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Bonjour/Bonsoir ;

Alors, je vous présente quelques portes avions USA :

USS Carl Vinson

USS Harry S Truman
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USS Nimitz
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USS Eisenhower

USS George H. W. Bush
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USS Kity Hawk
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USS Wasp

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USS Tarawa
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USS Saipan
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Marocain, et fier de l'être.

fin d´une Era

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Un grand changement en horizon,des nuages noirs s´approchent pour la Navy,les années fastes auraient fini!
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Gates veut passer sa celebre "cure" a la Navy: moins de moyens pour les oceans,et plus de moyens pour les cotes,plus la peine de commander dess gros carriers et des Subs a multiB$$,la Navy devra dorenavant commander du moins couteux(petit Subs unmanned et petits navires..)
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Gates ne croit pas en des conflits majeurs genre vs Chine/Russie..plutot l´USA veut se concentrer sur l´irregular warfare

Citation :: MAY 4, 2010
Gates Shoots Across Navy's Bow Budget Speech

By YOCHI J. DREAZEN

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Navy would need to reduce its reliance on multibillion-dollar ships and submarines amid deepening U.S. economic woes, a sign the run-up in defense spending sparked by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may be coming to an end.

Mr. Gates didn't outline cuts to the Navy's overall ship-buying budget or any of its specific acquisition programs. But the Pentagon chief made clear he thought the Navy was buying too many big-ticket items, such as aircraft carriers, while failing to devote enough resources to unmanned submarines and other relatively inexpensive systems.

"We have to accept some hard fiscal realities," Mr. Gates told an audience of naval officers and defense contractors in National Harbor, Md. "We have to ask whether the nation can really afford a Navy that relies on $3 billion to $6 billion destroyers, $7 billion submarines and $11 billion carriers."

The Navy's current budget for buying new ships and subs, he added, would not see "any significant top-line increases" in the foreseeable future.

The remarks were a clear shot across the Navy's bow by the Pentagon chief, who is preparing to deliver a major address this weekend on military spending. Mr. Gates questioned the utility and cost of virtually every major Navy acquisitions program, including such mainstays as aircraft carriers and manned submarines.

Mr. Gates has already axed a wide array of expensive weapons, such as the Air Force's advanced F-22 fighter jet, out of a belief that the military needs to focus on winning today's unconventional conflicts rather than on preparing for possible future wars with China, Russia or other major powers.

In his speech Monday, Mr. Gates said many of the Navy's current missions, including counterinsurgency and fighting piracy, didn't require particularly advanced ships or weaponry. "You don't necessarily need a billion-dollar guided missile destroyer to chase down and deal with a bunch of teenage pirates wielding AK-47s," he said.

Mr. Gates said the Navy was already so large there was no pressing need to spend tens of billions of dollars on new high-end ships and submarines. He noted the U.S. had more nuclear-powered submarines than the rest of the world combined and more sea-based missiles than the 20 other largest navies put together.

The defense chief also argued that the skyrocketing price tags of such ships, many of which cost two to three times as much as earlier models, made the programs hard to sustain in the current fiscal climate. He said the Navy should purchase less-expensive systems such as unmanned submarines and small warships designed for operations along coasts rather in oceans.

Mr. Gates's arguments will likely face skepticism on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers from both parties are staunch supporters of a shipbuilding industry whose companies are major employers in their states and congressional districts.

Bryan McGrath, a retired Navy officer who drafted the service's most recent maritime strategy, said Mr. Gates was "utterly misreading the strategic landscape" by focusing on the Navy's size disparity.

"It is the overwhelming size of our Navy that keeps the rest of the world from expanding their own forces, because they trust us," said Mr. McGrath, a defense consultant. "If our friends and allies think that we're retrenching from our dominant role, you'll start to see a naval arms race, and that will be really destabilizing."

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Vers un Retour à la situation de l'avant XXé siécle ...

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Citation :: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sails past mountains from Morocco while tansiting through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Meditteranean Sea.

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" "تِلكَ الدَّارُ الآخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُها لِلَّذينَ لا يُريدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِي الأَرْضِ ولا فَسَادًا"

l'US navy demande de conserver une flotte avec 11 PA :

Citation :: Navy to Gates: Yes, we need 11 aircraft carriers

(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy told Congress it wants to keep 11 aircraft carriers through 2045, just days after Defense Secretary Robert Gates called into question the need for that many.

"The Navy remains firmly committed to maintaining a force of 11 carriers for the next three decades," Sean Stackley, the service's warship buyer, told the Senate Armed Services Seapower subcommittee on Thursday.
The 11-carrier force structure is based on "world-wide presence requirements, surge availability, training and exercise, and maintenance" needs, he said in an opening statement.
Gates stirred the waters on Monday with a speech in which he asked whether the United States could afford "a Navy that relies on 3- to 6-billion-dollar destroyers, along with 7-billion-dollar submarines and 11-billion-dollar carriers."
He cited both the "massive over-match" enjoyed by the United States in projecting power across the oceans as well as potential foes' growing anti-ship know-how, including cruise and ballistic missiles that could strike from over the horizon.
"Do we really need 11 carrier strike groups for another 30 years when no other country has more than one?" Gates asked the annual conference of the Navy League, a supporters' group.
In addition, he circled back to his doubts, first voiced publicly last April, about amphibious warfare. He repeated questions about a projected $13.2 billion Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program for the Marine Corps.
The Commandant, General James Conway, has said it is "an absolute critical requirement" for the Marines. The program is led by General Dynamics Corp.
Northrop Grumman Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp are other big Navy suppliers.
The Navy and Marine Corps have determined they can make do with no fewer than 33 amphibious warfare ships, Stackley, the assistant Navy secretary for research, development and acquisition, testified Thursday.
Lieutenant General George Flynn, the deputy Marine commandant for combat development and integration who also testified, said 33 such ships represented a "limit in acceptable risk" for two Marine expeditionary brigades to punch their way through enemy shores.
"Now after eight years of conflict on land, it is important that we challenge conventional thought with regard to the utility of sea-based forces," Flynn had said Tuesday at a roll-out of the latest prototype of the Marines' new $16 million-plus craft for hurtling from ship to shore and inland.
Senator James Webb, a panel member who was President Ronald Reagan's Navy secretary, shot back at Gates during the hearing.
"I think it would be a very serious mistake to cut back on the defense budget in order to fund ground forces that are in Iraq and Afghanistan, hopefully temporarily," the Virginia Democrat said, "at the expense of these vital shipbuilding programs that take years and years to put into place."
Gates, in his remarks on Monday, said the military risked creating a gap "between the capabilities that we are pursuing and those that are actually needed in the world of tomorrow."
The defense secretary is to speak about "political will and the defense budget" on Saturday. He will be visiting the presidential library in Kansas of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who warned against a "military-industrial complex" in his farewell speech of January 17, 1961.

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Sachant que la nouvelle génération des CVN n'aura pas besoin de recharger ses réacteurs de toutes la durée de leur vie, ce qui devrait permettre de réduire la durée des grandes indisponibilités, cela ma parait un peu Beaucoups US Navy - Page 11 Icon_rolleyes

Après si ils pouvaient réduire sérieusement la taille de l'équipage, ça couterait moins cher aussi ...

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c´etait prévisible la levée de boucliers,la Navy/USMC s´allie avec le lobby militaro-industriel pour faire barrage a Gates,leur vocation est la projection des forces pas la lutte anti-piraterie Rolling Eyes

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he bien la crise semble raviver les mêmes erreurs du passé,l'histoire a l'air de se repeter,
on en revient a une diminution des moyens militaires comme dans les années precedent la 2e guerre,on sait ce que celà à donner

Yakuza a écrit:: c´etait prévisible la levée de boucliers,la Navy/USMC s´allie avec le lobby militaro-industriel pour faire barrage a Gates,leur vocation est la projection des forces pas la lutte anti-piraterie

the Navy will always get their wish.Like in the pentagone.there is say about the admin."they are there for 4 years,we are here for ever". US Navy - Page 11 Icon_smile

Citation :: USS Enterprise Launches and Recovers First Aircraft in Two Years

USS ENTERPRISE, At Sea (NNS) — USS Enterprise (CVN 65) successfully recovered and launched fixed-wing aircraft May 12 after more than two years.
The “Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, landed four F/A-18F Super Hornets aboard the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier, and the “Salty Dogs” of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 followed shortly later with the first launch.
Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, also known as the “Red Rippers,” also launched and recovered aircraft on a day long anticipated by the crew.
In order to safely recover a jet there must be 16 personnel below the flight deck manning the arresting gear equipment, eight personnel on the flight deck, and one primary operator. These personnel are solely responsible for the safe recovery of any inbound aircraft.
From providing fuel to taxiing the aircraft after recovery, it’s a team project.
“No single qualification can recover an aircraft alone,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class (AW) David T. Ifill, the primary flight control operator for Air department’s V-2 catapult division. “Teamwork is the only way a carrier can safely do this.”
Enterprise spent more than two years in the Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard making sure the ship was ready for her 21st deployment.
During that time frame, Enterprise has seen many Sailors leave the command and many more arrive. There are some who have been on other carriers, seen and participated in flight operations, but many more arrived aboard Enterprise as their first command, new to the fleet
“I’ve been in the Navy for more than a year,” said Airman Ryan K. White. “I am honored to spend my first enlistment aboard Enterprise. It’s an awe-inspiring experience just to be here.”
Launching aircraft on an aircraft carrier is just as dangerous as the recovery.
An aircraft launched from an aircraft carrier accelerates from zero to 145 mph in less than three seconds.
“Safety is the priority on the flight deck at all times,” said Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class (AW) Michael K. Balentine, the bow catapult leading petty officer for Air department’s V-2 division. “Keeping your head on a swivel is our motto out there.”
Launching one jet off the flight deck requires a minimum of 11 personnel on the flight deck.
“People are the heart of launching jets,” said Balentine. “Participating in this specific launch has been an honor for me. I served aboard Enterprise from 2003-2006, and to be a part of this particular event is a dream come true after spending my last three years on shore.”
At the completion of flight deck certification, Carrier Air Wing 1 will begin carrier qualification which will allow them to conduct flight operations with Enterprise and her crew until the end of the next deployment.
Enterprise is underway conducting flight deck certification in preparation for her work-up phase and 21st deployment.

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Citation :: DATE:14/05/10
SOURCE:Flight International
US DoD agrees to buy 124 F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs over 4 years
By Stephen Trimble

The US Department of Defense has agreed to buy 124 F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs manufactured by Boeing over the next four years for an undisclosed sum, a source familiar with the deal tells Flightglobal.com.

DoD notified Congress today that it will pursue a package deal called a multi-year procurement. The arrangement locks the government into a long-term contract, and the manufacturer provides a discounted price in exchange for the commitment.

Missouri Rep Todd Akin announced that DoD had approved the third multi-year procurement (MYP) for orders during Fiscal 2010-2014, but he did not provide numbers.

The source, however, confirms the package includes 66 F/A-18E/Fs and 58 EA-18Gs, raising the total fleet 515 F/A-18E/Fs and 114 EA-18Gs after the last deliveries occur in late 2015.

The cost for the four-year contract has not been disclosed. Boeing released a statement saying the package deal will cost 10% less buying the aircraft in annual lots.

"It is encouraging to see the Navy and DoD come to their senses on this issue, after I have spent two years arguing that a multi-year contract made sense on all fronts," Akin says.

Last year, DoD officials rejected Boeing's initial multi-year proposal, saying the three-year, 89-aircraft bid lowered the cost of procurement by less than 7%.

The Congressional Research Service extrapolated that even if Boeing's offer was extended to cover 150 aircraft over five years, it would still fall slightly short of DoD's 10% threshold for approving multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts.

The deal means that Boeing will continue producing the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G through at least calendar year 2015.

Extending the production line even further will depend partly on ongoing efforts to sell the aircraft abroad. Australia launched the export campaign for both aircraft types, and Boeing also is offering the fighter to India, Japan, Greece, Denmark, Kuwait and Canada.

But the programme's future also depends on the fate of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C for the Marine Corps and Navy, respectively. Both services intend to buy 680 F-35B/Cs to replace about 620 F/A-18C/Ds and about 120 AV-8B Harriers.

Meanwhile, the navy is also managing a projected fighter shortfall growing to at least 177 jets by FY2017.

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Invité

Citation :: L’US Navy détaille ses projets pour l’embarquement de femmes sur ses sous-marins

Les 19 premières femmes qui embarqueront sur des sous-marins
américains, seront sélectionnées cet été. Il s’agira probablement
d’officiers nouvelles dans la Navy. Huit femmes supplémentaires,
officiers de soutien, pourront rejoindre les équipages à la fin de l’an
prochain.

L’annonce du Chef des Opérations Navales, l’amiral Gary Roughead,
est faite en même temps que l’annonce officielle que les femmes
pourront embarquer sur des sous-marins américains. Le Congrès américain
ne s’est pas opposé à la mesure proposée par le secrétaire à la
défense, Robert Gates, dans une lettre du 19 février dernier.

“Aujourd’hui, les femmes représentent environ la moitié des diplômes
scientifiques et d’ingénieur,” a déclaré le vice-amiral John J.
Donnelly, commandant des forces sous-marines dans un communiqué. “Il y
a des femmes compétentes, qui ont le désir, le talent et sont
intéressées à réussir dans la force sous-marine. Conserver la meilleure
force sous-marine au monde exige de recruter parmi le plus important
réservoir de compétences possible.”

Les sélections vont commencer en juillet. Les officiers seront
“choisis de préférence” au sein de l’Académie navale et de la réserve
via le processus normal de sélection et d’affectation.

Les nouveaux officiers féminins retenues suivront un cours de 15
mois d’école nucléaire — 6 mois de cours, 6 mois de parcours
opérationnel et 3 mois à l’école de navigation sous-marine.

Cette possibilité n’est pas limitée aux nouveaux officiers. Des
officiers des cours précédents pourront être retenues au cas par cas.

Jusqu’à 8 officiers du corps de soutien seront aussi retenues pour rejoindre la force sous-marine à la fin 2011.

La Navy ne prévoit pas de séparer ses équipages mixtes. Après leur
formation initiale, les officiers féminins seront affectés à bord des
SNLE et des SSBN, 2 sous-marins sur la côte est et 2 sur la côte ouest.
Le nombre d’équipages mixtes augmentera au fil des années.

Les sous-marins de la classe Ohio (SNLE et SSGN) ont été choisis
pour la mise en place des équipages mixtes, parce qu’il n’y aura pas
besoin de modifications profondes, comme cela aurait été nécessaire sur
les SNA plus petits.

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Citation :: US Navy Successfully Test Fires Tomahawk Missile
The US Navy has successfully test fired a block IV-E Tomahawk land attack missile off the southern coast of California into China Lake test range.
During the operational test launch, the missile was fired from the navy's Los Angeles Class attack submarine USS Cheyennein in cooperation with the commander of US 7th Fleet and members of Naval Special Warfare Group 3 (NSWG-3).
Test coordinators used the tactical Tomahawk command and control system's ability to receive real-time targeting coordinates and applied them to a tactical Tomahawk missile in flight.
7th Fleet Tomahawk strike coordinator Master Chief Fire Controlman David Brewer said the test launch significantly improved the navy's ability to shape the battlefield and project power from the sea.
NSWG-3 provided updated target data for the fleet to modify the flight path, allowing the missile to hit the target accurately.

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Citation :: US Navy's New Destroyer Completes Acceptance Trials
The US Navy's guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Atlantic Ocean.
During the trials, the US Navy, in cooperation with Bath Iron Works tested the ship's weapons, communications and propulsion systems, and conducted several other inspections including habitability and water purification.
USS Jason Dunham is an Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer specifically designed to operate in multithreat air, surface and subsurface threat environments.
The future USS Jason Dunham is expected to be delivered this summer and officially commissioned in November 2010.

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Citation :: U.S. Navy: Extending Old F-18s Will Reduce Fighter Gap

By JOHN REED
Published: 24 May 2010 17:33

Keeping its oldest F/A/-18 Hornets flying through 2020 is the U.S. Navy's main weapon against a decline in fighter numbers, the Navy's acting chief of air warfare told reporters May 24.
The U.S. Navy expects a shortfall of up to 177 fighter jets by 2017 unless it either keeps older F-18s flying longer or speeds production of the new F-35. (U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO)

With the F-35 program delayed by at least one year, the Navy is "totally focused, [airplane] bureau number by bureau number" on keeping its oldest Hornets in the air while hashing through other options as it crafts its 2012 Program Objective Memorandum, said Rear Adm. Mike Manazir during a press conference at the Pentagon.
Manazir would not detail those other options.
The Navy has 1,180 tactical fighters. The oldest ones will be retired by 2012 unless they receive service life extensions.
The problem will peak in 2017; the exact number will range from 100 to 177 fighters, depending on whether the F-35 arrives on schedule, Manazir said.
Manazir said he believes the Defense Department and Lockheed Martin will have the carrier-based F-35C ready for its first carrier deployment in 2017.
Earlier this year, the sea service announced that it was pushing the F-35 Initial Operating Capability date back by two years to 2016.
The service will start training its first F-35 instructor pilots on the C-model jets at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in 2012 and stand up the first F-35 fleet replacement squadron in 2014, Manazir said.
The Navy has yet to determine how many of its 680 F-35s will be carrier variants and how many will be F-35B short-takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) variants for the U.S. Marine Corps.
"The Marine Corps is committed to an all-STOVL force," Manazir said. Therefore, "we are in discussions with the Marine Corps on how we would" integrate the two services' fighters on a carrier.
"The F-35C has longer range, more cargo capacity, and is optimized for carrier operations," he said. "The STOVL [model] is designed differently and so it has slightly different characteristics, so we're in discussions right now about how you put those two together."
The Marines' F-35s will replace their F/A-18 Hornets, which fly from aircraft carriers, and their AV-8B Harrier jump jets, which operate from the smaller amphibious assault ships.
The press conference was convened to underline the Navy's staunch support of the F-35 program after months of speculation that the sea service wants to buy more than the planned 515 Super Hornets, instead of F-35s. Earlier this month, the service said it would buy the remaining planned 124 F/A-18EF Super Hornets and their EA-18 Growler electronic warfare variants, and no more.
Last week, the U.S. House Armed Service Committee gave the Navy an eight extra Super Hornets on top of the 124 in the committee's markup of the 2011 defense authorization bill.
Manazir also toed the Pentagon line on the alternate engine debate, supporting Defense Secretary Robert Gates' stance that the F-35 program needs just one engine. In last week's markup, the committee ordered the Pentagon to fund the development of the GE and Rolls Royce-built F136 alternate engine for the fighter.
"No matter how many engines are procured for the airplane, the Navy will only deploy one type of engine for the F-35 that we take to sea," Manazir said. "That optimized our logistics and supply chains."

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Citation :: FRCSE delivers first S-3 Viking to test squadron
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After completing extensive maintenance and repairs that presented many challenges, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) turned over the first of three S-3B Viking aircraft to Naval Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 30 April 14.
VX-30 Chief Test Pilot Cmdr. John Rousseau and Viking Training Officer Lt. Christian Pedersen based at Point Mugu, Calif., performed the acceptance flight check. They both were very satisfied with the aircraft that will support the squadron’s local and worldwide test events.
“We were pleasantly surprised, especially with a plane that has been out of service for so long. It flew well,” said Rousseau. “It’s a testament to FRCSE employees’ steadfastness to the work.”
Even so, the first aircraft took more than a year to complete the Planned Maintenance Intervals (PMI) 1, 2, and 3 that will add five to six years of service life to the aircraft before another PMI is due.
In March 2009, FRCSE inducted three Vikings sometimes referred to as War Hoovers for the engine’s unique, low-pitched sound.
The jets were last used by the “Checkmates” of the Sea Control Squadron (VS) 22 for five months at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq in 2008. During the squadron’s only land-based operation, the aircrews flew numerous combat missions in harsh desert conditions.
When Aircraft Examiner Jan Booth did the initial evaluation to determine the level of maintenance needed, he was surprised by what he found.
“There was a lot of corrosion we didn’t expect to find, especially from dirt and sand intrusion,” he said. “The aircraft was torn down to basically nothing. We did a lot of hard research to find the right parts.”
The S-3 Overhaul and Repair Supervisor James Hines said aircraft mechanics with S-3 experience were hired, and the team had to procure the tooling and fixtures needed to start the project.
“I’ve got a good crew,” he said, “and they really know what they’re doing.”
FRCSE S-3 Program Manager Tony Pudoff said the Viking was in worse shape than expected. Yet, the team overcame the many obstacles they faced along the way.
“I attribute the quality of work to our artisans and especially the great work performed by our final paint shop,” said Pudoff. “Requests for the aircraft as a static display and for a fly-by were made before the engines could cool down in California.”
Pudoff said old timers in the S-3 community like FRCSE Integrated Maintenance Program Coordinator Harry Mattox and FRCSE S-3 Planner and Estimator Don Lockwood agree it is the best looking S-3 they’ve ever seen.
Lockwood worked closely with the squadron to ensure the paint scheme was to their liking.
“We retained the original high-gloss grey and white paint scheme, but we added the black lettering and yellow trim and the squadron’s emblem on the tail,” he said.
Mattox, a self-professed jack-of-all-trades, knows the Viking inside and out. He was serving as a Navy maintenance master chief petty officer in 1973 when Lockheed turned over the aircraft for testing.
“I love this airplane and I want to see the program succeed,” he said. “Overall, the first aircraft was fantastic, and we are going to make the second and third one even better. They (VX-30) are going to have a really good product over the long haul.”
In a message to the S-3 team the following day, VX-30 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Stephen Tedford praised the NAVAIR and FRCSE S-3 teams for their hard work and extraordinary efforts they put into the project.
“She is a great looking aircraft, and we will take good care of her,” he said. “I know there is much more work to be done on the remaining two airframes, but I wanted you to know how much your efforts are appreciated.”
He said the S-3 plays a vital role in the squadron’s mission to support its customers at test facilities and ranges throughout the world.
“With the capabilities of the APS-137 radar, we can execute our mission more effectively and cover a larger area than ever before,” he said. “The S-3 ensures the West Coast Sea Test Range will continue to provide outstanding and dependable services to its customers for years to come.”
Tedford acknowledged the individual efforts of Pudoff, Mattox and NAVAIR Program Manager Air (PMA) 290 Bob Millerick, the S-3 acting department head who provided engineering and logistics support and management oversight.
“It took ingenuity for this FRCSE team to integrate three individual depot-level inspections into one evolution to maximize the work,” said Millerick. “They choreographed the work into one unique and repeatable evolution. It is amazing what a small number of resourceful people working in a small space can accomplish.”
During a site visit in March, NAVAIR PMA 290 Deputy Director for International Programs Cmdr. Kurt Muller said the Viking with its upgraded radar “can stay on station (airborne) for a longer time” and will enhance the squadron’s capabilities.
When VS-22 was decommissioned on Jan. 29, 2009 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, the VX-30 “Bloodhounds” wanted the Viking for its sophisticated APS-137 ISAR imaging radar to upgrade their crucial sea and air range clearance and surveillance capabilities
VX-30 is the Navy’s principal flight and ground test support activity in support of Naval Air Systems Command, NASA, the National Defense Agency and foreign allies.
With a range of more than 2,800 nautical miles and a ceiling height of 40,000 feet, the Viking is an important patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for potential foreign military customers worldwide.
“They want to see the U.S. Navy is still flying these aircraft,” said Muller.
The second aircraft is scheduled for delivery in September with the final delivery set for December.
The squadron uses various aircraft like the heavily modified NP-3 “Billboard” Orion for clearing the Sea Range, DOD’s largest overwater missile test range with 36,000 square miles of controlled sea and airspace off the coast of Southern California.
In 1969, the Department of Defense awarded Lockheed the contract to develop the S-3 designed to incorporate the latest concepts in sensors and computer-based data processing, display and weapons control systems. The S-3 Viking replaced the old reciprocating-engine-powered S-2 Tracker.
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Citation :: U.S. Navy Needs F-35’s Capabilities, Admiral Says

May 26, 2010 by Marcel van Leeuwen · Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2010 – The Navy needs the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter’s fifth-generation capabilities, the service’s acting director of air warfare said yesterday.
Navy Rear Adm. Michael C. Manazir spoke to reporters because he wanted to “completely dispel the rumor that the Navy is soft on F-35C.”
The F-35C is the aircraft-carrier version of the joint strike fighter. The F-35A model is for the Air Force, and the F-35B will be a vertical take-off and landing model for the Marines.
The FA-18E and FA-18F Super Hornets are great airplanes, Manazir said, but they do not have the capabilities that the F-35C’s will bring to the Navy. Delays in the joint strike fighter program and the cost increases associated with them caused some supposition that the Navy would turn to the FA-18s, he added.
The Navy has had the F-35C on its horizon for more than a decade, the admiral said. In that time, the FA-18’s capabilities have grown, with the latest aircraft – the E, F and G models – reaching the fourth-generation airframe’s limits. “We need to move into the F-35C to realize our vision of tactical air coming off of carriers,” he said.
The joint strike fighter brings stealth capabilities, advanced sensor and data fusion, and a systems approach to warfighting, Manazir said. “We’re completely committed to the F-35C,” he added, noting that staying with the Super Hornet would put the United States at a disadvantage against a near-peer competitor.
Still, the admiral said, the Super Hornet program is not ending, just yet. The Navy wants to buy 124 of the aircraft through fiscal 2013 to bring its number of Super Hornets to 515. Beginning in fiscal 2016, he said, aircraft carriers will deploy with a mix of Super Hornets and F-35C’s. The Navy needs 44 strike fighters per flight deck, he added.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ordered a restructuring of the joint strike fighter program last year. That effort allowed the Navy to move an additional aircraft into flight tests, and to buy a software line “that gives us additional integration capability and added risk reduction in software, which is always the toughest thing to do in a new program,” Manazir said. Operational testing will move to April 2016, and this will fulfill all prerequisites for initial operational capability, he told reporters.
The first deployment of the new aircraft will be December 2016, with the second deployment in February 2017.
The Navy faces a shortfall of fighter aircraft, the admiral noted. “Without mitigations, … [the shortfall] is about 177 total Department of the Navy airplanes,” he said. “That peaks in 2017.”
Mitigation efforts bring that number down to about 100, he said. That could drop further, he added, if the demands on the fleet lessen – a conclusion the admiral said he is not going to make, given the uncertain times. “We are focused on addressing that shortfall,” he said.
The Navy does not have a shortfall in strike aircraft today, Manazir said, but the expected wear-out date for its inventory begins in fiscal 2012.
The 1,180 strike aircraft now in the Navy’s inventory fall within the scope of the service’s maintenance capabilities, while providing the planes needed for a rotational force, the admiral said.
Source: MOD USA, By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
Picture: Lockheed Martin

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Citation :: U.S. Navy Spends $640 Million on Shipboard EW System

07:39 GMT, May 28, 2010 NEWTOWN, Conn. | Over the next 10 years, the U.S. Navy will spend $640 million developing and purchasing upgrades for the SLQ-32 shipboard electronic warfare suite, according to a newly updated report from Forecast International. The SLQ-32 equips most warships in U.S. Navy inventory. In addition, the Navy intends to equip future warships, including the DDG-1000, with the SLQ-32.

The U.S. Navy has decided to upgrade the system in a spiral plan that includes four blocks. Each block will add capabilities such as electronic attack and infrared detection to the system, as well as improve the underlying technology behind the system.

General Dynamics was awarded the contract for Block 1 upgrades to the SLQ-32. Funding for Block 1 upgrades is expected to continue through 2012. Block 1 funding will begin to decline as funding for Block 2 begins to increase.

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Two AH-1W "Cobras" with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced) lands on the USS Peleliu docked at 32nd Street Naval Station in San Diego, May 17. HMM-165 (Rein) is preparing to ship out with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, May 20, to the Western Pacific for a seven month deployment. Photo by Cpl. Deanne Hurla

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and U.S. Army cadets root for each other during the Â“individual rope climbÂ” obstacle at the French Foreign Legion Nautical course in Djibouti, May 27, 2010. This was the first time females have ever gone through the course in Djibouti. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler J. Wilson

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deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Dawn Blitz 2010. Dawn Blitz is a Navy and Marine Corps training exercise to sharpen the ability of Sailors and Marines to plan and conduct a brigade size amphibious assault. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Drew Williams

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(June 4, 2010) USS Constitution sails into Boston Harbor. The crew of Constitution hosted approximately 125 members of the Wounded Warrior Project during an underway Battle of Midway commemoration. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Devine)

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Citation :: Boeing Snaps Up AW101 Presidential Helicopter Licence
Boeing will secure the licence from AgustaWestland to begin the production of an AW101 medium-lift helicopter to induct into the US Navy VXX presidential helicopter programme.
The licence includes full intellectual property, data and production rights for the aircraft in support of the VXX programme.
Boeing will be the prime contractor to build and deliver the aircraft if the company gets selected for the programme.
AgustaWestland will work as a subcontractor to Boeing to deliver a presidential helicopter to the navy.
The AW101 is a three-engine, medium-lift helicopter, which will carry out missions, including troop transport, combat search and rescue, disaster relief, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, long-range search and rescue, maritime interdiction and airborne surveillance, and area control.

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Citation :: Capacity: 25 troops

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L'US Navy baptise son 61ème DDG du type Arleigh Burke

Destroyer du type Arleigh Burke
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09/06/2010

Soixante-et-unième destroyer lance-missiles du type Arleigh Burke, le futur DDG 111 a été baptisé USS Spruance samedi dernier aux chantiers Bath Iron Works, dans l'Etat du Maine. Le bâtiment reprend le nom d'un célèbre amiral américain, qui s'est distingué durant la seconde guerre mondiale par son action au cours de la bataille de Midway, puis de la capture des îles Gilbert et Marshall, des Mariannes, d'Iwo Jima et d'Okinawa. Raymond Spruance fut également l'un des artisans de la défaite de la marine japonaise, en 1944, lors de la bataille de la mer des Philippines. Commandant la flotte du Pacifique en 1945 et 1946, il fut président du Naval War College jusqu'en 1948, puis ambassadeur aux Philippines de 1952 à 1955. Né à Baltimore en 1886, l'amiral Spruance s'est étant à Pebble Beach en 1969.
Pour honorer sa mémoire, l'US Navy avait donné son nom à une classe de 31 destroyers dont la tête de série, l'USS Spruance (DD 963), fut admise au service actif en 1975. Tous les bâtiments de cette classe ont, aujourd'hui, été retirés de la flotte américaine.

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