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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Mar 13 Sep 2011 - 14:29 | |
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Boeing to receive US Navy contract
Boeing is to receive a $166.8m modification contract from the US Navy in support of P-8A multimission maritime aircraft.
Under the contract, the company will provide funding for long-lead materials for the low-rate initial production lot 3 of 11 P-8A aircraft.
Work will be carried out at the company's US facilities and is expected to be completed in May 2015.
The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, US, is the contracting activity. naval-technology | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Jeu 15 Sep 2011 - 12:29 | |
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Fighter jet crashes while trying to land at NAS Fallon; pilot ejects safely
An F/A-18A Hornet crashed early Tuesday trying to land at the Fallon Naval Air Station but the pilot ejected safely and suffered only minor injuries, the base reported.
The pilot was completing a mission as an adversary aircraft when the pilot crashed the fighter jet at about 1:10 a.m. The aircraft was operated by the New Orleans-based Strike Fighter Attack Squadron Two Zero Four. It veered off the runway and crashed on Navy property just east of the field, the Navy reported in a statement.
The cause is under investigation.
The other aircraft involved were forced to divert to Reno-Tahoe International Airport and Lemoore Naval Air Station in Northern California.
No one on the ground was hurt, the Navy reported.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 16 Sep 2011 - 2:20 | |
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- General Dynamics: $1.8B contract for destroyers
BATH, Maine -- General Dynamics Corp. said Thursday that the U.S. Navy awarded its shipbuilding subsidiary a $1.8 billion contract to build the next two in a series of new destroyers.
The so-called Zumwalt-class warships are scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2015 and 2018.
Jeff Geiger, president of General Dynamics ( GD - news - people ) Bath Iron Works, the subsidiary that will build the ships, said the contract will save jobs and give the Maine yard a healthy backlog of work.
The ships are intended to be a larger yet stealthier version of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which have been in production since the 1980s.
The first of the new ships, to be called the Zumwalt, is already under construction at Bath and scheduled to be completed in 2014. The next two are, for now, called DDG 1001 and DDG 1002.
They will include composite materials, electric-drive propulsion and a redesigned hull. They were designed to be able to move close to shore and support troops by hitting targets on land with special 155-mm guns. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/15/business-industrials-us-general-dynamics-contract_8682690.html
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 16 Sep 2011 - 13:43 | |
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US Navy to christen first joint high-speed vessel
The US Navy will christen the first of ten joint high speed vessels (JHSVs), Spearhead, on 17 September 2011 in Mobile, Alabama, US.
Being constructed by Austal USA, the 338ft-long aluminum catamaran warship can transport 600t a distance of 1,200nm at an average speed of 35kt.
The Spearhead vessel can operate in shallow-draft ports and waterways, and is used for day and night air vehicle launch and recovery operations.
The warship will be designated a US naval ship on its delivery to the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC). naval-technology | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 16 Sep 2011 - 23:41 | |
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- Aux États-Unis a commencé la construction de deux destroyers de classe «Zumvalt"
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Sam 17 Sep 2011 - 13:19 | |
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- General Dynamics Awarded $33 Million to Procure Virginia-class Submarine Photonics Masts
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $32.9 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to procure three backup photonics masts for Virginia-class submarines. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
In Virginia-class submarines, traditional periscopes have been supplanted by photonics masts -- non-hull-penetrating masts that do not extend physically into the control room. Information is digitally recorded by cameras in the mast, transmitted through fiber optics into the ship and processed with on-board image processors. Each photonics mast has an HDTV digital color camera, an infrared camera and a laser rangefinder.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Sam 17 Sep 2011 - 13:38 | |
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MOBILE, Ala. (Sept. 8, 2011) The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the first of 10 Navy joint high-speed vessels designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment, prepares for its Sept. 17 christening ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. The 338-foot-long aluminum catamarans are designed to be fast, flexible and maneuverable even in shallow waters, making them ideal for transporting troops and equipment quickly within a theater of operations. (U.S. Navy photo Courtesy Austal USA/Released)
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MOBILE, Ala. (Aug. 31, 2011) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead reviews the construction of the littoral combat ship Coronado (LCS 4) during a tour of the Austal USA Module Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shannon Eve Renfroe/Released)
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 12, 2011) The littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) makes preparations at Naval Air Station Pensacola before getting underway in the Gulf of Mexico for a series of drills and training exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Caleb White/Released)
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 23 Sep 2011 - 13:46 | |
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Navy to detonate 2 missiles dumped in
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A Sea Sparrow missile is launched from a U.S. aircraft carrier
during a live-fire exercise. — U.S. Navy
The Navy plans to detonate two Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles that are
resting in 60 feet of water off the coast of Camp Pendleton, after the missiles
were jettisoned by a Navy transport helicopter last month.
The explosion, scheduled to occur between Monday and Wednesday, may cause a
plume of water visible from land, a Navy Third Fleet statement said.
The missiles are sitting 1.7 miles off the coast. The Coast Guard will
establish a 2,000-yard security zone around the area, keeping out boaters for
safety.
The RIM-7P surface-to-air Sea Sparrow missiles were dropped from a Navy MH-60
Seahawk helicopter Aug. 30 while they were being moved from Camp Pendleton to
the amphibious ship Bonhomme Richard, waiting off the coast.
The radar-guided missiles, which cost $165,000 each, are shot from ships to
counter threats from the air. Twelve feet long, they carry a 90-pound
warhead.
The load, hanging below the helicopter via a cable, began to swing
excessively and struck the aircraft, damaging it. The pilots felt their crew was
in danger, so they dropped the missiles, which fell 400 feet into the ocean.
A Navy spokesman said he didn’t know if weather was a factor in the incident.
Capt. Greg Hicks, Third Fleet spokesman, said it is standard procedure for an
investigative board to examine such a mishap. But he didn’t know Thursday if the
board has finished its work or if any Navy personnel have been punished.
The helicopter later landed safely on the Bonhomme Richard.
Weapons experts at Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Md.,
concluded that it is not safe to move the missiles ashore, the Third Fleet
statement said.
Hicks couldn’t elaborate further on why. Navy technicians will detonate the
missiles using C-4 explosives.
Before the explosion, the Navy will perform a visual inspection to ensure
that the area is clear of vessels, divers and marine mammals.
Mariners will be warned by radio broadcast to slow their vessels when within
500 yards of the security zone, and to keep 100 yards away from patrol
craft.
Camp Pendleton’s Red Beach will be closed during the period surrounding the
detonation.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Jeu 29 Sep 2011 - 12:44 | |
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AIM-9X Block II completes back-to-back live fires
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. –The Navy recently completed two successful live fire test missions on the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missile at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, Calif.
A team from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 31 conducted back-to-back developmental tests Aug.31 and Sept.1 to demonstrate Block II’s ability to deliver expanded air-to-air warfare capabilities.
“I am very pleased both missions achieved all test objectives,” said Capt. John Martins, Air-to Air Missile Systems program manager (PMA-259). “The team has accumulated an impressive record with nine successful live fire events in nine attempts. These tests verify the weapon’s maturity as we prepare for entry into operational test.”
During both missions, an F/A-18 aircraft fired one telemetry-equipped missile against a BQM-74 sub-scale target. The test events relied on AIM-9X Block II’s multiple enhancements including: improved lock-on-after-launch; extended range lofting fly-out profile; two way data link; and improved all weather laser fusing against small targets.
The first mission tested the weapon’s ability to fire against an extremely small target flying at low altitudes over the California desert at an extended beyond visual range. The second mission demonstrated Block II’s all-weather capability when the test pilot, flying below the 1,000 feet marine layer of clouds off the Point Mugu, Calif. coast, shot at a target flying above the clouds.
Day two’s test also incorporated the first use of GPS-enabled AN/DKT-89-3 Airborne Telemetry Equipment, enabling highly-accurate, high-rate, three dimensional time, space and position information to be collected during missile fly-out. Designed and built by the government team in China Lake, the AN-DKT-89-3 provides unprecedented real-time and post-flight data accuracy and is an extraordinary improvement in telemetry capability.
“In the past, it was extremely difficult to estimate how close the missile passed by the target,” Martins said. “This enhancement allows us to better quantify missile characteristics and endgame performance against the target.”
AIM-9X Block II, the newest variant of the venerable Sidewinder missile family, greatly improves the performance capabilities of the AIM-9X to counter advanced air-to-air threats. Recently approved for low rate initial production, AIM-9X Block II is scheduled to enter operational test in spring 2012 navy.mil | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Jeu 29 Sep 2011 - 17:26 | |
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- USS Abraham Lincoln Action
       
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George conduct a replenishment at sea. Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 25, 2011) An F/A-18 Hornet from the East Coast Super Hornet Demonstration Team assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 takes off at the 2011 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. This is the 53rd anniversary of the air show, which is a celebration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation with both military and civilian performers in vintage and modern aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/Released)
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A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the East Coast Hornet Demonstration Team, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106, performs a high-speed pass at the 2011 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 25, 2011. This was the 53rd anniversary of the air show, which was a celebration of the Centennial of Naval Aviation with both military and civilian performers in vintage and modern aircraft. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class
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ARABIAN SEA (Aug. 22, 2011) Sonar Technician 3rd Class Eugene Roberts, left, Seaman Recruit Marcus Walston, and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Jonathan Richardson observe a MK-46 recoverable exercise torpedo launch during a weapons exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57). Mitscher is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven B. King/Released)
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 30 Sep 2011 - 12:46 | |
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- Alion Awarded Contract to Support U.S. Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ship Program
LHA (R) concept.
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, announced that it has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Warfare Program Office in their efforts to satisfy both current and future Navy/Marine Corps needs for Amphibious Warfare.
Alion’s efforts include supporting the acquisition and production of the Navy's LHA (R) class and their next generation connector, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC). Alion will also support the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) of their current Connector, the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). The award, a delivery order under the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) contract, has a potential value of $169.7 million over five years. The base year value is approximately $26.1 million.
The Navy’s Amphibious Ship’s and connectors are core to meeting the USMC’s mission to embark, land and support Marine expeditionary forces for extended periods of time. The LHA (Replacement), or LHA (R), class will replace the LHA 1 Tarawa class, which is nearing the end of its service life. USS America (LHA 6) will be the first ship of the LHA(R) program.
“The Navy’s shipbuilding program offices continue their drive toward reducing cost and maintaining production schedules in a very challenging fiscal environment. Alion continues to innovate across the full spectrum of acquisition services to help the Navy achieve its goals of improved cost and schedule reliability," said Vice Adm. Scott Fry (USN, Ret.), Alion Sector Senior Vice President and Manager of the Engineering and Integration Solutions Sector.
As the next generation "big-deck" amphibious ship, LHA 6 will be optimized for aviation, capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the tilt-rotor MV 22 and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). LHA 6 will be 844 feet in length, and will have an impressive displacement of approximately 44,971 long tons. The LCAC is a high-speed, fully amphibious landing craft capable of carrying a 60-75 ton payload. The LCAC was first deployed in 1982 and will be replaced by the SSC, which has an increased payload, starting in 2018.
Work will be performed primarily in the Washington, D.C., Boston, MA, and Pascagoula, MS areas.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Lun 3 Oct 2011 - 0:53 | |
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L'US Navy met en service son 61ème destroyer du type Arleigh Burke03/10/2011
L'USS Spruance (DDG 111) a été admis au service actif le 1er octobre lors d'une cérémonie qui s'est déroulée sur la base navale de Key West. Construit par les chantiers BIW de Bath, dans l'Etat du Maine, le 61ème destroyer lance-missiles du type Arleigh Burke va rejoindre la flotte du Pacifique. Il sera basé à San Diego et intégré au 23ème escadron de destroyers.
Long de 155.3 mètres pour un déplacement de 9200 tonnes en charge, l'USS Spruance est armé par un équipage de 285 marins. Doté du système de défense aérienne Aegis, le DDG 111 peut mettre en oeuvre 96 missiles (SM-2-MR, SM-3, ESSM RIM, Tomahawk) et dispose d'une tourelle de 127 mm, un système multitubes Phalanx (emplacement pour un second système), deux canons de 25 mm, quatre mitrailleuses de 12.7 mm, six tubes lance-torpilles, ainsi qu'un hangar pour deux hélicoptères Seahawk. Pour mémoire, la tête de série, l'USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), a été mis en service en juillet 1991. En tout, l'US Navy devrait se doter de 70 destroyers de ce type. M&M _________________ | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Lun 3 Oct 2011 - 14:34 | |
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ATK to provide ammunition for US Navy
The US Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) has awarded a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to ATK for the supply of AA40 5.56mm frangible ammunition.
The frangible ammunition has been designed to disintegrate into small fragments on impact and reduce the risk of personal injury and collateral damage during military operations in urban terrain and close-quarters battle.
The US Navy, Marine Corps and Coastguard will use the polymer-compound round in rifles and carbines for training purposes.
Work under the $46.5m contract will be carried out at the company's facility in Anoka, Minnesota, US, and is likely to be completed by August 2016.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Lun 3 Oct 2011 - 17:07 | |
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Helicopter crashes at Jefferson City airport
Jefferson City police officers stand by the cockpit of a Navy Seahawk helicopter as fire crews check the scene after the aircraft was damaged in an “aggressive emergency landing” Saturday at Memorial Airport. Photo by Deborah Cote.
Authorities are investigating the cause for a helicopter crash at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport on Saturday afternoon.
The crash occurred just before 2 p.m.
The aircraft reportedly got up to about 25-30 feet in the air before coming down on one of the runways.
Reports from the Jefferson City Fire Department indicate this was a military helicopter that was on it's way to San Diego and had stopped to refuel in Jefferson City.
They said this was a Navy Seahawk that only had 20 hours of flight service.
Authorities later said the helicopter cost $38 million.
Fire Chief Bob Rennick said it was his understanding that the chopper was being taken from a Lockheed Martin facility in New York, where it was built.
Witnesses told reporters that the helicopter had taken off with no problem , but shortly afterwards the rear rotor appeared to have malfunctioned, causing the chopper to come back down onto the runway. The rear section of the helicopter appeared to have the brunt of the damage.
Authorities said the pilot lost power to the tail rotor and was forced to make a “aggressive emergency landing.”
“From what I’m being told, very few have walked away from such an accident,” Rennick said.
Three Naval personnel were on board at the time of the crash. Authorities said it was a veteran crew and all had logged numerous hours of flying time.
The serviceman who was sitting in the rear of the chopper, which took the brunt of the crash, was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a fractured vertebra in his back.
Another crew member also was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor cuts and scrapes.
He later returned to the airport to assist the pilot, who was not hurt, to go over the crashed aircraft and make sure that any sensitive equipment on board was secured.
The chopper was not part of an airshow that was taking place Saturday afternoon at the airport.
Air traffic into the airport was shut down for about two hours.
Crews from Fort Leonard Wood were called up to get the fuel out of the chopper.
Authorities said the chopper would eventually be moved to one of the hangers at the airport.
Military authorities, not the FAA, will handle the investigation of the crash.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Mer 5 Oct 2011 - 14:51 | |
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- San Diego (LPD 22) Returns From Successful Builder's Sea Trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced that the company's sixth amphibious transport dock, San Diego (LPD 22), returned over the weekend from successful builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is currently under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding.
"This is one of the best and most successful trials I've been on aboard an LPD ship," said Doug Lounsberry, Ingalls' vice president and program manager, LPD 17 Program. "Everybody came together and worked hard to make this a great builder's trials, and I have been impressed with the dedication of our shipbuilders to get San Diego ready for this event. It takes four to five years to build one of these ships, and the men and women we have aboard this ship have invested a large part of their lives to seeing San Diego get to this point. I am very proud of each and every one of them for their hard work."
Ingalls' test and trials team thoroughly tested the ship's main propulsion, communications, steering and navigational radar systems, among others. More than 200 test events took place during the four-day sea trial, including anchor handling, flight operations, ballasting/de-ballasting the well deck and compartment air balancing.
"This builder's trial has gone very well," said Richard Schenk, Ingalls' vice president, test and trials. "It has given us an opportunity to test many of the systems on this ship—from combat to steering to propulsion—and this ship has performed extremely well. When our shipbuilders get the opportunity to see the fruits of their labor—not just the finished ship but also how well it performs on trials—they are clearly proud of what they have accomplished. This has been a joint effort between our shipbuilders and the United States Navy. Just like our men and women, the ship's crew has also shown a lot of pride in this ship and is very excited to see what their new home is all about."
The ship will now prepare for acceptance sea trials to demonstrate the same tests and seaworthiness to the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy by the end of 2011.
The LPD 17-class ships are a key element of the Navy's ability to project power ashore. Collectively they functionally replace more than 41 ships (the LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113 and LST 1179 classes of amphibious ships), providing the Navy and Marine Corps with modern, sea-based platforms that are networked, survivable and built to operate with 21st century platforms, such as the MV-22 Osprey.
The San Antonio-class ships are 684 feet long and 105 feet wide and displace approximately 25,000 tons. Their principal mission is to deploy the combat and support elements of Marine Expeditionary Units and Brigades. The ships can carry up to 800 troops and have the capability of transporting and debarking air cushion (LCAC) or conventional landing crafts, augmented by helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft such as the MV-22. These ships will support amphibious assault, special operations or expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Jeu 6 Oct 2011 - 13:57 | |
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Supporting Europe’s Missile defense Initiative, U.S. Navy to Position Four AEGIS ships in Rota, Spain
In March 2011 USS Monterey (CG 61) deployed for a six-month independent deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. On this voyage, the AEGIS cruiser provided the first ballistic missile defense under the European Phased Adaptive Approach. The cruiser is seen here on one of its Mediterranean port visits in Greece, in May 2011. Photo: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy is relocating four AEGIS destroyers to be stationed at port of Rota, spain on the Atlantic Ocean coast. “The alliance is significantly boosting combined naval capabilities in the Mediterranean, and enhancing our ability to ensure the security of this vital region.” The move comes just seven months after the Pentagon sent another AEGIS ship, USS Monterey, to the Mediterranean, marking the first of the administration’s four-phase plan to put a missile defense system in Europe by 2018.
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta said. These AEGIS ships will support NATO’s missile defense effort, alongside the planned positioning of radar stations and, eventually, land-based AEGIS missile systems in Romania, Poland, and Turkey. “Spain’s decision represents a critical step in implementing the European Phased Adaptive Approach, as our leaders agreed to in Lisbon. For its part, the United States is fully committed to building a missile defense capability for the full coverage and protection of all our NATO European populations, their territory and their forces against the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.” Panetta added.
According to Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, by 2013, Spain would “decisively support a large part of the naval portion” of the [European missile defense] system. The system, the Spanish president added, will have a positive economic impact on Rota, requiring the presence of 1,100 military staff and their families, representing 1,000 jobs.
In addition to supporting the new missile defense capability, these Aegis ships will support the Standing NATO Maritime Groups, and maritime security cooperation activities in the Mediterranean Basin and the Atlantic Ocean. The agreement also enables the United States to provide rapid and responsive support to the U.S. Africa and U.S. Central Commands, as needed.
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Service officials could decommission carrier
Under heavy pressure to find real cuts, Navy officials are seriously considering decommissioning a nuclear aircraft carrier halfway through its planned lifespan, two Pentagon sources confirmed.
George Washington’s three-year-long refueling overhaul, scheduled to begin in 2016, would be canceled under the scheme, and the ship would be decommissioned as its reactor fuel ran out.
Along with the carrier, the Navy could also disband one of its 10 carrier air wings — a move which would save roughly as much money and people as cutting the ship.
Decommissioning GW would leave the Navy with a 10-ship carrier fleet, a move which would need to be approved by Congress. U.S. law currently mandates an 11-ship force.
Navy officials would not confirm or deny the story.
“Until the 2013 president’s budget request is submitted to Congress in February 2012 and becomes part of the public record, all decisions are pre-decisional and it would be inappropriate to discuss specific details,” Navy spokeswoman Lt. Courtney Hillson said Thursday.
The Pentagon is under a White House directive to find at least $464 billion in cuts over the next 10 years, and more severe reductions could be coming should the so-called congressional supercommittee not be able to agree in the coming weeks on a budget reduction plan.
Navy officials early this year were considering stretching out the carrier construction program — taking six or seven years to build Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) rather than the current five — and some factions urged delaying the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) by several years. Those considerations now seem to have gone by the wayside, and budget officials are focusing on the refueling overhauls as a way to reduce the force.
The Nimitz-class carriers now in service are designed with 50-year service lives, which include a major refueling and complex overhaul at the mid-life point. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is now in the final year of her RCOH, and Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is scheduled to enter Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. — where all the carriers are built and the RCOH overhauls done — next summer.
The Navy already is spending money for Lincoln’s overhaul, and awarded Newport News a $206 million contract in February to continue planning and preparation work.
Asked Sept. 15 if the Lincoln overhaul might be canceled, Adm. Gary Roughead, then the chief of naval operations, shook his head no. “There would be a lot of wastage on CVN 72 if you were to do that,” he said.
But there were no such statements about George Washington.
No contracts have been let for the GW overhaul. Although the savings won’t appear for a few more years, the reductions would still take place within the 10-year window.
If the scheme goes forward, the ship could be decommissioned sometime between 2016 and 2021. The deciding factor could be monetary, or a simple matter of how much nuclear fuel remains in the ship’s two reactors.
Easing the situation is the fact that George Washington is based in Japan, where the Navy shares facilities at Yokosuka naval shipyard with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Japanese government contributes to the carrier’s upkeep, and the dockyard has an excellent reputation for maintaining ships.
GW also may be able to run longer past her half-life refueling point because she doesn’t need to steam thousands of miles from the U.S. to reach the western Pacific, the ship’s normal operating area.
But with GW out of service, the Navy would also save millions by not operating the ship for another 20 or more years. Not only would the ship’s current crew of about 2,700 not be needed, but many thousands of future sailors won’t need to be trained. A similar number of sailors come with each carrier air wing.
The Navy wouldn’t need the 70-plus aircraft in the wing, and wouldn’t need to train those pilots and aircrew and pay to fly the planes.
A price could be paid, however, in a higher operating tempo for the remaining carrier fleet. Like the submarine force, it’s possible that deployments of seven or eight months, or more, could become the norm.
Whether or not the Navy requests permission to decommission the ship in the upcoming 2013 budget request may be a moot point with a presidential election year coming in 2012. Congress raised its collective ire only a few years ago when the service asked for permission to temporarily drop to a 10-ship fleet during time Enterprise is decommissioned in 2013 and Ford is commissioned in 2016. But when the request was resubmitted in an off-election year, virtually no objections were raised.
One veteran observer opined that the Navy could cancel or defer the refueling overhaul, but leave a specific request to decommission the ship until after the election.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Jeu 13 Oct 2011 - 12:33 | |
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- U.S. Navy Orders 16 Additional DFC Kits
GE Marine announced that the United States Navy has ordered an additional 16 Digital Fuel Control (DFC) kits for LM2500 marine aeroderivative gas turbines. The 16 LM2500s, which will be retrofitted, power the U.S. Navy’s CG-47 Ticonderoga-class cruisers and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as the T-AOE-8 fast combat ship.
The DFC kits are a technology now standard on new LM2500 and LM2500+ engines, with the previous-generation LM2500s using a hydro-mechanical control system, according to GE Marine. The LM2500s already retrofitted on select DDG-51 and CG-47 class ships have accumulated nearly 200 000 DFC operating hours. The kits are installed as part of a U.S. Navy’s ship system modernization program.
The first LM2500 equipped with the DFC technology was installed by the U.S. Navy in 1994 aboard the Watson class large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships. The DFC technology also has been delivered to international navies for LM2500 gas turbines applications, as well as on a variety of commercial projects where GE gas turbines are used to power cruise ships and fast ferries.
Primary DFC retrofit kit components include a fuel metering valve and two VSV actuators, both with redundant electronic feedback. An upgraded engine controller and shipboard wiring changes are also required to incorporate the DFC kit, GE Marine said.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 14 Oct 2011 - 11:36 | |
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Rolls-Royce awarded $99.9 million contract for US Navy T-45 Trainer engine support
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $99.9 million MissionCare™ contract by the US Department of Defense Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy’s T-45 training aircraft.
This exercises the third year of the contract to provide guaranteed engine availability, which includes support ranging from on-wing through intermediate and depot level maintenance, under the base contract signed in 2008. MissionCare is used within the Rolls-Royce Defence sector to apply commercial Power By The Hour® principles to the unique requirements of the defence industry. Total value of the contract is $476.91 million over the five-year term.
Patricia O’Connell, Rolls-Royce, President, Customer Business Defence, stated: “We are proud of our continued partnership with the US Navy and its mission to prepare student aviators for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. We look forward to another successful year of providing the best engine readiness and availability.”
Under the terms of the agreement, which is administered by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Rolls-Royce will provide all maintenance, support, troubleshooting, parts supply and logistics for both the F405 engine and the aircraft gas turbine starting system.
This contract provides comprehensive propulsion services to more than 200 aircraft, operating at four main Naval Air Stations – Kingsville, Texas; Meridian, Mississippi; Pensacola, Florida and Patuxent River, Maryland. Work is expected to be completed in September 2012.
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Lun 17 Oct 2011 - 14:08 | |
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Subs may serve attack, guided-missile functions
In only eight years, the Navy will need to begin building a new class of ballistic-missile submarines. Not long after that, in the mid-2020s, a new attack submarine class is scheduled to be developed. And by the back half of the 2020s, the fleet’s four guided-missile submarines will be worn out and need replacement — and with them will go nearly two-thirds of the sub fleet’s cruise-missile tubes.
With money tight and resources increasingly stretched thin, the submarine force continues to consider a merger of the attack and guided-missile concepts, an option that would retain the impressive missile-carrying and special operations abilities of the four SSGNs, only spread out over as many as 20 new attack subs.
According to a briefing from the Navy’s Submarine Warfare Division, or N87, “this design option has been technically studied and is feasible.”
The idea would be to insert a new hull section with large missile tubes into the existing Virginia-class design. The exact number of missile tubes has yet to be agreed on, although most studies indicate four tubes would be optimal. The new section would be about 94 feet long and increase the length of the submarines, which today stretch 377 feet, by about 25 percent.
Two of the tubes, known as Virginia Payload Tubes, are being installed in the bows of Block III Virginia-class submarines, beginning with North Dakota, which is under construction. The bow VPTs are able to carry six Tomahawk cruise missiles apiece and replace 12 single-tube missile launchers of the original design. Although the VPTs are able to carry a larger variety of payloads, including vehicles and other gear, the bow location prevents dry access when the sub is submerged.
The new hull section, known as the Virginia Payload Module, would feature four in-line, 87-inch-diameter missile tubes able to carry a range of payloads, from Tomahawks — seven apiece, for a total of 28 — to other items that could be floated out. The VPM tubes are configured with access hatches and connectors to enable their use by special operations forces.
The concept continues to be studied and refined by the submarine force and its submarine builders, General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News.
With the VPM, the resulting total of 40 cruise missiles per stretched submarine would not equal the 154-missile payload of the SSGNs, but, if carried out over 20 submarines representing Blocks 5, 6 and 7, the new submarines would make up much of the missile capacity of the four SSGNs.
The 10 Block 5 submarines that are being considered for the VPM begin with the SSNs to be funded in 2019. Block 6, beginning in 2024, and Block 7, beginning in 2029, would each contain five boats, a limit set by Congress.
N87 estimates the VPM would add $400 million to $500 million to the roughly $2.6 billion cost of each new submarine.
“This may seem like a lot of money,” N87’s briefing said about the increase, “until you consider that you can stretch ten Virginias for the cost of one new SSGN.”
A decision on whether to incorporate the stretch into the Block 5 submarines and delay a new attack submarine until 2034 rests first with Navy leaders.
“It needs to be a decision by the chief of naval operations as to what the [revised] 30-year shipbuilding plan will look like,” said John Padgett, a retired rear admiral who heads the Naval Submarine League.
To complete the change, the Navy would need to make a business and operational case for the redesign. The Pentagon would then need to approve the cost changes, and ultimately Congress would decide whether to go forward.
If the first stretched submarine is to be ordered in 2019, a decision would have to be made several years in advance to allow time for redesign work.
The stretched Virginias represent a solution to one of the four top priorities listed by the submarine force:
• Develop the Ohio-class replacement.
• Add two attack submarines to the 30-year construction plan to meet a shortfall between available submarines and requirements. The submarines would be added in 2018 and 2023, where current plans call for only one boat.
• Delay the Virginia-class follow-on until after completion of the Ohio replacement program.
• Add the VPM to at least 20 Virginias, a move that would delay the need to begin a follow-on design until at least 2034, or after production of the Ohio replacement.
Expanding payloads
The submarine force also is looking to develop new payloads for its submarines.
N87, which is headed by Rear Adm. Barry Bruner, declined numerous requests for an interview for this story, but according to recent briefings, the force is looking for new or improved payloads to:
• Boost intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance abilities with unmanned, underwater vehicles.
• Provide better decoy devices.
• Develop a defensive anti-air warfare weapon.
• Add “long-reach” weapons.
• Beef up anti-surface warfare capabilities and develop a nonlethal anti-surface warfare weapon.
• Create a new strike torpedo.
• Improve “time-critical strike” weapons that can respond within minutes to an unexpected target.
• Improve special operations forces capabilities.
Submarines with these capabilities, coupled with the wide range of weapons already fielded, “provide operational ambiguity that is difficult to counter,” according to the brief.
“Imagine having to defend against every possible SSN capability because you cannot determine through imagery or observation its payload mix or mission.” navytimes | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Mer 19 Oct 2011 - 12:53 | |
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- Extending the legacy of the Raytheon-Navy torpedo enterprise partnership
TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $42.6 million U.S. Navy contract to provide MK54 lightweight torpedo hardware. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will deliver a total of 100 MK54 kits for U.S. fleet inventory and in support of foreign military sales.
This award includes options for additional quantities for both domestic and international assets. Total contract value, if all options are exercised, could exceed $550 million over five years.
"Together with the Navy customer, we will leverage our collective expertise to continue to advance the reliability and effectiveness of the MK54 torpedo," said Kevin Peppe, IDS' vice president of Seapower Capability Systems. "Our dedication to quality and execution stems from our commitment to our customer – to deliver the most affordable and effective undersea weapons to naval fleets around the world."
Raytheon is the U.S. Navy's sole production supplier for lightweight torpedoes, in production since 1999. With an established infrastructure and experienced workforce, the company works directly with the Navy to meet the torpedo requirements of U.S. and allied fleets.
Together, the Navy and Raytheon have formed a total enterprise partnership, Team Torpedo, dedicated to the design and production of the world's most capable torpedoes. Raytheon's Team Torpedo combines manufacturing, design engineering and support services expertise with the systems engineering and testing capabilities of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) operations in Newport, R.I., and Keyport, Wash.
Work on the contracts will be performed at Raytheon IDS' Torpedo and Readiness Center, co-located with the U.S. Navy at NUWC Division Keyport, Wash., and at the Seapower Capability Center, Portsmouth, R.I. Raytheon Company | |
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| | Sujet: Re: US Navy Ven 21 Oct 2011 - 17:11 | |
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Navy To Arm LCS With New Missile System
Washington: The Navy's newest warship now has a new missile system to go with it.
The Navy will deploy the Raytheon-built Griffin missile system on board its growing fleet of Littoral Combat Ships, Rear Adm. James Murdoch, program executive officer for LCS, said today.
An unmodified version of the short-range, surface-to-air missile will be installed onto LCS-1, the USS Freedom. Modification work on the Lockheed Martin-built ship's missile launchers is now underway, so it will be able to fire the Griffin, Murdoch said.
The Griffin missile system will be part of the anti-surface warfare mission module being built for both the Lockheed steel-hulled vessels and Austal's aluminum-hulled ships.
The first mission modules will be installed on the LCS ship by fiscal year 2014, but those modules will not include the Griffin, according to Murdoch. The mission modules that include the Griffin system won't go to sea until later, he added. The first module with the Griffin missile will be installed on the USS Freedom.
The other mission packages currently in the works for LCS will cover anti-submarine and anti-mine warfare.
The Griffin will replace the now-canceled Non-Line of Sight Launch missile system that Navy officials initially planned to put onto the LCS.
The Navy teamed up with the Army on NLOS-LS acquisition, with the Army planning to field a version of the missile on their fleet of tactical vehicles. Earlier this year, the ground service was forced to cancel the weapon due to rising costs associated with its development.
That prompted a Navy-led study study on potential NLOS-LS replacements, which led to selection of the Griffin missile system for the LCS. Murdoch did admit the Griffin missile lacks many of capabilities that NLOS had, especially against long-range targets. To try and close those gaps, Murdoch said the Navy plans a competition for a follow-on missile to the Griffin by the end of this year. That follow-on missile will be designed to hit targets "beyond the horizon," Murdoch said. defense.aol.com | |
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