Aircraft Carriers III

Jura said:

Mar 9, 2018while now
Concept for Lockheed MQ-25A Stingray Unmanned Tanker Bid Revealed

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Jura said:

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if in the future an engines for example takes in a flock of birds or is roughed up by shrapnels and if they then replace it on board after an Osprey delivers stuff, instead of just leaving the aircraft in a hangar, I'll be proven wrong

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There’s been a lot of discussion about the Navy’s progress towards F-35 Joint Strike Fighter integration into a carrier air wing, and the first operational deployment is slated to be on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in 2021.

What isn’t included in most

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discussions, however, is the fact that any first deployment of the Navy’s JSF can’t happen without the CMV-22 Osprey, soon to be the Navy’s new carrier onboard delivery aircraft.

That’s because the Osprey is currently the only aircraft that can land on a carrier flight deck with a large and heavy F-35C engine tucked inside its fuselage.

The aircraft that will actually deploy in 2021 have yet to be built, but they will be here fast.

“Carrier onboard delivery has always been a mission profile for this aircraft from the start,” Rich Meanor, a Boeing global marketing representative, said at the Navy League’s annual Sea, Air and Space exposition.

“It’s no secret that the Marine Corps has been flying these aircraft at sea for sometime now, but the Navy’s CMV-22B will have slight modifications to better suit it for carrier operations.”

Those modifications come in the form of greater fuel capacity in the fuselage and wings that will allow the aircraft to carry up to 6,000 pounds for a distance of 1,100 nautical miles. That’s quite an upgrade from the aircraft it’s replacing, the C-2A Greyhound, which has a cargo capacity of only 800 pounds and a shorter range of 1,000 nautical miles.

A special high-frequency antenna has also been added to help the aircraft navigate long distances over open water, a feature Meanor said the Marine Corps version didn’t need. There’s also a beefed up cargo compartment intercom system, as the aircraft will also ferry people to and from the carrier.

The Navy will soon field two prototype aircraft featuring all the new bells and whistles, with the first one expected to be delivered in late 2019. The production models are expected to start rolling off the assembly lines sometime in 2020.

“The CMV-22B is expected to deploy in much the same fashion as the C-2A does and will most likely have similar three-aircraft detachments when they deploy with carrier air wings,” Meanor said. “But some of those details are still being worked out.”

The Navy has yet to decide where the fleet replacement squadron will be based, but it will either be Norfolk and San Diego.

“The Marine Corps has a training squadron at New River, North Carolina,” Meanor said. “There are Navy pilots already going through training there.”

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Deploying ships and aircraft of the strike group, commanded by Rear Adm. Gene Black, include flagship USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), commanded by Capt. Nick Dienna; the nine squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1; guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60); and guided-missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron Two Eight (DESRON 28), including USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), and USS Farragut (DDG 99).

The Sachsen-class German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221) is also operating as part of the strike group during the first half of the deployment. Guided-missile destroyers USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) and USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) are slated to deploy from their homeports and rejoin the strike group at a future date.

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Jura said:

Mar 17, 2018
now Boeing Chooses Rolls-Royce Engine for MQ-25 Offering

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has successfully demonstrated flight deck taxi capability for the MQ-25. Using a

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as a surrogate, the company demonstrated its unmanned platforms can integrate with the complexities of flight deck operations.

The Avenger specifically showed it could taxi and transition to launch and recovery phases. “This demonstration proves that the GA-ASI solution will integrate into existing ship operations, and that translates into less time spent steaming into the wind for launches and recoveries,” David R. Alexander, president of GA-ASI’s aircraft systems unit, said in a news release.

Flight deck operators used specially designed wands that enabled the unmanned system to “see“ standard Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization flight deck director hand gestures using GA-ASI recognition algorithms.

“MQ-25 will be able to ‘talk back’ to the controller and other flight deck personnel using a small series of LEDs that change colors and/or flash to show that they have received a command and indicate the aircraft’s condition or operating state,” Alexander said. “To give you an idea of how the system works, think Wii for aircraft control.”

The other companies competing for the MQ-25 contract ― Boeing and Lockheed Martin ― have also been making progress on their respective proposals. Boeing has already constructed one prototype and may very well be close to

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has opted not to construct a prototype until a contract has been awarded. However, Rob Weiss, outgoing head of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, said the company is “prepared to move into an accelerated program for the development phase.”

The Navy plans to pick an MQ-25 vendor this summer and will award a contract for the four engineering and manufacturing development aircraft, with an option for three more test assets.

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Obi Wan Russell said:

The deck doesn't melt, but the overheating can lead to structural problems over time. AFAIK, the Thermion coating of the QEC deck is certainly all down the portside of the deck where the runway is and all the landing spots are. It probably covers the full width of the flight deck aft of the 2nd island, as precious RN practice has been to use all of the aft flight deck for landing as and when required. ...

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