 2016, 09:43:21 pm

USS "Illinois" (SSN 786) joins the US Navy
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 01, 2016, 12:17:18 pm
US Navy Using Best Weapons: Missiles, Bombs, Naval Guns, Explosives vs Ships


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: olisipo em Novembro 02, 2016, 10:10:39 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: perdadetempo em Novembro 07, 2016, 10:23:03 pm
USS Zumwalt

Parece que a US Navy chegou à conclusão que os projecteis para os canhões do navio são muito caros e vai cancelar o seu fabrico  :o

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Washington – Barely two weeks after the US Navy commissioned its newest and most futuristic warship, armed with two huge guns that can hit targets 80 miles away, the service is moving to cancel the projectiles for the guns, citing excessive costs that run up to $800,000 per round or more.

The Long Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) is a guided precision munition that is key to the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class’s mission as a land-attack destroyer, able to hit targets with such accuracy that, in the words of manufacturer Lockheed Martin, can “defeat targets in the urban canyons of coastal cities with minimal collateral damage.”

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/new-warships-big-guns-have-no-bullets (http://www.defensenews.com/articles/new-warships-big-guns-have-no-bullets)

Cumprimentos,
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 18, 2016, 06:30:24 pm
U.S. Navy Super Mighty Aircraft Carrier Strike Group In Action In The Pacific Ocean


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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Novembro 22, 2016, 10:26:00 pm
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SS Zumwalt Breaks Down in Panama Canal

November 22, 2016 by Mike Schuler
U.S. Navy Photo
The USS Zumwalt passes under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as the ship travels to its new home port of San Diego, California following commissioning in Baltimore, October 17, 2016. U.S. Navy Photo

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most high-tech destroyer is stuck in Panama after suffering an engineering casualty during a transit of the Panama Canal and just one month after the US Navy’s newest Littoral Combat Ship suffered damage in the canal during a return visit to shipyard after multiple engine failures.

http://gcaptain.com/uss-zumwalt-breaks-down-in-panama-canal/ (http://gcaptain.com/uss-zumwalt-breaks-down-in-panama-canal/)
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 23, 2016, 02:03:52 pm
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Enviado por: olisipo em Novembro 23, 2016, 04:03:37 pm

Destroyer Zumwalt after breaking down in Panama Canal, gets tow  (Vídeo distribuido na Rússia)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 20, 2016, 10:27:46 am
http://www.janes.com/article/66357/us-navy-grounds-super-hornets-and-growlers-after-incident-at-nas-whidbey-island (http://www.janes.com/article/66357/us-navy-grounds-super-hornets-and-growlers-after-incident-at-nas-whidbey-island)
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The US Navy (USN) has grounded its fleet of Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler combat aircraft while it investigates the cause of a ground incident on 16 December that injured two flight-crew.

The incident at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island in Washington state saw an EA-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 experience an unspecified "on-deck emergency" that required both crew members to be airlifted to hospital, a USN statement said.

As a consequence of the incident, the USN has ordered a temporary suspension of all Super Hornet and Growler flight operations while the Naval Air Systems Command and Boeing conduct their investigation. Exceptions to this grounding order will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 27, 2016, 09:36:24 am
http://www.janes.com/article/66480/lead-ford-class-carrier-nears-completion-of-system-testing (http://www.janes.com/article/66480/lead-ford-class-carrier-nears-completion-of-system-testing)
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Key Points
System testing on USS Gerald R Ford is more than 75% complete, says shipbuilder
Less than 10% of overall test programme remains to be finished
Systems testing aboard the US Navy's (USN's) new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, lead ship the future USS Gerald R Ford , is more than three-quarters complete, according to Michael Petters, CEO of shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

"CVN 78 Ford is essentially complete, with less than 10% of the overall test programme remaining to be completed," Petters told a recent briefing on the company's earnings. "We are prosecuting the repairs on the main turbine generators and moving towards sea trials."

Resolving issues relating to the turbine generators has been a challenge as the company has worked towards delivering the ship. The navy had planned to take delivery of the ship in 2016; at this stage, no delivery date has been confirmed, although IHS Jane's understands that the navy may provide an update on progress towards this aim by the end of the year.

Two of the key systems currently undergoing additional testing are the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG). These systems are central to the launch and recovery, respectively, of embarked aircraft.

Of the two, EMALS development, installation, and integration have kept mostly to schedule and expectation. The system has undergone nearly all testing planned before delivery, according to Michael Land, a spokesperson for Naval Air Systems Command, in response to questions from IHS Jane's . Once that testing is complete and the carrier is delivered, HII's team will turn the system over to Ford 's crew to test EMALS with aircraft onboard the ship.

AAG testing appears to be back on track following some setbacks, according to the USN. The navy is still testing the system, following a re-design of its water-twister components.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 08, 2017, 02:00:58 pm
https://www.facebook.com/USSVINSON/?pnref=story (https://www.facebook.com/USSVINSON/?pnref=story)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 13, 2017, 01:20:11 pm
Freedom-Variant Frigate

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http://lockheedmartin.com/us/products/frigate.html
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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 16, 2017, 04:21:59 pm
http://www.janes.com/article/66932/us-navy-declares-ioc-for-almds-airborne-counter-mine-system (http://www.janes.com/article/66932/us-navy-declares-ioc-for-almds-airborne-counter-mine-system)

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The US Navy (USN) has declared initial operating capability (IOC) for its AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), manufacturer Northrop Grumman announced on 12 January.

The milestone for the ALMDS comes under two-and-a-half years after operations with the helicopter-based system began in August 2014.

Fitted to a Sikorsky MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, the ALMDS is an airborne mine countermeasures (MCM) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor that is designed to provide rapid wide-area reconnaissance and assessment of mine threats in sea lanes, littoral zones, confined straits, choke points, and amphibious areas of operations.

According to Northrop Grumman, the ALMDS differs from previous airborne counter-mine systems in that the laser affords faster sweep and detection speeds to significantly improve the navy's mine detection capabilities, and the self-contained pod that houses the sensor can be rapidly fitted and removed from the host aircraft. The 36,505 kg sensor pod is mounted externally on the helicopter on a BRU-14 weapon station mount. It is 2.7 m in length, has a diameter of 53 cm, and has no moving parts.

The operator on board the helicopter is presented with a 3D image of the upper volume of the sea that indicates the position of objects detected in this observed volume. He or she views a computer-enhanced image of detected objects, and displays their characteristics for comparison and correlation of mine-like objects and mines.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 17, 2017, 11:08:51 am
Freedom-Variant Frigate

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http://lockheedmartin.com/us/products/frigate.html

Os problemas de fiabilidade já foram solucionados?
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 20, 2017, 02:12:09 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Janeiro 22, 2017, 12:30:08 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Janeiro 22, 2017, 02:17:10 pm
3:04.  :o
Não há mais radares?!?!
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: perdadetempo em Fevereiro 01, 2017, 08:58:12 pm
Freedom-Variant Frigate

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http://lockheedmartin.com/us/products/frigate.html


Os problemas de fiabilidade já foram solucionados?

Nem por isso a acreditar neste relatório:

http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2016/pdf/navy/2016lcs.pdf (http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2016/pdf/navy/2016lcs.pdf)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Fevereiro 07, 2017, 09:45:15 am
https://news.usni.org/2017/02/02/23527 (https://news.usni.org/2017/02/02/23527)
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The Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding $25.5 million to begin advance fabrication of aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-80).

After beginning advance construction planning activities last spring, initial structure fabrication and shop work on the third Ford-class carrier should last through March 2018, the company announced in a statement.

“This award authorizes us to begin fabrication of structural components, sub-components, sub-units and pre-assemblies in our manufacturing shops to support the 2018 construction of Enterprise,” Mike Shawcross, Newport News’ vice president of CVN-79 and CVN-80 construction, said in the statement.
“This is an important step in getting this next Ford-class ship off to a great start, as it allows us to continue implementation of lessons learned, and the initial steel work will allow us to utilize our aircraft carrier steel production line in an efficient manner.”

The Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $152-miliion contract in May 2016 to begin advance planning activities, and this week’s money was added as a contract modification. Construction on Enterprise should begin in 2018, and the ship is expected to deliver to the Navy in 2027. Enterprise will replace the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) upon entering the fleet.

In its statement this week, Newport News Shipbuilding stated that “shipbuilders have captured thousands of lessons learned and developed new build approaches during construction of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), most of which are being implemented as cost-saving initiatives in building the second ship in the class, John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). These initiatives will also apply to Enterprise, and (parent company Huntington Ingalls Industries) will work with the Navy to identify additional cost-saving initiatives for future Ford-class carrier construction.”

In an early example of implementing lessons learned, the shipyard moved a 704-metric ton unit into John F. Kennedy’s dry dock as part of a unique “superlift” event.

“The superlift is part of an improved build strategy implemented on the second ship of the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class, resulting in superlifts erected at a higher state of outfitting completion,” the company said in a Jan. 23 news release.
“Kennedy is being built using modular construction, a process where smaller sections of the ship are welded together to form large structural units, equipment is installed, and the large units are lifted into the dry dock using the shipyard’s 1,050-metric ton gantry crane.”

CVN-79 is about 25 percent complete and set for deliver in 2022, when it will replace USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The ship is on tract to be completed with 445 lifts, which is 51 fewer than Ford and 149 fewer than USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the last Nimitz-class carrier, according to a company statement.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Charlie Jaguar em Fevereiro 07, 2017, 01:19:52 pm
Antes de Trump avançar para a USN com 350 navios, é melhor pensar em reparar e colocar no activo os muitos que se encontram agora parados.  ::)

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/grounded-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-navys-strike-fighters-cant-fly?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 07, 2017, 03:26:50 pm
Antes de Trump avançar para a USN com 350 navios, é melhor pensar em reparar e colocar no activo os muitos que se encontram agora parados.  ::)

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/grounded-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-navys-strike-fighters-cant-fly?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Os Fuzileiros também têm o mesmo problema:

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/articles/marines-may-run-out-of-money-to-fly-this-summer

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 08, 2017, 07:49:19 pm
Thornberry cites my story yesterday in Defense News about 53% of Navy aircraft can't fly, 62% of strike fighters are down. Amazing numbers

https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/828988581347725312

Vice CNO Moran - Navy is running out of money, will have to shut down aircraft, ships. Service's shipyards can't handle the load

https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/829001372687355904
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: typhonman em Fevereiro 11, 2017, 02:40:55 pm
Antes de Trump avançar para a USN com 350 navios, é melhor pensar em reparar e colocar no activo os muitos que se encontram agora parados.  ::)

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/grounded-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-navys-strike-fighters-cant-fly?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Pois, mas o Obama foi só "cut cut cut", agora há que recomeçar a fazer o power buid novamente.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Fevereiro 11, 2017, 04:41:43 pm
Eu diria que tem mais a ver com:

1) o Obama não ter tido nenhum dos seus orçamentos de defesa aprovados. Sim, o último orçamento do Pentágono, foi o de 2009 ainda proposto pelo Bush! Desde então, o Pentágono tem vivido de autorizações orçamentais concedidas avulso pelo congresso e em completa dissonância com as propostas da administração Obama.

2) com o facto de o congresso republicano ter aprovado restrições aos gastos em 2011, como forma de debelar o deficit. As chamadas 'sequestrations' que atingiram duramente o DOD.

Como agora os deficits não parecem preocupar o dito congresso, é de esperar que essas sejam restrições levantadas.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 21, 2017, 03:36:23 pm
INFOGRAPHICS #4: United States Navy battleships, destroyers and submarines

The following images (updated) are created by Steve Freeman (sfreeman421 for deviantart) and depict all the classes of battleships, destroyers, submarines as well as all the types of fighters that were/are in service with the United States Navy. Enjoy this great artwork!

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Imagens em tamanho grande aqui  :arrow: http://navalanalyses.blogspot.pt/2014/09/infographics-4-united-states-navy.html?spref=fb
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 22, 2017, 04:15:53 pm
Mighty US Nuclear Submarines in 4K - 4K Footage of Giant US Navy Nuclear Submarines in Action


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Charlie Jaguar em Março 02, 2017, 11:40:59 am
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Restoring American Seapower: A New Fleet Architecture for the United States Navy

http://csbaonline.org/research/publications/restoring-american-seapower-a-new-fleet-architecture-for-the-united-states-
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Enviado por: mafets em Março 02, 2017, 11:55:43 am
Parabéns aos Aniversariante.   ;)

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Today marks the 43rd anniversary of Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion’s maiden flight (March 1, 1974). The third engine, seventh blade behemoth is US military’s largest and heaviest helicopter.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Março 23, 2017, 11:37:15 pm
USS ZUMWALT DDG 1000

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http://usszumwalt.org/ship/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Charlie Jaguar em Março 26, 2017, 07:13:27 pm
USS ZUMWALT DDG 1000

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Zumwalt e os Littoral Combat Ship, os maiores "barretes" que a U.S. Navy enfiou nos últimos anos...  ;D ::)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 03, 2017, 12:05:58 am
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 04, 2017, 09:42:45 am
https://www.facebook.com/RealAirPower/?fref=nf&pnref=story (https://www.facebook.com/RealAirPower/?fref=nf&pnref=story)
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Boeing EA-18G Growler: An essential part of the future leading edge of naval strike operations.

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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 05, 2017, 10:48:07 am
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ATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The overdue first Ford-class aircraft carrier is set to go underway on its first set of sea trials this week, said the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command on Monday.

Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is set to leave the Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Newport News, Va. for its first set of builder’s trials following an extensive set of pier-side testing to prove the carrier’s systems.

NAVSEA’s Vice Adm. Tom Moore said told an audience at the Navy League Sea Air Space 2017 he expected the ship to head to sea sometime this week.

The carrier was scheduled to leave on Tuesday, but weather will keep the ship pier-side, USNI News understands.

Prior to leading NAVSEA, Moore was the program manager for the Ford-class program.

The crew of Ford has recently completed extensive pier-side tests that have the sailors onboard operate the carrier as if it were at sea – known as, “fast cruise.”

“She’s been through fast cruise which is essentially a dry run for going to sea,” said Capt. Doug Oglesby CVN79/80 Program Manager said during a briefing in the conference.
“That’s one of the last steps before going to trials.”

The builder’s trials, which will be conducted by HII, will not have the ship launch or recover aircraft but demonstrate the most basic functionality of the ship, Ye-Ling Wang, program manager for future aircraft carriers at the Program Executive Office for Aircraft Carriers (PMS 378), told USNI News in February.

https://news.usni.org/2017/04/03/navsea-carrier-gerald-r-ford-set-start-sea-wee (https://news.usni.org/2017/04/03/navsea-carrier-gerald-r-ford-set-start-sea-wee)

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 05, 2017, 05:29:29 pm
SAS 2017: Austal Unveils Updated LCS Frigate Design with 16x Anti-Ship Missiles

At the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2017 exposition currently held near Washington D.C., Austal USA rolled out an updated LCS Frigate design called the "Austal Frigate". The main modifications consist in a slightly shortened flight deck in order to fit anti-ship missile launchers and a variable depth sonar in order to add capabilities to the ship's aft.

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According to Austal USA, the Austal Frigate possesses increased lethality and high-speed shallow draft multi-mission combatant capabilities on a seaframe nearly identical to the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship. This ship's ability to meet and exceed current US Navy requirements makes it one of the most cost-effective, maneuverable and flexible ships in the fleet.

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hanks to the extra space at the stern, there are now 8x over the horizon (OTH) anti-ship missiles in additition to the 8x launchers fitted forward, for a total of 16x anti-ship missiles. An Austal representative explained to Navy Recognition that the increased number of missiles exceeds the minimum requirement expressed by the US Navy, but is in line with the distributed lethality concept and doesn't need additional development.

The new stern space is also fitted with a variable depth sonar and its handling system as well as a towed array.

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From left to right: 8x OTH missiles, CEROS 200 fire control radar, 3D radar, Mk41 VLS, NULKA decoy launchers, MSI Defence 30mm RWS, SEWIP antenna, SeaRAM

The new Austal Frigate design features optional Mk41 VLS (16 cells) in addition to the SeaRAM launcher.

Austal insists on the fact that the seaframe from the maindeck down is virtually identical to the existing LCS design and retains its qualities in terms of performance and affordability.

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Austal Frigate specifications:
Length: 419 ft
Beam: 104 ft
Draft: 15 ft
Full load displacement: Approx. 3,500 Tons
Speed: More than 32 knots
Range: More than 4,300 nm @ 12 kts
Berthing: 130
Mission bay size: 7,000 square ft
Watercraft operations: 2x 7 meters RHIBS. Launch and recovery up to sea state 3
Flight operations: 1x H-60, up to sea state 5
Hangar:1x H-60 and 1x MQ-8C
Sensors: 3D search radar, 2x navigation radars, EO/IR fire control optics, variable depth sonar, multi-function towed array, electronic surveillance
Processing systems: COMBATSS 21 CMS, AN/SQQ-89 undersea warfare system, integrated bridge control system, automated machinery and damage control systems
Armament: SeaRAM, Mk110 57mm gun, 6x .50 cal guns, NULKA, 16x OTH missiles, 2x 25/30mm cannons, Helllfire AGM-114 missiles, torpedo countermeasures, 2x Mk41 launchers
Propulsion: 2x GE LM2500 gas turbines, 2x MTU 20V8000 diesel engines, 4x Wartsila steerabe, reversing waterjets.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2017/sea-air-space-2017-show-daily-news/5068-sas-2017-austal-unveils-updated-lcs-frigate-design-with-16x-anti-ship-missiles.html
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 06, 2017, 09:27:15 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 09, 2017, 05:07:48 pm
America's Newest Supercarrier • PCU Ford Starts Sea Trials

America's Newest Supercarrier, PCU Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding for builder’s sea trials on April 8, 2017. The Ford is currently designated a pre-commissioning unit (PCU), expected to be commissioned in 2017.







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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 11, 2017, 03:30:29 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Abril 11, 2017, 04:19:57 pm
Também este?  :o https://www.navytimes.com/articles/things-have-gone-from-bad-to-worse-at-the-navys-flight-school (https://www.navytimes.com/articles/things-have-gone-from-bad-to-worse-at-the-navys-flight-school)
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The head of naval aviation has extended a three-day grounding of all the Navy's T-45 training jets indefinitely after a  group of instructor pilots refused to fly the aircraft.

After a visit from Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker Friday to the Navy's flight training school in Meridian, Mississippi, the Navy put out a press release announcing that the three-day pause in T-45 flights has been extended while Navy engineers try and figure out what's causing a spike in dangerous physical symptoms in pilots brought on by a drop in oxygen in the cockpit.

"The Navy implemented an operational pause for its T-45C fleet Wednesday at the direction of Shoemaker in response to the T-45C pilots’ feedback about the potential for PEs," the release said. "That operational pause has been extended to allow Naval Aviation Leadership time to review the engineering data and developing a path forward for the fleet that will ensure the safety of its aircrew."
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 11, 2017, 07:45:12 pm
Worlds Biggest & Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Begins With Sea Trials


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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 15, 2017, 01:25:50 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 19, 2017, 05:02:51 pm
HII's LPD-Based Future Surface Combatant Concept Could Replace Ticonderoga-class Cruisers

During the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space 2017 exposition held recently near Washington D.C., Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) was showcasing its "Future Surface Combatant" based on a LPD-17 / San Antonio-class hull form.

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HII's Future Surface Combatant at Sea Air Space 2017.
        
According to an HII representative, the scale model is representative of what a future surface combatant could look like based on future fleet architecture studies by the US Navy and various think tanks. "It is increasingly clear that they are going to need a combatant with a very large radar to help take the fight to the enemy. Something to operate outside of threat waters but with a radar large enought to see over the horizon" said Steve Sloan, director and program manager for LPD 28/LX(R) programs.

The scale model on display was actually unveiled as the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept ship at Sea Air Space 2014. As we reported at the time, the LPD-based BMD ship was showing an impressive may be fitted with 288 Mk 41 vertical launch systems (or 144 Mk 57 as an alternative which are the VLS currently fitted on DDG1000 class).

The "Future Surface Combatant" now shows a reduced number of 96 VLS, "That's because the Navy told us they didn't need that many cells" Navy Recognition was told. The Ticonderoga-class cruisers are currently fitted with 122x Mk 41 VLS cells.

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HII's Future Surface Combatant at Sea Air Space 2017.
        
The Ticonderoga-class cruisers will reach their retirement age of 35 years between 2021 and 2029, although the U.S. Navy may use upgrades to extend their lives to 40 years. The class was first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. HII believes its LPD-based concept would be the right solution to replace the ageing cruiser class.

HII's concept ship offers many advantages. The huge (35') fixed S-band radar for starters, which is said to be 2000 times more sensitive than the current SPY-1. An X-band radar sits on top of the mast. A 3-face radar is available as an option to replace the large cubic radar. We were told that the LPD 17 hull form offers signiticant volumes to support other missions: There is provision for an elevator and below deck hangar, both large enought to accommodate V-22 tilt rotor aircraft. There is so much space in the boat valley and hangar space that the VLS cells may potentially be reloaded while at sea. If the aircraft elevator is not needed, the well deck may be retained to support special forces or other needs.

The model on display at the show was fitted with an optional 32MJ rail gun (forward, as main gun), a Mk110 57mm and a RAM launcher back aft for self defense.

In this configuration, the HII's "future surface combatant" is 209 meters (684ft) in length with a beam of 32 meters (105 ft) and a max. displacement of 27,000 tons. The speed is 20+ knots and expected crew is 161 sailors (a significant drop compared to the 300+ crew complement aboard the Ticonderoga-class).

Navy Recognition comment:
While the LPD 17 hull form is slower than the current CG class, the potential of a surface vessel fitted with the maximum size variant of the AN/SPY-6 AMDR radar and a 70+ day mission endurance (without resupply) sounds like a major capability step forward. Add to the mix a likely affordable design (because of the reduced crew and the hot production line) plus the ability to accomodate large, long endurance helicopters (an AEW variant of the V-22 or CH-53 would be ideal) to act as remote sensors, and you have what looks like a very promising CG replacement solution.

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II's Future Surface Combatant at Sea Air Space 2017.

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Enviado por: Vitor Santos em Abril 19, 2017, 08:35:16 pm
Realmente eles jogam pesado :o
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 28, 2017, 04:17:56 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 08, 2017, 03:37:41 pm
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Junho 01, 2017, 12:20:10 am
Como não construir um porta-aviões....

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President Trump used the Navy’s next generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-78 USS Gerald R. Ford, as a backdrop to unveil his vision for the next defense budget in March 2017. The moment was meant to symbolize his commitment to rebuilding the military, but it also positioned the President in front of a monument to the Navy’s and defense industry’s ability to justify spending billions in taxypayer dollars on unproven technologies that often deliver worse performance at a higher cost. The Ford program also provides yet another example of the dangers of the Navy’s and industry’s end-running the rigorous combat testing that is essential to ensuring our fighting men and women go to war with equipment that works.

The Navy had expected to have the ship delivered in 2014 at a cost of $10.5 billion. But the inevitable problems resulting from the concurrency the Navy built into developing the Ford’s new and risky technologies, more than a dozen in all, caused the schedule to slip by more than three years and the cost to increase to $12.9 billion—nearly 25 percent over budget.

For all this time and money, “poor or unknown reliability of the newly designed catapults, arresting gear, weapons elevators, and radar, which are all critical for flight operations, could affect CVN-78’s ability to generate sorties, make the ship more vulnerable to attack, or create limitations during routine operations. The poor or unknown reliability of these critical subsystems is the most significant risk to CVN-78.”...(continua)

http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/defense-budget/2017/how-not-to-build-a-ship-uss-ford.html (http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/defense-budget/2017/how-not-to-build-a-ship-uss-ford.html)
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 09, 2017, 11:29:21 am
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-06/navy-today-aircraft-carriers-move (https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-06/navy-today-aircraft-carriers-move)

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n the Western Pacific

The  USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group  is under way – operating off the northern Philippines.  The USS Reagan  (CVN-76) just finished a six-month maintenance period in Japan.  As the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Japan, she normally covers the forward presence requirements in the western Pacific. When the Reagan undergoes scheduled maintenance periods, normal practice is to “cover” the requirement by deploying another carrier to the western Pacific. The USS Carl Vinson  (CVN-70) and her strike group were deployed in the Western Pacific to fill this role.

Her job done, the  USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group  is headed home to San Diego.

In the Eastern Pacific

The  USS Nimitz   Carrier Strike Group  left San Diego on Tuesday and is headed west.  The USS  Nimitz  (CVN-68) is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 11, which includes guided-missile destroyers USS Shoup (DDG-86) and USS Kidd (DDG-100) from Naval Station Everett, Washington, guided-missile destroyers USS Howard (DDG-83) and USS Pinckney (DDG-91) and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton  (CG-59) from San Diego, and all the aircraft squadrons that compose Carrier Air Wing 11.

Carrier Air Wing 11 composition:

The Lemoore, California-based “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, “Black Knights” of VFA-154, “Blue Diamonds” of VFA-146
The San Diego-based “Death Rattlers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323
The Whidbey Island-based “Gray Wolves” of Electronic Attack Squadron 142
The Point Mugu, California-based “Blue Tails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121
The San Diego-based “Eightballers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, “Wolfpack” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, and “Providers” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30.
*Note that one of the four fighter/attack squadrons in the wing is a Marine Corps squadron – VMFA 323.  Marine fighter squadrons are carrier-capable and some Marine fighter squadrons integrate into Navy carrier-based wings for deployment.

The  Nimitz   Carrier Strike Group  will sail across the Pacific, and likely will continue to sail all the way to the Persian Gulf.  The  Nimitz is homeported in Bremerton. She sailed from there to San Diego to join with the other strike group elements before heading west.

The  USS America Amphibious Ready Group and the 15 th  Marine Expeditionary Unit  are completing their final training and certifications prior to deploying later this year.

In the Persian Gulf

There currently is no U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf.

The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit  is in port in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.  The USS Bataan (LHD-5) Amphibious Ready Group with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in theater in March.

*Depending on how it plays out, the situation in Qatar could have great impact. There are some 10,000 U.S. personnel there – mostly U.S. Air Force.  Almost all U.S. land-based aircraft in the region currently fly out of Qatar. If the operations in Qatar are interrupted and those land-based aircraft cannot fly, it will increase pressure and demand on sea-based assets.

In the Mediterranean

The  USS George H W Bush Carrier Strike Group  just transited the Suez and is operating in the Mediterranean. The  USS George H W Bush  (CVN-77) is headed to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Junho 13, 2017, 11:35:32 am
Life Aboard USS Zumwalt


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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 14, 2017, 10:41:02 am
Devem-se seguir os IOWA...  ;D :jok: https://news.usni.org/2017/06/13/cno-navy-taking-hard-look-bringing-back-oliver-hazard-perry-frigates-ddg-life-extension-options-build-355-ship-fleet (https://news.usni.org/2017/06/13/cno-navy-taking-hard-look-bringing-back-oliver-hazard-perry-frigates-ddg-life-extension-options-build-355-ship-fleet)
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Studies are underway to “take a hard look” at putting eight mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry frigates back into service as well as extending the life of existing Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers to help the Navy reach its goal of a 355-ship fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said on Tuesday.

Speaking before an audience at the U.S. Naval War College, Richardson said service leaders were looking at “every trick” to put more platforms into the fleet including bringing back some Perrys into service.

We’re taking a hard look at the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates. There’s seven or eight of those that we could take a look at but those are some old ships and everything on these ships is old… a lot has changed since we last modernized those,” Richardson said in a response to an audience question on how the Navy’s inactive reserve fleet could be used to grow the fleet.
“It’ll be a cost benefit analysis in terms of how we do that. The other part is how we do life extension and how do we plan to keep them out of mothballs longer. That’s going to be money in the bank if we do that.”

He said early looks at extending the planned service life of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers could help the service reach a 355 total ten to 15 years faster.

“If we plan now, for instance, to extend the life Arleigh Burke DDGs beyond the current projections, the initial returns are we could buy ten to 15 years to the left in terms of reaching that 350 ship goal,” he said.

In follow-up tweets to his remarks at the Current Strategy Forum, Richardson and a Navy spokesperson stressed the service was still in the early stages of formulating how it would reach the 355 ship goal and that the progress on the life extension program was more mature than reactivating the frigates.

he service – currently at 275 ships – determined late last year that it needed to grow to 355 ships by the mid-2020s to keep a U.S. advantage over adversaries like Russia and China.

“It’s clear to get beyond that we’re going to have to start building, we’re going to have to build ships,” Richardson wrote in a white paper issued last month.
“And we’re going to have to look at extending the life of ships, we’re going to have to look at just about every way we can to increase our inventory of ships in the United States Navy.”

One naval analyst told USNI News on Tuesday considering reactivating the frigates was a sign of the stress the current fleet is under.

“The fact that this is being considered speaks to the strength and utility of the Perry-class frigate design, as well as the strain being felt by the fleet,” Eric Wertheim, author of U.S. Naval Institute’s Combat Fleets of the World, told USNI News on Tuesday.
“While increasing maintenance and shipbuilding funding could help alleviate some of these challenges in the future, near term gaps still need to be addressed more immediately. Returning retired vessels to the fleet could potentially be one near-term solution, and it sounds like it is now being considered – among other options.”
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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 14, 2017, 05:19:26 pm
Iowa's não digo, mas...

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11316/us-navy-looking-at-bringing-retired-carrier-uss-kitty-hawk-out-of-mothballs (http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11316/us-navy-looking-at-bringing-retired-carrier-uss-kitty-hawk-out-of-mothballs)
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 15, 2017, 01:48:13 pm
Iowa's não digo, mas...

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11316/us-navy-looking-at-bringing-retired-carrier-uss-kitty-hawk-out-of-mothballs (http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11316/us-navy-looking-at-bringing-retired-carrier-uss-kitty-hawk-out-of-mothballs)
Em vez de colocarem plataformas AEW e ASW nos LHA por exemplo da classe WASP e opera-los quando necessário como verdadeiros Porta-Aviões, querem colocar um CV convencional numa frota de Porta-Aviões Nucleares. Enfim, com uma perninha ainda metem o Entrepid operacional outra vez...  ;D :jok: :nice: :rir:
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Junho 15, 2017, 04:22:26 pm
Não sobrou nada da 2ª GM?

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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 15, 2017, 08:28:55 pm
Os Essex foram abatidos nos anos 70, excepto um que funcionou como navio de treino até aos anos 90; são pequenos e só há quatro navios museu disponíveis, sem maquinaria, sem nada. Em contrapartida, o Kitty Hawk funcionou até 2009, tem o mesmo layout e pode transportar um air wing idêntico dos Nimitz (ainda por cima, os actuais air wings até são mais pequenos). Além do mais, consta que estava em melhor estado que o Big E. Por uns 3 ou 4 mil milhões de dólares podem pô-lo operacional por mais uns 20 anos e mais rapidamente que um novo Nimitz, a 6 ou 7 mil milhões, ou um Ford a 12 ou 13 mil milhões. Não me parece descabido de todo. Parece-me mais viável que recuperar as oito OHP como também se anda a especular.

Concordo que uma versão AEW do Osprey para os PA britânicos, e para os LHA e LHD americanos, espanhóis e italianos vinha mesmo a calhar. Melhor ainda, um drone com essas capacidades teria mais autonomia e seria mais barato de operar.
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Enviado por: HSMW em Junho 15, 2017, 08:44:02 pm
Inspiraram-se sem duvida nos feitos da nossa Armada!
Se Portugal consegue manter navios com 40 anos os américas também podem tentar.

Não vejo qual o problema de um porta-aviões convencional no meio de uma frota de nucleares. O que interessa é que acompanhe o respectivo battle group.
E apesar de ser um projecto dos anos 60, três navios receberam o SLEP (service life extension programme), nos anos 90.

Quanto às OHP não vejo qual o valor militar que ainda podem ter para além daquela 76mm colocada no sítio errado... 
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 15, 2017, 10:34:44 pm
Inspiraram-se sem duvida nos feitos da nossa Armada!
Se Portugal consegue manter navios com 40 anos os américas também podem tentar.

Não vejo qual o problema de um porta-aviões convencional no meio de uma frota de nucleares. O que interessa é que acompanhe o respectivo battle group.
E apesar de ser um projecto dos anos 60, três navios receberam o SLEP (service life extension programme), nos anos 90.

Quanto às OHP não vejo qual o valor militar que ainda podem ter para além daquela 76mm colocada no sítio errado...
Se os EUA necessitam de mais porta-aviões, pelo menos metam os dois da classe que restam em serviço. Facilita a logística e quando faltar peças, canibalizam de um para o outro enquanto não são feitas.  ;D ;)
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John F. Kennedy was decommissioned on 23 March 2007. Only Kitty Hawk remained in service as of early 2008 and was replaced by USS George Washington as the forward-deployed carrier in Japan. Kitty Hawk returned to the United States after the turnover.[8] She was decommissioned on 12 May 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carrier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Hawk-class_aircraft_carrier)
Com as classes de LHA Wasp e América, não vejo necessidade de reactivar estes navios, já que além da discrepância entre o número de Porta-Aviões americanos (se não estou em erro, só poucos países como a Itália ou a Índia têm dois em serviço, já que a maior parte tem um e são diferentes e mais pequenos), ainda existem mais 11 América a serem construídos (além de um já em serviço) e 8 Wasp em serviço activo (cada um leva no caso de actuar como Porta-Aviões, 20 F35 e 6 Sh-60 ASW).  A meu ver saía muito mais barato dotar estes navios com pelo menos dois aparelhos AEW (helicópteros ou V22), do que colocar 2 Porta-Aviões em serviço (fazendo contas dois CV davam mais 160 aparelhos, enquanto que os 11 Américas são mais 240 aparelhos em navios novos). Mesmo que esta classe ficasse com 8 com mais os 8 WASP a juntar aos 10 da classe Nimitz, parecem ser mais que suficientes.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assault_ship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assault_ship)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_ship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_ship)
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As Perry então é de brandar aos céus, quando os EUA tem os Navios de Combate Litoral, novos e sem função. É converte-los em Fragatas e meter as peças e helicópteros das OHP.  Ganham logo 10 navios de uma assentada e novinhos em folha.  ;) :P
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship)
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P.S. Resta um Spruance. Já agora (sempre é melhor que as Perry)...  ;) ;D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_F._Foster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_F._Foster)(https://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naval.com.br%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F01%2FThe-decommissioned-ex-Paul-F.-Foster-EDD-964.jpg&hash=c3175da4d493f792bc5813971d1b774a)



 


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Junho 16, 2017, 01:44:10 am
De salientar que essa Sepruance ainda navega e andaram lá a testar armas laser e combustível feito com algas...

Será que também vão reativar uns F-14 Tomcat ou F-117?
Um SR-71 é que era!!  8)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Junho 16, 2017, 04:56:38 am
O problema dos LCS é que são sub-armados (tipo VdC, mas melhorzito) para o tamanho que têm e para o preço que custam. Os módulos de missão nunca mais estão prontos e não se sabe qual vai ser o seu custo final. E, para culminar isto tudo, passam a vida no estaleiro a ser reparados. Mas ao menos já embarcam os MH-60R/S e os MQ-8C.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Junho 16, 2017, 10:11:43 am
O problema dos LCS é que são sub-armados (tipo VdC, mas melhorzito) para o tamanho que têm e para o preço que custam. Os módulos de missão nunca mais estão prontos e não se sabe qual vai ser o seu custo final. E, para culminar isto tudo, passam a vida no estaleiro a ser reparados. Mas ao menos já embarcam os MH-60R/S e os MQ-8C.

Então, mas não é isso mesmo que a Marinha Norte-Americana está a fazer?

http://breakingdefense.com/2016/05/navy-wants-lcs-frigate-upgrade-a-year-earlier-2018-not-2019/

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2017/sea-air-space-2017-show-daily-news/5068-sas-2017-austal-unveils-updated-lcs-frigate-design-with-16x-anti-ship-missiles.html

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Junho 16, 2017, 01:05:06 pm
O quê, colocar uns Hellfire e uns Harpoon e chamar-lhes fragatas? Certamente dá-lhes maior capacidade ofensiva, mas não as transforma em fragatas. Pior, os problemas operacionais e relacionados com os módulos mantém-se — há quem diga que apesar de estarem em serviço há quase 10 anos nunca tiveram um 'deployment' operacional na verdadeira acepção da palavra (ao contrário do que a US Navy apregoa).

PS: A melhor fonte para saber o que se passa na US Navy é o CDR Salamander.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Junho 16, 2017, 11:20:30 pm
O quê, colocar uns Hellfire e uns Harpoon e chamar-lhes fragatas? Certamente dá-lhes maior capacidade ofensiva, mas não as transforma em fragatas. Pior, os problemas operacionais e relacionados com os módulos mantém-se — há quem diga que apesar de estarem em serviço há quase 10 anos nunca tiveram um 'deployment' operacional na verdadeira acepção da palavra (ao contrário do que a US Navy apregoa).

PS: A melhor fonte para saber o que se passa na US Navy é o CDR Salamander.
Com os Módulos podem pedir ajuda aos Dinamarqueses que desde uma tal Sf300 operam com os mesmos sem problemas nenhuns. A não ser que sejam como a Marinha Portuguesa que também não sabe nem quer saber...  ;D :jok:
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http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fly/fly3.html (http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fly/fly3.html)
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Junho 17, 2017, 12:13:22 am
A US Navy destroyer has collided with a Philippines merchant vessel off the coast of Japan

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Junho 17, 2017, 02:25:22 am
(https://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20170616&t=2&i=1189369389&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=780&pl=468&sq=&r=LYNXMPED5F234)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-navy-asia-idUSKBN1972SW
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Junho 17, 2017, 12:08:50 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: perdadetempo em Junho 19, 2017, 10:57:04 pm
Rota do ACX CRYSTAL na altura da colisão, o destroyer devia ter o AIS desligado pois não aparece no mapa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1b58yelh_c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1b58yelh_c)

Cumprimentos,

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Charlie Jaguar em Junho 20, 2017, 10:57:39 pm
Será que também vão reativar uns F-14 Tomcat ou F-117?
Um SR-71 é que era!!  8)

Atenção que alguns F-117 ainda voam hoje em dia nos céus do deserto do Novo México, Arizona e Nevada. Estão em reserva activa, ou seja, preparados para em qualquer momento poder regressar ao serviço, e não é a primeira vez que se fala no seu retorno devidamente modernizados.  ;)

https://theaviationist.com/2016/09/23/watch-two-f-117-stealth-jets-fly-over-nevada-together-8-years-after-retirement/

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Junho 20, 2017, 11:38:06 pm
Será que também vão reativar uns F-14 Tomcat ou F-117?
Um SR-71 é que era!!  8)

Atenção que alguns F-117 ainda voam hoje em dia nos céus do deserto do Novo México, Arizona e Nevada. Estão em reserva activa, ou seja, preparados para em qualquer momento poder regressar ao serviço, e não é a primeira vez que se fala no seu retorno devidamente modernizados.  ;)

https://theaviationist.com/2016/09/23/watch-two-f-117-stealth-jets-fly-over-nevada-together-8-years-after-retirement/


Interessante leitura. Saliento estas duas partes:

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Designed in the 1970s, subsonic, optimized for the evasion of the C, X and Ku-bands, and completely unable to dynamically map out threat emitters in real-time as the F-22 or the F-35 can do, the F-117 is *probably* still relevant in some low or medium-lethality scenarios but unable to keep pace with most modern threats.

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There is someone who’s also suggested the aircraft may be actually “unmanned” and used as fast, combat capable, stealth UCAVs.

 8)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Junho 24, 2017, 11:08:44 am
https://blog.usni.org/posts/2017/06/22/the-argument-for-a-small-but-lethal-ship-concept-frigette (https://blog.usni.org/posts/2017/06/22/the-argument-for-a-small-but-lethal-ship-concept-frigette)
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The US Navy needs a sizable fleet of small but lethal combatant ships, suitable for either deep oceans or littoral waters, to provide sea control globally. A ship the length of a corvette but with the displacement of a frigate, which I’ll refer to as a “frigette,” could achieve lethality at a constrained length, with more emphasis on weapons, seaworthiness and survivability than on speed. A line drawing of this concept vessel is presented as Fig. 1.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Julho 03, 2017, 01:40:16 pm
US Navy Launches New Warship Sideways Into Water — USS Billings


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 05, 2017, 11:17:57 am
http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2010/08/16/a-quarta-frota-e-a-estrutura-militar-unificada-dos-eua/ (http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2010/08/16/a-quarta-frota-e-a-estrutura-militar-unificada-dos-eua/)
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As Frotas dos EUA

O substantivo “frota” pode ser entendido como esquadra ou armada. No passado as frotas dos EUA eram dignas deste nome, possuindo navios específicos. Hoje em dia, a palavra “frota” (fleet) para a USN possui caráter meramente administrativo.

A origem dos dois principais componentes das Forças Operacionais citados anteriormente (USPACFLT e USFLTFORCOM) está vinculada à extinta divisão da USN em Frota do Pacífico e Frota do Atlântico. Esta estrutura, criada durante a administração Roosevelt para substituir os esquadrões navais, foi reorganizada antes dos EUA entrarem na II Guerra Mundial. Durante o curso do conflito, as duas frotas foram subdivididas em unidades chamadas “numbered fleets” que, literalmente, pode ser traduzido como “frotas numeradas”. A idéia das “frotas numeradas” surgiu com o almirante Ernest King em 1943 como base para a formação de Forças-Tarefas e para atuação em regiões geográficas específicas. Ao final daquele conflito existiam as seguintes frotas numeradas.

Terceira frota (Pacífico Oriental)
Quarta frota (Atlântico Sul)
Quinta frota (Pacífico)
Sétima frota (Pacífico Ocidental, Oceano Índico e Golfo Pérsico)
Oitava frota (Noroeste da África e Mar Mediterrâneo)
Décima frota (unidade especial de coordenação de ações anti-submarinas)
Décima segunda frota (Europa)
O termo “frotas numeradas” sobreviveu até os dias atuais. Porém, é importante salientar que, após todas as mudanças na estrutura militar dos EUA, as mesmas não estão vinculadas operacionalmente à USN e não realizam ações militares independentemente. Atualmente elas apenas representam um componente organizacional das UCC cuja missão principal é manter e treinar as unidades operativas para que estas sejam empregadas pelos CCDR quando assim necessitarem. Atualmente existem seis delas.

Segunda Frota
Terceira Frota
Quarta Frota
Quinta Frota
Sexta Frota
Sétima Frota
Como cada uma das frotas acima está vinculada, operacionalmente, a uma determinada UCC, e estas por sua vez cobrem todo o planeta, qualquer componente operativo (seja ele naval ou aéreo, mas pertencente à USN) em trânsito é automaticamente incorporado à Frota responsável por aquela área geográfica.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 11, 2017, 10:49:34 am
http://www.aereo.jor.br/2009/03/03/growler-derrubou-raptor/ (http://www.aereo.jor.br/2009/03/03/growler-derrubou-raptor/)
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O jornalista Stephen Trimble da revista Flight International visitou a Base Aérea de Andrews em 26 de fevereiro e fez a foto acima de um EA-18G Growler com um decalque de um F-22 na fuselagem, que teria sido abatido pela aeronave.
Segundo o jornalista, um piloto disse que o kill foi obtido com um míssil AMRAAM e que o Growler conseguiu o feito usando alguns de seus sistemas de guerra eletrônica para enganar e detectar o Raptor.
O EA-18G é a versão de guerra eletrônica do F/A-18 Super Hornet que, diferentemente do EA-6B Prowler que vai substituir, possui capacidade de combate. Na foto abaixo, um Growler dispara um AMRAAM.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 20, 2017, 12:39:15 pm
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/3-myths-montana-class-battleships-xc-copy.html (https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/3-myths-montana-class-battleships-xc-copy.html)
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War History Online presents this Guest Article by Chris Knupp.

Artist’s impression of the Montana class Battleship
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 27, 2017, 09:53:39 am
E vai outro...  ;D ;)

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Lockheed Martin launched the future steel monohull Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) variant USS Billings (LCS 15) into the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin, at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard on 1 July 2017.

To prepare for the launch, 118-m long Billings was moved to its launchway in about six hours using 18 self-propelled transporters. The Freedom-class LCS variants are currently in full-rate production by Lockheed Martin at Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, which has delivered four of the ships to the US Navy (USN). Eight ships are currently in production with another in long-lead production. According to Lockheed Martin, Billings will undergo additional outfitting and testing at Fincantieri Marinette Marine before the anticipated delivery to the USN in 2018.

http://www.janes.com/article/72057/lockheed-martin-launches-lcs-15 (http://www.janes.com/article/72057/lockheed-martin-launches-lcs-15)
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 29, 2017, 10:37:38 am
http://www.janes.com/article/72595/usn-commissions-first-ford-class-aircraft-carrier (http://www.janes.com/article/72595/usn-commissions-first-ford-class-aircraft-carrier)
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Key Points
The commission officially places new US aircraft carrier into active service
Next steps will see first at-sea testing of EMALS and AAG technology and possible elimination of full ship shock trials
The US Navy (USN) and President Donald Trump commissioned the first-of-class future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) in a ceremony in Newport News, Virginia, on 22 July 2017. The commissioning places Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-built Ford into active service.

Ford is the first new aircraft carrier class for the USN in more than 40 years – since the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was delivered in 1975 – and is expected to begin the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers. According to HII, each Ford-class ship is expected to operate with a smaller crew than a Nimitz-class carrier and will provide USD4 billion in total ownership cost savings for the USN.

Ford has a larger flight deck that can host more aircraft, a re-designed island, new nuclear power plant, additional weapons and aviation fuel storage, and improved munitions movement and workflow. Its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), and enhanced flight deck are intended to increase sortie rates by one-third when compared with Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. The General Atomics-built EMALS and AAG systems, needed to launch and recover aircraft, will not be tested with aviation units until after delivery, NAVSEA told Jane's in June 2017. Ford also generates three times the amount of electricity as previous aircraft carrier classes to provide a growth margin for future technologies.
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: tenente em Julho 30, 2017, 08:24:21 pm
US Navy commissions 69th destroyer USS Rafael Peralta

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, delivers remarks during the commissioning ceremony for USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 69th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) in a ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island on July 29.

The General Dynamics-built ship is named in honor of Navy Cross recipient Marine Corp Sgt. Rafael Peralta.

During the second battle of Fallujah, he smothered a grenade with his body, absorbing the majority of the blast. He was killed instantly, but saved the lives of his fellow Marines.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, gave the principal address. In his remarks, he thanked the family of Rafael Peralta, in particular his mother, Rosa Maria Peralta.

“Thank you for raising a man of character and virtue,” he said. “We need more people like him in our world.”

Neller said that a ship required three things: A hull, a name, and a crew.

“And when you put those three things together, you create more than just a ship; it’s a lifeform,” he said. “This is more than just another commissioning. It marks the commemoration of a life and the immortality of a hero. Sergeant Peralta’s legacy will forever be part of this ship. All he ever wanted to be was an American, to serve his country.”

Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander, Third Fleet, stepped up to the podium with the ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Brian Ribota and placed the ship in commission.

“On behalf of the Secretary of the Navy and for the President of the United States, I hereby place United States Ship Rafael Peralta in commission,” she said. “May God bless and guide this warship and all who shall sail in her.”

Rosa Maria Peralta, mother of Sgt. Peralta, is the ship’s sponsor. Her sponsorship duties saw her christen the ship in Bath, Maine and during the commissioning ceremony, she gave the order to the ship’s crew to bring the ship to life.

https://navaltoday.com/2017/07/30/us-navy-commissions-69th-destroyer-uss-rafael-peralta/

Abraços
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 02, 2017, 03:00:08 pm
Navy Has First Female Applicants for SEAL Officer, Special Boat Units

More than a year after a mandate for the Pentagon opened previously closed ground combat and special operations jobs to women, officials say the Navy has its first female candidates for its most elite special warfare roles.

Two women were in boot camp as candidates for the Navy's all-enlisted Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program, Naval Special Warfare Center Deputy Commander Capt. Christian Dunbar told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service in June.

Another woman, who sources say is a junior in an ROTC program at an unnamed college, has applied for a spot in the SEAL officer selection process for fiscal 2018, which begins Oct. 1, and is set to complete an early step in the pipeline, special operations assessment and selection, later this summer, he said.

"That's a three-week block of instruction," Dunbar said. "Then the [prospective SEAL officer] will compete like everyone else, 160 [applicants] for only 100 spots."

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Navy Has First Female Applicants for SEAL Officer, Special Boat Units






Sailors participating in the Riverine Combat Skills course (RCS) prepare for a field training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 24, 2012. (U.S. Navy/Specialist Seaman Heather M. Paape)
Sailors participating in the Riverine Combat Skills course (RCS) prepare for a field training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 24, 2012. (U.S. Navy/Specialist Seaman Heather M. Paape)
Military.com | 19 Jul 2017 | by Hope Hodge Seck
More than a year after a mandate for the Pentagon opened previously closed ground combat and special operations jobs to women, officials say the Navy has its first female candidates for its most elite special warfare roles.

Two women were in boot camp as candidates for the Navy's all-enlisted Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman program, Naval Special Warfare Center Deputy Commander Capt. Christian Dunbar told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service in June.

Another woman, who sources say is a junior in an ROTC program at an unnamed college, has applied for a spot in the SEAL officer selection process for fiscal 2018, which begins Oct. 1, and is set to complete an early step in the pipeline, special operations assessment and selection, later this summer, he said.

"That's a three-week block of instruction," Dunbar said. "Then the [prospective SEAL officer] will compete like everyone else, 160 [applicants] for only 100 spots."

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A spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Command, Capt. Jason Salata, confirmed to Military.com this week that a single female enlisted candidate remained in the training pipeline for Special Warfare Combatant Crewman, or SWCC. The accession pipeline for the job, he added, included several screening evaluations and then recruit training at the Navy's Great Lakes, Illinois boot camp before Basic Underwater Demolition School training.

Salata also confirmed that a female midshipman is set to train with other future Naval officers in the SEAL Officer Assessment and Selection, or SOAS, course this summer.

"[SOAS] is part of the accession pipeline to become a SEAL and the performance of attendees this summer will be a factor for evaluation at the September SEAL Officer Selection Panel," he said.

Because of operational security concerns, Salata said the Navy would not identify the candidates or provide updates on their progress in the selection pipeline. In special operations, where troops often guard their identities closely to keep a low profile on missions, public attention in the training pipeline could affect a candidate's career.

It's possible, however, that the first female member of these elite communities will come not from the outside, but from within. In October, a SWCC petty officer notified their chain-of-command that they identified as being transgender, Salata confirmed to Military.com.

According to Navy policy guidance released last fall, a sailor must receive a doctor's diagnosis of medical necessity and command approval to begin the gender transition process, which can take a variety of different forms, from counseling and hormone therapy to surgery. Sailors must also prove they can pass the physical standards and requirements of the gender to which they are transitioning.

These first female candidates represent a major milestone for the Navy, which has previously allowed women into every career field except the SEALs and SWCC community. A successful candidate would also break ground for military special operations.

Army officials said in January that a woman had graduated Ranger school and was on her way to joining the elite 75th Ranger Regiment, but no female soldier has made it through the selection process to any other Army special operations element. The Air Force and Marine Corps have also seen multiple female candidates for special operations, but have yet to announce a successful accession.

The two women now preparing to enter the Navy's special operations training pipeline will have to overcome some of the most daunting attrition rates in any military training process

Dunbar said the SEALs, which graduate six Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL classes per year, have an average attrition rate of 73 to 75 percent, while the special boat operator community has an average attrition rate of 63 percent. The attrition rate for SEAL officers is significantly lower, though; according to the Navy's 2015 implementation plan for women in special warfare, up to 65 percent of SEAL officer candidates successfully enter the community.

But by the time they make it to that final phase of training, candidates have already been weeded down ruthlessly. Navy officials assess prospective special warfare operators and special boat operators, ranking them by their scores on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, physical readiness test, special operations resiliency test, and a mental toughness exam. The highest-ranking candidates are then assessed into training, based on how many spots the Navy has available at that point.

"We assess right now that, with the small cohorts of females, we don't really know what's going to happen as far as expected attrition," Dunbar, the Naval Special Warfare Center deputy commander, told DACOWITS in June.

Dunbar did say, however, that Naval Special Warfare Command was considered fully ready for its first female SEALs and SWCC operators, whenever they ultimately arrived. A cadre of female staff members was in place in the training pipeline, and the command regularly held all-hands calls to discuss inclusivity and integration.

"All the barriers have been removed," he said. "Our planning has been completed and is on track."

Salata said the Navy had also completed a thorough review of its curriculum and policies and had evaluated facilities and support capabilities to determine any changes that might need to be made to accommodate women. As a result, he said, minor changes were made to lodging facilities and approved uniform items.

Nonetheless, Salata said, "It would be premature to speculate as to when we will see the first woman SEAL or SWCC graduate. Managing expectations is an important part of the deliberate assessment and selection process; it may take months and potentially years."

Editor's note: This story has been updated in the third paragraph to correct the school the SEAL officer candidate attends. She is a junior in an ROTC program at an unnamed college, not the Naval Academy.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/07/19/navy-first-female-applicants-seal-officer-special-boat-units.html
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Enviado por: Viajante em Agosto 10, 2017, 04:02:40 pm
Interior do Zumwalt:


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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Agosto 18, 2017, 12:50:21 pm
Acidente do USS Fitzgerald. O capitão, o imediato e o master chief petty officer( sargento môr?), perderam os seus postos por falta de confiança na sua capacidade para comandar o navio.

No total cerca de uma dúzia de marinheiros irá sofrer punições administrativas, havendo possibilidade de incorrerem noutras penalizações no decorrer do inquérito.

Link para a notícia: http://gcaptain.com/uss-fitzgerald-officers-to-be-relieved-of-command/ (http://gcaptain.com/uss-fitzgerald-officers-to-be-relieved-of-command/)

Também inclui um link para o relatório sobre os eventos que ocorreram no Fitzgerald após a colisão e as acções da tripulação para o salvar. As fotografias são elucidativas.

http://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/USS%20Fitzgerald/Supplemental%20Inquiry%20USS%20Fitzgerald.pdf (http://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/USS%20Fitzgerald/Supplemental%20Inquiry%20USS%20Fitzgerald.pdf)

Cumprimentos,
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Enviado por: HSMW em Agosto 18, 2017, 09:41:50 pm
De salientar que este incidente foi no dia 16 de junho!!!
Por cá já alguém teve acesso ao relatório do acidente com C-130 no Montijo?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 20, 2017, 02:12:25 pm
https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found (https://news.usni.org/2017/08/19/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found)
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Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis in the Philippine Sea

Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sunk cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the ship’s wreckage was found resting on the seafloor on Saturday – more than 18,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, led a search team, assisted by historians from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in Washington, D.C., to accomplish what past searches had failed to do – find Indianapolis, considered the last great naval tragedy of World War II.
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Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: HSMW em Agosto 21, 2017, 07:48:46 am
Mais outra colisão...  :o
USS John S. McCain collides with merchant ship near Strait of Malacca

http://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Display/Article/1283892/uss-john-s-mccain-collides-with-merchant-ship-near-strait-of-malacca-update-121/
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 21, 2017, 10:46:27 am
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56),an Alreigh Burke Class Destroyer, collided with a tanker east of Singapore, 10 missing, 5 injured.

VIDEO
https://twitter.com/miladvisor/status/899541228869611521
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Enviado por: Viajante em Agosto 21, 2017, 11:43:36 am
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/us-warship-collides-with-oil-tanker-near-singapore-10-sailors-9141592
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Enviado por: Crypter em Agosto 21, 2017, 11:44:26 am
Outra vez??!?

Mas esta malta anda a dormir ou quê?
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Enviado por: Viajante em Agosto 21, 2017, 12:12:44 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 21, 2017, 05:50:10 pm
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Agosto 21, 2017, 08:33:17 pm
Outra vez??!?

Mas esta malta anda a dormir ou quê?

Talvez o currículo do capitão e do imediato expliquem melhor o problema:

O capitão
The Co's: O Comandante Sanchez frequentou o Naval War College e obteve um Mestrado em Segurança Nacional e Estudos Estratégicos. Mais tarde, ele serviu como Assistente do comandante Navy Air e Missile Defense Command, Dahlgren, VA. O Comandante Sanchez recentemente completou uma comissão de serviço na Equipe Conjunta como Desk Officer no Egipto na Diretoria de Estratégia e Política (J5) do Médio Oriente.

o imediato
The Xo: (piloto de mesa) Durante o seu tempo em terra, o CDR Sanchez serviu como Comandante da Unidade de Montagem de Minas Móveis 10 em Okinawa, Oficial responsável pelo Comando de Munições da Marinha Divisão da Ásia Oriental Det. Okinawa, oficial encarregado do Centro de Sistemas de Combate de Superfície Det. Mayport e comandante do Centro de Apoio Operacional da Marinha em Las Vegas, Nevada. Ele possui um AAS em tecnologia eletromecânica, uma licenciatura em artes liberais, ambos do Excelsior College e um mestrado em segurança nacional e estudos estratégicos do Naval War College.
(traducções do Google Tradutor)

Ambos os indivíduos têm o apelido Sanchez  não é gralha.

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David_Davila
5h

Not a lot of at sea experience that I see here:

The Xo’s quals: (desk pilot) During his shore tours, CDR Sanchez served as Commanding Officer for Mobile Mine Assembly Unit 10 in Okinawa, Officer-in-Charge of Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division Det. Okinawa, Officer-in-Charge of Center for Surface Combat Systems Det. Mayport, and Commanding Officer for Navy Operational Support Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. He holds an AAS in Electro-mechanical Technology, a BS in Liberal Arts, both from Excelsior College, and a MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.

The Co’s: Commander Sanchez attended the Naval War College, and obtained a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. He later served as the Aide to the Commander Navy Air and Missile Defense Command, Dahlgren, VA. Commander Sanchez most recently completed a tour on the Joint Staff as the Egypt Desk Officer in the Strategy and Policy (J5) Middle East directorate.
http://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-j-mccain-alnic-mc-collision-near-singapore/45819/52 (http://forum.gcaptain.com/t/uss-j-mccain-alnic-mc-collision-near-singapore/45819/52)

Cumprimentos,
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 22, 2017, 07:36:07 pm
Encontrados os corpos de "alguns" marinheiros desaparecidos


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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 23, 2017, 08:23:38 pm
Marinha dos EUA afasta o comandante da 7.ª Esquadra do Pacífico



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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 24, 2017, 12:16:31 am
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Enviado por: jpthiran em Agosto 25, 2017, 12:21:41 am
Boa noite.

Alguém sabe explicar como é que é possível isto acontecer?

Obrigado,

Jean-Pierre.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 28, 2017, 03:23:20 pm
Boa noite.

Alguém sabe explicar como é que é possível isto acontecer?

Obrigado,

Jean-Pierre.


Segundo avança o jornal New York Times, vários oficiais contactados dão conta de que os acidentes do Pacífico terão sido causados por problemas que persistiram apesar dos repetidos avisos dos órgãos de fiscalização do Congresso e dos próprios especialistas da Marinha. Entre os problemas referenciados estão a falta de manutenção da frota, ausência de treinamento especializado, horários de vigilância rigorosos, trabalho sobre condições de grande stress e foco apenas em missões navais imediatas.

“O que parece impossível – que dois navios possam colidir no meio do oceano – tornou-se muito real”, afimou Robert McFall, um antigo tenente-comandante da Marinha, que serviu como oficial de operações do destroyer Fitzgerald em 2014. “Se as pessoas não estiverem no seu melhor estado, os eventos podem começar o seu caminho até ao desastre”.


>>>>  http://www.jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/colisoes-no-pacifico-marinha-ja-tinha-alertado-para-problemas-de-seguranca-com-a-frota-naval-dos-eua-201834?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
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Enviado por: HSMW em Agosto 28, 2017, 04:47:59 pm
Deve ser como aquela anedota do farol que tinha de se desviar da frota...  :N-icon-Axe: :N-icon-Axe: :N-icon-Axe:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 28, 2017, 05:06:59 pm
Também li algures que com as novas tecnologias Stealth se torna muito mais dificil aos radares de navios civis detetarem navios de guerra, e que para além disso, a USN navega com os equivalentes maritimos aos "transponders" dos avioes desligados, nao sei se é verdade ou mentira ou estou a dizer uma grande borrada  :-X
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 28, 2017, 05:07:25 pm

European Naval Shipbuilders Weighing their Options for US Navy FFG(X) Program

 
Most major European naval shipbuilding companies are closely reviewing their options for the U.S. Navy FFG(X) program. Contacted by Navy Recognition, BAE Systems (United Kingdom), Naval Group (France), Fincantieri (Italy) and Navantia (Spain) acknowledged looking at the RFI. TKMS (Germany) and Damen (Netherlands) didn't return phone calls or emails.

The US Department of Defense released a Request for Information (RFI) in July this year to let the industry know what the U.S. Navy is expecting from the Fast Frigate, Guided (Experimental) or FFG(X). The RFI says, "A competition for FFG(X) is envisioned to consider existing parent designs for a Small Surface Combatant that can be modified to accommodate the specific capability requirements prescribed by the US Navy."

The U.S. Navy wants a frigate that can keep up with carrier strike groups as well as conduct missions on its own. “The FFG(X) will normally aggregate into strike groups and Large Surface Combatant led surface action groups but also possess the ability to robustly defend itself during conduct of independent operations while connected and contributing to the fleet tactical grid.” The U.S. Navy expects the frigate to be survivable in complex scenarios: "FFG(X) will perform its missions in complex electronic warfare and anti-ship missile threat environments".

The new Frigate would likely replace the troubled, very modular, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for typical "frigate missions". The U.S. Navy is requesting the FFG(X) to conduct the following missions:
- Over the horizon anti-surface warfare (ASuW )
- Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
- Independently escort logistics ship convoys
- Electronic warfare (EW)
- Electronic signals intelligence and collection (ELINT)

The frigate displacement isn't mentionned in the RFI, but it is likely to be comprised between 4000 tons (if the design is to stay as close as possible to the LCS) and in excess of 6000 tons (in view of the requirements set by the U.S. Navy, which is particularly interested on how the shipbuilders can fit VLS for ESSM and Standard Missiles and how many).

The U.S. Navy intends to award a Detail Design and Construction contract for the first FFG(X) in 2020. The full RFI can be found at this link.

Possible European designs:

European shipbuilders that we contacted used broad terms such as "we are looking at the RFI", "we are considering the opportunity", "we are considering the option" or "we are debating it internally". While none of the four companies which talked to us went into specific ship design, here is our own speculation on the likely frigate designs to be proposed, should these companies answer the RFI.

(https://www.navyrecognition.com/images/stories/news/2017/july/Type_26_Global_Combat_Ship_Frigate_BAE_Systems_Royal_Navy_2.jpg)
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Computer Generated Image of the BAE System's Global Combat Ship proposal for the Royal Australian Navy SEA 5000 program. BAE Systems image.
        
BAE Systems Type 26 Global Combat Ship
The Type 26 is the future ASW Frigate that will replace the Royal Navy's 13 Type 23 frigates and other ships. BAE Systems says the Type 26 / Global Combat Ship will be a highly capable and versatile multi-mission warship designed to support anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations anywhere on the world’s oceans. First steel cut of the first frigate (Glasgow) for the Royal Navy took place in July this year. BAE Systems is also proposing the Type 26 in customized configurations to the Royal Canadian Navy (CSC program) and has been shortlisted for the Royal Australian Navy (SEA 5000 program) with an Australian CEA radar.

BAE Systems Global Combat Ship (Royal Navy City-class) specifications:
Length: 149.9 meters
Max beam: 20.8 meters
Displacement: 6,900 tons
Accommodation: 118 crew + 72 embarked forces

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Artist Impression of DCNS proposal to the Royal Canadian Navy CSC requirement (FREMM Frigate in Air Defense variant based on the Aquitaine-class). Picture: Naval Group (DCNS)
        
Naval Group FREMM (Aquitaine-class)
The FREMM ("European multi-purpose frigate"; French: Frégate européenne multi-mission; Italian: Fregata europea multi-missione) is a class of multi-purpose frigates designed by Naval Group (formerly DCNS) and Fincantieri for the navies of France and Italy. In France the class is known as the Aquitaine-class. The FREMM was designed from the start by DCNS as a potent ASW platform with very low acoustic signature even at speed. Naval Group is also proposing the FREMM in a customized configuration to the Royal Canadian Navy (CSC program). Naval Group's FREMM has been exported to the Egyptian and Moroccan Navies.


Naval Group FREMM (French Navy Aquitaine-class) specifications:
Length: 142 meters
Max beam: 20 meters
Displacement: 6,000 tons
Accommodation: 108

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FTI scale model at Euronaval 2016 on the French MoD stand.
        
Naval Group Belharra (FTI-class)
Unveiled at Euronaval 2016, the Belharra is the successor of the La Fayette-class. The French Defence Ministry announced the attribution to DCNS (now Naval Group) of a contract for the development and construction of five FTI (Frégate de Taille Intermédiaire or mid-size frigate) surface combatant intended for the French Navy in April this year. The first of the five frigates should be delivered in 2023 with an entry into active duty in 2025. Naval Group say that Belharra is their answer to navies looking for a compact frigate able to perform a wide range of missions, both stand-alone or within a task force, either for long-range missions on the high seas or shallow-water operations in a congested and contested operational environment. This new frigate features high-level capabilities in anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine and asymmetric warfare domains.

Naval Group Belharra (French Navy FTI program) specifications:
Length: 122.25 meters
Max beam: 17.70 meters
Displacement: 4,250 tons
Accommodation: 125

(https://www.navyrecognition.com/images/stories/news/2013/october/Italian_Navy_FREMM/Italian_Navy_Three_FREMM_Frigate_Marina_Militare_002.jpg)
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Fincantieri SEA5000 proposal is based on the Italian Navy FREMM ASW design
        
Fincantieri FREMM (Bergamini-class & Virginio Fasan-class)
The FREMM ("European multi-purpose frigate"; French: Frégate européenne multi-mission; Italian: Fregata europea multi-missione) is a class of multi-purpose frigates designed by Naval Group (formerly DCNS) and Fincantieri for the navies of France and Italy. The Italian Navy opted for two variants: A general purpose one known as the Bergamini-class and an ASW variant known as the Virginio Fasan-class. A proposal based on the later has been shortlisted for the Royal Australian Navy (SEA 5000 program) with an Australian CEA radar.

Fincantieri FREMM baseline specifications:
Length: 144 meters
Max beam: 19.70 meters
Displacement: abt 6,500 tons
Accommodation: 145 crew (total 200)

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PPA Scale model at Euronaval 2016.
        
Fincantieri Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship (PPA-class)
PPA, Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura (Offshore Multipurpose Patrol Ship) is a new Frigate class of the Marina Militare. It is planned to replace eight Minerva class corvettes, four Comandanti class patrol vessels, two Sirio class patrol vessels and four Cassiopea class patrol vessels The PPA, first of seven units, will be delivered in 2021 and it is part of the renewal plan of the operational lines of the Italian Navy vessels, approved by the Government and Parliament and started in May 2015. There will be three variants: PPA Light, PPA Light+ and PPA Full. According to Fincantieri, the multipurpose offshore patrol vessel is a highly flexible ship with the capacity to serve multiple functions, ranging from patrol with sea rescue capacity to Civil Protection operations and, in its most highly equipped version, first line fighting vessel. PPA Full is even set to become an ABM capable vessel.

Fincantieri Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship (Italian Navy PPA program) baseline specifications:
Length: 143 meters
Max beam: 16.50 meters
Displacement: abt 5,000 tons
Accommodation: from 90 (+30) to 171 (+30)

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Navantia's SEA5000 proposal is based on the Hobart class Air Warfare Destroyer design.
        
Navantia F100 (Álvaro de Bazán-class)
The Álvaro de Bazán-class (also known as the F100 class of frigates) was designed and built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia for the Spanish Navy. It is fitted with the US Aegis combat system and AN/SPY-1 radar. Norway's Fridtjof Nansen-class and Australia's Hobart-class are both based on the F-100. A proposal based on the Hobart-class has also been shortlisted for the Royal Australian Navy (SEA 5000 program) with an Australian CEA radar.

Navantia SEA5000 proposal specifications:
Original design: RAN Hobart-class AWD
Length overall: 147.2 m
Max beam: 18.6 m
End of life displacement: 7400 t
Accommodation: 237

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Image source: Spanish Navy/Navantia
        
Navantia F110
The Spanish Navy will be replacing the Santa Maria class FFG Frigate with F-110 Frigates around 2025. The F-110 Frigate is not only focused on substituting the functionality of the "Santa Maria" class but also in providing solutions to facing latest threats and performing future expected missions. From the start of the program, Navantia has been cooperating closely with the Spanish Navy in the requirements for a 21st century frigate and in 2015 Navantia signed a contract with the Spanish MoD for the development of the project definition phase. In parallel, a suite of technological R&D programs have been initiated looking to acquire the latest innovations to be incorporated in the F-110 program. There are 5 units of the class planned with launch of the first unit expected for 2021.

Navantia F110 specifications:
Length overall: 145 meters
Max beam: 18 meters
Displacement: 6,100 t
Accommodation: 150

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/focus-analysis/naval-technology/5515-european-naval-shipbuilders-weighing-their-options-for-us-navy-ffg-x-program.html
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Enviado por: Lightning em Agosto 29, 2017, 01:23:09 pm
Porque andam os navios de guerra americanos a chocar no Pacífico?

https://www.publico.pt/2017/08/23/mundo/noticia/por-que-andam-os-navios-de-guerra-americanos-andam-a-chocar-no-pacifico-1783157

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A culpa é de Donald Trump que não sabe o que quer? Ou é de Barack Obama, que começou a fazer cortes no orçamento da Marinha, que se queixa de não ter dinheiro para missões mais curtas e reparações mais frequentes nos navios? A culpa é da atitude dos marinheiros americanos, que pensam que o sinal verde está sempre aberto para eles e não cumprem as regras de navegação? Ou é da falta de treino adequado para navegar na zona marítima com mais tráfego do mundo?

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porque estão os seus navios de guerra, com reputação de serem os mais poderosos e mais bem equipados do mundo, a colidir com cargueiros, petroleiros, barcos de pesca e até paredes?
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Enviado por: Viajante em Agosto 29, 2017, 02:09:59 pm
Porque andam os navios de guerra americanos a chocar no Pacífico?

https://www.publico.pt/2017/08/23/mundo/noticia/por-que-andam-os-navios-de-guerra-americanos-andam-a-chocar-no-pacifico-1783157

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A culpa é de Donald Trump que não sabe o que quer? Ou é de Barack Obama, que começou a fazer cortes no orçamento da Marinha, que se queixa de não ter dinheiro para missões mais curtas e reparações mais frequentes nos navios? A culpa é da atitude dos marinheiros americanos, que pensam que o sinal verde está sempre aberto para eles e não cumprem as regras de navegação? Ou é da falta de treino adequado para navegar na zona marítima com mais tráfego do mundo?

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porque estão os seus navios de guerra, com reputação de serem os mais poderosos e mais bem equipados do mundo, a colidir com cargueiros, petroleiros, barcos de pesca e até paredes?

Também já li que pode ser hacking do sinal de GPS!?
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Agosto 29, 2017, 08:30:43 pm
quote author=Viajante link=topic=1228.msg291032#msg291032 date=1504012199]
Porque andam os navios de guerra americanos a chocar no Pacífico?

https://www.publico.pt/2017/08/23/mundo/noticia/por-que-andam-os-navios-de-guerra-americanos-andam-a-chocar-no-pacifico-1783157

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A culpa é de Donald Trump que não sabe o que quer? Ou é de Barack Obama, que começou a fazer cortes no orçamento da Marinha, que se queixa de não ter dinheiro para missões mais curtas e reparações mais frequentes nos navios? A culpa é da atitude dos marinheiros americanos, que pensam que o sinal verde está sempre aberto para eles e não cumprem as regras de navegação? Ou é da falta de treino adequado para navegar na zona marítima com mais tráfego do mundo?

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porque estão os seus navios de guerra, com reputação de serem os mais poderosos e mais bem equipados do mundo, a colidir com cargueiros, petroleiros, barcos de pesca e até paredes?

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Também já li que pode ser hacking do sinal de GPS!?

O hacking do sinal dp GPS mesmo que fosse real, não explica como é que um navio com os sensores que tem e uma tripulação que os deveria saber operar não consegue evitar uma colisão com um navio mercante a seguir tranquilamente a sua rota. Não saber onde se está não não implica que não se veja o que está à nossa volta. Como por lá não está na moda fazer almoços de desagravo recorre-se a outros métodos para ilibar os intervenientes, e bodes expiatórios, destas situações  que muitas vezes os ultrapassam.

Do que li pela net cheguei à conclusão que andar a comandar/navegar um navio na frota de superfície da US NAVY não é muito sexy nem particularmente bom para a carreira dum oficial ambicioso. É apenas uma etapa que tem que se fazer/sofrer para chegar a outros voos. Acrescente-se a isso um nível de operações incompatível com o correcto treinamento das tripulações, uma corte nos gastos de manutenção por que se quer adquirir brinquedos novos, a necessidade de ter subcontratados civis permanentemente à mão para reparar  esses mesmos brinquedos e o resultado está  à vista.

Como qualquer burocracia que se preze atirar as culpas o mais baixo que se conseguir é sempre o objectivo principal mas como até o vice-almirante que comanda a 7ºesquadra acabou por ser sacrificado os mares devem estar a ficar mesmo tempestuosos na US NAVY. No fim de contas três colisões e um navio encalhado em oito meses não é para todos.
USS Antietam encalha no baía de Tóquio 31-Janeiro 2017
USS Lake Champlain colisão com arrastão sul coreano 10-Maio 2017USS
USS Fitzgerald colisão com o MV ACX Crystal 17-Junho 2017
USS S. McCain colisão com o Alnic Mc 21 Agosto 2017

O que lhes vale é que parece que o treino em controle de avarias continua a ser tomado a sério porque as colisões com navios mercantes não são de agora: 

audio da ponte de comando do USS PORTER quando colidiu em 12 de Agosto de 2012com o M/V Otowasan no estreito de Hormuz
http://gcaptain.com/intense-bridge-conversation-porter/ (http://gcaptain.com/intense-bridge-conversation-porter/)

PS:No caso do  S. McCain parece que inicialmente o problema foi perda do sistema de direcção e as dificuldades da tripulação em lidar com o problema
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Enviado por: Lightning em Agosto 29, 2017, 08:31:29 pm
Também já li que pode ser hacking do sinal de GPS!

Aí a culpa é dos americanos, deixaram de ensinar navegação na marinha, se o GPS falha ninguém sabe pegar num mapa em papel.
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Setembro 03, 2017, 12:57:34 pm
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Setembro 15, 2017, 11:21:17 pm
Relatório do Government Accountability Office que dá algumas das razões para os navios da 7º esquadra andarem a ter tantos acidentes.

Resumindo as tripulações  dos navios passam excessivo tempo em operações sem tempo para treinar ou para proceder à manutenção preventiva dos navios.
Segundo o relatório 37% das certificações das tripulações já não era válida e 2/3 destas já tinham expirado à mais de cinco meses. Isto com os tripulantes a fazerem uma média de 107 horas por semana (+/- 15h/dia)

http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/686995.pdf (http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/686995.pdf)

Cumprimentos,
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Setembro 21, 2017, 07:35:43 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Setembro 27, 2017, 01:21:51 pm
https://news.usni.org/2017/09/26/fema-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-prepares-depart-puerto-rico (https://news.usni.org/2017/09/26/fema-hospital-ship-usns-comfort-prepares-depart-puerto-rico)
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Responding to the need for humanitarian aid in Puerto Rico, hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) is now preparing to get underway within 96 hours, according to a Department of Defense spokesperson.

According to news reports, while speaking at the White House Tuesday afternoon, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long said Comfort would soon be traveling to Puerto Rico. Later in the day, a Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed Comfort was preparing to leave its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.

Comfort is an afloat, mobile, acute surgical facility, providing the same level of medical care found at a major shore medical hospital such as Naval Medical Center Portsmouth or the Maryland Trauma Center in Baltimore.

During normal pier side operations, Comfort has approximately 50 personnel who crew the ship, keeping it ready to quickly deploy. When activated, according to the Navy, Comfort’s crew grows to approximately 1,200 personnel.

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Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 04, 2017, 05:03:23 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 06, 2017, 04:12:13 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 08, 2017, 01:55:20 pm
il Tanker Turned Into Floating Hospital: Inside Navy's USNS Mercy Hospital Ship


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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 14, 2017, 08:17:42 pm
A Day on The Brand New Gigantic US Aircraft Carrier: USS Gerald Ford in Action


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Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 16, 2017, 09:29:19 am
http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2017/10/13/mv-treasure-transporta-o-destroier-uss-john-s-mccain-para-o-japao/ (http://www.naval.com.br/blog/2017/10/13/mv-treasure-transporta-o-destroier-uss-john-s-mccain-para-o-japao/)
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O destróier de mísseis guiados USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) da classe “Arleigh Burke” saiu de Singapura no navio de transporte pesado MV Treasure em 11 de outubro de 2017.

O Treasure está transportando o destróier para Yokosuka, no Japão, onde passará por reparos no seu casco.
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Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 18, 2017, 03:30:32 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 26, 2017, 04:11:21 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 02, 2017, 12:07:05 pm
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Enviado por: perdadetempo em Novembro 05, 2017, 01:16:48 am
Relatório da US Navy sobre as colisões do USS Fitzgerald e do USS John S Mc Cain

http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/USS+Fitzgerald+and+USS+John+S+McCain+Collision+Reports.pdf (http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/USS+Fitzgerald+and+USS+John+S+McCain+Collision+Reports.pdf)

e uma uma revisão crítica sobre as operações da frota de superfície da US Navy que poderá ajudar a explicar as causas que deram origem a esta série de acidentes da marinha americana.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/Comprehensive+Review_Final.pdf (http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINFO/Comprehensive+Review_Final.pdf)

Cumprimentos,
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 11, 2017, 12:16:47 pm
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As posições dos PA a 06NOV17
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Barlovento em Novembro 21, 2017, 07:30:19 pm
Submarinos no Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 22, 2017, 10:46:55 am
The Navy's New Frigate Revealed
Well, sort of. The Pentagon's new RFP doesn't provide a whole lot of detail on what the Navy wants.

Rich Smith
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning" ... of the U.S. Navy's search for a new frigate warship. (With apologies to Winston Churchill.)

Last week, at long last, the U.S. Navy issued its official Request for Proposals (RFP) from defense contractors interested in building it a new frigate. Smaller than a destroyer but larger than a coastal patrol vessel, the Navy is seeking a warship more robust than its much-maligned Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to fill out its requirement for 52 "small surface combatants" in the fleet.

Here's what we know about it.

It takes a village to build a frigate
The Navy first released a "request for information" from defense industry participants on July 10, 2017, seeking feedback on what they could produce, how fast, and at what cost; the request called for something along the lines of a frigate to replace the Navy's now-long-departed Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates. Over the past 16 months, the admirals have presumably been digesting this information, and on Nov. 7 they finally issued their official RFP inviting bids from the industry.

Despite the time that's passed already, the 77 pages (mostly restating the rules of government contracting) contained in this RFP only actually sketch out a few key requirements for the vessel, hereafter known as "FFG(X)":

First and foremost, we're now definitely talking about an FFG, or "guided missile frigate," so a vessel packing some real offensive missile punch. This contrasts with the existing LCS design, which lacks a dedicated missile capability.
"Aviation integration" is to be part of the design, so this frigate will carry helicopters, or at least drones.
The frigate in question is not to be designed from the keel up as a "clean sheet." Rather, defense contractors are to propose using an existing "parent design" vessel that has already "been through production and demonstrated (full scale) at sea," and modify it to suit the Navy's needs.
The modifications are to "use ... commercially available, non-developmental and proven technologies," and equipment "common" to other U.S. Navy warships whenever possible.
That sketches out the bare bones of the program -- but still leaves a lot of details floating in the water. How fast must the frigate go? How much armament must it carry? How much damage must it be able to endure? Does it have to -- and this could be key -- produce enough electrical "juice" to power newfangled weapons systems such as railguns and laser cannons?

We just don't know.

Timeline, cost, and bidders
The Navy's RFP doesn't even contain much in the way of a timeline, other than mentioning that construction should begin by 2020. Fortunately, just a couple days after the RFP came out, the Congressional Research Service published a report filling in a few more details that should interest investors.

Production of the first frigate, as the RFP stated, is to begin in 2020, followed by a second in 2021. Construction should then continue through 2030 at the rate of two ships per year, until the Navy receives a full complement of 20 warships.

Price-wise, most frigates should cost approximately $950 million apiece (the prototype can cost a little more) resulting in an overall program cost of perhaps $20 billion for the winning contractor. And only one contractor will win this contract: unlike the LCS program, frigate production will not be split between two different prime contractors.

As for who this contractor might be, production is to take place within the continental United States, a fact which suggests the prime contractor candidates will be limited to the usual suspects: Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), and Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII). That being said, the frigate may be based on a "parent design" from either domestic or foreign military shipbuilders. This raises the possibility that, whichever of the Big Three wins the prime contract, it could theoretically end up sharing its revenues with a foreign partner, which could be contributing the hull design.

Before French, British, German, and other military frigate producers get their hopes up too high, though, remember: Lockheed Martin (maker of the Freedom-class LCS), General Dynamics (Independence LCS), and Huntington Ingalls (which builds the National Security Cutter) each already has its own basic hull design in hand. Chances are good that, when bidding, they'll favor these respective "parent" designs so as to keep all the revenues to themselves.

There's always the possibility of a big foreign shipbuilder partnering with a smaller U.S. company as its prime, of course -- sort of like how Embraer partners (successfully) with Sierra Nevada to build Super Tucano fighter planes for the Pentagon, or how Airbus partnered with Northrop Grumman to bid to build the Air Force's new tanker aircraft a few years ago (unsuccessfully).

Still, if I were a betting man, I'd wouldn't put my money on a foreign competitor. When all's said and done, I expect to see Lockheed, General Dynamics, or Huntington Ingalls sail away with the win and collect the $20 billion prize at the end.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/11/18/the-navys-new-frigate-revealed.aspx
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Dezembro 05, 2017, 07:58:05 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: tenente em Dezembro 12, 2017, 06:25:17 pm
Mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry frigates will not be reactivated, US Navy decides

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USS Kauffman was the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in US Navy service

The US Navy has decided not to reactivate old Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, according to an USNI News report which cites an internal service memo.
The main driver for the decision is likely the cost of bringing the ships – the last of which was decommissioned in 2015 – out of mothballs.
According to USNI News, the reactivation costs would be counted in the hundreds of millions.
The idea of Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates being used for anti-trafficking missions in the US Southern Command was first proposed by US Navy secretary Richard V. Spencer. Spencer suggested the frigates could be brought back into service as a low-cost platform for basic tasks like near-shore operations and drug interdiction.

As the option has turned out to be less cost-effective than previously thought, Spencer is now suggesting the use of littoral combat ships and expeditionary fast transports for the drug trafficking roles. The internal memo quoted by USNI News reveals that the navy secretary called for at least four ships, equipped with unmanned aerial vehicles, to be deployed in support of the Joint Interagency Task Force next year.

https://navaltoday.com/2017/12/12/mothballed-oliver-hazard-perry-frigates-will-not-be-reactivated-us-navy-decides/

Abraços
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 10, 2018, 03:49:50 pm
Lockheed Martin Unveils its FFG(X) Frigate Design

At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) 2018 National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Lockheed Martin unveiled the design of the frigate it is proposing for the U.S. Navy FFG(X) requirement.

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Lockheed Martin "Freedom-Variant" Frigate unveiled at SNA 2018

The US Department of Defense released a Request for Information (RFI) in July 2017 to let the industry know what the U.S. Navy is expecting from the Fast Frigate, Guided (Experimental) or FFG(X). The RFI says, "A competition for FFG(X) is envisioned to consider existing parent designs for a Small Surface Combatant that can be modified to accommodate the specific capability requirements prescribed by the US Navy."

The U.S. Navy wants a frigate that can keep up with carrier strike groups as well as conduct missions on its own. “The FFG(X) will normally aggregate into strike groups and Large Surface Combatant led surface action groups but also possess the ability to robustly defend itself during conduct of independent operations while connected and contributing to the fleet tactical grid.” The U.S. Navy expects the frigate to be survivable in complex scenarios: "FFG(X) will perform its missions in complex electronic warfare and anti-ship missile threat environments".

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The new Frigate would likely replace the troubled, very modular, Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for typical "frigate missions". The U.S. Navy is requesting the FFG(X) to conduct the following missions:
- Over the horizon anti-surface warfare (ASuW )
- Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
- Independently escort logistics ship convoys
- Electronic warfare (EW)
- Electronic signals intelligence and collection (ELINT)

The frigate displacement wasn't mentioned in the RFI, but it is likely to be comprised between 4000 tons (if the design is to stay as close as possible to the LCS) and in excess of 6000 tons (in view of the requirements set by the U.S. Navy, which is particularly interested on how the shipbuilders can fit VLS for ESSM and Standard Missiles and how many).

The U.S. Navy intends to award a Detail Design and Construction contract for the first FFG(X) in 2020.

Lockheed Martin latest Frigate design is based on the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). No one at Lockheed Martin was willing to discuss design details with Navy Recognition at SNA 2018, however it is our understanding that this frigate uses the 125 meters hull of an earlier design unveiled at DSEI 2017 (for comparison, the LCS measures 115 meters in length). We were told during DSEI 2017 that the crew complement of the 125m vessel was 130 sailors (compared to a crew of 65 sailors on the LCS).

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The scale model unveiled at SNA 2018 features 8x anti-ship missiles fitted forward, below the bridge. Moving away from the bridge and toward the bow there 16x Mk 41 VLS cells for ESSM and/or Standard Missiles. There are also two spaces intended for Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) with Longbow Hellfire missiles similar to what is fitted aboard LCS (those are intended to counter swarm attacks). The main gun is a BAE Systems Bofors Mk110 57mm as per the RFI.

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Compared to the Freedom-class, the bridge and superstructre of the frigate have been completely redesigned. The bridge face is less slanted / more vertical and the superstructure forms three steps, the last one being significantly higher. This is to accommodate Raytheon's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). There four Nulka decoy launchers directly on top of the bridge. SEWIP electronic warfare antennas are fitted on the port and starboard sides of the main mast structure. Two larger antennas of unknown type are fitted directly above the SEWIP.

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The funnels are hidden deep inside the main structure. This is likely to lower the infra-red signature of the ship. Another explanation could be that the structure was raised in order to accommodate the EASR arrays.

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As we progress towards the stern of the ship, note the presence of a laser weapon system on the starboard side of the ship. There is a SeaRAM launcher on top of the helicopter hangar as per the Navy RFI.

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The propulsion system remains unchanged with 4x waterjets. However we noted one last addition on the frigate's hull: the presence of bilge keels. They increase hydrodynamic resistance to rolling, making the ship roll less. Bilge keels are passive stability systems.

Lockheed Martin launched a "Frigate" page on its website for SNA 2018. Little information is provided except for this text:

With rapidly evolving threats, world markets need to confront different types of bulls and bears. That’s why Lockheed Martin is evolving its Freedom-variant ship design to confront modern threats to maritime and economic security. The Freedom-variant Frigate offers planners and commanders the strength and affordability needed to rapidly rebuild the U.S. Navy fleet and guarantee freedom of the seas for decades to come.

Lockheed partners for this project include Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Gibbs & Cox.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2018/sna-2018/5841-sna-2018-lockheed-martin-unveils-its-ffg-x-frigate-design.html
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 12, 2018, 04:39:05 pm
Lockheed FFG(X), BAE Systems ADL, Raytheon ESSM & NSM


FFG(X) designs by GD BIW, TKMS/Atlas NA, Austal, Fincantieri

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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 14, 2018, 06:46:19 pm
https://news.usni.org/2018/01/10/french-air-crews-to-embark-on-uss-george-h-w-bush-in-spring (https://news.usni.org/2018/01/10/french-air-crews-to-embark-on-uss-george-h-w-bush-in-spring)
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French navy Rafale Marine aircraft from the aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91) fly in formation above the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on Dec. 8, 2017. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – France is sending 350 sailors and naval aviators to deploy with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier this spring as their nuclear-powered carrier finishes scheduled maintenance, French officials told USNI News.

The April to May deployment will occur just before France’s aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) is expected to complete a major maintenance period which started in 2015. The aircrews will do carrier qualifications aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), but the intent is to accomplish more than qualifications or cross-deck operations, Capt. Jean-Emmanuel Roux de Luze, French Naval Attaché to the U.S. told USNI News.

“We want to demonstrate our ability to integrate with U.S. military services,” Roux de Luze said. “We want to show we do maintenance, demonstrate we can load weapons.”

French Navy Dassault Rafale M fighters and Northop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft will at first fly with U.S. airwings out of Naval Air Station Oceana, in Virginia Beach. French sailors will work with their U.S. counterparts maintaining the aircraft, Rouz de Luze said. The unspecified French forces will then board Bush and operate as part of the air wing.

The agreement to send French aircraft, crews, and sailors to the U.S. was first announced in December, when U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson met in Paris with his French counterpart French Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Christophe Prazuck, first reported by website Navy Recognition.
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/04/ch-53-crash-kills-four-crew/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/04/ch-53-crash-kills-four-crew/)

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A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a routine training mission Tuesday in California, killing the four crew members aboard, the Marine Corps said.

The heavy lift helicopter was part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and was flying near El Centro, California, when the crash occurred at approximately 2:35 p.m. local time, the Marines said in a statement released early Wednesday.

“The status of all four is presumed dead pending positive identification,” the Marine Corps said. Names would be withheld pending next-of-kin notification.


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Some Arty soldiers are about to get their sea legs.

Soldiers will fire Army artillery and rockets from the decks of Navy ships this summer in the largest maritime exercise in the world.

For the first time last year, Marines successfully fired High Mobility Rocket Systems from the deck of the amphibious assault ship Essex. That success was a first salvo in work to integrate fires between the two forces and find ways to use their equipment in the near-shore fight.

At that time, the Marines also asked industry to submit proposals for a mobile coastal missile defense system so that once they get ashore then can fire back to the sea.

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Some Arty soldiers are about to get their sea legs.

Soldiers will fire Army artillery and rockets from the decks of Navy ships this summer in the largest maritime exercise in the world.

For the first time last year, Marines successfully fired High Mobility Rocket Systems from the deck of the amphibious assault ship Essex. That success was a first salvo in work to integrate fires between the two forces and find ways to use their equipment in the near-shore fight.

At that time, the Marines also asked industry to submit proposals for a mobile coastal missile defense system so that once they get ashore then can fire back to the sea.

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Deram uma grande ideia à certa marinha sul-americana.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 03, 2018, 12:14:02 pm
US Navy wants future ship-killing missile for its new frigate, Raytheon says

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A Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile is launched from the littoral combat ship Coronado during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Zachary Bell)

WASHINGTON — A competition for a new over-the-horizon missile destined to give the Navy’s littoral combat ship some teeth is being looked at for the FFG(X) program, Raytheon’s top executive said April 26.

The new missile program, which the Navy is looking to award by the end of the summer, is part of an effort to make the Navy’s littoral combat ship more survivable against high-end competitors such as Russia and China.

Thomas Kennedy, Raytheon’s chief executive officer, said in an earnings call that the Raytheon/Kongsberg submission known as the Naval Strike Missile is in a strong position for both LCS and for the future frigate.

“This is a program where, Raytheon and Kongsberg, as a team, we submitted a proposal for something we called The Naval Strike Missile, which is the Navy’s over-the-horizon weapon system that they need to put on the LCS. But turns out they’re also going to put them on all the future frigates,” Kennedy said.

“We think we’re in a very good position there,” he continued. “We have a system that requires minimum development. Some small changes we’ll make, but we can go into production very quickly, which is something the United States Navy needs. We are anticipating an award here in Q2 with significant more funds placed against it in the fiscal year 2019 budget to move forward with that program.”

The bidding for the over-the-horizon missile has been fraught with hurdles, with two major competitors dropping from the process leaving Raytheon and Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile as the team to beat.

Boeing’s Harpoon missile and Lockheed Martin’s Long-range Anti-Surface Missile both were pulled from the competition. The companies felt the competition was skewed towards the Raytheon/Kongsberg offering, Defense News reported in May.

The Naval Strike Missile has a range of more than 100 nautical miles and has target-recognition capabilities that in some cases limit the need for another ship or aircraft to hold a track on the target.

FFG(X)

If the Navy is indeed planning to add the over-the-horizon missile to the FFG(X), it gives some insight into how the ship’s concept is coming together.

The Naval Strike Missile is launched from canisters on deck similar to the Navy’s current anti-surface weapon, the Harpoon missile. That frees up the planned vertical launch cells for other missions.

Next summer will see a major milestone in the Navy’s new frigate competition as the Navy looks to accept proposals due in June 2019.

The Navy awarded $15 million contracts to Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin, Austal USA, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to gin up mature designs before the Navy drops down to a single detailed design and construction contract.

All the contracts contain options that could grow the value to between $22 million and $23 million, according to the contract announcement.

Both Austal and Lockheed Martin are competing amped up versions of their littoral combat ships. Huntington Ingalls is likely offering a version of the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter. Fincantieri is offering its FREMM design. General Dynamics is offering a patrnership with Spanish shipbuilding Navantia, for its F100 frigate.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/05/01/us-navy-wants-future-ship-killing-missile-for-its-new-frigate-raytheon/
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Watch the Marines’ first CH-53K King Stallion helicopter arrive


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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 17, 2018, 09:35:13 pm
http://www.uss-bennington.org/phz-xc-142atest-may66.html (http://www.uss-bennington.org/phz-xc-142atest-may66.html)

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XC-142A
TESTED OUT BY BENNINGTON
May 18, 1966

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Enviado por: mafets em Setembro 11, 2018, 11:25:14 am
http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/marinha-dos-eua-inicia-nova-fase-de-desenvolvimento-do-gulfstream-nc-37b/ (http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/marinha-dos-eua-inicia-nova-fase-de-desenvolvimento-do-gulfstream-nc-37b/)

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A Marinha dos EUA (U.S. Navy) completou no final de julho a Fase I do desenvolvimento de sua primeira aeronave CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning) derivada do jato Gulfstream G550, parte do Programa Integrado do CMARS (Commercial Modifications and Range Support) junto ao PMA-207 (Escritório do Programa de Transporte Aéreo Tático 207). A nova aeronave será designada NC-37B, e ficará atribuída ao Esquadrão de Testes e Avaliações (VX) 30 “Bloodhounds” baseado na Estação Aérea de Point Mugu, Califórnia.


O Gulfstream G550, com modificações estruturais, foi posteriormente modificado para abrigar equipamentos de telemetria especializados, exclusivos para aplicação pela Marinha dos EUA. O G550 está programado para substituir o antigo avião de apoio NP-3D operado a partir da NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center – Weapons Division) em Point Mugu, Califórnia. As modificações estruturais da aeronave AEW permitem a instalação de um sistema de telemetria e equipamentos adicionais para apoiar futuras missões no apoio aos trabalhos de pesquisas e desenvolvimento de sistemas de mísseis.

Durante uma cerimônia de corte de fita com a participação dos executivos da Gulfstream e da liderança do PMA-207, o gerente do programa, o capitão Steven Nassau, falou sobre a complexidade dessa aquisição.

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 04, 2018, 04:37:11 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 19, 2018, 10:33:32 am
http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/marinha-dos-eua-continua-investindo-na-frota-de-helicopteros-th-57-sea-ranger/?fbclid=IwAR3GHwLtGV5Ju9cDrNGleeIpGFHhj5b-JM4OgndJSJn5AzRSV3ruDW6_4CA (http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/marinha-dos-eua-continua-investindo-na-frota-de-helicopteros-th-57-sea-ranger/?fbclid=IwAR3GHwLtGV5Ju9cDrNGleeIpGFHhj5b-JM4OgndJSJn5AzRSV3ruDW6_4CA)

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A Marinha dos EUA concedeu um contrato de quantidade indefinida de US$ 152,2 milhões à Dyncorp International em apoio à manutenção dos helicópteros Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger.


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Enviado por: mafets em Outubro 29, 2018, 10:18:57 am
Mas foram lá treinar ou beber.  8) :P ;) ;D

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6326521/Reykjavik-drunk-dry-7-000-troops-descended-Icelandic-capital-NATO-exercise.html?ito=social-facebook (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6326521/Reykjavik-drunk-dry-7-000-troops-descended-Icelandic-capital-NATO-exercise.html?ito=social-facebook)

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U.S. soldiers drank pubs and bars in Reykjavik, Iceland dry in a single weekend after the largest NATO military exercise since the Cold War.

A significant number of the bars were forced to make emergency beer runs under the onslaught of thirsty American sailors and Marines in town for the start of Trident Juncture 18.

Up to 7,000 U.S. military personnel left their mark on the Icelandic capital.

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Up to 7,000 U.S. military personnel drank Reykjavik dry in a single weekend after NATO trip

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Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 08, 2018, 10:06:32 am
Como um cibernauta dizia: " LSD e Propulsão Nuclear, o que pode correr mal?"  :-\ ::)

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/06/officials-ronald-reagan-lsd-probe-bigger-than-you-think-14-nuke-sailors-snagged/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&fbclid=IwAR2WHY0q8UQF0a3f_eG0dPgbKzWIXooB0x1XNcUiXn2uHiTljR0Bj_Bgx8I (https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/06/officials-ronald-reagan-lsd-probe-bigger-than-you-think-14-nuke-sailors-snagged/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&fbclid=IwAR2WHY0q8UQF0a3f_eG0dPgbKzWIXooB0x1XNcUiXn2uHiTljR0Bj_Bgx8I)

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Fourteen sailors from the nuclear reactor department of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan face disciplinary action in connection to LSD abuse, Navy officials confirmed this week.

Two sailors are already heading to court-martial for using, possessing and distributing the hallucinogenic drug, while three are waiting to see whether they will be charged as well, according to 7th Fleet spokesman Lt. Joe Keiley.

Another 10 sailors with the Japan-based ship were administratively disciplined on LSD-related charges, Keiley said.

A 15th sailor was also disciplined, but that person was not assigned to the carrier’s reactor department.

Keiley said the 14 reactor sailors charged or facing potential charges came from a department with more than 400 personnel.

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 16, 2018, 11:38:23 am
https://www.foxnews.com/world/2-navy-seals-2-marines-charged-in-green-berets-murder

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 16, 2018, 05:40:05 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 19, 2018, 10:08:33 am
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 30, 2018, 04:10:19 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 02, 2018, 08:20:36 am
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/us-navy-have-lost-less-than-30-ships-since-ww2-these-are-the-most-notable-losses.html?fbclid=IwAR1Ys0KunzG7q5uH07-RPAAthSvPvXRae_9KGY51sj7Thd7caET_RejQVAg (https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/us-navy-have-lost-less-than-30-ships-since-ww2-these-are-the-most-notable-losses.html?fbclid=IwAR1Ys0KunzG7q5uH07-RPAAthSvPvXRae_9KGY51sj7Thd7caET_RejQVAg)

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The US Navy lost over 350 ships during World War II, but less than 30 since then. These are the most notable losses.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 06, 2018, 10:17:36 am
Acidente entre um KC130 e um F18 dos Marines.  :-\ :-[

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/marine-fighter-jet-crash-japan-search-rescue-mission-survivors-latest-a8669506.html?fbclid=IwAR3nXYphsWVpARZPeqzgw4_XNo3hPhdiJMNlUAOxtMO5kpKwcug6Idwmn9U (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/marine-fighter-jet-crash-japan-search-rescue-mission-survivors-latest-a8669506.html?fbclid=IwAR3nXYphsWVpARZPeqzgw4_XNo3hPhdiJMNlUAOxtMO5kpKwcug6Idwmn9U)

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Two US military aircraft have collided off the coast of Japan during refuelling, and search and rescue efforts are underway.

The crash was announced by the United States Marine Corps, and the force said Japanese search and rescue jets responded immediately to the incident.

The crash some 200 miles off the coast involved an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet made by McDonnell Douglas, and a KC-130, a refuelling plane with propellers made by Lockheed Martin.

"Search and rescue operations continue for US Marine aircraft that were involved in a mishap off of the coast of Japan around 2.00 am Dec 6," a Marine Corps news release said.

“The aircraft involved in the mishap had launched from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and were conducting regularly scheduled training when the mishap occurred," according to the release. "Japanese search and rescue aircraft immediately responded to aid in recovery".

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Dezembro 11, 2018, 09:14:19 pm
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SAN DIEGO (Dec. 7, 2018) The Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) arrives in homeport of San Diego. The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided- missile destroyers and will undergo a combat availability and test period. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned into the U.S. Navy Jan 26, 2019 in Coronado, Cailf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Nicholas Huynh/Released)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 13, 2018, 10:29:35 am
Será que também existiu chávena de café entornada...  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://fighterjetsworld.com/2018/09/06/boat-captain-to-f-a-18-pilot-buzz-us-like-tom-cruise-did-on-top-gun/?fbclid=IwAR0qwTgkapwLcVT7vKAx4fhuWps6qUJOEND3XlmCO2dXoyrc2hkT4ZMYvnw (https://fighterjetsworld.com/2018/09/06/boat-captain-to-f-a-18-pilot-buzz-us-like-tom-cruise-did-on-top-gun/?fbclid=IwAR0qwTgkapwLcVT7vKAx4fhuWps6qUJOEND3XlmCO2dXoyrc2hkT4ZMYvnw)
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Boat Captain to F/A-18 pilot: “Buzz Us Like Tom Cruise Did On Top Gun”

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Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 22, 2018, 10:43:27 am
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/12/19/marine-aviation-bonus-take-rates-are-high-but-pilot-shortage-likely-to-linger-into-2023/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&fbclid=IwAR21QeMgRrUR0ZmQOblUtRYuLqATEeGuTd0dyNlgxW6AT_oUmX_fDeFzaKQ (https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/12/19/marine-aviation-bonus-take-rates-are-high-but-pilot-shortage-likely-to-linger-into-2023/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&fbclid=IwAR21QeMgRrUR0ZmQOblUtRYuLqATEeGuTd0dyNlgxW6AT_oUmX_fDeFzaKQ)

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A recent government report said that the Navy and Corps’ pilot shortage likely is to carry into 2023.

This is despite recent steps taken by the services to stop the bleeding, like generous bonuses dished out by the Corps over the past few years.

Fiscal year 2018 was the first time the Corps started dolling out aviation bonuses since 2011.

The ‘take rate,’ or percentage of eligible pilots that accepted those bonuses, was roughly 78 percent, according to Maj. Craig Thomas, a spokesman for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

The Corps rolled out bonuses for fiscal 2019 as well, but says it is too early to crunch those numbers.

Much like the Air Force, the Navy and the Corps are losing pilots to highly competitive civilian airlines enticing military pilots with fatter paychecks. Other issues leading to the drain of the military’s experienced pilots include morale and family issues, and insufficient flight time.

The Government Accountability Office, or GAO, found that the Corps’ shortfall of fighter pilots quadrupled from 6 percent to 24 percent from 2006 to 2017. The Navy experienced a similar glut, seeing a “shortage of first operational tour fighter pilots more than doubled from 12 percent in fiscal year 2013 to 26 percent in fiscal year 2017,” the report stated.

ervice officials attributed the pilot shortages to reduced training opportunities and increased attrition due to career dissatisfaction, among other factors,” the report reads.

According to the report, Navy and the Corps took steps to ensure that deploying squadrons were fully staffed.

Those steps included putting senior pilots in junior positions and increasing their deployment tempo.

“However, we reported that squadron leaders and fighter pilots said that these approaches had a negative impact on the fighter pilot training and retention and ultimately may be exacerbating the situation,” the GAO report reads.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Janeiro 13, 2019, 12:11:34 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 19, 2019, 03:33:08 pm
Hawai, nem sequer imagino qual é o foco de todas estas atenções... 8)

After years fighting terrorism, the SEALs turn their eyes toward fighting big wars
By: David B. Larter 

ARLINGTON, Va. — After spending the better part of the past two decades supporting wars in a desert region, the U.S. Navy is starting to bring the SEALs back into the fold as it faces threats from major powers such as China and Russia.

The Navy is incorporating its elite special warfare teams into strategic calculations for every potential major power combat scenario, from China and Russia to Iran and North Korea, said Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran in a round-table with reporters at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium.

The movement toward reconnecting with the blue water force (the Navy’s regular ships, aircraft and submarine forces) started under former Naval Special Warfare Command head Rear Adm. Brian Losey, who retired in 2016. The effort has continued to grow under subsequent commanders, said Moran.

“It’s to the point now where we include them in all of our exercises, our war games, our tabletops — because as much as it is their chance to ‘re-blue,’ it’s our chance to reconnect from the blue side," he added. “We’ve grown used to not having them in a lot of those situations. Now as we’ve done the tabletops, the exercises and the war games, we see: ‘Wow, there is some great capability here that can set the conditions for the kind of operations in every single one of those campaigns.’ And that will continue to grow, I think.”

There have been indications that the SEALs are specifically eyeing environments similar to those in the South China Sea. A recent environmental assessment obtained by the Honolulu Star Advertiser revealed that the SEALs were looking to triple the amount of training time spent in the Hawaiian islands, expanding from Oahu and Hawaii island to Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Lanai.

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SEALs are looking to triple training in Hawaii, a sign they are turning their attention to fighting in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy)
The training included the use of drones, C-17 cargo carriers, helicopters, MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and AC-130 gunships, the Advertiser reported.

The environmental assessment said the number of training events on the islands is to increase from 110 annually to 330.

At the same time, there are indicators that the heavy deployment schedule of SEALs has taken a toll on the elite teams, with concerns ranging from drug use in the force and suicides to war crimes committed downrange.

Moran acknowledged the health concerns and said it was something top Navy SEAL Rear Adm. Collin Green is working to address.

“Any time we see indicators of drug activity, sexual assault, suicidal ideations — all of those things, when they show up in significant numbers large enough, we have to go look at the climate and command structure and look at these issues,” Moran said.

“There is no doubt that this force is the highest deployed force in the Navy,” he continued. “We have [to] keep our eyes on it. I’ve talked with Adm. Green when I was out there. [The SEALs] feel like they’re head is in the right place, they’re addressing the issues when they come up.

“Like any force you have to constantly remind them about their professionalism and the expectations we have about ethical and moral behavior.”

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/01/17/after-years-fighting-terrorism-the-seals-turn-their-eyes-toward-fighting-big-wars/
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 22, 2019, 04:00:47 pm
What does Lockheed Martin's version of a future frigate look like?

 :arrow: https://www.defensenews.com/newsletters/tv-next-episode/2019/01/20/what-does-lockheed-martins-version-of-a-future-frigate-look-like/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 01, 2019, 04:04:17 pm
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More weapons

Perhaps most notably, each FFG(X) will have 32 Mk 41 vertical launch system (VLS) cells. The original threshold requirement was only 16, though it seemed likely at the time that this would grow.

This arrangement forms the core of the ship’s air defense capabilities, with the Navy still saying that the primary weapon for these cells will be quad-packed Block II variants of the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM). This would give the frigates a full load of 128 of these missiles.

These cells could also potentially accommodate other missiles in the future, including the increasingly capable and multipurpose Standard Missile 6 (SM-6). It is not clear whether the Navy has any requirement to install longer “strike length” Mk 41 cells on the FFG(X), which would also allow it to fire Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles. The ship’s primary air defense sensor is still set to be a three-face fixed array Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), which you can read about more here. Variants of this radar will also go onto the future America-class amphibious assault ship USS Bougainville and some of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, beginning with the future USS John F. Kennedy.

The rest of the Navy’s desired armament package for the ships remains the same. In addition to their various missiles and anti-submarine weapons, the frigates will have a 57mm main gun capable of firing the Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance (ALaMO) guided shell, the SeaRAM close-in defense system, and various automatic cannon and machine guns.

The Navy has also now said that it wants the FFG(X) to have adequate space and power generation capacity to accommodate a 150 kilowatt solid-state laser directed energy weapon in the future. The original requirements simply called for space and power “reservation for future Directed Energy.”

A 150-kilowatt system would be a significant addition to the frigates and a major upgrade over the Navy’s existing directed energy plans more broadly. Starting in 2020, the service hopes to begin integrating the 60-kilowatt Surface Navy Laser Weapon System (SNLWS) onto much larger Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. At present, the service has a prototype 30-kilowatt system in place on the USS Portland, a San Antonio-class landing platform dock.

Whatever the power of the laser system, its primary job remains close-in protection against small unmanned aircraft, as well as small manned and unmanned surface vessels. In this latter role, it could be a helpful addition for countering swarms of small boats. Depending on the range and power of the 150-kilowatt system, it may also be able to provide an added layer of defense against incoming anti-ship missiles, as well.

Added sensors and electronic warfare systems
Beyond the main radar, the Navy still has plans for the frigates to have a robust suite of sensors and electronic warfare capabilities, as well, combined with stand-off systems on the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and MQ-8C Fire Scout drone that each ship will carry. For instance, each FFG(X) will have the SLQ-32(V)6 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block II.

The SLQ-32(V)6 can jam enemy radars, as well as geolocate, identify, and classify those emitters. These latter functions give the system a significant electronic intelligence capability that gives the frigate better situational awareness of the potential threats around and allows the ship to help contribute information for analysts to use in building a larger electronic order of battle of an enemy’s force posture across a wide area.

In the presentation at the SNA conference, Dr. Campbell also indicated that the plan is now to build the frigates with the specific intent of installing a lightweight version of the future Block III system, also known as the SLQ-32C(V)7 or SEWIP Block III Lite. The standard Block III system features new active electronically scanned array (AESA) emitters of its own, which offer significantly improved capabilities improves over the earlier versions of the system.

It may be possible for this system to even fire bursts of high powered microwave energy and physically destroy the radar seekers or other electronics on incoming threats such as anti-ship missiles. You can read about more about the SLQ-32 series and the improvements coming with the Block III version here.

The contenders

As for the five individual frigate designs under development already, from what is publicly known, there has been no dramatic shifts in the general hullforms. Austal USA was the only firm to show off a model at SNA of its present proposed design, which is derived from its Independence-class LCS.

To meet the Navy’s requirements, their new frigate is nearly 40 feet longer and a foot wider. The bulk of this additional space is toward the stern of the ship and is there primarily to provide room for the 32-cell Mk 41 VLS array. The two four-round over-the-horizon missile launchers are also on the fantail.

#Austal USA was only #FFGX #frigate contender to show a full concept at #SNA last wk. Enlarged fm a year ago, mostly extended aft for more missiles. Length 456', beam 105', 21' draft. All diesels (4) for 26 knots. 32-cell VLS, 8 NSM fwd. Note redesigned bow, props vice waterjets. pic.twitter.com/RPIHYykcl5

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) January 21, 2019
More importantly, Austal had to dispense with the waterjet propulsion system on the Independence-class in favor of traditional drive shafts and propellers. This has been a standing Navy requirement from the beginning and the service also required that certain engine and drive chain components be sufficiently spaced apart to reduce the chances that a single hit from an opponent could leave an FFG(X) dead in the water.

These requirements have also impacted Lockheed Martin’s offering, which is derived from their Freedom-class LCS design. As a result, the company’s frigate design is also longer overall than the Freedoms.

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A model of Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class-derived FFG(X) proposal that the company unveiled in 2018. Lockheed Martin has not yet released imagery or presented a model of a revised design that meets the Navy's evolved requirements, including the need for a 32-cell VLS array.

 “It does require the ship to be longer, given those separation requirements and how you plan to stagger your port and starboard configuration of the combining gear/reduction gear, running into a single shaft into a screw on either side,” Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin’s Vice President of Small Combatants and Ship Systems, told Defense News in October 2018. “You have to have a certain amount of separation and they have to be fully independent.”

Other competitors are also putting forward well-established, purpose-built frigate designs, as well. Italy’s Fincantieri Marine has put forward a derivative of its Fregata Europea Multi-Missione (FREMM) design, which it designed in cooperation with France’s Naval Group. Ships based on this design are now in service in Italy, France, Morocco, and Egypt.

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A model of an anti-submarine warfare focused FREMM frigate design. Fincantieri Marine has based their FFG(X) proposal on this hullform.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, in cooperation with Spain’s Navantia, is pitching a version of the latter firm’s F100 frigate. Beyond Spain, Norway operates derivatives of this ship design and Australia is purchasing its own variant.

The last company involved in the FFG(X) program at present is Huntington Ingalls, which has proposed a ship based on its Patrol Frigate concept that itself derived from the Coast Guard's Legend-class National Security Cutter.

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An artist's conception of Huntington Ingalls Patrol Frigate.

Already a heated competition

It’s hard to say which of these companies may be the top favorite to win the final FFG(X) deal. Austal USA and Lockheed Martin are clearly hoping to make attractive offers by leveraging existing experience and industrial capacity from their respective LCS designs, but as noted the other contenders are also proposing ships derived from in production designs.

That LCS pedigree may not ultimately be a selling point given their record of underperformance and having difficulty adapting to more complex mission sets. An initial attempt to up-gun the two LCS classes and add more capability, known as the Small Surface Combatant, resulted in designs that still lacked any real air defense capability and would be dangerously vulnerable in even moderate risk environments.

Austal USA and Lockheed Martin also built their LCS designs to meet requirements the Navy had laid out for ships conducting littoral operations closer to shore and it's unclear how adaptable they may truly be to the broader FFG(X) operating concept. The need to make significant changes, including revising the entire propulsion system, also raises the question of how similar the final designs will actually be with their predecessors.

On top of that, on Jan. 24, 2019, U.S. federal agents, including members of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), descended on Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Authorities would not explain the reason for the raid. The company’s Australian parent is reportedly under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for how it handled losses related to the Independence-class.

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Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships under construction at Austal's shipyard in Alabama.

“Austal USA is working with the U.S. Navy on an open investigation,” the company said in a subsequent statement to USNI News. “We are unable to provide additional details due to the nature of the investigation. We are continuing business as usual, executing our existing and recently awarded contracts.”

Navantia’s F100 design may also be facing increased scrutiny after the Royal Norwegian Navy’s Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate Helge Ingstad all but sank after colliding with a tanker in November 2018. The Fridtjof Nansens are based on the F100 and share many of their basic design features.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26217/the-navys-future-frigates-are-shaping-up-to-be-more-lethal-and-capable-as-well-as-cheaper
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 03, 2019, 07:52:10 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Fevereiro 05, 2019, 10:30:16 am
https://www.aereo.jor.br/2019/02/04/marinha-dos-eua-se-despede-dos-cacas-f-a-18c-hornet/?fbclid=IwAR3zc3dGq-Ub0aymNV6qC1fEkZCCm2FSfUB-4zDpn8yhJhAMjblSIYIBIPE (https://www.aereo.jor.br/2019/02/04/marinha-dos-eua-se-despede-dos-cacas-f-a-18c-hornet/?fbclid=IwAR3zc3dGq-Ub0aymNV6qC1fEkZCCm2FSfUB-4zDpn8yhJhAMjblSIYIBIPE)
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O Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, organizou a cerimônia de despedida e sobrevoo do antigo F/A-18C Hornet na Naval Air Station Oceana em Virginia Beach, Virgínia, em 1 de fevereiro.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 07, 2019, 09:04:00 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Fevereiro 09, 2019, 09:35:46 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Março 10, 2019, 03:50:35 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Daniel em Março 14, 2019, 02:39:43 pm
Um navio de guerra americano já não vai a terra há dois meses devido a uma epidemia a bordo
http://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/2019-03-14-Um-navio-de-guerra-americano-ja-nao-vai-a-terra-ha-dois-meses-devido-a-uma-epidemia-a-bordo
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O USS Fort McHenry, com quase 200 metros de comprimento e mais de dez mil toneladas de peso, não aporta desde janeiro, na sequência de um surto de parotidite entre os marinheiros
arece um guião de um filme-catástrofe: os mais de 700 tripulantes do navio americano Fort McHenry estão desde janeiro sem pisar terra firme, desde que começou a alastrar uma epidemia de parotidite, uma doença infectocontagiosa provocada pelo mesmo vírus que causa sarampo.

A Marinha dos EUA manteve o segredo até ontem, quando a CNN, alertada por uma fonte, questionou diretamente as cúpulas militares. Segundo as informações agora reveladas, 25 marinheiros já contraíram a doença, que provoca febre, desidratação e arrepios, e todos os tripulantes receberam reforços da VASPR (vacina antissarampo, parotidite e rubéola).

O primeiro caso terá surgido a 22 de dezembro, mas os oficiais do navio não instauraram imediatamente a quarentena: em janeiro, o USS Fort McHenry atracou na Roménia, quando se encontrava em exercícios militares no Mar Negro.

Apesar dos cuidados e dos reforços de imunização, o surto continua vivo - o caso mais recente surgiu no sábado, 9. Se forem seguidas as recomendações médicas para estas situações, o navio só poderá aportar 30 dias depois de a última infeção ter sido detetada, pelo que os marinheiros ainda têm pela frente um longo período sem ir a terra.

Neste momento, o navio encontra-se no mar Arábico, no Índico.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Março 21, 2019, 09:05:57 am
La Marina está lista para “quemar
barcos” con la instalación del nuevo
láser HELIOS a bordo de un
destructor.

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Lockheed Martin que combina tres capacidades distintas mientras aprende a
integrar plenamente estos sistemas de armas de energía dirigida en los
buques de guerra, según declaró el director de guerra de superficie de la
Armada estadounidense.

La Marina tiene como objetivo para el 2021 instalar un láser de alta energía
y el deslizador óptico integrado con vigilancia HELIOS a bordo de uno de
sus destructores de clase Arleigh Burke en la costa oeste de Estados
Unidos.

El HELIOS de 60 kilovatios, mucho más poderoso que el sistema de armas
láser de 20 kilovatios que la Marina probó a bordo del USS Ponce
hace cinco años, está diseñado para contrarrestar los sistemas aéreos no
tripulados (UAV) y las embarcaciones pequeñas.
Además de la capacidad de alta energía, el sistema también contará con un
componente de inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento (ISR) a través de
sensores integrados. Los datos recopilados del HELIOS estarán disponibles
a través del Sistema de Combate Aegis, el sistema de armas utilizado por
algunas de las principales armadas del mundo, y que ahora produce
Lockheed.

Por último, el deslizador óptico integrado proporcionará capacidad de
defensa contra UAS, cegando a los drones enemigos y sus funciones de
ISR.

“El programa HELIOS es el primero de su tipo y reúne las capacidades de
armas láser, ISR de largo alcance y UAS, aumentando la conciencia de la
situación y las opciones de defensa en capas disponibles para la Marina de
Estados Unidos”, declaró Michele Evans, vicepresidente de Lockheed y
gerente general de Sistemas y Sensores de Guerra Integrados.
En el 2018, Lockheed Martin ganó un contrato de 150 millones de dólares
para desarrollar dos de los sistemas HELIOS para 2020, uno se usará para
realizar pruebas en tierra y otro para ser desplegado en un destructor.



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Para el despliegue específico en el destructor en 2021, la Marina tendrá que
aprender los conceptos básicos del uso del láser vinculado al sistema de
combate de la nave.
Más allá de la instalación del HELIOS, la Armada está trabajando para
futuros incrementos del SNLWS (Surface Navy Láser Weapon System) para
poder usar el sistema contra objetivos más grandes como los misiles de
crucero antibuque.


http://galaxiamilitar.es/la-marina-esta-lista-para-quemar-barcos-con-la-instalacion-del-nuevo-laser-helios-a-bordo-de-un-destructor/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Março 29, 2019, 07:40:37 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Abril 26, 2019, 11:09:11 am
https://navaltoday.com/2019/04/26/us-navy-christening-former-hawaii-superferry-in-japan/?fbclid=IwAR3JXhFQw7VKp4B53_VYBDnMBqvgEwQFDZajScQ2cBA93EzRPpBQFgmKXiA (https://navaltoday.com/2019/04/26/us-navy-christening-former-hawaii-superferry-in-japan/?fbclid=IwAR3JXhFQw7VKp4B53_VYBDnMBqvgEwQFDZajScQ2cBA93EzRPpBQFgmKXiA)

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The US Navy is set to christen two ships in two ceremonies on different sides of the world on Saturday, April 27.

The first ceremony will occur in Okinawa, Japan, where high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) will be christened at 10 a.m. Japan Standard Time.

Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), will be christened at 10 a.m. EST at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.

The future USNS Guam is one of two former Hawaii superferries acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Administration in 2012. Its sister ship, formerly known as USNS Puerto Rico (HST-2), concluded service in December 2016 and its name was assigned to future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF-11), a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship which shares a lot of its design with the superferries. Both ship classes were designed by Australian shipbuilder Austal.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 28, 2019, 10:40:50 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 07, 2019, 12:33:34 pm
Behold Italy's FREMM Frigate In U.S. Navy FFG(X) Future Frigate Configuration

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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27853/behold-italys-fremm-frigate-in-the-u-s-navys-ffgx-future-frigate-configuration
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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 08, 2019, 11:10:52 am
Diga 83...  :-P c56x1

https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/07/us-navy-names-83rd-arleigh-burke-class-destroyer/?fbclid=IwAR3bqMVArWNC3slw9Z93fWyGzxUXiRyDGqsT3b9cCW59D5-gEJAe5_nDHT0 (https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/07/us-navy-names-83rd-arleigh-burke-class-destroyer/?fbclid=IwAR3bqMVArWNC3slw9Z93fWyGzxUXiRyDGqsT3b9cCW59D5-gEJAe5_nDHT0)

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The US Navy’s eighth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer will be named in honor of US Senator Sam Nunn, the Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced on May 6.

“Senator Nunn’s impact on the Navy and Marine Corps team cannot be overstated,” Spencer said.

“His leadership in the Senate, specifically as the long-serving chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, helped streamline the military chain of command and strengthen our Navy and Marine Corps team. I am pleased that Senator Nunn’s legacy of service to our nation will continue in the future USS Sam Nunn.”

Nunn served in the US Coast Guard 1959 to 1960 and remained in the Coast Guard Reserve until 1968. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968 and in 1972 was first elected to the US Senate.

In addition to being the eighth of the Flight III ships, which will carry the advanced air and missile defense radar for ballistic missile defense, future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133) is the 83rd DDG ship overall.

USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133) will be constructed by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship will be 509 feet long, have a beam of 59 feet and be capable of traveling in excess of 30 knots.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Maio 08, 2019, 12:48:25 pm
General Dynamics presenta su propuesta de fragata de misiles guiados para la Marina de EE.UU

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Basada en el diseño de la fragata F-100 de Navantia, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works ha presentado su propuesta a la Marina de Estados Unidos.
El principal astillero de Estados Unidos, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, parte de General Dynamics Corporation, ha presentado su propuesta de fragata de misiles guiados bajo el programa FFG (X) para la Marina de Estados Unidos.

El concepto de una nueva fragata de misiles guiados se dio a conocer durante la exposición anual Sea-Air-Space, la mayor exposición marítima que se celebra en Estados Unidos.

En febrero de 2018, la Marina adjudicó a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works un contrato de 14.9 millones de dólares para el diseño conceptual de la planeada Fragata de Misiles Guiados de la Marina (FFG (X)).

El diseño propuesto por Bath Iron Works está basado en una familia de Fragatas de Misiles Guiados AEGIS diseñadas por la compañía española Navantia. La adjudicación del contrato permite a Bath Iron Works madurar el diseño para cumplir con las especificaciones establecidas por la Marina que se utilizarán para la solicitud de propuestas de Diseño de Detalle y Construcción. El contrato incluye opciones que, de ejercerse, elevaría el valor total del contrato a 22.9 millones de dólares.

La solicitud inicial de propuestas de la Marina en noviembre requería que los diseños de las fragatas se basaran en una forma de casco existente que ya esté operativo. La Armada ha dicho que el requisito hará que la producción planificada de 20 fragatas sea más asequible y que los barcos lleguen a la flota más rápidamente. El premio de Diseño de Detalle y Construcción está previsto para el año 2020.

Bath Iron Works diseñó la fragata anterior de la Marina, la clase Oliver Hazard Perry, y construyó muchos de los cascos. Bath Iron Works se asoció con Navantia en la década de 1980 para adaptar el diseño de Oliver Hazard Perry a la construcción de la industria naval española y al uso de la Armada Española.

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De acuerdo con la reciente notificación del Comando de Sistemas Marítimos Navales, la futura fragata proporcionará un activo excepcionalmente adecuado para alcanzar objetivos de control seleccionados y realizar operaciones de seguridad marítima, al tiempo que se facilita acceso a todos los ámbitos en apoyo de las operaciones de grupos de ataque y de flota agregada .

Como parte del Concepto de Operaciones Marítimas Distribuidas de la Marina, el pequeño combatiente de superficie FFG (X) ampliará la influencia de los sensores de la fuerza para mejorar la imagen táctica general de la flota mientras desafía los esfuerzos de inteligencia, vigilancia, reconocimiento y  rastreo del adversario. Las FFG (X) también contribuirán a las necesidades de la Armada aliviando a los buques de gran tamaño del estrés de las tareas rutinarias durante las operaciones que no sean de guerra. La Marina espera construir un total de veinte buques FFG (X) según el Informe del año fiscal 2019 al Congreso sobre el Plan Anual de Largo Alcance para la Construcción de Buques Navales.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 08, 2019, 12:52:28 pm

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Serei o único que acha estes navios lindíssimos? Todo o design destes navios sempre me pareceu bastante apelativo. Não fosse o preço e a guarnição elevada, seriam navios ideais para a nossa Marinha.

Quanto ao programa FFG(X), se calhar devíamos estar de olho neste programa. Pode ser que saia daqui um navio interessante, com uma guarnição e preço dentro das nossas capacidades.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: MATRA em Maio 08, 2019, 03:52:28 pm
Quem não queria um arleigh burke? ;) Arrisco dizer que até os russos.

Mas mais a sério, é um destroyer extraórdinário, quem não se lembra dos USS Ponce e USS Mason no Iemen, são atacados com os mais modernos misseis anti-navio que o Irão tem para vender, defendem-se, e contra atacam os alvos em terra.

https://www.dw.com/en/us-warships-come-under-new-missile-attack-off-yemen/a-36028438
https://www.dw.com/en/us-hits-yemen-rebels-with-cruise-missiles-after-failed-attack-on-warship/a-36028593
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 08, 2019, 05:01:02 pm
Serei o único que acha estes navios lindíssimos? Todo o design destes navios sempre me pareceu bastante apelativo. Não fosse o preço e a guarnição elevada, seriam navios ideais para a nossa Marinha.

Quanto ao programa FFG(X), se calhar devíamos estar de olho neste programa. Pode ser que saia daqui um navio interessante, com uma guarnição e preço dentro das nossas capacidades.

Sendo eu alguém a quem estas coisas passam por completo ao lado, acho que a versão da FREMM está horrorosa, já a versão das F-100 parecem-me esteticamente mais bem conseguidas que as congéneres Espanholas.

Lá para 2035 falamos... :bang:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 08, 2019, 05:48:35 pm
Serei o único que acha estes navios lindíssimos? Todo o design destes navios sempre me pareceu bastante apelativo. Não fosse o preço e a guarnição elevada, seriam navios ideais para a nossa Marinha.

Quanto ao programa FFG(X), se calhar devíamos estar de olho neste programa. Pode ser que saia daqui um navio interessante, com uma guarnição e preço dentro das nossas capacidades.

Sendo eu alguém a quem estas coisas passam por completo ao lado, acho que a versão da FREMM está horrorosa, já a versão das F-100 parecem-me esteticamente mais bem conseguidas que as congéneres Espanholas.

Lá para 2035 falamos... :bang:

No primeiro comentário, referia-me às Arleigh Burke, e para o mar que temos, justifica-se perfeitamente ter contratorpedeiros!  :mrgreen:

Quando ao FFG(X), as FREMM italianas é que têm um aspecto muitíssimo interessante. Esta versão parece uma corveta, mas pode ser só da maqueta.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 09, 2019, 02:56:23 am
Serei o único que acha estes navios lindíssimos? Todo o design destes navios sempre me pareceu bastante apelativo. Não fosse o preço e a guarnição elevada, seriam navios ideais para a nossa Marinha.

Guarnição elevada? Nominalmente, a guarnição é de cerca de 330/340 elementos, mas de acordo com o scuttlebutt (rumores) andam normalmente guarnecidos com pouco mais de 200 elementos. E só após os recentes acidentes no Pacífico é que a US Navy começou a ratificar a situação. Em certas missões até as nossas fragatas levam guarnições com mais de 200 pessoas.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 09, 2019, 03:14:18 am
Tendo em conta que nas forças armadas há falta de pessoal para praticamente todas as vertentes, uma tripulação mínima de 200 por navio acaba por ser algo elevado. No entanto, com navios daqueles, não me parece que fosse problema atrair marinheiros para os guarnecer.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 09, 2019, 03:29:26 am
Agora quanto à vertente estética e capacidade de combate, a minha favorita não é a classe AB, mas sim a sua prima sul-coreana, a classe Sejong the Great.

Deslocamento máximo de 11.000 toneladas, radar SPY-1D, sistema de C&C AEGIS, 80 Mk41 VLS para SM-2, 48 K-VLS para mísseis de cruzeiro e ASROC coreanos, 16 tubos para ASM (equivalentes ao Harpoon), 06 tubos lança-torpedos, 01 peça Mk45 de 127 mm, 01 Goalkeeper CIWS, 01 lançador Mk49 de 21 células para mísseis RAM, hangar para 02 helis de 10 toneladas. Uma verdadeira besta!
 
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Maio 09, 2019, 10:44:24 am
Por acaso sempre fui fã dos Contra-Torpedeiros japoneses. Deixo os últimos, da Classe Kongo e da Classe Atago (anteriores como os
Hatakase ou Tachikase também eram bem fixes)

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(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/JDS_Hatakaze.jpg/1024px-JDS_Hatakaze.jpg)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 09, 2019, 02:45:03 pm
Prefiro a versão americana/coreana à versão japonesa dos destroyers Aegis. A versão japonesa parece-me ter proporções menos apelativas. Mas qualquer uma destas classes para a MP seria um sonho, há quantas décadas não vemos um destroyer na nossa marinha...

O problema, para mim, da versão americana é todas a sub-versões. Nunca percebi muito bem o porquê de haver versões com menos equipamentos que outras.

Os navios sul coreanos também têm uma tripulação semelhante às AB, certo? É que por mim assinava-se já um contrato  ::) :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 09, 2019, 11:04:50 pm
Os navios japoneses são praticamente iguais aos americanos. Em contrapartida, o coreano é muito mais bem armado. Mas oh dc, esquece os destroyers coreanos, a guarnição ainda é maior que a dos AB, no entanto, pode ter mais a ver com questões regulamentares, ou legais, do que com a necessidade de operar o navio propriamente dita.

As várias versões dos AB têm a ver com mudanças de doutrina (deixar cair os Harpoon, deixar cair as gruas dos VLS, por exemplo), novos equipamentos (várias versões da peça 127, do SLQ-32, inclusão do SPS-9B), realização de que os helis ainda têm um papel fundamental na luta naval e consequente inclusão de hangares, experiências mal sucedidas (AUVs caça-minas), etc.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 09, 2019, 11:25:53 pm
Eu já esqueci os navios Sul coreanos. E também as AB, são demasiado caros para a nossa carteira, infelizmente.  :(

Ai estes americanos... já não tinha bastado os F-4 sem canhão, depois contratorpedeiros sem helicópteros... qual será o próximo desaire?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Maio 10, 2019, 11:04:01 am
Eu já esqueci os navios Sul coreanos. E também as AB, são demasiado caros para a nossa carteira, infelizmente.  :(

Ai estes americanos... já não tinha bastado os F-4 sem canhão, depois contratorpedeiros sem helicópteros... qual será o próximo desaire?

 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 10, 2019, 12:29:26 pm
Eu já esqueci os navios Sul coreanos. E também as AB, são demasiado caros para a nossa carteira, infelizmente.  :(

Ai estes americanos... já não tinha bastado os F-4 sem canhão, depois contratorpedeiros sem helicópteros... qual será o próximo desaire?

 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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E aquele blindado anfíbio que dos USMC que foi cancelado:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle.jpg/800px-Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle.jpg)

Só falta algo do exército  :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Vicente de Lisboa em Maio 10, 2019, 02:21:48 pm
E aquele blindado anfíbio que dos USMC que foi cancelado:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle.jpg/800px-Expeditionary_Fighting_Vehicle.jpg)

Só falta algo do exército  :mrgreen:

Há sempre o clássico:

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 11, 2019, 10:24:40 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 12, 2019, 01:00:47 pm
(https://images2.imgbox.com/71/b9/q5i4V6xS_o.png)


:arrow: http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/exercicio-northern-edge-2019/?fbclid=IwAR0rFIfa0lSfGYvSIVFZJJ91udzP8XI6QT2tTE4c6L4EQv7CmOe80DOknfE
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 12, 2019, 04:41:45 pm
Fotografia de meados dos anos 80: USS Midway com F-4S (deixaram de operar em 1986), A-6E e A-7E no deck; F-15A de Okinawa.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 12, 2019, 04:50:14 pm
Fotografia de meados dos anos 80: USS Midway com F-4S (deixaram de operar em 1986), A-6E e A-7E no deck; F-15A de Okinawa.

Segundo o Cavok:

:arrow: Imagem de capa meramente ilustrativa  :G-beer2:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Maio 13, 2019, 12:52:07 pm
Ilustrativa da preguiça do Cavok.  ;D
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Enviado por: mafets em Maio 30, 2019, 02:25:24 pm
https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/29/lockheed-withdraws-its-lcs-from-us-navys-ffgx-frigate-competition/?fbclid=IwAR3iPxeus8GMxUhwXwlWFBJI2Ir1b-ZchLMiyG9j5-W0rFV3Vgjk-DYtDoM (https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/29/lockheed-withdraws-its-lcs-from-us-navys-ffgx-frigate-competition/?fbclid=IwAR3iPxeus8GMxUhwXwlWFBJI2Ir1b-ZchLMiyG9j5-W0rFV3Vgjk-DYtDoM)
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Lockheed Martin will not be pitching an upgraded version of its Freedom-class littoral combat ship for the US Navy’s next-generation guided-missile frigate FFG(X) competition.

This was first reported by USNI News, who further said the company informed the navy about its decision on May 23.

Lockheed Martin is withdrawing from the competition despite being one of five companies down-selected to provide designs for the future frigate program. All contenders received $14.9 million contracts from the navy to complete their proposals by June 2019.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Maio 31, 2019, 10:09:29 am
Cá para mim o equipamento funciona é mal...  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/multiple-f-a-18-pilots-reported-alleged-ufo-sightings-using-new-radar-technology/14054/?fbclid=IwAR01kMH_s4sF7Q_FE737xeoiySftxs06bhEpZCh-xLsUYOuBBViSQIVUUiA (https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/multiple-f-a-18-pilots-reported-alleged-ufo-sightings-using-new-radar-technology/14054/?fbclid=IwAR01kMH_s4sF7Q_FE737xeoiySftxs06bhEpZCh-xLsUYOuBBViSQIVUUiA)

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Multiple F/A-18 Pilots Reported alleged UFO sightings using new RADAR technology


Multiple Fighter jet pilots from the United States Navy have reported alleged unidentified flying objects while operating their aircraft mid-air.

Five U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crewmen have recounted a number of incredibly strange encounters with unidentified flying objects off the East Coast of the United States. Two of the pilots went on the record.

Experienced lieutenants Ryan Graves and Danny Accoin, as well as three other anonymous squadron pilots, who fly F/A-18 Super Hornet jets,  told The New York Times they first noticed the objects in 2014.

Lt Graves and Lt Accoin were part of the VFA-11 ‘Red Rippers’ squadron at the time of the alleged incidents.

The pilots’ accounts also point to a major sensor upgrade on their aircraft that made the presence of these crafts even detectable at all.

In the vision of one incident recorded by Lt Graves’ squadron while performing training manoeuvres between Virginia and Florida off the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, the silhouette of a strangely-elongated object was caught in one of the jets’ cameras.

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: MATRA em Maio 31, 2019, 01:00:13 pm
Este é um assunto ao qual tenho dedicado algum tempo.

É interessantíssimo, porque já são 2 gerações de militares a reportar o mesmo.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Maio 31, 2019, 01:36:09 pm
Não seria o mais lógico que utilizassem equipamento para gravar/filmar tais fenómenos, já que ocorrem há 2 gerações?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: asalves em Junho 03, 2019, 02:38:17 pm
Não seria o mais lógico que utilizassem equipamento para gravar/filmar tais fenómenos, já que ocorrem há 2 gerações?

secalhar já gravam, mas dai a sair cá para fora vai um grande passo, para além disso li algumas noticias que a Marinha Americana recentemente atualizou o manual de procedimentos de reports de UFO's, manual esse que a ultima versão era de 2015.


PS: encontrei o artigo com video do "encontro"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html
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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 20, 2019, 06:02:06 pm
RAM Block 2A missiles made by Raytheon ready for the US Navy

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/june/7215-ram-block-2a-missiles-made-by-raytheon-ready-for-the-us-navy.html (http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/june/7215-ram-block-2a-missiles-made-by-raytheon-ready-for-the-us-navy.html)

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The U.S. Navy successfully completed a series of guided-flight tests with the Raytheon's RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missiles. Testing occurred at the Naval Air Warfare Center in California, and from the Navy's self-defence test ship off the coast of Southern California.

The RAM™ guided missile weapon system is the world's most modern ship self-defence weapon and is designed to provide exceptional protection for ships of all sizes. It's currently deployed on more than 165 ships in 11 countries, ranging from 500-tonne fast attack craft to 95,000-tonne aircraft carriers.

A supersonic, lightweight, quick-reaction, fire-and-forget weapon, the RAM system is designed to destroy anti-ship missiles. Requiring no additional direction upon launch, its passive radio frequency and infrared guidance design provide high-firepower capability for engaging multiple threats simultaneously. The missile is continually improved to stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat of anti-ship missiles, helicopters, aircraft and surface craft.

The Block 2 variant, the latest evolution in the development of the RAM missile, has a larger rocket motor, advanced control section and an enhanced RF receiver capable of detecting the quietest of threat emitters. The improvements make the missile two and a half times more manoeuvrable, with one and a half times the effective intercept range. This provides the Block 2 variant with the capability to defeat highly stressing threats, increasing the survivability of the defended ship. Raytheon Company expects to deliver the first RAM Block 2A missiles to the U.S. Navy by the end of 2019.

The MK 44 guided missile round pack and the MK 49 guided missile launching system, which hold 21 missiles, comprise the MK 31 guided missile weapon system. The system is designed to be easily integrated into many different ships. A variety of existing ship sensors can readily provide the target and pointing information required to engage the anti-ship threat.

The MK 44 missile is also used in the SeaRAM® anti-ship missile defence system, replacing the M601A1 Gatling gun in the Phalanx® close-in weapon system with an 11-round launcher. The Phalanx system’s sensor suite and internal combat management system reduces dependency on the ship’s combat system and enables a fast reaction to stress anti-ship missiles. The RAM Block 2 missile has been successfully fired from a SeaRAM system.

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AM Block 2A missiles to be ready for the US Navy (Picture Source: Raytheon)
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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 24, 2019, 10:38:13 pm
The U.S. Navy’s Newest Frigate Can’t Carry Enough Missiles

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy’s-newest-frigate-can’t-carry-enough-missiles-63936 (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy’s-newest-frigate-can’t-carry-enough-missiles-63936)

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The U.S. Navy’s new frigate may not be armed with enough missiles to defeat Russian and Chinese warships, according to a new report.

FFG(X) is the Navy’s attempt to resurrect frigates, which are essentially small destroyers. The last frigates in the American fleet was the Cold War Oliver Hazard Perry class, which was retired by 2015. The Navy wants 20 of the new frigates, with the first acquired in late 2020. The Navy has asked for $1.3 billion in the FY2020 defense budget for the first vessel.

The Navy has not fixed on a design, though five American and European shipbuilders have offered their versions, which range from a trimaran hull to 6,000- and 7,000-ton vessels.

But regardless of which design is chosen, one issue could be a lack of missile launchers, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, which is Congress’s analytical arm. The FFG(X) will only have 32 Mark 41 Vertical Launch System tubes, which are missile launchers – actually more like silos – embedded in the deck.

An arsenal of 48 missiles sounds formidable, but the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers mount 96 VLS tubes, which raises the question of how much bang for the buck the FFG(X) provides. “Supporters of requiring the FFG(X) to be equipped with a larger number of VLS tubes, such as 48, might argue that the FFG(X) is to be roughly half as expensive to procure as the DDG-51 destroyer, and might therefore be more appropriately equipped with 48 VLS tubes, which is one-half the number on recent DDG-51s,” CRS said in its typically guarded language. “They might also argue that in a context of renewed great power competition with potential adversaries such as China, which is steadily improving its naval capabilities, it might be prudent to equip the FFG(X)s with 48 rather than 32 VLS tubes, and that doing so might only marginally increase the unit procurement cost of the FFG(X).”

To be fair, CRS also presents the case for a 32-tube frigate. “Supporters of requiring the FFG(X) to have no more than 32 VLS tubes might argue that the analyses indicating a need for 32 already took improving adversary capabilities (as well as other U.S. Navy capabilities) into account,” says CRS. “They might also argue that the FFG(X), in addition to having 32 VLS tubes, is also to have a separate, 21-cell Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) missile launcher [an anti-aircraft system] and that increasing the number of VLS tubes from 32 to 48 would increase the procurement cost of a ship that is intended to be an affordable supplement to the Navy's cruisers and destroyers.”

Before Congress approves funding for the FFG(X), CRS recommends legislators ponder several questions. How much more expensive would the frigate be with 48 instead of 32 VLS tubes? Could the ship be inexpensively designed to go from 32 to 48 tubes at a later date?

The question boils down to this: should a warship be packed to the gills with weapons? The Soviet navy, and today’s Russian fleet, opt for ships far more heavily armed than their Western counterparts. But that can come at the expense of other desirable qualities, such as endurance at sea and ammunition reloads (Soviet warships were essentially one-shot weapons).

Ironically, if the FFG(X) project runs into headwinds, there is an alternative. And that would be the Littoral Combat Ship, a troubled design that itself may be one reason why the Navy needs frigates in the first place.

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Julho 03, 2019, 04:00:15 pm
The Navy’s new plan to fix Ford’s elevator failures
By: Mark D. Faram

The Navy is vowing a “full court press” to overcome delays and finally field all the Advanced Weapons Elevators needed by the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford.

“We have a full court press on the advanced weapons elevators,” said Jim Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition in a Monday press release.

With only two of Ford’s 11 elevators operating — and no firm schedule for delivering the remaining nine — the Navy brought a “team of experts” from both the government and private industry on board the Ford to fix the snafus, according to Geurts.

The sea service also announced Monday that officials will build a pair of testing facilities to help engineers fix problems and prep sailors to operate and maintain the elevator technology.

Navy spokesman Capt. Danny Hernandez told Navy Times on Monday that the ongoing bugs include “construction challenges” caused partly by “very tight tolerances, physical structural adjustments and software refinement” needed to make “weapons movement sustainable and reliable."

“Getting the doors and hatches installed was not enough. There has been learning on the sequence of building them,” Hernandez said.

He said that operations must be checked and rechecked to ensure they’re “working according to specs,” as when the elevators need to maintain “holding water tightness” as they move through the decks.

“Doors and hatches have to be moving in the right sequence and as you’d expect. They have to be aligned,” Hernandez said. “Mr. Geurts feels once we get the uppers and lowers working, it’s just a matter of improving efficiency.”

Guerts told Congress in March that Ford’s expected yearlong post-shakedown maintenance availability would be extended three months. That will delay the carrier’s return to sea until October.

Officials wanted all the elevators operating before heading back to sea so the Navy could begin to fully test the $13 billion Ford’s flight deck capabilities.

On Monday, Geurts indicated that the team of experts, working with Huntington Ingalls Industries, will find “the most efficient timeline possible” for getting Ford’s elevators to work.

They will identify systemic problems and “recommend new design changes” for the installation of the elevators on board other Ford-class carriers, he added.

If the team can get the elevators to work in concert with Ford’s revolutionary arresting gear and electromagnetic catapults, officials hope to hike the number of aircraft sorties by 33 percent compared to the previous Nimitz class of warships.

Those elevators are expected to tote 24,000 pounds of ordnance at 150 feet-per-minute compared to a Nimitz carrier’s 10,500 pounds at 100 feet-per-minute.

Ford’s elevators rely on electromagnetic technology instead of cables and pulleys.

For testing and virtual technology training, officials want to replicate the Ford’s technology ashore at Naval Surface Warfare Center Division Philadelphia and a “digital twin” test site at the Newport News shipyard.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/07/01/the-navys-new-plan-to-fix-fords-elevator-failures/
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 10, 2019, 01:51:44 pm
Qual UAV qual quê...  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Air Power

On this day: 60 years ago, the US Postal Service entered the missile age, when a Vought RGM-6 Regulus missile fired from the submarine USS Barbero (SSG-317) in the Atlantic Ocean delivered a payload of 3,000 stamped envelopes to the Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Mayport, Florida (July 8, 1959). Beat that Amazon!

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Julho 12, 2019, 05:02:12 pm
Defense Department to ban beer and pizza? Mandatory keto diet may enhance military performance
By: Kristine Froeba 

The controversial ketogenic or “keto” diet may be the future of the military, some defense officials say.

Service members, and Navy SEALS especially, may have to forgo beer and burritos for skinny cocktails and avocado salad (forget the tortilla chips) if a proposal from Special Operations Command gains momentum.

While a nutritionally enhanced future could eventually be put into effect for all branches, the SEALS and other underwater dive-mission specialists might be the first groups targeted for the change in nutritional guidelines.

Lisa Sanders, the director of science and technology at U.S. Special Operations Command, presented an Ohio State University study that recommends the nutritional change based on the keto diet, which is high in fat and low in carbohydrates. The diet works to deprive the body of glucose needed for energy and forces it to burn stored fats instead. The study was conducted on the university’s Army ROTC cadet population.

“One of the effects of truly being in ketosis is that it changes the way your body handles oxygen deprivation, so you can actually stay underwater at depths for longer periods of time and not go into oxygen seizures,” Sanders said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in May.

Discussion of new dietary guidelines for service members comes at a time of growing concern about obesity in the military and its potential threat to readiness.

The possibly controversial change for the military is not without problems, not the least of which are questions about whether the military has the legal and ethical authority to control and monitor a service member’s diet 24/7.

Service members are familiar with physical training in boot camp and their routine Physical Fitness Tests, but are they ready for daily dietary ketosis testing?

For the keto nutritional plan to be successful, it has to be followed strictly, and that includes after-hours and weekends. Even a service member on leave would possibly face a restricted diet because it simply takes too long for the body to readjust and function in the ketosis stage after a weekend of dietary backsliding and binging on pizza, burritos, and beers.

The keto diet requires the body to be in a constant state of ketosis. Daily urine or blood tests using strips are necessary to measure glucose or ketone levels.

Revamping MREs?


For the diet to be implemented laterally across the military, produce choices and meat quality at military dining facilities across the world would have to change significantly, not to mention the high-carb and sugar content of MRE’s. The popular pepperoni pizza MRE would be a thing of the past.

Although one benefit of formulating a new high-fat food ration is that it would be a lighter weight for service members to carry.

“You can carry even more calories because fats weigh less, which is an advantage,” said Kinesiologist Jeff Volek, a professor at Ohio State University’s Department of Human Sciences and author of the study.

On military bases, the dietary change could result in future dining facilities serving Ezekiel bread, zucchini “pasta spirals” to replace pasta, mashed cauliflower as a substitute for potatoes and rice, and avocado-heavy salad bars replacing soft-serve ice cream machines and dessert bars.

No fries with that at the DFAC

In addition to the regulatory and privacy questions about the proposed dietary change, there are also economic questions. Not only would DFACS and the military have to change, military households would have to follow suit as the diet requires higher quantities and quality of vegetables, fats, and proteins throughout the day.

If a keto meal plan became the required diet of the military’s future, some say military budgets, salaries and allowances may also have to rise to meet the economic demands required to follow the dietary guidelines on duty and off. But Volek, author of the study, disagrees.

“The ketogenic diet is high in fat, which is less costly," Volek said. The majority of the diet is based on fat, and fat calories can be very cheap. “Meats, eggs, fish, chicken, cheese, butter, seeds, nuts, and non-starchy vegetables are the basis of the diet. Fat is the key or primary nutrient.”

If the plan is adopted, it remains to be seen if the Skinnygirl margarita and the low-glycemic sugar-free vodka-tonic favored by Bravo TV’s Real Housewives become the new cocktails of choice for infantrymen and SEALS.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/07/01/defense-department-to-ban-beer-and-pizza-mandatory-keto-diet-may-enhance-military-performance/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Julho 19, 2019, 12:04:08 pm
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Casi 1000 millones en adquirir casi 1 millón de sonoboyas.

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ERAPSCO to Produce Sonobuoys for Navy Under Potential $1B IDIQ
Matthew Nelson  July 19, 2019   Contract Awards, News

Jeff Brody
ERAPSCO, a joint venture of Sparton and Ultra Electronics, has been awarded a potential $1.04B contract to build and deliver sonobuoys to the U.S. Navy from fiscal 2019 through fiscal 2023.

The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the production of:

-932,500 AN/SSQ-62F, AN/SSQ-53G, AN/SSQ-36B and AN/SSQ-101B sonobuoys, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

Fifty-one percent of work will occur in De Leon Spring, Fla., and the remaining 49 percent will take place in Columbia, Ind.

The Pentagon expects ERAPSCO to finish services under the contract by September 2025.

Sonobuoys are designed to transmit underwater audio to submarines and ships using built-in electromechanical acoustic sensors.

No es otra liga....es otra galaxia.. :( lanzandolas en fila pueden ir andando de Norfolk a Lisboa.. :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 20, 2019, 07:17:57 pm
Pelo menos já não tem aquele aspecto de torradeira a óleo...  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navys-6th-generation-fighter-could-put-f-35-museum-67782?fbclid=IwAR3EZQpgs8kwfYZT96ZIdDUP2yylamsWR6lSmkNyCqsz4GdfG2K7e4lHRpU (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navys-6th-generation-fighter-could-put-f-35-museum-67782?fbclid=IwAR3EZQpgs8kwfYZT96ZIdDUP2yylamsWR6lSmkNyCqsz4GdfG2K7e4lHRpU)

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New much-longer range sensors and weapons, incorporating emerging iterations of AI, are expected to make warfare more disaggregated, and much less of a linear force on force type of engagement. Such a phenomenon, driven by new technology, underscores warfare reliance upon sensors and information networks. All of this, naturally, requires the expansive "embedded ISR" discussed by the paper. Network reliant warfare is of course potentially much more effective in improving targeting and reducing sensor-to-shooter time over long distances, yet it brings a significant need to organize and optimize the vast, yet crucial, flow of information.

The Navy is currently analyzing air frames, targeting systems, AI-enabled sensors, new weapons and engine technologies to engineer a new 6th-Generation fighter to fly alongside the F-35 and ultimately replace the F/A-18.

(https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop__1260_/public/main_images/maxresdefault_5.jpg?itok=Z3etF4qM)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Julho 21, 2019, 01:35:56 am
 ;D

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Julho 29, 2019, 11:15:33 am
https://navaltoday.com/2019/07/29/us-navy-names-third-towing-salvage-and-rescue-ship/?fbclid=IwAR3-oOnVGBGTUQqnp9kuqgV4zi8tcFLYDxyzckhdqTzA1tkWzxsALSzm8ZM (https://navaltoday.com/2019/07/29/us-navy-names-third-towing-salvage-and-rescue-ship/?fbclid=IwAR3-oOnVGBGTUQqnp9kuqgV4zi8tcFLYDxyzckhdqTzA1tkWzxsALSzm8ZM)
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The third unit in the US Navy’s new class of towing, salvage, and rescue ships will be named Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek in honor of the history, service and contributions of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, the US Navy secretary has announced.

The Saginaw Chippewa people are comprised of Saginaw, Black River, and Swan Creek bands. Ojibwe is also referred to as Chippewa and Anishinabek means “original people.”

“I am deeply honored to announce that the history of the Saginaw Chippewa people will once again be part of Navy and Marine Corps history,” said navy secretary Richard V. Spencer.

“The future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek honors the original people of modern day Michigan, with their original name, and will carry the proud Ojibwe legacy for decades to come.”
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 08, 2019, 04:05:38 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 24, 2019, 04:35:34 pm
Big Navy Must Fix the SEALs: The Drift, Vol. XLII
By: David B. Larter

Navigation Brief
ALEXANDRIA – I don’t have strong opinions about fly fishing.

I know it is a rabbit-hole of a hobby: a sucking vortex of ever-more elaborate flies and frightfully expensive rods and reels, and has bound up in it about as much accepted wisdom and voodoo as in any hobby with an impassioned following. But I certainly wouldn’t know how to correct someone’s cast or tell you what flies a trout likes verses a small-mouth bass. That’s because I’m unfamiliar with the sport. And even if I saw someone doing something that I thought was wrong, I wouldn’t be comfortable correcting them because it’s just not my area of expertise.

Now, if we want to talk about backpacking, there I might be able to help you.

I want to suggest that for Big Navy – Submariners, Aviators and SWOs – special warfare is a bit like fly fishing is for me: Unfamiliar. And they might see something they think is wrong, but they are uncomfortable getting involved because it’s not an area they know a whole lot about.

I’d like to suggest that it’s time to get comfortable.

Let’s Drift.

Conduct Unbecoming

This won’t be a long conversation, but it begins with pointing out that the SEALs are a unit of about 2,500 people. That’s less than the crew of an aircraft carrier. This is not a large organization.

Now, let’s review some recent SEAL history. This is not a comprehensive list.

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April 2017: CBS New airs a blockbuster report alleging widespread drug use inside the SEALs organization. The broadcast includes remarks from a SEAL commander who says that in the six months he has been CO, five SEALs have been kicked out for drugs. Read: Navy SEAL drug use "staggering," investigation finds
June 2017: Two SEALs on deployment in Mali break into the room of a sleeping Green Beret, Sgt. Logan Melgar and strangle him to death. The two SEALs admit to the murder but claim it was a “prank.” They intended to choke Melgar until he passed out, tie him up and sexually assault him on camera in an act of hazing. One of the SEALs was later investigated for allegedly approaching Melgar’s widow under an assumed name at a party and hitting on her. Read: Troops charged in Green Beret’s death in Mali planned to record him being sexually assaulted, Marine says
February 2018: Navy SEAL Gregory Seerden was detained in connection with a sexual assault. When authorities searched his phone they found 78 images and four videos of Seerden sexually abusing a child. Read: Former Navy SEAL Sentenced for Sexual Exploitation of a Child
April 2018: Six SEALs from SEAL Team 10 are kicked out for failing drug tests. An internal investigation showed a culture of covering for each other and gaming the drug testing system, which SEALs called “A joke.” Read: Internal report exposes cocaine abuse, lax testing, inside SEAL Team 10
April 2018: A trial begins for three SEALs charged with war crimes for allegedly beating Afghan detainees in 2012, which resulted in at least one death. The SEALs maintain their innocence. Read: SEALs' War Crimes Court-Martial Starts Amid Command Influence Charges
July 2018: The commander and top enlisted sailor of a SEAL detachment based in East Africa are sent home amid sexual misconduct allegations. Read: 2 Navy SEAL leaders relieved of duty after sexual misconduct allegations
July 2019: SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher is found not guilty in connection with the stabbing death of an Iraqi detainee, a war crimes trial that fell to pieces after the medic treating the detainee confessed to killing the man on the witness stand: Read: SEAL war crimes suspect not guilty on murder charge
July 2019: A SEAL platoon is sent home early from Iraq when, after one of them was accused of sexual assault, the SEALs refused to cooperate with investigators. The SEALs were found to be drinking in the war zone, which is in violation of longstanding U.S. policy. Read:US Navy Seals platoon sent home from Iraq for drinking alcohol as sexual assault allegations investigated

We started this conversation by pointing out that the SEALs are an organization that numbers fewer than the crew of an aircraft carrier. Now look at this non-comprehensive list of egregious SEAL misconduct and tell me, honestly, if all this alleged rape, alleged murder, alleged drug abuse and alleged child abuse happened on board the Harry S. Truman, do we honestly believe that the CO of the Truman would still have a job? Do we honestly believe that there would not be a heavy-handed effort from Big Navy to crack down on that command?

As a former Navy Times reporter, I can say with some authority that this would be a top priority of Fleet leaders. But so far, the SEALs have been largely allowed to police themselves. And where Big Navy has tried to send strong messages (charging SEALs with war crimes, for instance) they’ve fucked it all up. Completely.

And then there has been some of the truly weak arguments for why the SEALs are repeatedly being accused of outrageous behavior: They’re victims, we’re told. OPTEMPO is too high, they’re fraying at the edges. Maybe that’s true, but I’d want to see a study that shows that Green Berets and JTACs and Rangers are seeing problems on this scale at the same rate. I’ve not seen many examples of similar behavior in the public domain, despite similar pressures on the unit.

Now, let’s take one of the more dubious responses from Navy leadership. When asked about war crimes and drug use among SEALs, we heard from Navy Undersecretary Thomas Modley the typical excuse about how the Navy is a cross-section of society and how in a big organization you are going to see these issues. Via Military.com:

Navy Undersecretary Thomas Modly told reporters Thursday that while service leaders are concerned about recent high-profile allegations of wrongdoing in the Navy SEAL community, there's nothing that "is indicative of a cultural problem."

"We're a huge enterprise and so, as a huge enterprise, we have problems just like every other huge enterprise," he said at a Defense Writers' Group event in Washington. "So when these types of problems arise, we have very, very good processes to go through a legal adjudication of them, and I think we do that very well." …

"These obviously are high-profile because they do come from our most elite warfighting areas, but my sense is that we don't have a cultural problem there," Modly said. "Obviously, we're concerned about it -- it doesn't reflect well on the service. But these are fairly isolated incidents."

"This also could be a result of 17 years of being at war in stressful conditions," he said, a sentiment several members of Congress shared last year during a special-operations policy forum.

That’s nonsense on its face. As I pointed out in the intro, this is not a large group of men. It’s a small, tight-knit, “elite” force with enough allegations of outrageous conduct in the past two years to warrant nothing less than a full-scale, independent inquiry into what’s ailing the culture.

How many more war crimes allegations is it going to take? How many more alleged rapes? How many more shocking revelations of widespread drug use inside a small organization is it going to take for the Navy to treat the SEALs like any other part of the organization?

I don’t know what’s wrong with the SEALs, I don’t have any answers. But what I do know is that leaving the SEALs to investigate themselves, as they have been doing, is foolhardy. It’s not how misconduct on this scale would be handled anywhere else in the force.

The Navy should commission an independent body to perform a complete review of the SEAL organization on the scale of the Comprehensive Review commissioned after the twin accidents of 2017. With Platoons being pulled from the war zone, we are now seeing SEAL misconduct have a direct impact on warfighting readiness.

Big Navy: You must fix the SEALs.

 :arrow:  https://www.defensenews.com/naval/the-drift/2019/07/28/big-navy-must-fix-the-seals-the-drift-vol-xlii/

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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 23, 2019, 09:24:55 am
https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/naval/marinha-americana-pede-ao-congresso-3-novos-destroieres
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 01, 2019, 05:24:10 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Novembro 06, 2019, 07:54:09 pm

As LCS continuam a evoluir.  :o
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 09, 2019, 12:41:22 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 12, 2019, 09:13:23 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Dezembro 04, 2019, 07:57:40 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Dezembro 13, 2019, 11:22:32 am
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27297/scaled-composites-stealthy-mystery-jet-is-now-at-the-navys-top-flight-test-base?fbclid=IwAR0NGkwtyoDGEo297dbpohY0y5_WGXXo87Zj6OIvFSC7LLgXrq-6_swdhPo (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27297/scaled-composites-stealthy-mystery-jet-is-now-at-the-navys-top-flight-test-base?fbclid=IwAR0NGkwtyoDGEo297dbpohY0y5_WGXXo87Zj6OIvFSC7LLgXrq-6_swdhPo)
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Scaled Composites Model 401, an exotic, stealthy jet aircraft with a dorsal air inlet, trapezoidal "Lambda" wings, chined edges, and a big V-tail has flown from the company's base in Mojave, California across the country to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. "NAS Pax River," as it is often called, is the Navy's premier aerospace test base, roughly akin to Air Force's Edwards AFB in California. The long trip comes 18 months after the type's first flight and could help to finally shed some light as to what the aircraft's mission is and who its intended owner is. It also serves as proof that the design has matured to the point where cross-country flights are not an issue.

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Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 09, 2020, 01:18:46 pm
The surface Navy needs to fundamentally reshape itself to defeat the Chinese threat, study finds

By: David B. Larter   16 hours ago



WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet is completely misaligned to meet the threats the military says it must counter in the 21st century, and it’s not correctly constructed to pursue its own strategy of “distributed maritime operations,” according to new study from the Center or Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

In the 118-page report, analysts Bryan Clark and Timothy Walton highlight fundamental shortfalls of the destroyer-heavy surface fleet and illustrate how assets that were once core strengths of the surface force — heavy-duty air defense radars and densely packed multimission warships built around vertical launch systems once considered high capacity — have become vulnerabilities as adversaries have adapted to U.S. capabilities.

The service must dramatically increase its focus on bolstering the offensive punch of its surface combatants as well as fully embrace advances in electronic warfare and laser weapons to combat the anti-ship missile threat, according to the CSBA report. Furthermore, the fleet must find ways to take advantage of more passive sensors and reduce its reliance on giant radars that have been at the core of its air defense missions since the Cold War, the report noted.

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/surface-navy-association/2020/01/08/the-surface-navy-needs-to-fundamentally-reshape-itself-to-defeat-the-chinese-threat-study-finds/
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Enviado por: Major Alvega em Janeiro 14, 2020, 12:57:47 am
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O "Cuala" vai ser o novo heli de treino da US Navy.
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Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 15, 2020, 04:00:19 pm
The surface Navy needs to fundamentally reshape itself to defeat the Chinese threat, study finds

By: David B. Larter   16 hours ago



WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet is completely misaligned to meet the threats the military says it must counter in the 21st century, and it’s not correctly constructed to pursue its own strategy of “distributed maritime operations,” according to new study from the Center or Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

In the 118-page report, analysts Bryan Clark and Timothy Walton highlight fundamental shortfalls of the destroyer-heavy surface fleet and illustrate how assets that were once core strengths of the surface force — heavy-duty air defense radars and densely packed multimission warships built around vertical launch systems once considered high capacity — have become vulnerabilities as adversaries have adapted to U.S. capabilities.

The service must dramatically increase its focus on bolstering the offensive punch of its surface combatants as well as fully embrace advances in electronic warfare and laser weapons to combat the anti-ship missile threat, according to the CSBA report. Furthermore, the fleet must find ways to take advantage of more passive sensors and reduce its reliance on giant radars that have been at the core of its air defense missions since the Cold War, the report noted.

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/surface-navy-association/2020/01/08/the-surface-navy-needs-to-fundamentally-reshape-itself-to-defeat-the-chinese-threat-study-finds/

Uma das necessidades que eles têm, tanto na USN como na USAF, são mísseis de cruzeiro e anti-navio hipersónicos. Por outro lado, talvez uma solução como os russos têm optado, navios mais pequenos mas bem armados, como as corvetas, com bons radares mas que não dependem tanto dos SPY e do sistema AEGIS. O programa FFG(X) já é um passo na direcção certa, talvez construindo o dobro dos navios, em configurações de armamento ligeiramente diferentes, permitiria desde logo desdobrar a utilização dos dispendiosos AB de áreas menos "hostis" do globo.

Eventualmente Missile Boats stealth (exemplo dos Skjold noruegueses) capazes de se aproximar de alvos maiores e executar ataques de saturação com mísseis. Os EUA poderão ter que adaptar as tácticas que até agora são usadas contra si, para responder à ameaça da frota chinesa.

Outra necessidade que terão eventualmente é a de substituir os Ticonderoga, e tendo em conta que os chineses já constroem destroyers com consideravelmente mais deslocamento.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 16, 2020, 03:31:00 pm
É por isso que a Marinha Norte-Americana está a começar a armar os seus LCS com os NSM.


A nova classe de Fragatas é a grande aposta da Marinha para conseguir atingir os números que eles pretendem e ao mesmo tempo fazê-lo a um preço que eles consigam suportar.
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Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 16, 2020, 03:55:17 pm
Sim o armamento que os LCS têm recebido tem sido bastante importante neste aspecto. No entanto acho que podiam já ter olhado para os navios dos aliados, para complementar a família AEGIS. As Absalon, as Iver, as DZP, as FREMM, as Type 31 e Type 26, as Alvaro Bazan, e também podiam olhar para os Sejong the Great para complementar os Ticonderoga. Alguns destes navios custam pouco mais que os Cutters da classe Legend.

As FFG(X) vêm tarde, mas foram inteligentes em preferir usar como base navios já em serviço e com provas dadas. A última coisa que precisavam era de mais um projecto tipo LCS ou DDG-1000.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 16, 2020, 04:23:17 pm
Por falar nas FFG(X).

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Janeiro 19, 2020, 06:17:47 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 20, 2020, 09:47:01 am
http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/cvn-81-doris-miller-o-proximo-porta-avioes-da-marinha-dos-eua/?fbclid=IwAR1Em1mVakkO5wU-VmCyadulicIUXPj8GVEsAlpWG7-atfeFtDd4jHQzt68 (http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/cvn-81-doris-miller-o-proximo-porta-avioes-da-marinha-dos-eua/?fbclid=IwAR1Em1mVakkO5wU-VmCyadulicIUXPj8GVEsAlpWG7-atfeFtDd4jHQzt68)

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A Marinha dos EUA decidiu que o seu quarto porta-aviões da classe Ford será batizado em homenagem a um herói da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Doris Miller.

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Janeiro 22, 2020, 10:27:29 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 28, 2020, 10:22:22 am
Here’s where the Navy’s next ships are in construction | Defense News Weekly Extra
By: Jeff Martin   20 hours ago

https://www.defensenews.com/newsletters/tv-next-episode/2020/01/27/heres-where-the-navys-next-ships-are-in-construction-defense-news-weekly-extra/
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Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 28, 2020, 10:24:14 am
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Here’s how the destroyer Zumwalt’s stealthy design handles stormy seas
By: David B. Larter   4 days ago

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/01/23/heres-how-the-ddg-1000s-stealthy-hull-design-handles-stormy-seas/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 06, 2020, 09:18:43 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Fevereiro 12, 2020, 11:24:26 am
Vamos comprar estes?  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2020/02/11/planos-da-usn-incluem-a-aposentadoria-dos-lcs-apos-queda-no-orcamento/ (https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2020/02/11/planos-da-usn-incluem-a-aposentadoria-dos-lcs-apos-queda-no-orcamento/)

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A Marinha dos EUA (US Navy) está avançando com um plano para construir uma frota de 355 navios, mas seu orçamento parra a construção de novos navios de guerra deve cair significativamente em 2021.

A Marinha também planeja enviar várias plataformas “menos capazes” para a aposentadoria antecipada. Isso inclui os quatro primeiros LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) que a Marinha transformou em navios de teste e não empregados mais em missões no exterior de acordo com um oficial da Marinha familiarizado com o plano. Os documentos orçamentários declaram que um navio de desembarque também será enviado para a aposentadoria antecipada.

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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 13, 2020, 07:41:37 am
Vamos comprar estes?  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2020/02/11/planos-da-usn-incluem-a-aposentadoria-dos-lcs-apos-queda-no-orcamento/ (https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2020/02/11/planos-da-usn-incluem-a-aposentadoria-dos-lcs-apos-queda-no-orcamento/)

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A Marinha dos EUA (US Navy) está avançando com um plano para construir uma frota de 355 navios, mas seu orçamento parra a construção de novos navios de guerra deve cair significativamente em 2021.

A Marinha também planeja enviar várias plataformas “menos capazes” para a aposentadoria antecipada. Isso inclui os quatro primeiros LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) que a Marinha transformou em navios de teste e não empregados mais em missões no exterior de acordo com um oficial da Marinha familiarizado com o plano. Os documentos orçamentários declaram que um navio de desembarque também será enviado para a aposentadoria antecipada.

(https://www.naval.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/US-Navy-lan%C3%A7a-Naval-Strike-Missile-de-um-LCS-em-exerc%C3%ADcio-SINKEX-2000x1372.jpeg)

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Nas horas mortas podiam substituir os catamarans da Transtejo e tudo , veja lá isso tio!
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Fevereiro 26, 2020, 01:07:51 pm
La US Navy instala el láser ODIN en el USS Dewey

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La US Navy ha instalado en las últimas semanas el sistema láser ODIN (Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy) destinado a contrarrestar los sistemas aéreos no tripulados en el destructor de la clase Arleigh Burke, USS Dewey (DDG 105). Se ha aprovechado su estancia en el dique seco durante los últimos meses para llevar a cabo la instalación del ODIN.

El desarrollo, prueba y producción de ODIN fue realizado por expertos en la materia que forman parte del Centro de Guerra de Naval de Superficie (NSWC). Su trabajo anterior en el sistema de armas láser conocido como LaWS los posicionó como los candidatos ideales para hacerse cargo también del desarrollo de ODIN.

Hay que recordar que en 2014 la US Navy instaló el conocido como AN/SEQ-3, LaWS o Laser Weapon System, que era un cañón láser de 30 kW montado en el buque USS Ponce y concebido para la defensa cercana. Dicho láser probó ser eficaz para derribar drones de categoría Mini y Small, así como pequeñas embarcaciones. De hecho, hay quien sostiene que es muy posible que fuera usado cuando el buque y su escolta fueron atacados por misiles tierra-mar C-802 hutíes cerca de Bab el-Mandeb, en Yemen.


Durante su reciente visita al USS Dewey, James F. Geurts, Secretario adjunto de la US Navy quedó impresionado con el rápido progreso que ha vivido el programa. De hecho, Geurts declaró: «Este es un gran ejemplo del talento del personal que forma los centros de guerra, todos trabajando junto con la compañía constructora del buque para entregar un sistema que será un auténtico game-changer. Bravo Zulú a todo el equipo de ODIN».

No es para menos, pues ODIN ha pasado de ser apenas una idea a un sistema operativo en apenas dos años y medio. Además, la instalación de ODIN en el USS Dewey lo convierte en el primer sistema completamente operacional de su tipo y en una gran ayuda en la lucha contra los UAS.

Se espera que en los próximos años el programa ODIN llegue a todas las unidades operativas dentro de la flota, aumentando así la seguridad de los buques de la US Navy. Las lecciones aprendidas durante la instalación y utilización del ODIN en el USS Dewey permitirán facilitar este proceso y mejorar estos sistemas y su integración en el futuro.

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https://www.revistaejercitos.com/2020/02/24/la-us-navy-instala-el-laser-odin-en-el-uss-dewey/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 26, 2020, 07:52:05 pm
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Fevereiro 27, 2020, 09:18:26 am
Los 4 Burkes estacionados en Rota, España, pasarán a ser 6

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El jefe del Comando Europeo de Estados Unidos dijo que había solicitado acoger dos destructores de misiles guiados (DDG) adicionales en el teatro europeo que serían “críticos” para mejorar la actual campaña de EE.UU. para disuadir a las fuerzas rusas.

A través de los fondos comprometidos en la Iniciativa Europea de Disuasión (EDI), se ha dado a las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos la capacidad de “mejorar y madurar la infraestructura en Rota, España” para albergar dos destructores adicionales, explicó el general de la Fuerza Aérea Tod Wolters, que también es el Comandante Supremo Aliado de la OTAN en Europa.

El despliegue de los barcos podría comenzar “mañana”, dijo durante una audiencia del Comité de Servicios Armados del Senado el martes.

“Esos dos DDG adicionales nos darían la oportunidad de continuar mejorando nuestra capacidad de obtener señales y advertencias en el espacio de batalla potencial y también mejorar dramáticamente nuestra capacidad de mejorar el comando y control”, dijo Wolters.

Estados Unidos ya tiene cuatro destructores desplegados en Rota: el USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), el USS Ross (DDG-71), el USS Porter (DDG-78) y el USS Carney (DDG-64).

El potencial aumento de presencia se produce a medida que la actividad de submarinos rusos ha aumentado en los últimos dos años. Por ejemplo, los submarinos procedentes del mar de Barents, donde Rusia tiene un centro de submarinos cerca de la península de Kola , tienden a deslizarse a través de las vías fluviales de Groenlandia, Islandia y el Reino Unido, apodado “GIUK”, y hacia el Océano Atlántico.

Wolters dijo que las autoridades han observado “un aumento del 50% en el número de recursos que Rusia comprometió en la actividad submarina” entre 2018 y 2019, pero no proporcionaron cifras detalladas.

A principios de este mes, el vicealmirante Andrew “Woody” Lewis, comandante de la Segunda Flota de los Estados Unidos, dijo en un evento organizado por el Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales que la actividad rusa ha estado en alza en el Océano Atlántico, llamando a las aguas frente a la costa estadounidense, el nuevo espacio de batalla en disputa.

El EDI, que se formó en 2014 como resultado de la anexión de Crimea por parte de Rusia y que originalmente se llamó Iniciativa Europea de Reaseguro, ha ayudado a los militares de EE.UU. a impulsar su ambicioso contacto con los socios de Europa, especialmente en iniciativas de infraestructura modular en todo el continente.

Wolters describió el martes el EDI como un “éxito”, especialmente por el aumento de la preparación entre las fuerzas que rotan hacia el continente.

Señaló que el próximo ejercicio DEFENDER-Europe 20, que será el mayor despliegue de las fuerzas terrestres de EE.UU. en los últimos 25 años con tropas estadounidenses y aliadas rodando o aterrizando en 10 países diferentes, no podría haber ocurrido hace solo dos años debido a la falta de fondos.

El financiamiento del EDI, que ha provocado rotaciones de tropas más frecuentes, ha enseñado a “soldados, marineros, aviadores y marines cómo levantar y desplazar grandes cantidades de fuerzas a través del Atlántico y hacerlo sin ningún daño”, dijo Wolters.

Los comentarios de Wolters se producen cuando los fondos para el EDI han sufrido reducciones recientes, y una vez más se enfrenta a una caída considerable en la solicitud del presupuesto fiscal 2021 del Departamento de Defensa, ya que  la administración continúa presionando a los aliados de la OTAN para que inviertan más profundamente en su propia defensa.

Gina Harkins
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Enviado por: mafets em Fevereiro 28, 2020, 02:50:08 pm
https://www.cavok.com.br/blog/destroier-chines-aponta-laser-para-aeronave-p-8a-da-marinha-dos-eua/?fbclid=IwAR3RmTQuasoSaHvMB9V-7ea0r8v8-MJaYsK6fmn_gLOCNz5u4WNYxOukqZM (https://www.cavok.com.br/blog/destroier-chines-aponta-laser-para-aeronave-p-8a-da-marinha-dos-eua/?fbclid=IwAR3RmTQuasoSaHvMB9V-7ea0r8v8-MJaYsK6fmn_gLOCNz5u4WNYxOukqZM)

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Destróier chinês aponta laser para aeronave P-8A da Marinha dos EUA

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Enviado por: jpthiran em Fevereiro 29, 2020, 05:29:03 pm
2 Arleigh Burke estiveram em Lisboa a semana passada...
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Enviado por: P44 em Março 07, 2020, 12:42:57 pm
https://breakingdefense.com/2020/03/navy-wants-frigate-now-despite-esper-review/
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Enviado por: typhonman em Março 07, 2020, 04:33:13 pm
https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-conducts-convoy-exercise-in-atlantic-for-first-time-since-cold-war.html (https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-conducts-convoy-exercise-in-atlantic-for-first-time-since-cold-war.html)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Março 18, 2020, 04:36:54 pm
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 :arrow: https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/naval/covid-19-pentagono-prepara-navios-hospital-mercy-e-comfort-para-resposta-ao-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR070KblbmzNMrU3Jpm5ejxObISXD_w8i3clxIx0ds6q-os4GXKcKNEpA2M


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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 03, 2020, 02:08:13 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Abril 03, 2020, 02:56:12 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Abril 05, 2020, 06:21:33 pm
Comandante demitido do porta-aviões Roosevelt recebe o aplauso da tripulação ao abandonar o navio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=ayaLwHW-244&feature=emb_logo

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Abril 30, 2020, 11:41:28 am



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"The Department of Defense has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, one taken in November 2004 and the other two in January 2015, which have been circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017. The U.S. Navy previously acknowledged that these videos circulating in the public domain were indeed Navy videos. After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena. DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as "unidentified." The released videos can be found at the Naval Air Systems Command FOIA Reading Room:
https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents
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Enviado por: NVF em Maio 01, 2020, 01:34:25 am
Fincantieri Wins $795M Contract for Navy Frigate Program

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/30/fincantieri-wins-795m-contract-for-navy-frigate-program (https://news.usni.org/2020/04/30/fincantieri-wins-795m-contract-for-navy-frigate-program)

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The Navy awarded a $795-million contract to Fincantieri to begin building a new class of guided-missile frigates, in the first new major shipbuilding program the service has started in more than a decade, the Navy announced today.

Fincantieri beat out what was originally four other competitors, who were asked by the Navy to take a mature parent design and evolve it to meet the Navy’s needs for potential high-end warfare. Fincantieri, which will build its frigate at its Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin, based its FFG(X) design on the FREMM multi-mission frigate already operated by the French and Italian navies.

The detail design and construction contract covers one ship in the current Fiscal Year 2020 and options for as many as nine more ships, for a total value of $5.58 billion if all options are exercised.

“The Navy’s Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) will be an important part of our future fleet,” Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday said in a Navy statement.
“FFG(X) is the evolution of the Navy’s Small Surface Combatant with increased lethality, survivability, and improved capability to support the National Defense Strategy across the full range of military operations. It will no doubt help us conduct distributed maritime operations more effectively, and improve our ability to fight both in contested blue-water and littoral environments.”

“I am very proud of the hard work from the requirements, acquisition, and shipbuilder teams that participated in the full and open competition, enabling the Navy to make this important decision today,” James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, said in the statement.
“Throughout this process, the government team and our industry partners have all executed with a sense of urgency and discipline, delivering this contract award three months ahead of schedule. The team’s intense focus on cost, acquisition, and technical rigor, enabled the government to deliver the best value for our taxpayers as we deliver a highly capable next generation frigate to our warfighters.”

“When we began this journey nearly two years ago it was with the belief that there was a place for new ideas, new platforms and new partners in an already talented U.S. shipbuilding industry,” Fincantieri Marine Group CEO Dario Deste said in a statement. “Today’s announcement validates that thinking.”

The Navy has spoken about its frigate program as the model of how it would like to approach ship acquisition in the future. By bringing together a FFG Requirements Evaluation Team (RET) that included the acquisition community, resource sponsors, the budget community, fleet representatives, technologists in and out of government and both shipbuilders and others in industry, the Navy was able to figure out early on how it might balance capability with cost. The service has said this approach shaved six years off the program, compared to what it might have looked like under more traditional approaches.

Navy leadership in 2017 determined that a new frigate program was needed beyond what could be modified on the Littoral Combat Ship program, which had been the sole small combatant in future fleet plans. The frigate would be more lethal and survivable than an LCS, they said, and the service stood up the FFG RET. Based on the RET’s work, the service approved top-level requirements in October 2017 and kicked off a conceptual design phase that spanned 16 months and included five industry teams. With confidence that industry would be able to meet the requirements, the Navy then validated its capability development document in February 2019, and the request for proposals for the detail design and construction contract was released in June.

The Navy also sped up the process and reduced risk to the program by relying heavily on government-furnished equipment, ensuring the frigate would use existing systems already fielded on other surface combatants in the fleet. These systems include an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), Baseline 10 Aegis Combat System, Mk 41 Vertical Launch System, and other communications and defensive systems with hot production lines and proven performance in the fleet. This not only speeds up the frigate design and construction effort but also has benefits for the cost of procuring these as GFE, maintaining a common inventory of spare parts and training sailors to operate the same system across multiple ship classes.

“Many of the things that tend to trip up lead ships, we took proactive steps and lessons learned to retire the risk there. Every lead ship is hard, I’m not denying that, but I think we set ourselves up really well for success on this program,” Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants Rear Adm. Casey Moton told reporters in a Thursday evening press briefing on the contract award.

Geurts, the Navy acquisition chief, said during the media call that “all this was done with an intense focus on cost, acquisition and technical rigor so that we got the best value for our warfighter and the taxpayer.” He added that the ability to rapidly improve the production line to bring the cost per ship down was part of the selection criteria, and “I think you’re going to see an aggressive cost curve, particularly on the shipbuilder side.”

There will be some opportunity to lower costs on the GFE side, too, he said. On the radar, for instance, the frigate’s EASR will be based on the SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar that Raytheon designed for the Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer configuration. Geurts said that both programs could benefit as Raytheon’s production line matures to support both radars.

“Our goal in the Navy again is to maximize commonality of these combat systems software and hardware across the fleet. That helps us not only from a cost perspective but helps us in training, maintenance, sustainability,” he said, adding that it will also mean timely updates to capability in the future as defense contractors upgrade the Aegis Combat System or the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), for example.

Going forward, the detail design phase will begin immediately, and construction will begin no later than April 2022. The first ship of the class – still yet to be named, despite an effort by outgoing Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly to name the frigates the Agility class – will deliver by 2026 and reach initial operational capability by 2030. The lead ship will cost $1.281 billion, with $795 million of that covering the shipbuilder’s detail design and construction costs and the rest covering the GFE, including the combat systems, radar, launchers, command and control systems, decoys and more.

For the rest of the class, the total ship cost – contractor costs and GFE – has dropped. The Navy previously said it was aiming for an average cost of ships 2 through 20 of $800 million in constant year 2018 dollars, with a requirement to stay below $950 million in CY 2018 dollars. Now the service has the average follow-on cost pegged at $781 million in constant year dollars.

Geurts said the Navy has not committed to an acquisition strategy for frigates beyond these first 10. Shipbuilding and acquisition plans call for a class of 20, but the Navy is increasingly interested in a small combatant that will be more capable than today’s LCSs and can relieve destroyers of many of their missions around the globe, serve as convoy escorts, and provide more high-end presence in more places as part of the distributed maritime operations concept. Once the final of these first 10 frigates is awarded, likely in FY 2025, the Navy could award another 10 to Fincantieri, or it could choose to bring in a second yard to build the same ship and increase the frigate’s footprint in the fleet even faster. Under the contract, the Navy has rights to the technical data package for the ship and could compete the program down the road.

In selecting between the four remaining competitors – Fincantieri and its FREMM design; Austal USA, which builds the Independence-class LCSs; General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Navantia, who builds the F100-class frigates for the Spanish Navy; Huntington Ingalls Industries, who has not revealed details of its bid – the Navy was balancing cost with non-cost factors to get to a best value. Design and design maturity were weighted equal to performance and the ability of the ship to meet the Navy’s warfighting needs as outlined in the National Defense Strategy and other documents. Schedule, production approach and facilities were weighted lower, with data rights being the lowest-weighted non-cost factor. The Navy was not looking for a straight price shoot-out but instead wanted the companies to compete for the best capability for the best value. Lockheed Martin, who builds the Freedom-variant LCS at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Wisconsin, had been part of the group of five in the conceptual design phase but dropped out of the competition.

Fincantieri previously told USNI News that the company had spent about $180 million to upgrade its Wisconsin yard and planned to spend another $80 to $100 million if it won the competition so that it could reach a two-a-year production rate. If the Navy chose to build three or four a year, as some have suggested, a second yard would likely have to be brought into the program.

It is unclear what will happen at the other yards that did not win the competition. Bath Iron Works is wrapping up its work on the Zumwalt-class destroyer program but is one of two yards that build the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and has a healthy backlog of work on DDGs. Ingalls Shipbuilding has the other half of the DDG program, as well as amphibious ships. Austal USA, though, is nearing the end of its contracted work on the LCS program and its Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) ships. The company has been trying to pitch the EPF to serve as an ambulance ship or other auxiliary, but the Navy is still early in deciding what it wants its common auxiliary hull, called CHAMP, to look like.

Bath Iron Works said in a statement that “BIW’s FFG(X) team — including Raytheon, Navantia and our supplier base — produced an exceptional concept design and put forward the best bid possible. We look forward to the Navy’s debrief to us. We will continue to focus our energy on meeting the needs of the U.S. Navy by delivering Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) and the 11 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers we currently have under contract. The DDG-51 is a proven design that has shown its ability to evolve and deliver increased capabilities to the fleet. We look forward to seeing our workforce prove that they can deliver these ships on schedule and oversee the maintenance and modernization of destroyers currently deployed in the fleet.”

What is clear, though, is the role the frigate will play in the surface navy. Vice Adm. Jim Kilby, the deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities (OPNAV N9), said during the media call that the FREMM-based frigate design had significant margin to grow as the threat picture evolves in the coming years and the Navy matures new technologies to deal with those threats.

The frigate must be able to accommodate one manned helicopter and one unmanned air vehicle, he said, but the margin built into the design will allow the frigate to operate the full range of manned and unmanned vertical lift aviation, to support the wide range of missions the frigate will be expected to conduct. He also noted that the ship currently has vertical launch missile tubes as part of its defense package, but the ship has the space and power to take on laser weapons in the future to provide point defense, freeing up those VLS tubes for offensive weaponry instead.

“This frigate, though it’s classified as a small surface combatant, really falls nicely in between our small surface combatants and our large surface combatants, and I see it doing multiple things,” Kilby said.
“This is going to be a real workhorse for the United States Navy supporting distributed maritime operations in the future. So we are super excited about this ship, and I can’t think of a better asset to a strike group or strike group commander to give them the flexibility to do what we need to do in the future.”

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Fincantieri FFG(X) Design based on the FREMM. Fincantieri Image
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Enviado por: Vitor Santos em Maio 01, 2020, 09:19:02 pm
Por tempo achava que a F100 iria ganhar essa concorrência. Mas, ao analisar a proposta da Fincantieri ( FREMM ) à US Navy, nada deixa a dever aos demais participantes desse certame.

Será uma bela vitrine para a indústria naval italiana. A Fincantieri se consolida de vez no seleto grupo formado por estaleiros da Espanha, Países Baixos, Alemanha e Reino Unido (a meu ver, juntamente com os franceses, a vanguarda europeia de construtores navais). 
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 12, 2020, 09:56:52 am
USN-RN Barents Sea naval group challenged by Russian live-fire exercises

Bruce Jones, London - Jane's Navy International
07 May 2020


The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced it will be conducting live-fire exercises in the Arctic Barents Sea just as a US-UK naval group has re-entered the area to train there for the first time in 30 years. The group is being shadowed by the Russian Navy.

The Royal Navy (RN) announced on 4 May that it had started cold-weather training with the US Navy (USN) in the Barents Sea, which borders Murmansk and Russia's nuclear submarine bases on the Kola Peninsula. The USN also gave advance notification of the visit to Russia's MoD. The key training objectives of the exercise involve anti-submarine warfare (ASW), replenishment at sea (RAS) between US and UK vessels, and geolocation, in addition to familiarisation with the harsh conditions within the Arctic Circle.


https://www.janes.com/article/96026/usn-rn-barents-sea-naval-group-challenged-by-russian-live-fire-exercises

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Engraçado que até parece pelo título que os Russos é que estão a fazer exercicios ao largo da Califórnia...e assim se manipula a informação   ::) ::)
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Maio 12, 2020, 09:33:30 pm
Increible....a los 2 días de ganar el contrato.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

EEUU calcula ahora que sus fragatas FFG(X) pueden costarle un 56% más

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Los 795 millones por los que la filial de Fincantieri en Estados Unidos Marinette Marine diseñará y construirá la primera fragata del programa FFG(X) se antojaron para muchos como un precio demasiado bajo para un proyecto de este tipo, cuando se dio a conocer el ganador el primer día de este mes. Un informe del Servicio de Investigación del Congreso de Estados Unidos (CRS, por sus siglas en inglés), con fecha de última actualización del 4 de mayo, ha revelado el alto riesgo que existe de que el programa acabe incrementando hasta un 56% su coste previsto. El trabajo no apunta explícitamente al diseño italiano, al que sí recoge como ganador del programa, sino que se refiere a un peligro que acecha de origen a este plan, y que justifica con el comportamiento en los gastos asociados a proyectos de buques similares.

De partida, el precio de la primera nave rozará los 1.300 millones de dólares, una vez que se hayan incorporado al buque distintos equipos que el gobierno norteamericano instalará en él, como la variante del radar AN/SPY-6 que ya se emplean en los destructores de la clase Arleigh Burke. A partir de esta primera unidad, el resto de barcos, como ha venido informando Infodefensa.com, conllevarán un coste aproximado de 800 millones por cada uno (el contrato contempla la opción de otras nueve fragatas, y se espera que el programa al completa ascienda a 20).

De acuerdo con el citado informe, la Marina de Guerra de Estados Unidos (US Navy) estima un gasto de 940 millones por cada una de las 20 naves previstas en total. Sin embargo, el estudio corrige hasta los 1.470 millones la cifra real que prevé que se puede acabar pagando, lo que supone un incremento del 56%. “Buques del mismo tipo general y complejidad que se construyen bajo condiciones de producción similares tienden a tener costos similares por peso y, en consecuencia, costos unitarios de adquisición que son más o más menos proporcional a sus desplazamientos”.

El CRS compara el diseño de la nueva fragata, basado en los buques franco-italianos Fremm, de 7.400 toneladas de desplazamiento, con el de los destructores Arleigh Burke, de 9.700 toneladas y con un coste que ronda los 1.900 millones de dólares.

Cuestión de tamaño
 

Curiosamente, como apunta la agencia de noticias financieras Bloomberg, el menor tamaño de los buques de combate litoral (LCS, por sus siglas en inglés) que encargó la US Navy hace unos años truncó el programa, porque no podían ir lo suficiente armados y resultaban vulnerables; mientras que en el caso de las FFG(X) vuelve a ser en parte el tamaño el que pueda llevar a un significativo aumento de sus costes, en este caso porque son más grandes.

El objetivo del programa FFG(X) es dotar a la fuerza naval norteamericana de un nuevo modelo de fragata con capacidad para operar ante cualquier escenario en apoyo a las unidades de ataque y en operaciones asociadas de la flota.

Ese primer barco, que es sobre el que hace unos días se reveló el nombre del diseño ganador, debería estar concluido y entregado en julio de 2026. Si no se producen contratiempos, en abril de 2021 se encargará una segunda unidad, que deberá entregarse cinco años y medio después.Destructores de la clase Arleigh Burke. Foto: US Navy

Además de Fincantiri, otros tres candidaturas mantenían opciones para construir el nuevo buque: Austal USA, que optaba con desarrollo derivado del LCS de la clase Independence; Bath Iron Works, propiedad de General Dynamics, que competía con el diseño del buque español F-100, desarrollado por Navantia, y Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), que había presentado un diseño a partir de los guardacostas de la clase Legend. Otro quinto candidato, Lockheed Martin también había mantenido sus opciones al FFG(X) hasta hace poco más de un año, cuando decidió retirarse del concurso aduciendo dificultades para adaptar a tiempo el diseño de sus buques LCS de la clase Freedom a los requisitos del programa. En todo caso, Lockheed Martin, que es la mayor compañía de defensa del mundo, mantuvo su apuesta por dotar al ganador de sistemas de gestión de combate y otros equipos adicionales, como los lanzadores verticales Mk-41.

 

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Enviado por: goldfinger em Maio 12, 2020, 11:15:47 pm
La US Navy estudia incorporar el nuevo “display” de la tecnológica española Tecnobit en sus F-18

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La US Navy estudia incorporar los “displays” de cabina de la tecnológica española Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía a sus F-18 operativos en los portaaviones. Entre sus planes se encuentra la posibilidad de abordar la renovación de entre 150 y 300 cabinas de los aviones F-18, similares a los que se han renovado en la flota española gracias a la colaboración del Ejército del Aire español. Uno de los proveedores de Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía es estadounidense, un hecho que podría facilitar la operación.

Invitada por el Ejército del Aire una delegación de “marines” estadounidense visitó España a principios del mes de marzo, manteniendo reuniones y visitando las bases del Ejército del Aire en Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) y Albacete.

Además, visitaron la fábrica que Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía tiene en la localidad de Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real) para conocer, de primera mano, las instalaciones en las que se desarrollan los nuevos “displays” de los cazas F-18 del Ejército del Aire español, según fuentes conocedoras de la visita.

 

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El jefe de Estado Mayor del Ejército del Aire, el general Javier Salto, recibe el primer display para una cabina del F.18 español de manos de Luis Furnells, presidente de Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía, el 26 de noviembre de 2018
 

Fuentes de Tecnobit-Grupo Oesía confirman que “en efecto hace dos meses tuvimos el honor de recibir la visita conjunta del Ejercito del Aire de España y de la US Navy, y pudimos mostrarles nuestras capacidades y el trabajo realizado para los displays de nuestro ejército. Si surgiera la oportunidad futura, sería un orgullo poder aspirar a colaborar también con los marines”.

Otro factor a favor de la empresa española es su condición de proveedor para el gigante estadounidense Lockheed Martin en la construcción de helicópteros.

El Ejército del Aire, a través de un contrato internacional de la OTAN, eligió a esta empresa para renovar renovar sus cabinas: en total, el contrato por 15 millones de euros estipula la producción de 182 “displays”, que terminarán de instalarse este año en los F-18 del Ejército del Aire tras una primera entrega en 2018.


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Enviado por: HSMW em Maio 22, 2020, 07:04:12 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 23, 2020, 05:42:12 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 24, 2020, 05:56:44 pm
Zumwalt

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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 19, 2020, 02:32:54 pm
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Fonte: Eyes of the fleet

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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 20, 2020, 11:40:49 am
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CVN 79 ..JFK in DryDock ..a day before the water came in ...

Fonte: Eyes of the Fleet

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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 04, 2020, 07:23:41 pm
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Enviado por: NVF em Julho 07, 2020, 03:11:42 am
Não tem a complexidade de um UAVision ou um TEKEVER, mas parece ser uma boa compra no mercado de usados.

Navy buys two used MQ-9A Reaper drones

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The Navy has purchased its first two MQ-9A Reaper drones, awarding General Atomics Aeronautical Systems nearly $27 million on June 22 for the unmanned air systems and associated ground control equipment.

The MQ-9A Reaper is a multimission, medium-altitude, long-endurance aircraft that is remotely piloted. According to the June 22 contract announcement, the Reapers will be used for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions as well as persistent strike efforts.

The contract procures two MQ-9A Reapers, one dual-control mobile ground control station, one modular data center and one mobile ground control station.

This is the first time the Navy has purchased Reapers, but it’s already been using the unmanned aircraft overseas.

According to fiscal 2020 fiscal 2021 budget documents, the two MQ-9A aircraft the Navy is purchasing have been used by the Marine Corps in a contractor-operated, contractor-owned arrangement since September 2018 to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support to Task Force Southwest in Afghanistan. Because they are used, the Reapers will cost less than brand-new systems. The FY21 budget request estimates the cost of each system as being just under $12 million.

Work is expected to be completed by December 2020.

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The U.S. Navy has purchased two MQ-9A Reaper systems it's been using in Afghanistan since 2018. (U.S. Air Force)
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 09, 2020, 09:17:36 am
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Julho 09, 2020, 03:24:44 pm
Navy To Add Laser Weapons To At Least Seven More Ships In The Next Three Years
The laser dazzlers will help protect ships from certain kinds of attacks and shield them from surveillance from other ships, aircraft, and drones.
BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK


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The U.S. Navy expects to have eight warships, in total, equipped with the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy, or ODIN, a laser directed energy weapon system, within the next three years. One Arleigh Burke class destroyer, the USS Dewey, is already equipped with ODIN, which The War Zone was first to report on last year.

Frank Peterkin, the Senior Technologist for Directed Energy at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), disclosed this general schedule for deploying the next seven ODINs across the Navy's fleets during an online discussion on July 7, 2020. Booz Allen Hamilton hosted the panel discussion as part of a slate of virtual programming in lieu of its annual Directed Energy Summit, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We’ve been working hard for the last five to seven years to try to bring directed energy forward in a meaningful sense to the warfighter and the operational community while at the same time advancing the technology," Peterkin explained. "The warfighters in those communities have to actually be touching these weapons, using them, seeing them work."

ODIN is one of a number of laser directed energy weapons the Navy has in development now as part of its larger Navy Laser Family of Systems (NLFoS) effort. While the service expects to field many of these systems, it also expects them to serve as stepping stones to more powerful laser weapons down the line.

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While its exact power class is unclear, ODIN features a relatively low-powered laser and is designed to work as a dazzler to blind electro-optical and infrared optics. This could be used to confuse optical or imaging infrared seekers on incoming weapons, such as anti-ship cruise missiles, throwing them off course. It could also neutralize cameras used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) purposes on other ships, manned aircraft, and drones.

The Navy has actually publicly said that an urgent request from U.S. Pacific Command for a way to shield its ships against the prying eyes of potential adversaries was the main driving force behind the installation of the first ODIN on the Dewey. Pictures first emerged in September 2019 of that destroyer fitted with the dazzler and the service publicly confirmed that the ship was equipped with the system in February 2020.

"The Pacific Fleet Commander identified this urgent Counter-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance need and the Chief of Naval Operations directed us to fill it as quickly as possible," Navy Commander David Wolfe, head of the directed energy office within the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems. "The NSWC [Naval Surface Warfare Center] Dahlgren Division team did an amazing job addressing challenges and keeping our accelerated schedule on track and moving forward to deliver this capability."

It's worth noting that, also in February, a post appeared on the Navy's official Instagram account warning the Chinese military that "you don't want to play laser tag with us." This followed the service's announcement that a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer had aimed a laser beam at one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes in the Philippine Sea that same month. This is just one of a string of reported instances of People's Liberation Army forces shining lasers in potentially dangerous ways at U.S. military aircraft, as well as those belonging to American allies, in the Pacific region and elsewhere.

Iran also routinely uses unmanned aircraft to surveil Navy ships, including amphibious assault ships and aircraft carriers, in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Strait of Hormuz, which links those two bodies of water. ODIN could be useful addition to the service's ship operating in those areas, among others, as well.

As already noted, ODIN is just one of the new laser directed energy weapons the Navy has in the works now. In May, the service announced that the San Antonio class landing platform dock USS Portland had successfully employed its own new Mk 2 Mod 0 Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD), a much more powerful 150-kilowatt class design, to actually shoot down a small drone during a test. Northrop Grumman developed the Mk 2 Mod 0 as part of the Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program.


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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34663/navy-to-add-laser-weapons-to-at-least-seven-more-ships-in-the-next-three-years
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 12, 2020, 08:36:06 pm
LHD 6 em chamas

https://mobile.twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1282380677653176320

Já não podem gozar com os chineses
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Julho 12, 2020, 08:45:08 pm
https://www.facebook.com/ABC10News/videos/737711026963921/

Em direto.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lightning em Julho 12, 2020, 09:30:56 pm
Parece o F35 dos mares, parece que a ideia para o futuro próximo é "ser pequeno".

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 13, 2020, 07:31:39 am
https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1528774/chamas-em-navio-militar-na-california-dezoito-marinheiros-no-hospital
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Julho 13, 2020, 07:55:04 am
Mais um que já era. Não me admirava que fosse sabotagem. Se estivesse armado teria, quase de certeza, havido mais vítimas.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Julho 13, 2020, 10:56:24 am
A ponte e o CIC já foram. O calor é tão intenso que radiou para algumas defensas que se encontravam a vários metros do navio. O CIWS por cima da ponte abateu para dentro da estrutura e o navio já está a adernar com uma inclinação de 33º. Era um belo navio.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: LM em Julho 13, 2020, 11:23:05 am
E um navio construído como navio de combate, "padrão US Navy" - apesar de estar na base e em manutenção... 
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 13, 2020, 07:01:51 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 13, 2020, 07:06:30 pm
David B. Larter
@DavidLarter
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4h
The fire began in lower vehicle storage which you can see here is just below the well deck. Yesterday there was black smoke pouring out of both sides of the aft end. By midnight the fire had engulfed the superstructure, and this morning its burning up the bow. It's been gutted
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 13, 2020, 07:27:56 pm
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A estrutura do mastro mais a ré já colapsou
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Enviado por: NVF em Julho 13, 2020, 11:13:01 pm
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34801/two-decks-are-thought-to-separate-fire-on-uss-bonhomme-richard-from-1m-gallons-of-fuel (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34801/two-decks-are-thought-to-separate-fire-on-uss-bonhomme-richard-from-1m-gallons-of-fuel)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Julho 14, 2020, 04:18:26 pm
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Enviado por: Viajante em Julho 16, 2020, 10:24:21 am
Fogo no USS Bonhomme Richard, pelo 4º dia

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Não é fácil encontrar fotos actuais que possam ser publicadas, estão simplesmente bloqueadas!!!
Mas deixo um link com muitas fotos do interior, através do twitter: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34862/firefighters-evacuated-from-still-burning-uss-bonhomme-richard-after-it-lists-towards-pier
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Enviado por: Viajante em Julho 17, 2020, 04:25:35 am

Apesar dos estragos, e de estar a adornar (água dos bombeiros), por uma questão de orgulho americano, em princípio referem que vai voltar a  navegar!!!!!
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 05, 2020, 12:22:11 pm
US Navy prepares major surge of littoral combat ship deployments
By: David B. Larter

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The Independence-class LCS Gabrielle Giffords operates in the South China Sea on July 1, 2020. The U.S. Navy's top officer is leading an effort to increase the deployments for the small surface combatants. (MC2 Brenton Poyser/U.S. Navy)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is taking major steps in an attempt to shake off years of false starts and setbacks with the Littoral Combat Ship program, an effort Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said he’d oversee on his watch.

In an exclusive interview with Defense News on July 16, Gilday listed LCS as a major priority, saying he will turn up the heat on efforts to get the ship to become a major contributor to fleet operations.

“There are things in the near term that I have to deliver, that I’m putting heat on now, and one of them is LCS,” Gilday said. “One part is sustainability and reliability. We know enough about that platform and the problems that we have that plague us with regard to reliability and sustainability, and I need them resolved.”

“That requires a campaign plan to get after it and have it reviewed by me frequently enough so that I can be sighted on it. Those platforms have been around since 2008 — we need to get on with it. We’ve done five deployments since I’ve been on the job, we’re going to ramp that up two-and-a-half times over the next couple of years, but we have got to get after it,” he added. “LCS for me is something, on my watch, I’ve got to get right.”

Gilday’s renewed focus on LCS comes after years of fits and starts as the Navy struggled with almost every aspect of the complicated program: from manning and maintaining the hulls, to keeping the gear running or even fielding the sensor suites needed to perform the missions for which they were built.

The ship has become a perennial whipping boy for a Congress frustrated by the service’s struggle to field new technologies, such as those built into the LCS or the Ford-class aircraft carrier, conceived in the early 2000s.

Two of the technologies the Navy has yet to field are the mine-hunting mission module, intended to replace the service’s aging minesweepers, and the anti-submarine warfare mission module. Both are years overdue, though they have made significant progress. Getting those fielded is among Gilday’s top priorities.

“I have to deliver ... both the mine and ASW modules,” Gilday said. “These ships are probably going to [start going] away in the mid-2030s if the [future frigate] FFG(X) build goes as planned. But I need to wring as much as I can out of those ships as quickly as I can.”

The LCS program comprises two hulls: a monohull version built in Marinette, Wisconsin, by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri; and a trimaran version built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. Congress funded 35 of the ships and has commissioned 20 of them, but deploying the ship has been a challenge because of reliability problems with the complicated propulsion systems designed to meet the Navy’s 40-knot speed requirement.

In 2016, the Navy fundamentally reorganized the program, jettisoning the signature modularity of the program where a single LCS would have a small, permanent crew and switch out anti-surface, anti-submarine or mine-warfare mission packages on the pier depending on the mission. Each mission package would then come with a group of specialists to operate the equipment.

After a series of accidents, the Navy sought to simplify the concept; semi-permanently assign mission packages to each hull; and change a complicated three-crews-for-two-LCS-hulls model to a blue-and-gold crewing model used in ballistic missile submarines as a way of boosting operational tempo.

The reorg was in response to concerns that the rotational crewing model reduced crew ownership of the vessel, potentially contributing to some of the accidents that plagued the program. One of the major accidents wrecked the then-forward-deployed Fort Worth’s combining gear (roughly the same as the clutch on a car) when the crew started up the system without lube oil running.

Prior to the Fort Worth accident, the combining gear onboard the Milwaukee encountered problems on the ship’s transit from the shipyard to its home base in Florida and had to be towed into Norfolk, Virginia.

Mission packages

Gilday’s goal of fielding the mission modules is well along already, according to two sources familiar with the progress, who spoke to Defense News on condition of anonymity.

The mine-warfare mission module is on track for a final test and evaluation by the end of this year, a source with knowledge of the program told Defense News, and the individual components have already passed testing and are in initial low-rate production.

End-to-end testing of the mine-warfare mission module is set to begin in fiscal 2021 and is on track to have its initial operating capability declared in 2022, another source said.

The status of the ASW mission module, which has been a regular target of Congress-imposed budget cuts, is a little less clear. The next major milestones for the ASW mission package will likely slip to next year due to budget cuts, a source with knowledge of the program said. The mission module has been integrated into the LCS Fort Worth and testing began last fall. It’s unclear if the testing will be delayed or interrupted if the Navy is able to carry through its plan to decommission the first four littoral combat ships.

For the Independence variant — the trimaran hull — testing for the ASW mission module is slated to be installed on the LCS Kansas City, but there is no fixed date yet, according to a Navy official.

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An MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV conducts flight operations alongside the Freedom-class LCS Milwaukee in the Atlantic Ocean. (MC2 Anderson Branch/U.S. Navy)

Missions

Aside from the issues with a buggy propulsion train and the delayed mission modules, Gilday said he was happy with where LCS is with regard to manning, and said the blue-gold crewing was giving him a lot of availability to play with.

“I do think we have it about right with manning,” Gilday said. “We were honest with ourselves that the original design wasn’t going to do it. I really like the blue-and-gold construct because I get way more [operational availability] than I would with just the single crew.

“So I can get these ships out there in numbers doing the low-end stuff in, let’s say, 4th Fleet where I wouldn’t need a DDG.”

The Navy deployed the LCS Detroit to South America — the 4th Fleet area of operations — last year on a counternarcotics mission, and it returned earlier this month. Those are the kinds of missions for which the LCS is perfectly suited, Gilday said.

“I can deploy these things with a [law enforcement detachment] and a signals intelligence capability, and I can do that on LCS with carry-on gear,” Gilday said. “It’s the right kind of platform for that. Also in 5th Fleet, those maritime security missions that we were heavily sighted on in the late 1990s and early 2000s: They still exist, I’d just prefer to do them with an LCS instead of a DDG if I can.”

But without getting more reliability out of the propulsion system, even the low-end missions the Navy wants of the LCS will be a challenge. The heart of the issue seems to lie with long ocean transits, such as the one from San Diego, California, to Singapore, where the ships are supposed to be forward based.

Cutting back on that transit, and the wear it puts on the ship, should be core to the Navy’s strategy to getting more from LCS, said Bryan Clark, a retired submarine officer and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.

“The propulsion architecture’s unreliability means you are going to have to come up with a different way to deploy the ship that doesn’t require every deployment to be transoceanic,” Clark said. “By the time the ship gets to Singapore, it needs a lot of work done to it and your deployment time is cut down by the fact that you have to repair the ship once it arrives. Then it has to return to the U.S. So both those trips are so fraught that the Navy ends up devoting a lot of time and resources to it.”

One alternative would be to forward-station the ships for a longer period of time than the 16-24 months the Navy envisioned, and place them in Sasebo, Japan, rather than Singapore, Clark said. Sasebo has always been in the cards for LCS as a home for the mine-warfare LCS hulls.

When it comes to the delays on the mission modules, Clark said, the Navy should consider fielding those capabilities in the mine-warfare mission module that are already workable, or consider an alternate structure based on the model used by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians.

“The other thing they need to do is come up with a way for the mine-warfare capabilities to the degree they are available. And come up with the concept of operations for that, meaning the warfare folks in San Diego would need to come up with concepts for the equipment they do have rather than what they want to have,” he said.

As for the ASW mission module, that might be something the Navy will want to revisit, he added.

“They need to decide if the ASW mission package is going to be part of LCS,” Clark explained. “The ASW module is the module with the most proven capability in it and is the one that would offer the best improvement in LCS contribution to the fleet.

“But it’s also the most expensive. And if LCS is not deploying, then why spend the money on it? And with the frigate coming along, it’s going to be doing the same missions with the same kind of systems, so why invest in the LCS version?”

What is clear is that leadership from the upper echelons of the Navy should help move things along, Clark said.

“It’s good to hear Gilday is taking it on,” he noted. “But I think part of that is going to be accepting that we’re never going to get where we wanted to be on LCS, and accepting second best is probably the best way to get the most from LCS.

“You’ll have to say: ‘We accept the fact that we’re not going to have a full mine-warfare mission module. We accept that we’ll have to deploy them forward and eliminate these long transits and ASW is probably out the window.’ So it is about making hard choices like that and taking the heat.”

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/07/31/the-us-navy-is-preparing-a-major-surge-of-lcs-deployments/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: LM em Agosto 05, 2020, 12:42:39 pm
12 anos e ainda não operacional...? Muito devem ter aprendido e que talvez ajude no futuro, mas custou.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 05, 2020, 02:40:04 pm
12 anos e ainda não operacional...? Muito devem ter aprendido e que talvez ajude no futuro, mas custou.

O futuro será retirarem de serviço muito antes do previsto em beneficio das FFG(X).

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: LM em Agosto 05, 2020, 03:34:46 pm
Que é - as FFG(X) - um projecto "tipo" das marinhas (a sério  :mrgreen:) na Europa... ou seja, o que vão aproveitar do desenvolvimento do conceito / plataformas LCS...?   
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 05, 2020, 03:39:03 pm
Que é - as FFG(X) - um projecto "tipo" das marinhas (a sério  :mrgreen:) na Europa... ou seja, o que vão aproveitar do desenvolvimento do conceito / plataformas LCS...?

São FREMM feitas nos EUA com sistemas já usados pela Marinha Norte-Americana.


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: LM em Agosto 05, 2020, 03:47:19 pm
Ou seja pouco ou nada do desenvolvimento do LCS vão usar... às vezes é preciso dar um passo atrás e neste segmento o melhor que fizeram foi ir buscar um projecto já desenvolvido (FREMM), apesar de não ser tão "revolucionário". 
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 05, 2020, 03:53:37 pm
Ou seja pouco ou nada do desenvolvimento do LCS vão usar... às vezes é preciso dar um passo atrás e neste segmento o melhor que fizeram foi ir buscar um projecto já desenvolvido (FREMM), apesar de não ser tão "revolucionário".

Se tivéssemos 6 destas FREMM eu até batia palminhas de contente!
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: LM em Agosto 05, 2020, 04:47:11 pm
6...? À dúzia é mais barato e é Natal e NS Fátima fez um milagre...?  :mrgreen:

 :G-beer2:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 10, 2020, 04:53:25 pm
Aparentemente é a ponte de comando de um Zumwalt

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 14, 2020, 08:39:37 am
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 25, 2020, 07:22:10 am
 :mrgreen: se calhar nem para isto tínhamos budget

https://mobile.twitter.com/Drumboy44DWS/status/1297410323872456704
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: typhonman em Agosto 25, 2020, 11:38:48 pm
:mrgreen: se calhar nem para isto tínhamos budget

https://mobile.twitter.com/Drumboy44DWS/status/1297410323872456704

Não serve, não pode alojar as Marlin 30 mm.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 26, 2020, 06:00:12 am
:mrgreen: se calhar nem para isto tínhamos budget

https://mobile.twitter.com/Drumboy44DWS/status/1297410323872456704

Não serve, não pode alojar as Marlin 30 mm.

Também não as tens  :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: typhonman em Agosto 26, 2020, 12:58:35 pm
:mrgreen: se calhar nem para isto tínhamos budget

https://mobile.twitter.com/Drumboy44DWS/status/1297410323872456704

Não serve, não pode alojar as Marlin 30 mm.

Também não as tens  :mrgreen:

:D
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Outubro 02, 2020, 04:54:10 pm
12 anos e ainda não operacional...? Muito devem ter aprendido e que talvez ajude no futuro, mas custou.

O futuro será retirarem de serviço muito antes do previsto em beneficio das FFG(X).

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Eles vão continuar a operar LCSs, podem é substituir os primeiros navios pelas FFG(X). A ideia das FFG é tapar o buraco entre os LCS e os destroyers AB.

Quem nos dera a nós ter 4 FFGX, quanto mais 6.  :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 08, 2020, 10:10:05 am
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 11, 2020, 10:14:54 am
08 OCTOBER 2020

US Navy secretary names new frigate class
by Michael Fabey

The first ship of the new guided-missile frigate (FFG(X)) class will be named Constellation (FFG 62) and the class of ships will be the Constellation class, US Navy (USN) Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said on 7 October.

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The first-of-class guided-missile frigate will be named Constellation (FFG 62). (Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

The name was selected in honour of the first US Navy ships authorised by Congress in 1794 — six heavy frigates named United States , Constellation , Constitution , Chesapeake , Congress , and President , Braithwaite said.

The ships will provide presence in open ocean and power projection ashore, the secretary said. He pointed out frigates are part of the recent future ship-fleet plan detailed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper that will rely on “small, multimission combatants like Constellation to distribute capability across the surface fleet”.

As the next generation of small surface combatants will contribute to meeting the goal of 355 battle force ships, the USN said in a statement, with the ability to operate independently or as part of a strike group, featuring an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), Mk 41 Vertical Launching System, and Baseline 10 (BL 10) Aegis Combat System capabilities.

 https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-navy-secretary-names-new-frigate-class
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Outubro 17, 2020, 03:02:00 pm
Novo record na Marinha Norte-Americana, 215 dias seguidos no mar!

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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37094/check-out-how-rusty-and-battered-uss-stout-looks-after-spending-a-record-215-days-at-sea
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 31, 2020, 05:15:48 pm
https://www-popularmechanics-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/amp34523513/navy-secretary-wants-smaller-aircraft-carriers/?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16041643401848&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=De%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popularmechanics.com%2Fmilitary%2Fnavy-ships%2Fa34523513%2Fnavy-secretary-wants-smaller-aircraft-carriers%2F
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Novembro 02, 2020, 10:42:36 am
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 11, 2020, 05:21:27 pm
Rethink the Light Amphibious Warship

By Colonel Mark Cancian, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
November 2020

The Navy and Marine Corps have proposed a new ship class, the light amphibious warship (LAW), to fill a need for distributed operations and operations in high-threat areas. Although the concept is sound, the designs discussed thus far have limited capability and, because of their large numbers, potentially high costs. Instead, the Navy should buy a small number of ships with the initial design and then experiment. If that design does not work, then it should reconsider, perhaps buying a larger design so there is a full range of amphibious warfare capability.

The concept of a small amphibious ship is sound. Amphibious ships have been getting larger over time. For example, the Thomaston-class LSDs from the 1960s were 13,900 tons fully loaded; the current LSD replacement, the LPD-17 Flight II, is 24,900 tons fully loaded—80 percent larger.1 This has opened a gap that smaller ships could fill.

In addition, as amphibious ships have become larger, they become more expensive and fewer. Whereas there were 60 in the 1980s, there 33 today. Amphibious ready groups (ARGs)/Marine expeditionary units (MEUs) have three ships, and typically split up to cover the many combatant commander demands. Each ship, though highly capable, can only be in one place at a time. A small ship could handle some of these commitments. Indeed, a small ship could handle some commitments better if the requirement were limited or, if an exercise, could be more compatible with the smaller ships of most navies.

Commandant General David Berger made this point about cost and numbers in his Commandant’s Planning Guidance: “We must continue to seek the affordable and plentiful at the expense of the exquisite and few when conceiving of the future amphibious portion of the fleet.”

Finally, but not least important, a small amphibious ship fits with new concepts to address potential conflict in the western Pacific. The Marine Corps wants a “stand-in force,” which requires “smaller, more lethal, and more risk-worthy platforms.” A fleet of small ships could operate forward, within the arc of an adversary’s long-range precision fires.

The Navy has an initial concept for the ship. Navy briefing slides for engagement with industry describe the ship as follows: minimum length 200 feet, crew of no more than 40 sailors, embarkation for least 75 Marines, minimum of 8,000 square feet of cargo area, stern or bow landing ramp, 25-mm or 30-mm gun for self-protection, minimum speed of 14 knots, minimum unrefueled transit range of 3,500 nautical miles, and 10-year expected service life. The total number of ships would be between 28 and 30.

To speed the acquisition process, the Navy is looking for existing ship designs. That is a sensible approach since there are a number of potentially attractive designs out there.

The light amphibious warship may be very small. Although the Navy requirements allowed a wide range on size (1,000 to 8,000 tons), the crew and troop capacity give a sense of the likely ship size. Early descriptions made the ships sound like the De Soto County–class LSTs of the 1960s to 1980s. These were 4,200 tons (light) and carried 379 troops. Artist conceptions published in various media reinforced this impression.

However, a ship carrying 75 Marines is not even the size of a World War II LST: 1,650 tons, 150 troops, 316 feet long, and a maximum 12-knot speed. It is more the size of a World War II landing craft infantry (LCI): 230 tons, 180 troops (but no heavy equipment), 158 feet long, and a maximum 16-knot speed. LCIs were oceangoing but barely. The small size means the LAW will not be suitable for extended deployments. Requirements documents mandate troop deployments in weeks, not months. This is not a ship that can perform six-month global deployments.

The light amphibious ship fleet does not bring a lot of capability. The 30 planned LAWs will be able to carry collectively about 2,250 Marines (75 Marines per ship × 30 ships). One America-class LHA and one LPD-17 Flight I can carry a total of 2,350 Marines (1,650 + 750). The LAWs will carry no aircraft or ship-to-shore connectors. The LHA and LPD can carry a lot of aircraft and some ship-to-shore connectors, depending on the configuration. And at 20 versus 14 knots, the LHA and LPD are much faster.


Cost could be less, more, or the same as conventional ships. One LHA and one LPD would cost about $5.1 billion ($3.4 billion plus $1.7 billion). The cost of the LAW is uncertain. The Marine Corps would like to get each hull for about $100 million. That would imply a total cost of $3 billion, less than the conventional ships.

However, amphibious ships can get expensive as requirements for defensive systems and communications increase to cope with high-level threats and complex operating environments. If the cost of individual ships rose to $170 million each, then the cost of the two packages, LHA/LPD and LAW, would be the same. Given the Navy’s unfortunate history of cost overruns on ship designs, an increase to $200 million per ship would be possible; that would produce a LAW fleet costing $6 billion.

The service life of 10 years is very short. The briefing package to industry specified a service life of 10 years. That would make the ships almost throwaways. To provide 30 to 40 years of capability, the same as conventional amphibious ships, the Navy would need to buy three or four sets. That would triple the cost and make them much more expensive than conventional amphibious ships.

The acquisition schedule is very rapid. The Navy envisions procuring all the ships over four years, beginning in fiscal year 2023. That means the last ship would be purchased before the first ship had made an operational deployment. There is a lot of risk in that schedule.

Recommendation: Move forward but hedge. As noted earlier, buying some small amphibious ships makes sense. Because the Navy has not chosen a design, LAWs could be much larger than the discussion so far has indicated.

However, if the ship design selected is the small 75-troop design, it would be suited for the Marine Corps’ new concepts for island combat in the western Pacific and raiding by light infantry. Maybe it would be a great success. But such a small ship would be inadequate for most other amphibious operations, which is a severe handicap. Perhaps, instead of a valuable new capability, it will turn out to be the 21st-century version of the Pegasus-class hydrofoil fast attack boat, an interesting concept that never worked out in practice and was retired early.

Rather than relying entirely on a single design, the Navy and Marine Corps would be better off buying a few ships, maybe five, and seeing how the concept works out. If a very small ship turns out to have limited application, the services could supplement it with a different, larger design―maybe something like the De Soto County–class (150 to 200 Marines and some heavy equipment) or perhaps even a variant of the Army’s General Frank S. Besson–class logistics support vessels (273 feet long, 4,200 tons, with a bow ramp).

 A broad mix of amphibious ships might be best. With a spread of capabilities, the Navy and Marine Corps could meet any requirement with the right tool rather than having some that were too small and others that were too big.

1. Captain John Moore, RN, ed., Jane’s Fighting Ships 1974–75 (London, United Kingdom: 1974), 457–69.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/november/rethink-light-amphibious-warship
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Enviado por: NVF em Dezembro 01, 2020, 12:39:54 am
Como era de esperar...

Navy to Scrap USS Bonhomme Richard After Fire

 https://gcaptain.com/navy-to-scrap-uss-bonhomme-richard-after-fire/ (https://gcaptain.com/navy-to-scrap-uss-bonhomme-richard-after-fire/)

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/30/navy-will-scrap-uss-bonhomme-richard (https://news.usni.org/2020/11/30/navy-will-scrap-uss-bonhomme-richard)

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37880/navy-will-spend-around-30-million-to-scarp-fire-damaged-uss-bonhomme-richard (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37880/navy-will-spend-around-30-million-to-scarp-fire-damaged-uss-bonhomme-richard)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Dezembro 05, 2020, 04:08:12 pm
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Dezembro 09, 2020, 08:47:56 am
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Intensivo uso...ferrugem
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Dezembro 21, 2020, 08:41:30 pm
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El último destructor de la clase Arleigh Burke finalizado hasta la fecha, el futuro USS "Daniel Inouye" (DDG 118), comenzó sus pruebas en el mar el 16 de diciembre, finalizándolas el día 20, según anunció General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.

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Hace el número 67!!

Hay contratados o en fabricación 21mas... :amazing: :amazing:
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Janeiro 11, 2021, 04:10:34 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitan em Janeiro 12, 2021, 11:14:40 am
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/lockheed-deliver-helios-laser-weapon-to-u-s-navy/

Lockheed deliver HELIOS laser weapon to U.S. Navy

This year, the U.S. Navy will field the first acquisition program to deploy the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, a laser weapon system with high-energy fiber lasers for permanent fielding by the U.S. Department of Defense.
This will be the only deployed laser system integrated into an operational Flight IIA DDG. This follows the Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy’s recent demonstration of full laser power in excess of the 60 kW requirement.

“The scalable laser design architecture spectrally combines multiple kilowatt fiber lasers to attain high beam quality at various power levels. Lockheed Martin completed the Critical Design Review and Navy Factory Qualification Test milestones in 2020, demonstrating the value of system engineering rigor and proven Aegis system integration and test processes on the way to delivering operationally effective and suitable laser weapon system that meets the Navy’s mission requirements.”

Dr. Rob Afzal, Senior Fellow, Laser Sensors and Systems at Lockheed Martin said:

“Our fiber lasers operate with an efficiency that generates less heat and exists in a smaller package allowing easier incorporation into various defense platforms. Our ALADIN laser has operated in the field for two years with no need for realignment, proving both the lethality and the reliability of our solutions.”

“Our adversaries are rapidly developing sophisticated weapons and the threats to the U.S. Navy’s fleet are getting more challenging,” said Hamid Salim, vice president, Advanced Product Solutions at Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems.
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Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 12, 2021, 05:37:15 pm
25 anos estes garotões!

https://mobile.twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1349042620018937858



A seguir a gente compra-as para navegarem mais 25
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Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 13, 2021, 10:20:08 am
11 JANUARY 2021

Surface Navy 2021: USN will use LCS ASW testing to develop new frigate ops
by Michael Fabey

The US Navy (USN) will use the testing done on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission packages to help develop those types of operations for the new guided-missile Constellation-class (FFG 62) frigate, Rear Admiral Paul Schlise, director, USN Surface Warfare Division said on 8 January.

The USN also plans to use the LCS mission-package testing for LCS to help determine what kind of ASW equipment will be required for the Constellation-class frigates, Rear Adm Schlise said during a media discussion in advance of the virtual Surface Navy Association 2021 National Symposium, which begins on 11 January.

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Anti-submarine warfare operational concepts for the guided-missile Constellation-class (FFG 62) frigate are being formed through testing of Littoral Combat Ship mission-package testing. (Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

“What we’re doing in the ASW mission-package testing is directly tied to what we will eventually field on the FFG 62 Constellation-class frigate,” Rear Adm Schlise said.

Speaking about specific LCS mission-package systems, he said, “We are pretty excited about the progress we’ve made with variable-depth sonar system. That is a piece of the ASW mission package the Connie (Constellation)-class frigate will have. We are joined at the hip there, for the small-surface combatant, between the LCS and the frigate.”

Speaking during the same media discussion on 8 January, US Marine Corps Major General Tracy King, director of USN Expeditionary Warfare, also noted the importance of countermine mission-package development for the LCS programme. The navy is building those mission packages and should start fielding them within the next two to three years, he said.

While the LCS is a “tremendous platform” for countermine operations, there are also other vessels of opportunity for those packages, he said.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/surface-navy-2021-usn-will-use-lcs-asw-testing-to-develop-new-frigate-ops
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Enviado por: tenente em Janeiro 14, 2021, 08:26:42 am


https://www.naval-technology.com/news/vertex-aerospace-bae-systems-harrier-ii-fleet-maintenance

Abraços
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 14, 2021, 11:04:23 am
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/13/panel-first-gulf-war-proved-the-value-of-the-reserve-force-destructive-power-of-simple-weapons (https://news.usni.org/2021/01/13/panel-first-gulf-war-proved-the-value-of-the-reserve-force-destructive-power-of-simple-weapons)

Fico sempre com a curiosidade, se os couraçados da II Guerra Mundial seriam reactivados em caso de guerra com a China (ou até com o Irão).
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 14, 2021, 11:17:54 am
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/13/navys-littoral-combat-ships-will-be-front-lines-pacific-swo-boss-says.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/13/navys-littoral-combat-ships-will-be-front-lines-pacific-swo-boss-says.html)
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 14, 2021, 12:37:35 pm
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/13/navys-littoral-combat-ships-will-be-front-lines-pacific-swo-boss-says.html (https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/13/navys-littoral-combat-ships-will-be-front-lines-pacific-swo-boss-says.html)

Trocando por miúdos, pessoal são estes os navios que temos por isso desenrasquem-se! 
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Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 14, 2021, 12:57:09 pm
Isto vindo da US Navy, que tem mais de 60 Arleigh Burkes, até faz as outras marinhas ficar ainda pior na fotografia.  :mrgreen:

Ainda assim, dependendo da aplicação que lhes é dada num potencial conflito com a China, poderão ser bastante úteis.
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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 14, 2021, 04:17:43 pm
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/13/panel-first-gulf-war-proved-the-value-of-the-reserve-force-destructive-power-of-simple-weapons (https://news.usni.org/2021/01/13/panel-first-gulf-war-proved-the-value-of-the-reserve-force-destructive-power-of-simple-weapons)

Fico sempre com a curiosidade, se os couraçados da II Guerra Mundial seriam reactivados em caso de guerra com a China (ou até com o Irão).

Segundo consta, os IOWA foram transformados em museus mas com a condição de poderem voltar à vida activa em caso de guerra. Mas dificilmente acontecerá (Trump falou disso mas ficou tudo em águas de bacalhau).

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/battleships-could-be-brought-back-they-might-have-no-ammo-fire-89601 (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/battleships-could-be-brought-back-they-might-have-no-ammo-fire-89601)

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The Battleships Could Be Brought Back (But They Might Have No Ammo To Fire)
A naval expert explains the pitfalls of bringing back what many consider the ultimate warship.

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On 15 September 2015, then Presidential candidate Donald Trump, while giving a speech on defense during the campaign for the 2016 presidential election on board the battleship Iowa in San Pedro, California, briefly remarked in having interest in recommissioning the Iowa-class battleships

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Cumprimentos
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Janeiro 14, 2021, 05:24:57 pm
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NASSCO (American National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) ha botado con éxito en las últimas horas el futuro buque de reabastecimiento T-AO-25 USNS "John Lewis", el primero de su clase, con 227,4 m de eslora y un desplazamiento de 49.850 toneladas.

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Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 14, 2021, 11:34:53 pm
Segundo consta, os IOWA foram transformados em museus mas com a condição de poderem voltar à vida activa em caso de guerra. Mas dificilmente acontecerá (Trump falou disso mas ficou tudo em águas de bacalhau).

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/battleships-could-be-brought-back-they-might-have-no-ammo-fire-89601 (https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/battleships-could-be-brought-back-they-might-have-no-ammo-fire-89601)

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The Battleships Could Be Brought Back (But They Might Have No Ammo To Fire)
A naval expert explains the pitfalls of bringing back what many consider the ultimate warship.

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https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop__1260_/public/main_images/X90%20%282%29%20%281%29.jpg?itok=f-IgdFAx (https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop__1260_/public/main_images/X90%20%282%29%20%281%29.jpg?itok=f-IgdFAx)

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On 15 September 2015, then Presidential candidate Donald Trump, while giving a speech on defense during the campaign for the 2016 presidential election on board the battleship Iowa in San Pedro, California, briefly remarked in having interest in recommissioning the Iowa-class battleships

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Seria uma visão espectacular. E apesar de pouco provável, numa guerra vale "tudo", e contra um adversário poderoso como a China, não ficaria chocado com a reactivação destes navios, e tantos outros equipamentos (do AMARG por exemplo). Já imaginaram também uns F-14 a interceptar bombardeiros chineses com os AIM-54 Phoenix?  :mrgreen: c56x1
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Enviado por: mafets em Janeiro 15, 2021, 11:41:38 am
Por falar em F14.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29653/this-is-what-grummans-proposed-f-14-super-tomcat-21-would-have-actually-looked-like)

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The ST2010 would be as much about what the platform could do as a force multiplier than about its own individual combat capabilities. This aircraft would field the most powerful sensor suite on any aircraft in American fighter history. With the largest fighter AESA array in the inventory, the latest infrared search and track sensor, the ability to receive threat data and other information via satellite from all the Pentagon's networked assets, and possessing its own highly-sensitive electronic surveillance and warfare system, the ST2010 could broadcast all that data to other less capable platforms that are within its line-of-sight. Basically, we are talking about a flying and fighting primary sensor and data-exchange node here as much as just a more capable fighter. The concept isn't all that unique as the USAF is adapting it to their own F-15C/D fleet as part of the Talon Hate program.

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E face aos problemas do F35C ainda se brinca com o assunto.  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://tacairnet.com/2017/03/31/navy-to-explore-resurrecting-the-f-14-tomcat-to-replace-the-f-35/ (https://tacairnet.com/2017/03/31/navy-to-explore-resurrecting-the-f-14-tomcat-to-replace-the-f-35/)

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Happy April Fools! Or, rather, not so happy for some of you when you realize the Tomcat is never coming back.

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O estado que se sabe das células na AMARC:

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-serial.htm (http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-serial.htm) 

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-amarc.htm (http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-amarc.htm)

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 15, 2021, 08:54:35 pm
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/14/overview-of-future-large-surface-combatant-ddg-next-program (https://news.usni.org/2021/01/14/overview-of-future-large-surface-combatant-ddg-next-program)

Interessante ver que o navio que substituir os Ticonderoga, já não será considerado "Cruiser", mas sim "Destroyer".

Interessante também que o primeiro está planeado para 2028 (obviamente sujeito a atrasos), mas podemos ver o contraste quando comparado com projectos europeus, que sendo muito menos complexos, demoram mais tempo a desenvolver (as EPCs por exemplo, não são esperadas antes de 2029).
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 16, 2021, 09:47:49 pm
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/15/navy-first-constellation-frigate-will-start-fabrication-this-year-as-shipyard-expands (https://news.usni.org/2021/01/15/navy-first-constellation-frigate-will-start-fabrication-this-year-as-shipyard-expands)
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Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 23, 2021, 01:35:24 pm
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38651/u-s-navy-amphibious-warship-to-deploy-with-anti-ship-missiles-next-year (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38651/u-s-navy-amphibious-warship-to-deploy-with-anti-ship-missiles-next-year)

Enquanto por cá se debate duplo-uso de navios desarmados...

Mas certamente é compreensível, os americanos, dado o pequeno número de navios que têm, precisam de tirar o máximo partido dos poucos cascos existentes. Tivessem eles uma marinha como a nossa, não precisavam de optar por estas soluções de "país de segunda".  ::)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Janeiro 23, 2021, 09:04:46 pm
Navantia gana el contrato para el mantenimiento de los barcos de EEUU en la base de Rota
El nuevo contrato de 822 millones de euros garantiza hasta 2028 unos 1.000 empleos anuales


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Navantia ha sido la empresa seleccionada en el proceso de licitación realizado por Estados Unidos para reparar y mantener los destructores y otros barcos desplegados en la base naval de Rota, en la provincia de Cádiz, en un nuevo contrato de 822 millones de euros que garantiza hasta 2028 unos 1.000 empleos anuales.


La compañía naval, dependiente de la SEPI, ha explicado en un comunicado que esta nueva adjudicación permite seguir con la labor que en Rota lleva realizando desde 2013 para reparar y mantener los destructores clase Arleigh Burke-Class (DDGs), además de otros barcos, destinado en este recinto militar como parte del escudo antimisiles de la OTAN.

La ministra Hacienda, María Jesús Montero, se ha felicitado, en declaraciones enviadas a los medios, por este contrato: «Es una buena noticia para la provincia de Cádiz. No es una simple renovación, es mucho más. Supone una ampliación de número de barcos, carga de trabajo asociada y volumen económico», ha celebrado.


«Navantia se consolida como mantenedor principal de la US Navy en Rota, un papel que ha venido desempeñando en los último ocho años», destaca la compañía.

Se trata de un contrato extensivo en mano de obra, con un alto nivel de requerimientos técnicos exigidos por el cliente y muy riguroso en el cumplimiento de los plazos, lo que hace de él una importante fuente de riqueza y de capacitación de Navantia y de sus empresas colaboradoras. Redundará además en mejoras en los procesos y por tanto en un mejor posicionamiento global de la compañía en el mercado de Defensa.

La compañía sostiene, además, que la nueva adjudicación redundará, en mejoras en los procesos y por tanto en un mejor posicionamiento global de la compañía en el mercado de Defensa.

Navantia dispone de instalaciones y personal propio desplegado en la base naval gaditana, de ahí que este contrato consolide la estructura del ya considerado cuarto astillero de la bahía, el de Rota, junto a Cádiz, Puerto Real y San Fernando.

Estas instalaciones, junto al apoyo a los buques de la US Navy, prestan actividades a los buques de la Armada Española. Navantia dispone de instalaciones y personal desplegado en la Base Naval de Rota, donde se centralizarán todas las actividades asociadas a este nuevo encargo.
Estas instalaciones, además del apoyo a los buques de la US Navy, prestan actividades de apoyo a los buques de la Armada Española.

La consolidación de mil puestos de trabajo al año
La presidenta de la Diputación, Irene García, ha acogido con «enorme satisfacción» la confirmación de la renovación y ampliación del contrato de mantenimiento por parte de la empresa pública de Navantia de los barcos americanos que permanecen desplegados en la Base naval de Rota debido al escudo antimisiles de la OTAN.

Para la dirigente, «es una excelente noticia por lo que significa para la consolidación de mil puestos de trabajo al año» y que considera «una garantía de estabilidad laboral en tiempos de crisis como los actuales y en una provincia de situación tan delicada como Cádiz». De hecho, García subraya que «con el convenio suscrito con la administración americana para reparar y mantener los barcos del recinto militar el horizonte estará despejado hasta 2028 para el cuarto astillero de la Bahía por el que siempre hemos apostado los socialistas».

La también presidenta de la Diputación ha destacado el papel estratégico que ocupan las factorías gaditanas de la Bahía en la estructura económica provincial, al tiempo que recalca «que la confianza otorgada a Navantia por los responsables de la Armada americana es una muestra rotunda de la capacidad, cualificación y competitividad de nuestra industria naval a la que debemos seguir apoyando desde todas las instancias, no sólo desde el Ejecutivo central».
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Enviado por: dc em Fevereiro 04, 2021, 04:27:00 pm
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/01/us-navy-looks-to-arm-lpd-17-amphibious-vessels-with-long-range-missiles/ (https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/01/us-navy-looks-to-arm-lpd-17-amphibious-vessels-with-long-range-missiles/)
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Enviado por: tenente em Fevereiro 04, 2021, 08:07:56 pm
É agora que vem os EvaKuativos.  :mrgreen:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a35410161/navy-seahawk-replacement

Abraços
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Enviado por: dc em Fevereiro 04, 2021, 10:11:45 pm
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The U.S. Navy is looking to replace its MH-60 Seahawk and uncrewed MQ-8 Fire Scout helicopters in the 2030s.

Planear as coisas com 10 anos de antecedência, só coisa de incompetentes. Por cá espera-se pelo abate da frota para se pensar na sua substituição.  8)
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Enviado por: dc em Fevereiro 05, 2021, 04:19:18 pm
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/02/light-carrier-studies-already-underway-as-us-navy-considers-role-for-cvls-in-future-fleet/ (https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/02/light-carrier-studies-already-underway-as-us-navy-considers-role-for-cvls-in-future-fleet/)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 12, 2021, 05:30:24 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 23, 2021, 06:52:40 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Março 01, 2021, 03:40:16 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Março 07, 2021, 03:52:44 pm
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Enviado por: mafets em Março 15, 2021, 12:37:09 pm
O F35 do mar...  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/03/12/engine-cooling-issue-sidelines-lcs-sioux-city/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Socialflow+NAV&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1UnDHZHilZKKca1sD7B1FA55gO2JWJRTT-wg6t08PfoqoTqDdxiOxmWQ4 (https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/03/12/engine-cooling-issue-sidelines-lcs-sioux-city/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Socialflow+NAV&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1UnDHZHilZKKca1sD7B1FA55gO2JWJRTT-wg6t08PfoqoTqDdxiOxmWQ4)

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The littoral combat ship Sioux City is laid up after air was found in the ship’s lube oil, which could affect engine cooling and raise the risk of overheating, Naval Surface Force Atlantic officials confirmed this week.

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The littoral combat ship Sioux City has been sidelined for several months after an issue with the engine cooling system was discovered in January, officials confirmed this week. (Navy)

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Enviado por: Barlovento em Abril 13, 2021, 09:38:30 am

Llega a Rota el destructor Arleigh Burke para modernizar la capacidad de la US Navy en Europa

La marina estadounidense está relevando a los cuatro buques que desplegó en 2014 y 2015

Esteban Villarejo
MADRID
Actualizado:
12/04/2021 17:55h

El destructor estadounidense de misiles guiados USS Arleigh Burke llegó el domingo a la base aeronaval de Rota (Cádiz) con el objetivo de relevar al USS Donald Cook.

De este modo, la US Navy ha realizado ya el relevo de dos de los cuatro destructores que tiene basados en la base española por otros dos «más modernos y con mayor capacidad», sobre todo, por el empleo de helicópteros de ataque.


Ya en mayo de 2020 la US Navy comenzó el relevo de esos destructores originales del llamado 'escudo antimisiles' de la OTAN que llegaron en 2014 y 2015 (Donald Cook, Ross, Carney y Porter). En esa fecha llegó el Roosevelt, que ya ha desarrollado misiones en la zona del Mediterráneo y Atlántico. Estos destructores son capaces de detectar, trazar y derribar misiles con el sistema Aegis y sus misiles SM-3.

Estos buques son fundamentales para la defensa antimisiles de la zona de la OTAN, pero también para misiones marítimas estadounidenses, como se pudo comprobar en el ataque a Siria ordenado en 2017 por la Administración Trump: utilizó dos destructores de Rota para bombardear Siria con misiles Tomahawk como represalia a un ataque con armas químicas en abril de 2017. De ahí la importancia geoestratégica de la base de Rota para EE.UU.


Sistema de combate Aegis
Tras la llegada del Arleigh Burke a la base de Rota la Sexta Flota emitió un comunicado en el que destacaba que este buque «fue el primero de la US Navy equipado con el sistema de combate Aegis y llega a la Sexta Flota [de la que depende la flota estadounidense de la base de Rota] con las ultimas actualizaciones grado 9: esto le permite operaciones efectivas antiaéreas, antisubmarinas, antisuperficie y de ataque en entornos de alta amenaza».

«A la tripulación y la familia del USS Arleigh, les doy una cálida bienvenida al equipo de la Sexta Flota», dijo el vicealmirante Gene Black, comandante de la Sexta Flota de EE. UU. «Este barco está construido para luchar» y, como el primer barco de su clase, el USS Arleigh Burke «mantiene un notable legado naval».


«Antes de transitar por el Atlántico, el USS Arleigh Burke tomó todas las precauciones relacionadas con el coronavirus para garantizar que la tripulación llegara sana y salva a Rota», se subraya.
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Enviado por: P44 em Abril 16, 2021, 09:01:31 am
https://news.usni.org/2021/04/15/former-uss-bonhomme-richard-towed-from-san-diego-ahead-of-scrapping
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 27, 2021, 04:17:04 pm
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Maio 03, 2021, 08:12:07 pm
Norfolk..... :o

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Unos cuantos miles de millones de dólares  ahí atracados
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Enviado por: HSMW em Maio 03, 2021, 09:20:20 pm
Norfolk..... :o


Unos cuantos miles de millones de dólares  ahí atracados

Há que garantir a democracia...  ::)
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Enviado por: dc em Maio 03, 2021, 09:40:01 pm
Foram tirar foto ao Alfeite?  ::)
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 07, 2021, 06:07:36 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 19, 2021, 10:30:29 am
US Navy to retire two 'mini' warships worth $1.2bn up to 14 years early because they were designed to fight ISIS, not China, and they keep breaking down

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9591635/US-Navy-retire-two-littoral-warships-14-years-early-mission-obsolete.html
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 19, 2021, 12:08:51 pm
Esta classe (na prática são duas) foram mais um investimento ruinoso da Marinha Norte-Americana. Felizmente nos EUA o governa apoia as Forças Armadas e mesmo quando se espalham ao comprido eles conseguem reerguerem-se.
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 20, 2021, 11:24:31 am
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-biden-insults-coast-guard-class-of-2021-calls-them-dull-quotes-mao-zedong
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 20, 2021, 02:37:53 pm
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-biden-insults-coast-guard-class-of-2021-calls-them-dull-quotes-mao-zedong

Coitadinhos do pessoal da Guarda Costeira, ainda devem estar a chorar.

Esse artigo é para lá de ridículo ó trumpista de uma figa. :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 20, 2021, 02:56:45 pm
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-biden-insults-coast-guard-class-of-2021-calls-them-dull-quotes-mao-zedong

Coitadinhos do pessoal da Guarda Costeira, ainda devem estar a chorar.

Esse artigo é para lá de ridículo ó trumpista de uma figa. :mrgreen:

E que não aparecesse o presidente do clube de fãs do Bidon  f2x2x :Obrigado: :bye:
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Maio 21, 2021, 02:40:37 pm
Mas chegaste a ouvir o homem ou agora limitas-te a copiar e colar artigos de jornais populistas?
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Enviado por: Camuflage em Maio 23, 2021, 12:54:48 pm
53 mulheres ultrapassam pela primeira vez a prova mais dura dos fuzileiros norte-americanos num campo até aqui reservada a homens - https://observador.pt/2021/05/03/53-mulheres-ultrapassam-pela-primeira-vez-a-prova-mais-dura-dos-fuzileiros-norte-americanos-num-campo-ate-aqui-reservada-a-homens/ (https://observador.pt/2021/05/03/53-mulheres-ultrapassam-pela-primeira-vez-a-prova-mais-dura-dos-fuzileiros-norte-americanos-num-campo-ate-aqui-reservada-a-homens/)
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Enviado por: P44 em Junho 04, 2021, 12:20:44 pm
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Washington’s Naval Station Everett has been designated as the U.S. Navy’s future homeport for the new Constellation-class frigates.

12 Constellation-class frigates will be based out of Naval Station Everett, located in the city of Everett, Washington, north of Seattle.

Constellation-class is the next generation of guided-missile frigates, a new and improved class of small surface combatant ships. They are designed to be agile, multi-mission warships, capable of operations in both blue-water and littoral environments, within a strike group or independently, to provide increased combat-credible forward presence.

https://www.navaltoday.com/2021/06/04/naval-station-everett-is-homeport-for-next-gen-frigates/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Junho 08, 2021, 07:11:22 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Junho 16, 2021, 10:43:23 am
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The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG 51) is a multi-mission guided missile destroyer designed to operate offensively and defensively, independently, or as units of Carrier Strike Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups, and Surface Action Groups in multi-threat environments that include air, surface and subsurface threats. Photo By: courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries/RELEASED
Raytheon Integrates New SPY-6 Radar On US Navy’s First Flight III Destroyer
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, is working with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to integrate four SPY-6 radar arrays onto the USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). The ship is the first in a class of guided missile destroyers known as Flight III.
Martin Manaranche  16 Jun 2021

Raytheon Missile & Defence press release

“It’s been a long journey and partnership with the Navy to get to this point – refining the solution…building, delivering and now integrating these systems to help protect our servicemen and women.” 

Scott Spence, program area director for naval radars at Raytheon Missiles & Defense
SPY-6 is a family of advanced naval radars that can track enemy jets and cruise and ballistic missiles while resisting interference, like noise from rough seas. It can see farther and react faster than any deployed radars, and it can more accurately discriminate between threats and non-threats.

Raytheon wrapped up production for the USS Jack H. Lucas and delivered the last SPY-6 radar array to the shipyard in October 2020; installation and checkout are underway.

The business is collaborating closely with the Navy to answer technical questions and overcome any unexpected challenges to meet milestones and ensure the new ship is ready for service in 2024.

“We’ve got to keep Jack on track,”

“We’ve thought through not only the technology and performance, but also the maintenance and how we’ll do repairs – just to make it as seamless as possible for the Navy.”

Mike Mills, SPY-6 senior program director at Raytheon Missiles & Defense.
While design, production and integration are key, so is sustainment. SPY-6 brings several advantages on that front. It uses 70 percent fewer parts than the existing system, and technicians can swap out parts on radar arrays using only two tools. Continual, long-term software enhancements will add capability throughout the radar’s life.

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Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for installation on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the U.S. Navy’s first Flight III guided-missile destroyer.
Those enhancements will come as a result of Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s use of an agile software development process that allows the rapid development, testing and delivery of capabilities to the Navy.

“This radar will evolve with the threats it has to counter.”

“From our suppliers to our factories, our entire organization is aligned – improving, building, and delivering radars out to the platforms, as needed.”

Scott Spence, program area director for naval radars at Raytheon Missiles & Defense
The SPY-6 family of advanced naval radars will be installed on destroyers, large-deck amphibious ships, aircraft carriers and frigates.

The radar is built with individual building blocks called radar modular assemblies, which stack together to form customizable arrays that support ships of all sizes and missions. The assemblies, called RMAs, drive down operation and sustainment costs – something the Navy made clear it wanted in its next-generation radar.

“When we add new capabilities, they’ll be added to radars in the entire fleet.” “The SPY-6 family is the Navy’s first truly scalable radar.”

Scott Spence, program area director for naval radars at Raytheon Missiles & Defense
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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/06/raytheon-integrates-spy-6-radar-arrays-onto-first-u-s-navy-flight-iii-destroyer/
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Enviado por: P44 em Junho 18, 2021, 10:25:21 am
Navy releases long-range shipbuilding plan that drops emphasis on 355 ships, lays out fleet design priorities

By: Megan Eckstein    7 hours ago

WASHINGTON – The Navy submitted an update to Congress to its annual long-range shipbuilding plans, one that takes a step back from the much-talked-about standard of a 355-ship fleet and instead lays out priorities for a future distributed naval force.

The new document lays out a manned fleet as low as 321 manned ships and potentially as large as 372 manned ships.

A fleet of 321 manned ships would be a departure from past modeling, wargaming and analysis that pointed to a fleet of 355 or more manned ships to counter threats from China and Russia in a future fight. The lower number, though, is more in line with current fiscal constraints and industry capacity. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said this week that, “based on the top-line that we have, that we can afford a Navy of about 300 ships” – and there’s not much hope that Navy shipbuilding budgets will increase drastically in the next few years.

Those 321 to 372 manned ships would be supplemented by a yet-to-be-determined number of unmanned surface and underwater vessels – between 77 and 140, according to the document. It notes that new types of platforms, such as unmanned vessels, “bring great potential, but also have greater developmental risk. This is represented by a wider objective range. As prototyping and experimentation retire technical and [concept of operations] uncertainty and risk, along with a clearer understanding of the associated costs, we expect that the objective force ranges will narrow.”

As a result, the Navy’s total fleet could range from 398 manned and unmanned ships to 512. The document, obtained by Defense News June 17, states the Navy will release a more detailed long-range plan with the FY23 budget request next year.

“In the interim, the Department will continue to build on ongoing analysis, experimentation, testing, prototyping, and the analytic results from force structure assessments, future fleet architectures, and intelligence updates to refine required capabilities and characterize the technical and operational risk of an objective battle force in military competition. This work will inform the content and transition pace to the future force and be reflected in the FY2023 shipbuilding plan.”

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US Navy FY22 long-range shipbuilding plan graphic.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a June 17 hearing called 355 ships “a good goal to shoot for” but said he was working to field “the right mix of capabilities. Size matters, but capabilities also matter.”

The Navy is required to submit a 30-year shipbuilding plan to Congress each year along with its budget request, but the document is often skipped in the first year of a new presidential administration. The outgoing Trump administration submitted a document in December 2020 that was labeled a fiscal 2022 long-range ship plan, and it laid out a fleet that would grow to 347 manned ships by the end of the decade and above 400 manned ships by 2050. The Biden administration has accompanied its FY22 budget request with a shorter document that includes more themes and priorities than actual long-range shipbuilding and ship inventory projections.

The document maintains the Navy’s focus on undersea warfare, which leadership has repeatedly said is an advantage the Navy needs to protect and expand. Still, it notes that the Navy and industry wouldn’t dramatically expand the size of the attack submarine fleet before the late 2030s, when the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine procurement ends.

“Maintaining the undersea advantage is a priority for the Navy. As the Navy’s most survivable strike platforms, SSNs and SSBNs are key to both deterrence and winning conflict against a rival power. To meet the demand for additional submarines, industrial base capacity must be expanded. The plan beyond the Future Year Defense Program (FYDP) reflects an increase in SSN production that is fully realized with the conclusion of the Columbia class procurement and delivery. We continue to evaluate the industrial base capacity increase required for more consistent delivery of two SSNs per year during Columbia serial production and subsequent potential increases to SSN procurement.”

The document maintains the service’s commitment to fielding small surface combatants in greater numbers, freeing up a smaller fleet of large surface combatants to conduct only the most complex missions with their larger sensors and weapons. It also continues support for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers but notes that “new capability concepts like a light aircraft carrier continue to be studied and analyzed to fully illuminate their potential to execute key mission elements in a more distributed manner and to inform the best mix of a future force.”

And it acknowledges that the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 effort that is overhauling the Fleet Marine Force has implications for shipbuilding as well. “This approach requires a new mix of amphibious warships (LHA/LPD) and includes the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW), which is an enabler of [Marine Littoral Regiment] mobility and sustainability. The overall number of amphibious warships grows to support the more distributed expeditionary force design, with LAWs complementing a smaller number of traditional amphibious warships.”

Generally, it notes, “the concepts of Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment (LOCE) / Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) require a balanced and different mix of traditional battle force ships and new amphibious and logistic ships. This will result in greater combat power than previous force structures in addition to new and key roles played by uncrewed platforms. These concepts and capabilities are being analyzed, tested, experimented, and exercised to better define a future objective battle force.”

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US Navy FY22 long-range shipbuilding plan graphic.

The document also outlines sealift and auxiliary ship gaps the service faces.

The Navy is short two oceanographic survey ships – and plans to buy two in FY22 – and one cable repair ship.

On organic strategic sealift, the Navy has a shortfall of roll-on/roll-off (RORO) cargo vehicle ships, with just 35 in the inventory today compared to a requirement for 53.

The document states the Navy’s FY22 spending request “continues Navy’s commitment to surge sealift requirements through procurement of used vessels to replace aging surge sealift capacity and conversion/upgrade of all newly-procured used RORO vessels to be performed in U.S. shipyards in a profile closely aligned to the procurement schedule. The recapitalization plan also includes adjustments to the existing fleet with service life extension of the ten most viable platforms, retirement of the seven least-ready roll-on/roll-off vessels, retirement of four special mission ships, continued investment in platform maintenance, and consolidation of the Surge Sealift and Ready Reserve Force.”

The Navy is seeking $369 million to buy five used RORO ships.

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US Navy FY22 long-range shipbuilding plan graphic.

The document also lays out planned ship decommissionings in FY22, which has already been a point of contention between the Navy and lawmakers.

The service would decommission seven cruisers – five that were already planned to age out of the fleet, and two more that are partway through a modernization program that’s growing more costly and more timely; four Littoral Combat Ships, two of which Congress said no to decommissioning in FY21; an amphibious dock landing ship, two attack submarines and a fleet tug.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/06/17/navy-releases-long-range-shipbuilding-plan-that-drops-emphasis-on-355-ships-lays-out-fleet-design-priorities/
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Enviado por: mafets em Junho 21, 2021, 02:12:08 pm
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World Military Photos.

US Navy uses 40,000lb explosive to test warship in 'Full Ship Shock Trial'

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Enviado por: NVF em Junho 22, 2021, 02:20:06 am
https://news.usni.org/2021/06/19/video-explosive-uss-gerald-r-ford-shock-trial-registered-as-3-9-magnitude-earthquake (https://news.usni.org/2021/06/19/video-explosive-uss-gerald-r-ford-shock-trial-registered-as-3-9-magnitude-earthquake)

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Enviado por: P44 em Junho 30, 2021, 03:33:56 pm
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2021/06/29/house-pentagon-spending-bill-bumps-up-weapons-procurement/
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 02, 2021, 01:00:47 pm
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O USS ALASKA em Gibraltar, ao que parece para uma reparação de urgência , com um molhe de contentores improvisado ao lado para proteção
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 13, 2021, 01:57:35 pm
General Atomics Continues On-Time Delivery Of EMALS & AAG For CVN 79, CVN 80

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it continues on-time delivery of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) for installation on the future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers USS John F Kennedy (CVN 79) and USS Enterprise (CVN 80).

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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/general-atomics-continues-on-time-delivery-of-emals-aag-for-cvn-79-cvn-80/
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Enviado por: LM em Julho 13, 2021, 09:51:24 pm
Navy is not ready for war because sailors are forced to focus on diversity training with officers blaming poor leadership for destruction of warship, two collisions and surrender of US boat to Iran, scathing report finds (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9783807/Navy-disarray-focusing-diversity-training-warfighting-report-says.html)
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 15, 2021, 08:46:30 am
"Diversity training"  :mrgreen:

Os chineses vão tomar conta disto em menos de um fósforo  ::) ::) ::)

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'Every officer is up to speed on diversity training. Not so much ship handling': Scathing official report finds US Navy is too woke for war because of risk averse, politically correct, control-freak top brass
Members of Congress commissioned the report on issues in the surface Navy
Came in response to fire on ship in San Diego and two ship collisions in Pacific
Retired Marine general and Navy admiral spoke with current and former officers
They identified a number of disturbing trends in Navy leadership and training
Many officers said that diversity training took precedence over warfighting
They claimed combat readiness had become a 'box-checking' exercise

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9783807/Navy-disarray-focusing-diversity-training-warfighting-report-says.html
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Enviado por: dc em Julho 15, 2021, 09:39:55 am
É o que dá a cultura "woke" estar à frente de outras coisas bem mais prioritárias.

No entanto é isto (retirado da notícia do dailymail publicada pelo LM):
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'Sometimes I think we care more about whether we have enough diversity officers than if we'll survive a fight with the Chinese navy,' lamented one lieutenant currently on active duty.

'It's criminal. They think my only value is as a black woman. But you cut our ship open with a missile and we'll all bleed the same color,' she added.

Esta mulher sim, merecia uma medalha, outras pessoas na sua posição encolhiam os ombros e apenas se importariam com o interesse próprio.
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Enviado por: mafets em Julho 15, 2021, 10:46:00 am
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41525/heres-our-best-look-yet-at-the-navys-new-laser-dazzler-system?fbclid=IwAR06dbLUtgti978vWXQG2EVIv5KScY4-rE0Bor_7CUGwMCA4N0H6WXMgMZA (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41525/heres-our-best-look-yet-at-the-navys-new-laser-dazzler-system?fbclid=IwAR06dbLUtgti978vWXQG2EVIv5KScY4-rE0Bor_7CUGwMCA4N0H6WXMgMZA)

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The directed energy weapon was seen aboard the USS Stockdale (DDG 106) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer while it was conducting a replenishment-at-sea with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on July 12, 2021. ODIN is one of the Navy's premier directed energy weapons initiatives and according to these images and budget documentation, the dazzler may be approaching a largely operational status.

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Cumprimentos
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 15, 2021, 11:49:43 am
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The Virginia Class Block V submarine will have an additional 28 missile slots in an extended section behind the sail. This will make the submarine much longer but will increase the total number of Tomahawk sized weapons to 65. This is more than the Seawolf Class (50).
U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class Submarines To Get 76% More Firepower
Quantity has a quality all of its own. And when the quality relates to U.S. Navy missiles, having more of them is inevitably a massive increase in capabilities. The latest Block V Virginia Class submarine will greatly increase the number of missiles which can be carried. In effect this will make it a cruise missile submarine (SSGN). Yet it will not take away from this otherwise flexible anti-ship, anti-submarine, intelligence and special forces platform.
H I Sutton  15 Jul 2021

The Virginia Class submarine is already heavily armed. Each boat can carry up to 37 torpedo-sized weapons, such as Tomahawk cruise missiles. Twelve of these slots are in two vertical launch systems (VLS), known as the Virginia Payload Tubes. The new Block V (5) batch of submarines will add 28 more slots in its VLS. This is an increase of 76% of torpedo-sized weapons.

The U.S. Navy is planning to build between 72 to 78 new attack submarines. Ten of these will be the Virginia Block V boats, 8 of which will be up-armed as described here. Based on a recent briefing document from the Congressional Research Service, reported in US Naval Institute News, a total of 31 Virginia Class submarines will ultimately have this fit.

When it was originally conceived the Virginia Class was seen as a cheaper alternative to the larger Seawolf Class. The Seawolf had been designed during the Cold War to counter the latest Russian submarines. But the Russian types were mostly cancelled (or massively delayed) in the post-Cold War period. Therefore only three of the expensive Seawolfs were eventually built. Yet while the Virginia Class was smaller than the Seawolf, it took advantage of new technologies and itself became a world-leading nuclear powered attack submarine.

The Block II Virginias continued to focus largely on production efficiency. The Block IIIs took this further with enhanced construction techniques. At the same time they received a new conformal main sonar array in place of the traditional spherical array found on earlier U.S. Navy submarines. Their vertical launch system was changed from 12 single tubes to two ‘Multiple All-Up Round Containers’. These are the Virginia Payload Tubes.

The Block IV, which are mostly still under construction, again focused on reducing cost. They also improved availability. But the improvements were iterative and mostly hard to see. Outwardly Block V will be more visibly different, with a new weapons module and additional sensors.

They will be extended with the addition of an 84 foot (25 meters) section to accommodate the four new vertical launch tubes. Each of these will be capable of carrying 7 Tomahawks. The new VLS is termed the Virginia Payload Module and will also be suitable for future weapons and alternative payloads.

The Block V Virginia Class Submarine Will Have New Weapons
The latest Tomahawk missiles, coincidentally also known as the Block V, will add an anti-ship capability to the existing land-attack mode. They are expected to be operational before the first Virginia Block V joins the submarine force.

More potent still, although unconfirmed, are likely to be new hypersonic boost-glide vehicles. It is unclear how many will be carried in each VLS but a reasonable guess is three rounds. Because the Block Vs have more VLS slots it seems natural that they will be among the first submarines to carry the hypersonic missiles. With a total of 6 VLS tubes they could carry a mixed load of, perhaps, 12 hypersonic missiles (3 in each of the aft 4 tubes) and 12 Tomahawks in the forward tubes.

The submarines will still have the regular torpedo room (weapons stowage compartment). This can carry the latest versions of the ADCAP (Advanced Capability) family of heavyweight torpedoes. They are also likely to carry the new Hammerhead mine which will replace the legacy Mk.47 submarine launched mobile mine (SLMM).

Hammerhead will allow covert deployment of bottom mines. Although less glamorous than missiles this is a particularly powerful capability. The U.S. Navy is also developing a new Clandestine Delivered Mine which will blend technologies from underwater drones with regular bottom mines. This will allow much greater stand-off ranges when sowing mine fields, thus improving both survivability and operational flexibility.

Sonar Enhancements
On the sonar front the Bock Vs are expected to receive the Large Vertical Array (LVA) flank sonars. These are in addition to the six ultra-modern Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays (LWWAA) which are placed along the submarine’s side. There are indications that a LVA has recently been fitted to an Ohio Class ballistic missile submarine, the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734).

Taken together the improvements will make the Block V the most heavily armed attack submarine in US Navy history. Whether they will in future receive the classic ‘SSGN’ designation, like the four converted Ohio Class cruise missile submarines currently in service, remains to be seen. Even if not their impressive cruise missile load will differentiate them from other attack submarines. Even thir big brother, the larger Seawolf Class.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/us-navys-virginia-class-submarines-get-more-tomahawk-missiles/#prettyPhoto
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Enviado por: P44 em Julho 16, 2021, 10:47:24 am
https://www.defensa.com/defensa-naval/lanchas-mk-vi-us-navy-no-dan-resultado-esperado-ya-plantea-baja
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Julho 25, 2021, 06:47:06 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 01, 2021, 04:11:13 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 04, 2021, 07:47:03 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 18, 2021, 02:48:42 pm
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SAN DIEGO (July 29, 2021) Littoral combat USS Independence (LCS 2) is moored alongside the pier during its decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego. Independence was decommissioned after more than 10 years of distinguished service. Commissioned Jan. 16, 2010, USS Independence has been a test and training ship and was key in developing the operational concepts foundational to the current configuration and deployment of today’s LCS.
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 30, 2021, 08:16:35 am
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U.S. Navy’s Third And Final Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Starts Sea Trials

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works started sea trials of the Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). It is the U.S. Navy's third and final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer.

Xavier Vavasseur  28 Aug 2021

The stealth destroyer left the Bath shipyard and headed down Maine’s Kennebec River yesterday, 27 August to begin sea trials. Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) was launched in December 2018 and christened in April 2019. It is expected to be commissioned with the U.S. Navy in 2023. First ship-in-class USS Zumwalt was commissioned in October 2016 while sister ship USS Michael Monsoor was commissioned in January 2019.

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“We’re honored to send this wonderful ship to sea trials on the birthday of its namesake, President Lyndon B. Johnson. DDG 1002 heads down the Kennebec River for the Gulf of Maine where it will conduct sea trials to test a multitude of ship systems. It is the third and final ship in the Zumwalt class of destroyers, known for their advanced electrical system, capable of powering 50,000 homes, and their stealth as a result of a radar-evading design and construction.”

The third ship in the Zumwalt-class, DDG 1002 is named in honor of late President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969, and will be the first ship to bear his name.

The multi-mission Zumwalt-class destroyers will be capable of performing a range of deterrence, power projection, sea control, and command and control missions while allowing the Navy to evolve with new systems and missions. Zumwalt ships are 610 feet long, have a beam of 80.7 feet, displace almost 16,000 tons, and are capable of making 30 knots speed.

General Characteristics of the Zumwalt-class destroyer

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Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
SPY-3 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Raytheon is the prime contractor responsible for the Design and Development of the ZUMWALT Mission System, including software, Combat Systems Equipment (CSE) and many of the sensors for the DDG 1000 Class.
Propulsion: Two Main Turbine Generators (MTG); Two Auxiliary Turbine Generators (ATG); Two 34.6 MW Advanced Induction Motors (AIM)
Length: 610 feet
Beam: 80.7 feet
Displacement: 15,995 metric tons
Speed: 30 kts
Crew: 175 (including a 28-person air detachment)
Armament: Eighty advanced Peripheral Vertical Launch (PVLS) cells for Tomahawk, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), Standard Missiles, and Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC) (VLA): Two Advanced Gun System (AGS) 155 mm guns; Two 30mm Close-in Guns Systems (CIGS)
Aircraft: Capacity for two MH-60R; Three VTUAVs
Ships:
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), San Diego, CA
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), San Diego, CA
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), sea trials

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/u-s-navys-third-and-final-zumwalt-class-destroyer-starts-sea-trials/
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 31, 2021, 08:46:23 am


San Diego Navy captain 1st woman to command nuclear aircraft carrier


August 24, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić

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Captain Amy Bauernschmidt has taken command of the nuclear aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln becoming the first woman to lead an aircraft carrier in the US Navy history.

The change of command ceremony took place on 19 August 2021 on the flight deck.

Bauernschmidt is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who previously commanded amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70.

“There is no more humbling sense of responsibility than to know you are entrusted with the care of the people who have chosen to protect our nation,” Bauernschmidt said in a statement.

Amy Bauernschmidt took over the command from Capt. Walt “Sarge” Slaughter, a native of Austin, Texas.

During his 26 months of command, the sailors of Abraham Lincoln completed a 10-month combat deployment to the US 5th Fleet Area of Operations, the largest carrier maintenance package ever completed in San Diego during a planned incremental availability (PIA).

He also successfully led the crew through several at-sea integrated training events in preparation for the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group’s upcoming deployment.

Slaughter was awarded the Legion of Merit for his superior accomplishments and will report to Commander, Naval Air Forces for his next tour of duty.

USS Abraham Lincoln is home-ported at Naval Air Station North Island.

https://www.navaltoday.com/2021/08/24/us-navy-captain-1st-woman-to-command-nuclear-aircraft-carrier/

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/08/20/this-navy-captain-is-now-the-first-woman-commanding-a-nuclear-aircraft-carrier/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Setembro 12, 2021, 06:40:04 pm
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Enviado por: LM em Setembro 15, 2021, 10:46:17 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 16, 2021, 01:55:45 pm
Regras para nomenclatura dos navios da USN

https://seawaves.com/?p=15162
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Enviado por: mafets em Setembro 23, 2021, 04:21:57 pm
https://www.cavok.com.br/marinha-dos-eua-atualiza-o-caca-tatico-adversario-f-5n-melhorando-a-seguranca-e-a-prontidao?fbclid=IwAR33IUgu8QeRhUiTmGIJ8J3j5tgH1pB01f-24nRvhnjA-YUBgGlVywhPoA4 (https://www.cavok.com.br/marinha-dos-eua-atualiza-o-caca-tatico-adversario-f-5n-melhorando-a-seguranca-e-a-prontidao?fbclid=IwAR33IUgu8QeRhUiTmGIJ8J3j5tgH1pB01f-24nRvhnjA-YUBgGlVywhPoA4)
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O escritório do programa de Aeronaves Especializadas e Comprovadas da Marinha (PMA-226) recentemente entregou a primeira aeronave F-5N para a Estação Naval de Patuxent River, Maryland, para iniciar o teste de solo e voo do projeto de protótipo de atualização em bloco dos F-5.


Alinhados com o imperativo estratégico da Marinha dos EUA de aumentar a capacidade e aumentar a letalidade, os caças táticos redesenhados incluirão recursos encontrados em aeronaves modernas que melhoram a segurança e a prontidão.

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Saudações
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 01, 2021, 06:23:12 am
https://mobile.twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1443800089093361664
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 11, 2021, 02:07:24 pm
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Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow

Oct 11, 2021 04:56 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

October 11/21: Lead Yard Support General Dynamics won a $482.1 million contract modification external link for lead yard support and development studies and design efforts related to Virginia Class submarines. The Virginia Class new attack submarine is an advanced stealth multimission nuclear-powered submarine for deep ocean anti-submarine warfare and littoral operations. Work will take place in Connecticut, Virginia and Rhode Island. Estimated completion will be by October 2022.

Virginia Block I-II
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“GDEB Receives $148M as Virginia Class Lead Yard” described changes to the Virginia Class submarine’s design that are expected to reach 20% of the $200 million savings goal by the time orders for the versatile sea attack/ land attack/ special forces submarines rise to 2 per year, in 2012.

The bow changes cover the FY 2009-2013 ships, referred to as Block III. SSN 774 Virginia – SSN 777 North Carolina are Block I, and SSNs 778-783 will be Block II. Block III begins with the 11th ship of class, SSN 784. Long lead time component orders began May 22/08, and the submarine is expected to be ready for delivery around 2015. A fuller explanation of Block III’s extensive bow changes, and an accompanying graphic, may be found below – along with contract updates that include additional improvements and sonar development.

The Virginia Class Program: “2 for 4 in 12”

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The SSN-774 Virginia Class external link submarine was introduced in the 1990s as a Clinton-era reform that was intended to take some of the SSN-21 Seawolf Class’ external link key design and technology advances, and place them in a smaller, less heavily-armed, and less expensive platform. The resulting submarine would have learned some of the Seawolf program’s negative procurement lessons external link, while performing capably in land attack, naval attack, special forces, and shallow water roles. In the end, the Seawolf Class became a technology demonstrator program that was canceled at 3 ships, and the Virginia Class became the naval successor to America’s famed SSN-688 Los Angeles Class.

The Virginia Class program was supposed to reach 2 submarines per year by 2002, removing it from the unusual joint construction approach between General Dynamics Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding – but that goal has been pushed back to 2012 in progressive planning budgets.

In FY 2005 dollars, SSN-21 submarines cost between $3.1-3.5 billion each. According to Congressional Research Service report #RL32418, and the Navy is working toward a goal of shaving FY05$ 400 million from the cost of each Virginia Class boat, and buying 2 boats in FY2012 for combined cost of $4.0 billion in FY 2005 dollars – a goal referred to as “2 for 4 in 12”. In real dollars subject to inflation, that means about $2.6 billion per sub in 2012, and $2.7 billion in 2013. The Navy believes that moving from the current joint construction arrangement will shave FY05$ 200 million from the cost of each submarine, leaving another FY05$ 200 million (about $220 million) to be saved through ship design and related changes.


Block III: The Changes

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The most obvious change is the switch from 12 vertical launch tubes, to 12 missiles in 2 tubes that use technology from the Ohio Class special forces/ strike SSGN program. The Virginia’s hull has a smaller cross-section than the converted ballistic missile SSGNs, so the “6-shooters” will be shorter and a bit wider. Nevertheless, they will share a great deal of common technology, allowing innovations on either platform to be incorporated into the other submarine class during major maintenance milestones. Net savings are about $8 million to program baseline costs.

The other big change you can see in the above diagram is switching from an air-backed sonar sphere to a water-backed Large Aperture Bow (LAB) array. Eliminating the hundreds of SUBSAFE penetrations that help maintain required pressure in the air-backed sonar sphere will save approximately $11 million per hull, and begins with the FY 2012 boats (SSNs 787-788).

The LAB Array has 2 primary components: the passive array, which will provide improved performance, and a medium-frequency active array. It utilizes transducers from the SSN-21 Seawolf Class that are that are designed to last the life of the hull. This is rather par for the course, as the Virginia Class’ was created in the 1990s to incorporate key elements of the $4 billion Seawolf Class submarine technologies into a cheaper boat.

The SUBSAFE eliminations, plus the life-of-the-hull transducers, will help to reduce the submarines’ life cycle costs as well by removing moving parts that require maintenance, eliminating possible points of failure and repair, and removing the need for transducer replacements in drydock.

The bow redesign is not limited to these changes, however, and includes 25 associated redesign efforts. These are estimated to reduce construction costs by another $20 million per hull beginning with the FY 2012 submarine.

With the $19 million ($11 + 8) from the LAB array and Vertical Payload, and the $20 million from the associated changes, General Dynamics is $39 million toward the $200 million baseline costs goal of “2 for 4 in 12”. While the changes themselves will begin with the FY 2009 ship, the savings are targeted at FY 2012 because of the learning curve required as part of the switch. Recent discussions concerning an earlier shift to 2 submarines per year would result in faster production of the Block III submarines, but would be unlikely to make a huge difference to that learning curve.

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/virginia-block-iii-the-revised-bow-04159/
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 11, 2021, 02:48:03 pm
A Nuclear Engineer and his wife are arrested by the FBI for selling US Navy Submarine Reactor Data to a Foreign Country
By Ryan White -October 10, 2021

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According to court documents, a US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife were charged with repeatedly attempting to pass secrets about US nuclear submarines to a foreign government in an alleged espionage scheme found by the FBI.

The investigation began when the FBI obtained a package that had been sent to another country with operational manuals, technical details, and an offer to establish a covert relationship. The package was intercepted in the other country’s mail system and sent to an FBI legal attaché. The package was containing U.S. Navy documents, a letter, and instructions for how to conduct encrypted communications with the person offering the information. The letter in the package said: “Please forward this letter to your military intelligence agency. I believe this information will be of great value to your nation. This is not a hoax.”

The FBI followed the package’s instructions and started an encrypted communication with the sender, who offered Navy secrets in exchange for $100,000 in cryptocurrency. The FBI persuaded the sender to leave information at a dead drop in exchange for cryptocurrency payments through a series of transactions. The FBI arrested Jonathan and Diana Toebbe on October 9, after he placed yet another SD card at a pre-arranged “dead drop” at the second location in West Virginia.

The secret material in question includes plans for submarines that could be beneficial to a variety of countries. Because the reactors are fueled by highly enriched uranium, which can also be converted to bomb fuel for nuclear weapons, nuclear propulsion is one of the most tightly guarded secrets in the US Navy.

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The details of the incident according to US Department of Justice as follows:
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Saturday, October 9, 2021.  They will have their initial appearances on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, in federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia.  For almost a year, Jonathan Toebbe, 42, aided by his wife, Diana, 45, sold information known as Restricted Data concerning the design of nuclear-powered warships to a person they believed was a representative of a foreign power.  In actuality, that person was an undercover FBI agent. The Toebbes have been charged in a criminal complaint alleging violations of the Atomic Energy Act.

“The complaint charges a plot to transmit information relating to the design of our nuclear submarines to a foreign nation,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.  “The work of the FBI, Department of Justice prosecutors, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Department of Energy was critical in thwarting the plot charged in the complaint and taking this first step in bringing the perpetrators to justice.”

Jonathan Toebbe is an employee of the Department of the Navy who served as a nuclear engineer and was assigned to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, also known as Naval Reactors. He held an active national security clearance through the U.S. Department of Defense, giving him access to Restricted Data. Toebbe worked with and had access to information concerning naval nuclear propulsion including information related to military sensitive design elements, operating parameters, and performance characteristics of the reactors for nuclear-powered warships.

The complaint affidavit alleges that on April 1, 2020, Jonathan Toebbe sent a package to a foreign government, listing a return address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, containing a sample of Restricted Data and instructions for establishing a covert relationship to purchase additional Restricted Data. The affidavit also alleges that, thereafter, Toebbe began corresponding via encrypted email with an individual whom he believed to be a representative of the foreign government. The individual was really an undercover FBI agent.  Jonathan Toebbe continued this correspondence for several months, which led to an agreement to sell Restricted Data in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency.

On June 8, 2021, the undercover agent sent $10,000 in cryptocurrency to Jonathan Toebbe as “good faith” payment.  Shortly afterwards, on June 26, 2021, Jonathan and Diana Toebbe traveled to a location in West Virginia.  There, with Diana Toebbe acting as a lookout, Jonathan Toebbe placed an SD card concealed within half a peanut butter sandwich at a pre-arranged “dead drop” location.  After retrieving the SD card, the undercover agent sent Jonathan Toebbe a $20,000 cryptocurrency payment.  In return, Jonathan Toebbe emailed the undercover agent a decryption key for the SD Card.  A review of the SD card revealed that it contained Restricted Data related to submarine nuclear reactors.  On August 28, 2021, Jonathan Toebbe made another “dead drop” of an SD card in eastern Virginia, this time concealing the card in a chewing gum package.  After making a payment to Toebbe of $70,000 in cryptocurrency, the FBI received a decryption key for the card.  It, too, contained Restricted Data related to submarine nuclear reactors.  The FBI arrested Jonathan and Diana Toebbe on October 9, after he placed yet another SD card at a pre-arranged “dead drop” at a second location in West Virginia.

https://navalpost.com/us-navy-submarine-reactor-espionage/
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 20, 2021, 03:26:45 pm
https://jovempan.com.br/noticias/mundo/estados-unidos-nomeiam-primeira-mulher-trans-para-cargo-de-almirante-quatro-estrelas.html

Agora vai!

China e Rússia sem hipóteses!
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Enviado por: NVF em Outubro 20, 2021, 04:32:19 pm
Não é parte na US Navy. Existem dois serviços militares praticamente desconhecidos que utilizam o RDM lá do sítio e são compostos unicamente por oficiais, cujos postos e uniformes são idênticos aos da US Navy. A saber:
— United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 02, 2021, 03:52:20 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Novembro 03, 2021, 06:49:15 am
 Novo LPD , o regresso aos mastros convencionais

https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-ingalls-shipbuilding-successfully-completes-builders-trials-for-amphibious-transport-dock-fort-lauderdale-lpd-28
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: mafets em Novembro 16, 2021, 03:10:36 pm
Compramos?  :mrgreen:

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The former USS Independence (LCS-2) being towed to the reserve fleet after decommissioning yesterday

Saudações
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Dezembro 11, 2021, 11:30:39 am
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The Navy's $9B Stealthy Super Destroyer Is Covered In Rust

The controversial futuristic warship looked less than gleaming as it pulled into San Diego Bay recently.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43466/the-navys-9b-stealthy-super-destroyer-is-covered-in-rust
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: MATRA em Dezembro 15, 2021, 04:40:56 pm
E o futuro chegou:

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Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Dezembro 21, 2021, 07:41:14 am
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Stalker79 em Dezembro 21, 2021, 02:53:42 pm
Se em vez das armas revolucionarias que se tornaram num tremendo fracasso tivessem enchido os Zumwalt´s de VLS até á rolha, eram grandes Destroyers "stealth".
 :-P
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Janeiro 25, 2022, 07:54:29 am
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General Dynamics Electric Boat entregará en breve a la USNavy el submarino de ataque de propulsión nuclear USS "Oregon", de la clase Virginia Block IV.

 La entrega se producirá con 16 meses de retraso a causa de diversos factores, incluido el COVID19.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJ7i-_RXEAIvpbg?format=png&name=small)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: JohnM em Janeiro 25, 2022, 07:15:09 pm
Se em vez das armas revolucionarias que se tornaram num tremendo fracasso tivessem enchido os Zumwalt´s de VLS até á rolha, eram grandes Destroyers "stealth".
 :-P
Ainda podem vir a ser, especialmente se os equiparem com 12 mísseis hipersónicos no lugar dos dois canhões, como é o plano… já os LCS, especialmente os da classe Freedom, são o fracasso total e quatro já foram (ou estão em vias de ser) retirados de serviço; o mais novo dos quatro (LCS-9 Little Rock) entrou ao serviço em Dezembro de 2017!!
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: goldfinger em Janeiro 27, 2022, 01:10:12 pm
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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: dc em Janeiro 27, 2022, 09:33:33 pm
Se em vez das armas revolucionarias que se tornaram num tremendo fracasso tivessem enchido os Zumwalt´s de VLS até á rolha, eram grandes Destroyers "stealth".
 :-P
Ainda podem vir a ser, especialmente se os equiparem com 12 mísseis hipersónicos no lugar dos dois canhões, como é o plano… já os LCS, especialmente os da classe Freedom, são o fracasso total e quatro já foram (ou estão em vias de ser) retirados de serviço; o mais novo dos quatro (LCS-9 Little Rock) entrou ao serviço em Dezembro de 2017!!

Falhou enquanto conceito, sem dúvida, mas os que se mantiverem em serviço, podem ainda desempenhar um papel num potencial conflito. Fala-se em guerra de minas, ASW, ASuW, etc. Tudo depende da configuração que lhes seja dada, facilmente tornando-se navios "porta-armas". Parece que não, cada um deles com um VLS de 8 células (32 ESSM) mais 8 NSM, já faz estragos... Não esquecer que as nossas fragatas de "alta intensidade", têm uma configuração idêntica a isto, mas conseguem ser pior, dada a idade dos sensores.  :mrgreen:

Existem inclusive conceitos para que cada LCS possa levar 18 NSM! Com uma velocidade acima dos 40 nós, são Missile Boats em ponto grande.

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Enviado por: HSMW em Janeiro 29, 2022, 06:28:33 pm

Está complicada essa situação do F-35...  ???
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Enviado por: mayo em Fevereiro 08, 2022, 09:00:12 am
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Abril 01, 2022, 06:12:50 pm
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Un E-2D Hawkeye de la Marina de los EEUU  se estrelló cerca de Stockton, en Virginia.
Lamentablemente ha fallecido un tripulante. El E-2D accidentado formaba parte del 120º Escuadrón Aerotransportado de Alerta Temprana 120 VAW-120 Greyhawks.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Abril 12, 2022, 05:43:16 pm
O novo USS ENTERPRISE começou a ser construído

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/05/hii-lays-keel-of-future-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise
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Enviado por: CruzSilva em Abril 26, 2022, 08:15:35 pm
ESTÁ A MARINHA AMERICANA A EVITAR O F-35 LIGHTNING II?

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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 04, 2022, 07:09:35 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Maio 09, 2022, 02:08:51 am
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 20, 2022, 09:08:00 am
Mísseis hipersonicos para os Zumwalt?

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/05/first-artwork-of-hypersonic-missiles-on-zumwalt-class-destroyers/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Maio 20, 2022, 12:22:17 pm
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/take-note-china-navy-arming-its-submarines-hypersonic-missiles-202430
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: CruzSilva em Maio 25, 2022, 07:26:45 pm
HISTÓRIA DE COMBATE DO F-14 TOMCAT

(INCLUI SERVIÇO PELO IRÃO)

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Junho 08, 2022, 11:24:43 am
(https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/US-Navy-Zumwalt-Class-Destroyer-CPS-Hypersonic-Missile.jpg)

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/u-s-navys-hypersonic-missile-will-give-zumwalt-class-new-capability/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Stalker79 em Junho 08, 2022, 04:00:03 pm
(https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/US-Navy-Zumwalt-Class-Destroyer-CPS-Hypersonic-Missile.jpg)

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/u-s-navys-hypersonic-missile-will-give-zumwalt-class-new-capability/


Mais bem empregues do que o papel que tem feito até agora. E o segundo "advanced gun system" pode ser trocado por uma 127 normal ou colocar mais misseis.
Ao preço da munição nunca mais vão ser usadas.....
 :-P
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Junho 17, 2022, 04:21:21 pm
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/fincantieri-to-build-the-3rd-constellation-class-frigate/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Junho 18, 2022, 08:51:51 am
https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/06/17/us-navy-fires-commanding-officer-of-destroyer-uss-preble/

Cá também deve ser assim

Bom,cá também não há navios  :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 01, 2022, 06:19:56 am
The Iowa-Class Battlecarrier: A Design that Never "Took Off"

Following Desert Storm, the Navy recapitalized its assets and decommissioned the Iowas, though Charles Myers continued to push for the conversions as late as 1995.

(https://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_image_800/public/navalhistory/img018.jpg?itok=d-ZbD_DP)

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/june/iowa-class-battlecarrier-design-never-took
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Enviado por: dc em Julho 01, 2022, 01:42:09 pm
Ainda bem que não fizerem, os navios são mais bonitos como estão.  :mrgreen:
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 01, 2022, 02:58:47 pm
Ainda bem que não fizerem, os navios são mais bonitos como estão.  :mrgreen:
eu acho piada a navios "modernizados"
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: NVF em Julho 14, 2022, 04:59:25 am
Conversa para adultos moderada pelo Ward “Mooch” Carroll. Atenção pessoal de branco, neste vídeo discutem-se assuntos sérios e extremamente inapropriados para gentinha holístico-pomposa.

Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 23, 2022, 09:28:19 am
(https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/DDGX-Next-Generation-Destroyer-770x410.jpg.webp)

A notional design concept of how the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer might appear. U.S. Navy image.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded DDG(X) Design Engineering Contract
HII announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for engineering and design from the U.S. Navy for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) program.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/07/hiis-ingalls-shipbuilding-awarded-ddgx-design-engineering-contract/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Subsea7 em Julho 25, 2022, 01:59:06 pm
Conversa para adultos moderada pelo Ward “Mooch” Carroll. Atenção pessoal de branco, neste vídeo discutem-se assuntos sérios e extremamente inapropriados para gentinha holístico-pomposa.


Por cá, na Madeira, houve uma semelhante sobre os "DRONES", que pareciam ter sido comprados na Worten ou Rádio Popular.
Cps,
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Julho 25, 2022, 03:33:24 pm

Por cá, na Madeira, houve uma semelhante sobre os "DRONES", que pareciam ter sido comprados na Worten ou Rádio Popular.
Cps,

Quase iguais.

Mas estes são os DJI MAVIC Enterprise Dual com:

Visible & Thermal Imagery
Integrated Radiometric FLIR® Thermal Sensor
Adjustable Parameters
For Emissivity & Reflective Surfaces
Multiple Display Modes:
FLIR MSX™, Infrared & Visible

https://www.dji.com/pt/mavic-2-enterprise


E o DJI MATRICE 300 RTK


https://www.dji.com/pt/matrice-300


Prolema: São chineses...
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Julho 31, 2022, 01:02:59 pm
The #USNavy commissioned its newest Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) on July 30, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Built by the Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Fort Lauderdale's keel was laid down on 13 October 2017, at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and was launched March 28, 2020 and christened Aug. 21, 2021. The ship was delivered to U.S. Navy Nov. 30, 2021. Fort Lauderdale will feature design improvements developed in connection with the Navy's development of a next-generation dock landing ship, known as the LX(R)-class amphibious warfare ship. The LX(R) is intended to replace current Whidbey Island-class and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships. In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design. Because this design work is in progress, the Navy has created design innovations and cost-reduction strategies around the San Antonio-class design, and the Navy believes that it can apply these innovations and strategies to Fort Lauderdale, allowing her to be built at reduced cost. The main design features intended to reduce the cost of Fort Lauderdale compared to the San Antonio-class on which she is based are simplified bow works, replacement of the forward and aft composite masts with steel masts, removal of structures from the boat valley, and a stern gate which is open at the top. This will make Fort Lauderdale (and the following Richard M. McCool Jr.  LPD-29) a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels. Harrisburg LPD-30 will be the first of the new LX(R) vessels, known also as San Antonio-class Flight II, a 13-ship class!

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 03, 2022, 10:46:16 am
U.S. Navy’s New NAVPLAN Calls For 150 Unmanned Ships By 2045
The U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 calls for 373 manned ships and 150 unmanned ships for a total of 523 (estimated) ships by 2045. The NAVPLAN breaks down the classification types and roles of these U.S. Navy vessels into their desired numbers and allotments

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/08/u-s-navys-navplan-calls-for-150-unmanned-ships/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Agosto 03, 2022, 11:29:45 am
https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/06/17/us-navy-fires-commanding-officer-of-destroyer-uss-preble/

Cá também deve ser assim

Bom,cá também não há navios  :mrgreen:

Já houve casos na Marinha Portuguesa. Lembro-me de um certo Comandante de um nosso submarino que foi exonerado.
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 10, 2022, 07:25:28 pm
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 16, 2022, 06:37:16 pm
The following is the complete list of ships the Navy is set to decommission in Fiscal Year 2023.

Ships   Decomission Date   Disposition
USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)   10/31/2022   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Fisher (T-AKR-301)   10/31/2022   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193)   10/31/2022   Dismantle
USNS Shugart (T-AKR-193)   01/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Yano (T-AKR-295)   01/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Brittin (T-AKR-297)   01/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USS Chicago (SSN-721)   02/08/2023   Recycle
USS Key West (SSN-722)   2/28/2023   Recycle
USS San Jacinto (CG-56)   01/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Vicksburg (CG-69)   06/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Detroit (LCS-7)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Little Rock (LCS-9)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Sioux City (LCS-11)   06/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Witchita (LCS-13)   06/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Billings (LCS-15)   06/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Indianapolis (LCS-17)   09/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS St. Louis (LCS-19)   09/30/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Germantown (LSD-42)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)   09/29/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Tortuga (LSD-46)   03/27/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Ashland (LSD-48)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2)   03/31/2023   Legislative Consideration
USS Hurricane (PC-3)   02/28/2023   Foreign Military Sale
USS Monsoon (PC-4)   03/21/2023   Foreign Military Sale
USS Sirocco (PC-6)   03/07/2023   Foreign Military Sale
USS Chinhook (PC-9)   03/14/2023   Foreign Military Sale
USS Thunderbolt (PC-12)   02/21/2023   Foreign Military Sale
USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)   03/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Gilliland (T-AKR-298)   03/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)   04/30/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS Maj. Stephen W. Pless (T-AK-3007)   04/30/2023   Transfer to MARAD
USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189)   07/31/2023   OSIR
USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)   07/31/2023   Transfer to MARAD


https://news.usni.org/2022/08/15/navy-wants-to-decommission-39-warships-in-2023
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 23, 2022, 06:02:53 pm
(https://seawaves.com/wp-content/uploads/1907-3-768x512.jpg)

New Role for ex-Paul F Foster

https://seawaves.com/?p=24145

O Spruance sobrevivente...
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 07, 2022, 04:54:16 pm
https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/09/01/construction-starts-on-us-navys-first-constellation-class-frigate/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Viajante em Setembro 23, 2022, 05:17:47 pm
Marinheiro acusado de atear fogo em navio de guerra estava “irritado por ser designado para o serviço de convés”

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USS Bonhomme Richard

A embarcação ardeu durante quase cinco dias em julho de 2020. O navio ficou tão danificado que teve de ser afundado

O marinheiro Ryan Sawyer Mays, de 21 anos, é acusado de ter ateado o incêndio no USS Bonhomme Richard, um navio de guerra dos EUA, de forma deliberada e criminosa. Segundo o processo, o jovem estaria irritado por ter sido mandado para o serviço de convés depois de não ter conseguido tornar-se um SEAL da Marinha.

O comandante Leah O’Brien descreveu Mays como arrogante, acrescentando que o incêndio foi “um ato malicioso de desafio que correu mal”. Durante todo o processo, o marinheiro negou as acusações.

O advogado de defesa, Tayler Haggerty, afirma que não foram apresentadas provas físicas de como era o marinheiro o culpado do incêndio. Haggerty explica que os investigadores ignoraram as evidências e relatos de testemunhas, para que pudessem encontrar um culpado “para a perda de um navio caro que tinha sido mal administrado por oficiais superiores”, lê-se na Sky News.

Por isso, a defesa acredita que decidiram que o culpado era Mays, um marinheiro conhecido por ser sarcástico e irreverente, e que “nada mais importava”. “Só porque o governo elimina e ignora provas, isso não significa que o tribunal deva fazê-lo.”

O julgamento, que deve durar duas semanas, está a deparar-se com uma dificuldade que ameaça atrasar a sua conclusão: a incapacidade de muitas das testemunhas de recordarem o que aconteceu no dia do incêndio.

A embarcação ardeu durante quase cinco dias em julho de 2020. Cerca de 115 marinheiros estavam a bordo e quase 60 sofreram por inalação de fumos e ferimentos leves. O navio ficou tão danificado que teve de ser afundado.

https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/mundo/2022-09-21-marinheiro-acusado-de-atear-fogo-em-navio-de-guerra-estava-irritado-por-ser-designado-para-o-servico-de-conves/

 :o :o
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: HSMW em Setembro 23, 2022, 06:24:34 pm
Tu não dês ideias a esta malta...  8)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Dezembro 24, 2022, 11:43:19 am
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 14, 2023, 08:29:51 pm
Já vão para o DDG 140  :o

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2023/2023/01/secnav-names-ddg-140-moh-recipient-captain-thomas-g-kelley/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 17, 2023, 05:29:31 pm
NASSCO Pitches ESB Drone Mothership Variant To US Navy
NASSCO has proposed major modification concepts to the U.S. Navy's Expeditionary Sea Bases, or ESB, which could see them serve as motherships for XLUUVs and UAVs, or transit F-35 airframes...

General Dynamics NASSCO has developed several major modifications for its line of Expeditionary Sea Bases (ESB) to cater to emerging U.S. Navy and Marine Corps requirements. Thanks to the ESB’s commercial origins from the Alaska-class oil tanker, the potential of the class has been described as “unlimited” by NASSCO. This “unlimited potential” has resulted in modification concepts that could turn ESBs into drone motherships or even aviation support ships.

While these potential modifications made their debut during Sea Air Space Symposium 2022, the same modifications were once again shown at this year’s Surface Navy Association National Symposium by the company.

Jim Strock, an independent consultant working with NASSCO on the ESB, explained the process NASSCO used to tailor these concepts and capabilities toward the future requirements of the force:

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“We did two things. We looked at emerging operational concepts. We looked at Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, Distributed Maritime Operations, and Littoral Operations in a contested environment. We looked at future operating concepts. And then we wrote papers on how the ships could support accomplishment missions within those concepts.”

Various modifications made to support these operational concepts have been created by NASSO. Such modifications include a new aft flight deck to support unmanned aerial vehicle flight operations, the addition of repair facilities, and the capability to perform replenishment at sea with other vessels. Of these, the two most noteworthy and comprehensive modifications to the ESB are the plans to fit an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) bay and what seems to be the embarkation of Marine Aircraft, including F-35Bs, on the ESB. 

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UUV Mothership Concept Graphic. Note the launch and recovery system and the number of XLUUVs onboard the ESB. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics NASSCO.

Strock explained that through a specially made launch system located inside of the vessel, an ESB can support various UUVs including the Orca Extra-Large UUV.

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We call it the Rotary UUV Launch And Recovery System, the RULARS. So we talked about how that can be engineered into the ship. This (referring to the document)  shows just a moon pool. Then we went on to look at the counter-rotating system.”

NASSCO looked into a rotating system due to stability concerns at sea caused by a moon pool-type launch and recovery operation.

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It is much better in mitigating the effects of sea state surge and water coming up. It stabilizes the vehicle and keeps it in the upright position as it rotates down into the water. So the moon pool would work, but you get a lot of wave action and surface action that could become problematic. It’s hard to see here (referring to document), but it goes in, rotates around, and goes out.”

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One of the concepts involves the addition of an aft helipad that would support the operation of UAVs. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics NASSCO.

...

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2023/2023/01/nassco-pitches-esb-drone-mothership-variant-to-us-navy/
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: P44 em Janeiro 20, 2023, 12:26:00 pm
A closer view of the HELIOS laser aboard USS Preble (DDG 88) from Jan 17, 2023

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Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Janeiro 20, 2023, 12:42:27 pm
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US Navy Sets Out Capability Imperatives For DDG(X)

The US Navy (USN) has defined core capability imperatives that are driving development of its next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG), to be delivered under the DDG(X) programme.
Dr Lee Willett  19 Jan 2023

“The imperative for DDG(X) is the warfighting imperative,” Rear Admiral Fred Pyle, the USN’s Surface Warfare Director (OPNAV N96), told the Surface Navy Association (SNA) 2023 national symposium, in Arlington, Virginia, on 11 January.

“The ‘so what’ behind DDG(X) is that capability to deliver larger missile launchers so we can have a stick that meets that of the adversaries. That’s a key element,” said RADM Pyle.

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“For DDG(X), I think we have a good picture on the top-level requirements. It’s going to bring us the opportunity to use larger missile launchers. It’s going to bring us the opportunity to use more higher-power lasers and long-range strike hypersonic weapons, as well as sensor growth, as we go into the future. That’s the ‘so what’ behind DDG(X) and the warfighting capability it brings.”
Rear Admiral Fred Pyle, the USN’s Director Surface Warfare/N96

“Shipbuilding is a long game,” RADM Pyle explained. “So, when we achieve the directed energy power we’re looking for, or high-power microwaves, or … lasers, we want to have a platform to land it on. That’s a key capability as well.” Here, he noted the need for the ship’s operational design requirement to accommodate larger sensors.

“The warfighting imperative for DDG(X) gives us the opportunity to get a larger missile launcher, increase our capacity of weapons, deliver long-range strike hypersonic weapons, and increase directed energy weapons that we have on board as well as growth sensors such as the [Raytheon] SPY-6 [active electronically scanned array 3-D radar], to pace the threat going into the next decade and beyond,” RADM Pyle told Naval News, in an exclusive interview on the SNA exposition show floor.


Provision to install a larger missile launcher to increase DDG(X) weapons capacity reflects the navy’s intent to grow conventional strike capability across its surface fleet, including through installation of large missile vertical launch systems (LMVLS) that can carry a broader range of weapons, and through increasing inventory and stock of key weapons systems including the Naval Strike Missile, Tomahawk land-attack missile, and Standard Missile (SM)-6.

RADM Pyle noted a second imperative – what he referred to as ‘SWPC’, namely space, weight, power, cooling. While underscoring the significant capability the in-service Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has delivered for nearly 40 years, the admiral said there is now an issue with space, weight, power, and cooling in US DDG design and capability. “The margin for those in that capability is no longer there,” he told Naval News. “We need DDG(X) to have a margin for that space, weight, power, and cooling.”

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As regards the timeframe for delivering DDG(X), “We’re going to start moving out on that effort at the end of the decade/beginning of the next decade,” RADM Pyle told the SNA symposium.

The USN’s Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Michael Gilday reiterated the importance of DDG(X) for the navy. “We need that platform,” CNO told the SNA audience, in his keynote address on 10 January. Adm Gilday noted that transition to DDG(X) will begin in the early 2030s. He highlighted, however, various programmatic and funding commitments the USN will need to balance across the timeframe. “That transition [to DDG(X)] needs to be deconflicted a bit with the investments we’re making in NGEN [a major information technology, data, and communications infrastructure programme] and the investments we will make later in the decade in SSN(X), the next generation submarine. In the middle falls DDG(X).”

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sna-2023/2023/01/us-navy-sets-out-capability-imperatives-for-ddgx/
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Enviado por: Drecas em Fevereiro 01, 2023, 06:23:26 pm
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/us-navy-commences-construction-of-1st-constellation-class-frigate/
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 02, 2023, 05:38:00 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 15, 2023, 11:38:36 am
Chris Cavas

New SEWIP Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program installation on destoyer PINKNEY DDG91, seen at @GDNASSCO shipyard in San Diego on 13 Feb.  Billed as an upgrade to the legacy SLQ-32 electronic warfare system, the SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP is one heck of an installation. Compare with sistership SPRUANCE DDG111 at left. Note how the new system projects out past the ship's hull extending her overall beam. Here the new (left) and old (right) systems are highlighted. Both ships are undergoing availabilities at the busy San Diego shipyard.

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Enviado por: PTWolf em Fevereiro 15, 2023, 04:40:06 pm
Não sei se já tinham colocado aqui. Lista dos navios que a US Navy vai retirar de serviço até final do ano:

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/15/navy-wants-to-decommission-39-warships-in-2023 (https://news.usni.org/2022/08/15/navy-wants-to-decommission-39-warships-in-2023)

Com pouco mais de 30 anos são novos para nós  :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 16, 2023, 08:10:59 am
New SEWIP Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program installation on USS Pinkney (DDG-91)

https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1625762244893237248?t=etuWw0Ehz76i_sWOpeLpNQ&s=19

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Enviado por: NVF em Fevereiro 16, 2023, 09:16:37 am
É quase do tamanho das antenas do SPY-1. Essa cena até deve fritar ovos.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 17, 2023, 12:31:14 pm
Austal USA Delivers First ‘Autonomous Capable’ EPF Ship To US Navy

Austal USA delivered Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) to the U.S. Navy, today. This is the 2nd Navy ship named after the coastal Florida city; both ships were built in Mobile.

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 :arrow: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/02/austal-usa-delivers-first-autonomous-capable-epf-ship-to-us-navy/
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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 22, 2023, 01:26:06 pm
US Navy Can’t Keep Up with China’s PLA In Shipbuilding, Service Chief Says (excerpt)

Feb. 22, 2023
(Source: CNN; posted Feb. 22, 2023)

https://www.defense-aerospace.com/us-cant-keep-up-with-chinese-navy-shipbuilding/
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Enviado por: P44 em Fevereiro 27, 2023, 06:18:04 am
The U.S. Navy guided missile cruisers since 1955. Zumwalt class is included too!

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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Março 07, 2023, 05:07:38 pm
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Março 10, 2023, 11:52:32 am
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Destroyer USS McFAUL DDG74 off the US east coast 6 March working up with carrier GERALD R FORD before deploying to Europe. Still time to clean up before heading over to represent..
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Março 22, 2023, 02:20:47 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Março 28, 2023, 02:31:58 pm
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Enviado por: HSMW em Março 28, 2023, 11:33:48 pm
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https://twitter.com/D__Mitch/status/1640809689557483520
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Março 29, 2023, 11:54:09 am
As FDI são muito superiores a este navio e percebe-se porque é que os Franceses ganharam.
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Enviado por: Drecas em Abril 05, 2023, 10:57:21 am
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-blasts-supersonic-sea-skimming-target-with-sm-2-missiles-in-impressive-video
SM-2 a interceptar um AShM supersónico

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2023/2023/04/first-view-of-lrasm-missile-aboard-a-us-navy-p-8a-poseidon/
LRASM no P-8
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Enviado por: P44 em Abril 14, 2023, 05:37:30 pm
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Lockheed Martin Developing New, Larger VLS For DDG(X)
Lockheed Martin revealed their new VLS development to Naval News at SAS 2023

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2023/2023/04/lockheed-martin-developing-new-larger-vls-for-ddgx/
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Enviado por: P44 em Abril 14, 2023, 05:39:05 pm
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First Constellation-Class Frigate Set For August Keel Laying
Xavier Vavasseur  13 Apr 2023

Fincantieri confirmed to Naval News during Sea Air Space 2023 that the keel laying ceremony for the future USS Constellation is “projected for August 2023”.

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2023/2023/04/first-constellation-class-frigate-set-for-august-keel-laying/
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Abril 21, 2023, 11:41:35 am
El buque USS Cleveland choca contra un remolcador al ser botado en plena ceremonia oficial


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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Abril 26, 2023, 04:02:36 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Maio 11, 2023, 06:48:15 am
https://www.defense-aerospace.com/spain-allows-us-navy-to-deploy-two-additional-warships-to-rota-naval-base/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 11, 2023, 08:15:22 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 21, 2023, 04:56:25 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Maio 27, 2023, 04:08:58 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Junho 14, 2023, 06:24:51 pm
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Junho 29, 2023, 01:41:09 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 02, 2023, 11:50:10 am
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 02, 2023, 08:54:00 pm
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) leaving San Diego. She's headed to HII in Pascagoula, Mississippi to get her guns removed and the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapons system installed. Here's the Navy release:

*"USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed San Diego, Aug 1, and will shift its homeport from San Diego to Pascagoula, Mississippi to enter a modernization period and receive technology upgrades including the integration of the Conventional Prompt Strike weapons system. The upgrades will ensure Zumwalt remains one of the most technologically advanced and lethal ships in the U.S. Navy."*
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 09, 2023, 08:05:05 am
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Enviado por: P44 em Agosto 11, 2023, 03:25:28 pm

The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Surface Warfare Division (N96) recently approved the service life extension of four Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers.



USS Ramage (DDG 61), homeported in Norfolk, VA, and USS Benfold (DDG 65), based in Yokosuka, Japan, have been extended by five years to FY 2035 and FY 2036, respectively.



USS Mitscher (DDG 57), also homeported in Norfolk, and USS Milius (DDG 69), homeported out of Yokosuka, have been extended by four years to FY 2034 and FY 2035, respectively.



These extensions follow the March 2023 extension of USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) by five years through FY 2031.The extension puts each destroyer beyong their estimated service life of 35 years.



35 anos pffff....meninos  :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: goldfinger em Agosto 16, 2023, 09:12:19 am
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Ayer, 15 de agosto, HII (Huntington Ingalls Industries) puso en el agua el tercer Clase Arleigh Burke Flight III (y 76º Burke en total😱), futuro DDG128 USS Ted Stevens, que será bautizado el sabado 19 de agosto
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Enviado por: mafets em Agosto 19, 2023, 04:24:11 pm
LCS,o F35 dos mares (excomungado em 3,2,1) ...   :mrgreen:

https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2023/08/17/marinha-dos-eua-desativa-o-navio-de-combate-litoraneo-uss-sioux-city-com-menos-de-5-anos-de-servico/ (https://www.naval.com.br/blog/2023/08/17/marinha-dos-eua-desativa-o-navio-de-combate-litoraneo-uss-sioux-city-com-menos-de-5-anos-de-servico/)

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A Marinha dos EUA desativou o navio de combate litorâneo USS Sioux City (LCS 11), da variante Freedom (LCS), em Mayport, Flórida, depois de menos de cinco anos em serviço.
Comissionado oficialmente em novembro de 2018 em Annapolis, Maryland, o navio foi fabricado pela Fincantieri Marinette Marine em Wisconsin.

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Saudações  :mrgreen:
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Agosto 20, 2023, 03:07:43 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 04, 2023, 07:42:05 pm
https://youtube.com/shorts/gw80Gb3CWds?si=s7e1or5m0yT_qa_q
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Enviado por: Get_It em Setembro 09, 2023, 07:08:07 pm
A USN vai começar uma nova competição para substituir o T-45 e deverá não ter de aterrar num porta-aviões mas tem de ser capaz de aguentar simular uma aterragem num porta-aviões.

- Leonardo/Textron M-346N
- Boeing T-7
- LM T-50N

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U.S. Navy Is Steaming Ahead On A New Trainer
(7 de Setembro de 2023)
Citação de: Brian Everstine / Aviation Week
The U.S. Navy wants to quickly move on from its troubled T-45 Goshawk trainer toward the next-generation Undergraduate Jet Training System, but new requirements for the latter aircraft may slow the replacement process.

For years, the service has debated whether a future trainer—which would also be used for Marine Corps pilots—must be able to operate from a carrier like the T-45 does. Operational aircraft such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 are capable of autolanding on the ship. An Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) request for information (RFI) released in mid-August provides a compromise: The future trainer would not be designed to go to the ship, but would need to be able to endure repeated unflared landings to practice the carrier flight profile.

This would require further engineering and development for the announced candidate aircraft, likely stretching out the program.

"The government assumes the development of [Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP)] is the main schedule driver," the RFI states.

While the Navy has trickled out multiple UJTS solicitations in the past five years, service officials say they are now pressing ahead to speed up the replacement. During a panel discussion at the Tailhook Symposium in Sparks, Nevada, on Aug. 26, then-Commander of Naval Air Forces Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, who is retiring, said former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told the command to "get out of the T-45 as fast as possible."

The RFI calls for an assumed contract award in 2026, for a minimum of 145 aircraft at a full-rate production of 25 per year. This would make the UJTS competition the service's second largest aviation acquisition effort, behind its sixth-generation F/A-XX program.

During the Tailhook Symposium, three competitors for the UJTS were on display, including one previously unannounced industry team.

Textron Aviation Defense and Leonardo are teaming up to offer the M-346N, a modified version of the M-346 operating in several countries including Italy, Poland and Singapore. It is the latest iteration of the M-346 proposed for U.S. services after Leonardo alone offered it for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program. Textron says it is focusing on M-346N for the training role, while its similar AirLand Scorpion is a possible entrant for other light attack programs.

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Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin displayed the TF-50N, its newest version of the T-50, partnering with Korean Aerospace Industries for the program. Current operators of the T-50 include Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, South Korea and Thailand.

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Lockheed's engineers have been reviewing the Navy’s latest RFI to determine what added work the aircraft would need. Though the requirements for unflared landings and glideslope would put stress on a trainer’s airframe over its lifespan, the company is confident it will meet the Navy’s requirements.

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At the symposium, Boeing displayed a Navy white-and-orange version of its T-7A Red Hawk—the winner of the Air Force’s T-X program, with at least 351 of the aircraft expected for the service. Like its competitors, Boeing says it will refine its aircraft to meet FCLP requirements.

"We plan to work with the U.S. Navy to modify the T-7 to meet the requirements for their Undergraduate Jet Training System," says Donn Yates, Boeing’s executive director  for fighters and trainers business development. "We see this as an opportunity to help define and develop future training needs for the Navy’s next generation of naval aviators."

Other prospective competitors include the Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Freedom, an aircraft it originally partnered with Turkish Aerospace Industries on for the T-X program. The company teased the competition ahead on social media of Tailhook with a photo of the aircraft in the Navy’s signature orange and white.

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Fonte: https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/us-navy-steaming-ahead-new-trainer (https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/us-navy-steaming-ahead-new-trainer)

Cumprimentos,
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Enviado por: P44 em Setembro 24, 2023, 12:15:59 pm
Navy Destroyer Looks Significantly Different After Major Upgrade

The SEWIP Block III alters the Arleigh Burke destroyer’s appearance fairly dramatically via huge new extensions onto its superstructure.

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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-destroyer-looks-significantly-different-after-major-upgrade

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https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1625762244893237248
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Enviado por: Malagueta em Setembro 28, 2023, 09:52:58 am
Post
OSINTtechnical e OSINTdefender seguem
Department of Defense 🇺🇸
@DeptofDefense

Every wonder how ships are restocked while at sea?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1706718276309438682
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is resupplied by helicopter while at sea.
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 01, 2023, 04:18:12 pm
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Outubro 07, 2023, 07:02:27 pm
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Enviado por: P44 em Outubro 27, 2023, 07:37:34 am
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https://www.military.com/history/only-navy-warship-authorized-fly-pirate-flag-sea.html
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Enviado por: dc em Novembro 04, 2023, 11:47:39 pm
Aqui há dias, a ver um vídeo relativo aos Zumwalt, ocorreu-me. Não teria sido uma ideia interessante, e quiçá viável, implementar, no lugar dos famosos AGS, um par de lançadores modulares como os do HIMARS ou M270, desde que escondidos numa cobertura mais furtiva?

É que ao custo de cada munição dos AGS, que entretanto vão ser substituídos por VLS para mísseis hipersónicos, lançavam-se vários rockets de MLRS, com alcances idênticos à munição guiada originalmente planeada. E sendo um lançador modular, seria facilmente adaptado para lançar vários tipos de míssil, além dos rockets habituais, que passarão a ser capazes de atingir alvos móveis, como a GLSDB, ATACMS e o PrSM.
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Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Novembro 08, 2023, 09:42:53 am
Agora já percebem porque é que a Marinha Norte-Americana está à procura de um substituto para os Arleigh Burke?!

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Enviado por: P44 em Novembro 12, 2023, 09:20:23 am
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/destroyer-looks-radically-different-after-electronic-warfare-upgrade

https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1722038589628858490

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Enviado por: P44 em Novembro 23, 2023, 01:56:56 pm
https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/11/20/uss-stennis-sailors-in-newport-news-will-be-the-first-to-have-off-ship-housing-free-wi-fi-as-part-of-navy-overhaul/
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Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Novembro 29, 2023, 06:11:40 pm
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Enviado por: Viajante em Janeiro 11, 2024, 09:30:39 pm
Trench 94: o cemitério de submarinos nucleares da Marinha dos EUA

Sabemos que no planeta existe um "cemitério" para naves espaciais que chegam ao fim de vida. Mas... sabia que existe também um cemitério para os submarinos nucleares?

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O que acontece a um submarino nuclear quando é reformado?

Já alguma vez se perguntou para onde vão os submarinos nucleares quando morrem? Bem, existe um local nos EUA, chamado Trench 94 (trincheira 94), que é efetivamente um cemitério de submarinos nucleares, contendo dezenas de peças de submarinos defuntos que são armazenadas perpetuamente.

E embora o local seja seguro e tenha sido concebido para mitigar os impactos ambientais dos seus ocupantes radioativos, o número de cascos de submarinos reformados irá provavelmente aumentar nos próximos anos.

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A ascensão dos submarinos nucleares

Os submarinos nucleares são um símbolo questionável de evolução tecnológica. Um dos seus trunfos é o seu combustível atómico que lhes permite um alcance ilimitado pelos oceanos do mundo. Além disso, estas máquinas de guerra podem operar durante cerca de 20 anos entre cada reabastecimento.

Durante a maior parte do seu tempo de vida, estas embarcações são apenas abrandadas pelos humanos que transportam - estes humanos incómodos e a sua necessidade de comer e descansar.

Esta capacidade de funcionar continuamente sem necessidade de reabastecimento é uma grande vantagem em tempo de guerra. Os submarinos nucleares, ao contrário dos seus congéneres a diesel, não precisam de vir à superfície para os seus motores respirarem, pelo que não correm o risco de serem detetados pelos seus inimigos.

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O desenvolvimento destas embarcações eficazes começou no coração da era nuclear, na década de 40, e foram testadas pela primeira vez em 1953. O primeiro submarino com propulsão nuclear, o USS Nautilus, foi finalmente lançado ao mar em 1955.

A partir daí, a tecnologia avançou rapidamente e foi desenvolvida para vários outros navios, como porta-aviões (USS Enterprise) e cruzadores (USS Long Beach). No final de 1962, a Marinha dos EUA tinha 26 submarinos nucleares em funcionamento e outros 30 estavam em construção.

Simultaneamente, a tecnologia foi partilhada com a Grã-Bretanha, enquanto outros Estados com poder nuclear (que já tinham desenvolvido e testado armas nucleares), como a França, a Rússia e a China, desenvolveram as suas próprias versões.

No final da Guerra Fria, em 1989, havia mais de 400 submarinos de propulsão nuclear em funcionamento ou em construção em todo o mundo. Atualmente, o número é muito inferior - cerca de 150 - embora o número de países que desenvolvem embarcações tenha aumentado para incluir a Índia, enquanto países como o Brasil e a Austrália estão a investigar as suas próprias opções.

Para além dos submarinos nucleares, alguns países também desenvolveram navios movidos a energia nuclear que operam para fins civis, como os quebra-gelos russos que exploram as regiões árticas. O Japão também tentou criar as suas próprias opções de navios movidos a energia nuclear na década de 1970, mas estas não chegaram a arrancar.

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O grande cemitério de reatores

Quando os reatores são desmantelados, é necessário todo um processo para remover os seus núcleos altamente perigosos. Em primeiro lugar, as embarcações são cortadas em segmentos para remover o núcleo do reator e o seu combustível; nos EUA, o combustível é enviado para o Laboratório Nacional de Idaho. A secção que é removida contém o casco circundante, a blindagem de chumbo do reator e uma liga resistente à temperatura e à radiação, denominada Inconel 600.

Uma vez removidos, os "barris secos", como são chamados, são transportados pelo rio Columbia acima e depois descarregados no porto de Benton, onde são transportados por camião para um local em Hanford, Washington. É aqui que se situa a trincheira 94.

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Uma vez chegados, os barris são transferidos para a trincheira a céu aberto de 1000 pés de comprimento (304,8 metros). Atualmente, existem cerca de 136 barris no local, que são visíveis a partir do Google Maps.

Os barris, conhecidos como contentores de alta integridade (HIC), foram concebidos para manter o seu conteúdo radioativo durante 300 anos e para sobreviver a danos graves.

Isso é bom para o futuro imediato, mas, tal como acontece com a maior parte do combustível nuclear, representam um desafio para as gerações futuras. De acordo com a Marinha dos Estados Unidos, cada barril contém cerca de 25 000 curies de radiação - o que mataria um ser humano em caso de exposição - e continuará a conter cerca de 250 curies daqui a 1000 anos.

https://pplware.sapo.pt/motores/trench-94-o-cemiterio-de-submarinos-nucleares-da-marinha-dos-eua/

Daria um bom recheio para um míssil intercontinental  :mrgreen:

Seria um bom seguro de vida para um país pobre, meter um reactor destes numa ogiva, não?
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: CruzSilva em Janeiro 12, 2024, 02:28:11 pm
Citação de: Janes
Surface Navy 2024: Navy secretary underscores need for rearming and refuelling surface fleet

As the US Navy (USN) continues to deploy its surface fleet to hot spots around the globe, the service must hone its ability to rearm and refuel those ships at sea, according to USN Secretary Carlos Del Toro.

“Every day, our ships respond to aggression and illegal activities with our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific, the Arabian Gulf, the Caribbean, and across Europe,” Del Toro said on 10 January during a keynote speech at the Surface Navy Association (SNA) National Symposium 2024.

Noting in particular recent missile-defence operations by USN surface ships in the Red Sea, Del Toro said, “To maintain a global, sustainable maritime posture, we must continue to innovate and invest in capabilities that keep our ships at sea, especially as their weapons magazines run low.”

He cited the development of the USN's Transportable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM) at Port Hueneme in California.

“In this critical decade, the near-term deterrent effect of fielding TRAM in the fleet cannot be overstated,” he said. “We remain on track for the all-important at-sea demonstration I've directed to take place no later than [the second quarter].”

He added, “Over the past year, I have sought and approved funding required by our NAVSEA [Naval Sea Systems Command] team in Port Hueneme to achieve our goal. The team is finalising preparations for the shore-based demonstration and scheduling ships for the at-sea test.”

TRAM is designed to enable rapid reload of Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells in up to sea state 5 using the fleet's existing underway replenishment (UNREP) interfaces, Del Toro explained.

Fonte: Janes (https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/surface-navy-2024-navy-secretary-underscores-need-for-rearming-and-refuelling-surface-fleet)
Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 28, 2024, 01:48:31 pm
John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Dead-Load Testing


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Lusitano89 em Fevereiro 28, 2024, 01:50:24 pm
Massachusetts (SSN 798) Launch


Título: Re: U. S. Navy
Enviado por: Cabeça de Martelo em Fevereiro 29, 2024, 03:06:35 pm

Citação de: Defence 360°
The first @ThalesDefence CAPTAS-4 variable-depth sonar transmitter has been delivered to the 🇺🇸 @USNavy Constellation-class frigate program. The CAPTAS-4 sonar system was chosen by 🇺🇸 @FincantieriUS to equip the new frigates.

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