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U.S. Navy's Magnetic Launch System Success

By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS
Published: 20 Dec 2010 13:33

The U.S. Navy's new electro-magnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) - perhaps the most critical unproven element in the first new aircraft carrier design in four decades - launched its first aircraft Dec. 18, manufacturer General Atomics has confirmed.



The launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet supersonic strike fighter took place at Naval Air System Command's facility at the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N. J., Navy officials confirmed. One launch was conducted on Dec. 18, while several more launches took place the following day.

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A lot is riding on the successful development of the new launch system. EMALS is a critical piece of technology that will be installed in the new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, the first of which is now under construction. If the system isn't ready in time, the Navy would have to revert to older steam catapults to launch aircraft from the ships, a move which would mean costly delays and re-designs.

An official announcement by the Navy confirming the launches is expected to be released Dec. 20.

More than 722 launches of test loads have been made at the Lakehurst facility this year, at speeds up to 180 knots, the highest end-speed requirement for the system.

Other Navy carrier aircraft, including C-2 carrier-on-board-delivery (COD) and T-45 Goshawk jet trainers, will be part of the EMALS test program in 2011, said Rob Koon, a spokesman for NAVAIR.

La nota del NAVAIR:

http://www.navair.navy.mil/press_releas ... ew&id=4468

[urquhart]

Hola a todos:

felicidades a la USN... hace poco cumplieron un siglo de uso de aviones desde navíos, y a partir de ahora se abre un nuevo mundo a la aviación embarcada... si Frank “Spig” Wead y Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher pudieran verlo...

Saludos.

[dilbert]

El video del lanzamiento
...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLsg_vi ... _embedded#!

[Alvaro059]

Documental de la élite de la Fuerza Naval EEUU:

1 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAo4QKnLSwk

2 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4f28-S ... re=related

3 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMzWh0Yo ... re=related

4 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2iVjtMG ... re=related

5 video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcU9t8r0 ... re=related



SALUDOS

[galix]

Congress Wants Ship Missile Defense Plan

Congress wants the U.S. Navy to submit a report by March 31 to show how the service plans to incorporate its ship-based ballistic missile defense requirements with its force structure needs, according to the recently passed defense authorization legislation.

The report should include :

• An analysis of whether the requirement for sea-based missile defense can be accommodated by upgrading Aegis ships that exist as of the date of the report or by procuring additional combatant surface vessels.

• A discussion of whether such sea-based missile defense will require increasing the overall number of combatant surface vessels beyond the requirement of 88 cruisers and destroyers in the Navy’s 313-ship fleet plan.

• A discussion of the process for determining the number of Aegis ships needed by each commander of the combatant commands to fulfill ballistic missile defense requirements, including the number of such ships required to support the “phased, adaptive approach” to ballistic missile defense in Europe.

• A discussion of the impact of Aegis Ashore missile defense deployments, as well as deployment of other elements of the ballistic missile defense system, on Aegis ballistic missile defense ship force structure requirements.

• A discussion of the potential effect of ballistic missile defense operations on the ability of the Navy to meet surface fleet demands in each geographic area and for each mission set.

• An evaluation of how the Aegis ballistic missile defense program can succeed as part of a balanced fleet of adequate size and strength to meet the security needs of the U.S.

• A description of both the shortfalls and the benefits of expected technological advancements in the sea-based missile defense program.

• A description of the anticipated plan for deployment of Aegis ballistic missile defense ships within the context of the fleet-response plan.

Saludos

[dilbert]

Parece que quieren disponer de los LCS cuanto antes...

Navy authorized to buy two littoral ship versions

By Erik Slavin
Stars and Stripes
Published: December 23, 2010

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy’s leadership got its wish on one of its top priorities Wednesday, when President Barack Obama signed a bill that lets the service spend roughly $9.8 billion on two versions of the Littoral Combat Ship.

Congress has authorized the Navy to purchase up to 20 ships as part of a larger bill to keep the government running through March 4 at 2010 spending levels, according to Reuters.

Without that addition, the Navy would have been forced to choose between Lockheed Martin’s monohull design and Austal USA’s trimaran for its initial order of ships.
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One of each design, the USS Freedom and the USS Independence, have already joined the fleet. The ships are envisioned as a fast, coastal force with the ability to fight submarines, defeat mines and launch small boats in rough seas. The Navy plans on buying 55 Littoral Combat Ships through 2035, according to government reports.

However, the LCS program was criticized for technical snags and budget overruns in a September 2010 General Accountability Office report, then attacked again during a Dec. 14 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Sen. John McCain, the most vociferous critic of the program’s overspending, questioned whether buying dual seaframes would result in higher long-term costs.

Navy officials countered that the competitive bids, which they could not entirely disclose because of bidding rules, offered $2.9 billion in savings over the previous plan to select only one seaframe.

“I believe we have arrived at an opportunity to realize significant real savings within our shipbuilding program, and we have done so by following congressional guidance,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the committee in support of the dual-build strategy Dec. 14.

[Anderson]

U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Team Contract to Construct up to 10 Littoral Combat Ships.

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The U.S. Navy has awarded a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a fixed-price-incentive-fee contract to construct up to 10 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).

The first of the 10 ships will be acquired in 2010, at a contract value of $437 million, and the rest via options through 2015. If all options are exercised, the total value of the ship construction portion of the contract will reach approximately $3.6 billion.

“The Lockheed Martin team’s Littoral Combat Ship is designed to confront rapidly changing global threats while providing a cost-effective solution in an era of tight budgets,” said Lockheed Martin Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens. “This team’s strong performance will enable the Navy to deploy a class of affordable, multi-mission combatants to address the nation’s needs for decades to come.”

“The LCS is uniquely designed to win against 21st century threats in coastal waters posed by increasingly capable submarines, mines and swarming small craft,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead. “Both designs provide the capabilities our Navy needs, and each offers unique features that will provide fleet commanders with a high level of flexibility in employing these ships.”

Prior to this competition, Lockheed Martin was awarded contracts to construct two ships for this new class. The Lockheed Martin-led team designed and constructed USS Freedom (LCS 1), which was delivered to the Navy in 2008 and completed its first deployment to the U.S. Southern and U.S. Pacific Command areas of responsibility earlier this year. Throughout its deployment, the ship and crew conducted four drug interdictions and seized more than five tons of cocaine. USS Freedom also participated in the world’s largest maritime exercise, known as Rim of the Pacific 2010, where it interacted with international navies from 13 nations.

At the same time, the Lockheed Martin team is constructing LCS 3, Fort Worth, and construction remains on cost and on schedule. The program is more than 80 percent complete and the ship was recently christened and launched – a milestone reached in just 20 months since the contract award.

http://www.lmlcsteam.com/?p=1431

Saludos.

[capricornio]

Encontré estas fotos del USS Independence:
http://www.cosasexclusivas.com/2010/09/ ... lcs-2.html
Un saludo

[ecuatoriano]

Navy investigates raunchy videos; some at odds over future of captain

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/04/na ... =allsearch

[Anderson]

Siguiendo con las noticias del LCS. Paul Lemmo de Lockheed Martin habló hoy sobre el reciente contrato de la Marina para la construcción de los Littoral Combat Ship.

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=365&sid=2221393

Saludos!

[Anderson]

Aunque se van a construir los dos tipos de LCS, ¿hay noticias sobre cual de los dos buques ha dado mejor resultado a la US Navy? El USS Freedom de LM o el USS Independence de Austal

Demasiado prematuro para saberlo goshawk. Como bien dice la nota, las dos compañías están construyendo los buques para cumplir con los mismos requerimientos operacionales, pero los dos productos son diferentes tanto en diseño como en construcción. Sólo el desempeño y la experiencia de las tripulaciones develará en un futuro la respuesta a tu pregunta. Lo cierto es que los contratos se convirtieron en verdaderos regalos de fin de año para ambas compañías. Y a un costo estimado en US430 millones la unidad, ya empiezan a buscar la forma de aminorar los costos efectuando ventas al exterior.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/01/03/usn-l ... wer-costs/

Es lo que conlleva el poder mantener el complejo industrial-militar estadounidense operando a plena marcha.

Un saludo!

[Yorktown]

Los diez LCS's, motorizados por gentileza de Su Graciosa Majestad.

Rolls-Royce Lands Large US Navy Order

British engine maker Rolls-Royce has announced its largest ever marine naval surface ship contract to supply vessels for the US Navy.

The company will deliver gas turbines, waterjets and propulsion system software for ten US Navy Littoral Combat Ships made by defence firm Lockheed Martin.

Rolls-Royce already supplies propulsion equipment on two Lockheed Martin vessels and said there was an option for a further nine ships in future.

It would not confirm the exact value of the deal but a spokesperson told Sky News Online it was worth several hundred million pounds

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Busine ... _#comments

Una pregunta, estos contratos los firma RR directamente con la Navy o con LM?

[santi]

Una pregunta, estos contratos los firma RR directamente con la Navy o con LM?

Imagino que con LM, que es el contratista principal. Supongo que la US Navy sólo trata directamente con esta última. RR es la suministradora de las TG del modelo de LM, de la misma manera que GE lo es del de Northrop Grumman.

Si que es cierto que cuando aun había el plan de encargar sólo uno de los modelos de LCS se comentaba que la idea era abrir lotes sucesivos de fabricación a la competencia, de manera que otros astilleros, a parte del ganador, pudiesen optar a la construcción de los buques.
Imagino que en este caso si que sería, por ejemplo, Marinette (que pertenece a Fincantieri), Austal u otros los que negociarían directamente con la US Navy.
Al encargarse ambos modelos, entiendo que cada equipo se encargará de la contrucción del suyo y que la Navy negocia con los contratistas principales.

Lo que si se rumoreaba es que sería deseable que ambos modelos compartiesen sistema de combate, que a su vez estuviese normalizado con el núcleo de sistema de combate futuro para la US Navy (algo "parecido" al SCOMBA). Eso ahora no sucede. Cada versión emplea un sistema diferente.
Si se llegase a esa comuncalidad en el futuro entiendo que sería también la US Navy la que negociaría directamente con el suministrador....

Saludos

[Juan David]

Giro en U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzveUz-W ... ure=fvwrel

Marineros Saludos.

[Yorktown]

Que avión es el que sale en 1:35?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfImiqpf6eo

Gracias por anticipado.