United States Navy (USN) : News & Discussions

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One of the new FORD-class features: in-deck aircraft fueling stations. No more running fuel hoses across the deck. Now aircraft just taxi to a station to gas-and-go. This is a VFA-31 Tomcatter F/A-18E Super Hornet swapping out aviators & topping off during carrier qualifications pic.twitter.com/QGEk46GttO

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) October 10, 2022

 

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One of the new FORD-class features: in-deck aircraft fueling stations. No more running fuel hoses across the deck. Now aircraft just taxi to a station to gas-and-go. This is a VFA-31 Tomcatter F/A-18E Super Hornet swapping out aviators & topping off during carrier qualifications pic.twitter.com/QGEk46GttO

— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) October 10, 2022

urprisingly, the Navy says it's already exceeded the designed sortie generation rate. With only half of an air wing on board. And they weren't even trying to exceed it. The consolidated fueling and arming points drastically speed up flight deck operations over the Nimitz class. While we'll have to wait and see if they can do that in a real operational capacity, it does look like that rate is well within the capability of the Ford.

 

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1 of the 11 advanced weapon elevators of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) [4000x3000]
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A photo released by the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet shows a modular SM-6 launcher system within the U.S. European Command (EUCOM). Naval News inquired to the #USMC 🇺🇲🚀 @USNavyEuropehttps://t.co/prN0Ymad00

— Naval News (@navalnewscom) October 10, 2022

 

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US Navy touts hypersonic missile progress ahead of 2025 fielding

Though two flight tests had been called failures, Vice Adm. Wolfe said the Army and Navy are learning fast and still poised to meet their fielding goals.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Navy Details Hypersonic Missile Plan for Zumwalt Destroyers, Virginia Submarines - USNI News

ARLINGTON, Va. – The trio of Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers could each field up to a dozen hypersonic missiles, with the first ship ready for testing in 2025, USNI News has learned. The service has determined that the hull can accommodate four 87-inch missile tubes that can each hold...

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The service has determined that the hull can accommodate four 87-inch missile tubes that can each hold multiple missiles, Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe the head of the Navy’s strategic systems programs, told reporters on Tuesday at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium.

USNI News understands the Navy has determined in previous studies that three Common Hypersonic Glide Bodies (C-HGB) and their boosters could fit in each 87-inch tube – or 12 missiles per Zumwalt.

 

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US Navy Developing Torpedo-Tube Underwater Drone Recovery System

The US Navy is developing a torpedo-tube launch and recovery system for nuclear attack submarine-launched underwater drones.

www.thedefensepost.com

 

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US Navy Details Hypersonic Missile Plan for Zumwalt Destroyers, Virginia Submarines - Naval News

The trio of Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers could each field up to a dozen hypersonic missiles, with the first ship ready for testing in 2025

www.navalnews.com

 

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Click here for details⬇️https://t.co/FWl3VtGpH8

— JMSDF Self-Defense Fleet ENG (@JMSDF_SDF_ENG) November 10, 2022

U.S. Pacific Allies Want to Work Together to Blunt Chinese Nuclear Threat - USNI Newshttps://t.co/wppwYfU0Ck pic.twitter.com/AQTCspwX7A

— USNI News (@USNINews) November 10, 2022

 

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Bath-built ships USS Normandy & USS Thomas Hudner sail with Danish & Canadian frigates during Exercise Silent Wolverine, Nov. 7. The US-led exercise tests Ford-class aircraft carrier capabilities through naval warfare scenarios in the Atlantic. #BathBuiltinAction 📷 via @USNavy pic.twitter.com/J38DENs1KN

— General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (@GDBIW) November 13, 2022

 

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Navy Releases Admiral’s Mast Results from Bonhomme Richard Fire - USNI Newshttps://t.co/8ZQA8COmy8 pic.twitter.com/mm2RSJifpE

— USNI News (@USNINews) November 16, 2022

 

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VFC-13 Fighting Saints bids farewell to the F-5 Tiger II and transitions to the F-16 Fighting Falcon

VFC-13 Fighting Saints bids farewell to the F-5 Tiger II and transitions to the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet

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Warship Chicken in San Diego Bay USS Momsen (DDG-92) & USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) pic.twitter.com/476AajfjNE

— San Diego Web Cam (@SanDiegoWebCam) November 29, 2022

 

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U.S. Strategic Command's official statement today disclosed a visit by the USS West Virginia to the British island territory of Diego Garcia, which hosts major American military facilities, earlier this year. https://t.co/xqVq4yviO3

— Troy Lee-Brown (@DrTLeeBrown) November 29, 2022

 

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It seems to work more like radar, and they also can use it to know the depth, so a submarine would alter the depth.

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/11/30/combining-light-sound-see-underwater/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YyAnxQkeuk

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...ees-underwater-from-aircraft/?sh=6cf808ce69eb

 

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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-s-building-advanced-over-the-horizon-radar-on-palau

Called the Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar, or TACMOR, the sensor station will be installed on the increasingly strategic island of Palau to enhance air and maritime domain situational awareness for U.S. and allied forces in the region. The Department of Defense announced on Dec. 28 that it had awarded a $118.4 million contract to Gilbane Federal for the construction of reinforced concrete pads and foundations in support of the installation of TACMOR equipment on the island. The contracting activity for what’s being called the TACMOR infrastructure project is the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific, and work is expected to be completed by June 2026.