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As LCS continuam a evoluir. 

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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

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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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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O "Cuala" vai ser o novo heli de treino da US Navy.

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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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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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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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Por falar nas FFG(X).

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http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/cvn-81-doris-miller-o-proximo-porta-avioes-da-marinha-dos-eua/?fbclid=IwAR1Em1mVakkO5wU-VmCyadulicIUXPj8GVEsAlpWG7-atfeFtDd4jHQzt68

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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