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kwaigonegin

Colonel
All large vessels like carriers and amphibs will have a "torpedo protection system", by which Intrepid apparently means the particular arrangement of below-waterline compartments on the sides of these ships such that they store fuel and water in bulkheads along the outer edges of the ship and make it more resistant to damage from a torpedo:

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An actual torpedo protection system would be something like this CAT system now being deployed aboard Nimitz class carriers as they come in for refit:

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The SSTD is a great system and I'm glad it's currently being installed on most USN ships. This would significantly cut down on the potential of a torpedo strike against capital ships. This is especially useful against wake homers which is why it's installed on the faintail for a quicker and more direct intercept.
 
too hot now in my apartment for
Report to Congress on Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
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the station close to where I live reported 100 F today, highest in the country LOL not much by US standards, but exceptional here, all-time-recorded-high for the 1st of August here if I'm not mistaken

anyway I read
From the Report
The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. Under the FY2019 budget submission, the number of BMD-capable Aegis ships is scheduled to be 41 at the end of FY2019 and 57 at the end of FY2023.

Two Japan-homeported Navy BMD-capable Aegis destroyers included in the above figures—the Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the John S McCain (DDG-56)—were seriously damaged in collisions with merchant ships in waters off the coasts of Japan and Singapore in June 2017 and August 2017, respectively, and are currently being repaired. The temporary loss of these two BMDcapable ships reinforced, at the margin, concerns among some observers about required numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships versus available numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships, particularly for performing BMD operations in the Western Pacific.

Under the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) for European BMD operations, BMDcapable Aegis ships are operating in European waters to defend Europe from potential ballistic missile attacks from countries such as Iran. BMD-capable Aegis ships also operate in the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf to provide regional defense against potential ballistic missile attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iran.

The Aegis BMD program is funded mostly through MDA’s budget. The Navy’s budget provides additional funding for BMD-related efforts. MDA’s proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $1,711.8 million in procurement and research and development funding for Aegis BMD efforts, including funding for two Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania that are to be part of the EPAA. MDA’s budget also includes operations and maintenance (O&M) and military construction (MilCon) funding for the Aegis BMD program.

Issues for Congress regarding the Aegis BMD program include the following:

  • whether to approve, reject, or modify MDA’s FY2019 funding procurement and research and development funding requests for the program;
  • required numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships versus available numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships;
  • the burden that BMD operations may be placing on the Navy’s fleet of Aegis ships, and whether there are alternative ways to perform BMD missions now performed by U.S. Navy Aegis ships, such as establishing more Aegis Ashore sites;
  • burden sharing—how European naval contributions to European BMD capabilities and operations compare to U.S. naval contributions to European BMD capabilities and operations;
  • the potential for ship-based lasers, electromagnetic railguns (EMRGs), and hypervelocity projectiles (HVPs) to contribute in coming years to Navy terminal phase BMD operations and the impact this might eventually have on required numbers of ship-based BMD interceptor missiles; and
  • technical risk and test and evaluation issues in the Aegis BMD program.
 

Air Force Brat

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too hot now in my apartment for
Report to Congress on Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
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the station close to where I live reported 100 F today, highest in the country LOL not much by US standards, but exceptional here, all-time-recorded-high for the 1st of August here if I'm not mistaken

anyway I read
From the Report
The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations. Under the FY2019 budget submission, the number of BMD-capable Aegis ships is scheduled to be 41 at the end of FY2019 and 57 at the end of FY2023.

Two Japan-homeported Navy BMD-capable Aegis destroyers included in the above figures—the Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and the John S McCain (DDG-56)—were seriously damaged in collisions with merchant ships in waters off the coasts of Japan and Singapore in June 2017 and August 2017, respectively, and are currently being repaired. The temporary loss of these two BMDcapable ships reinforced, at the margin, concerns among some observers about required numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships versus available numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships, particularly for performing BMD operations in the Western Pacific.

Under the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) for European BMD operations, BMDcapable Aegis ships are operating in European waters to defend Europe from potential ballistic missile attacks from countries such as Iran. BMD-capable Aegis ships also operate in the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf to provide regional defense against potential ballistic missile attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iran.

The Aegis BMD program is funded mostly through MDA’s budget. The Navy’s budget provides additional funding for BMD-related efforts. MDA’s proposed FY2019 budget requests a total of $1,711.8 million in procurement and research and development funding for Aegis BMD efforts, including funding for two Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania that are to be part of the EPAA. MDA’s budget also includes operations and maintenance (O&M) and military construction (MilCon) funding for the Aegis BMD program.

Issues for Congress regarding the Aegis BMD program include the following:

  • whether to approve, reject, or modify MDA’s FY2019 funding procurement and research and development funding requests for the program;
  • required numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships versus available numbers of BMD-capable Aegis ships;
  • the burden that BMD operations may be placing on the Navy’s fleet of Aegis ships, and whether there are alternative ways to perform BMD missions now performed by U.S. Navy Aegis ships, such as establishing more Aegis Ashore sites;
  • burden sharing—how European naval contributions to European BMD capabilities and operations compare to U.S. naval contributions to European BMD capabilities and operations;
  • the potential for ship-based lasers, electromagnetic railguns (EMRGs), and hypervelocity projectiles (HVPs) to contribute in coming years to Navy terminal phase BMD operations and the impact this might eventually have on required numbers of ship-based BMD interceptor missiles; and
  • technical risk and test and evaluation issues in the Aegis BMD program.

We've had three or 4 days of abnormally KOOL weather?? (Global Warming no doubt?) LOL, its gonna get hot again later this week...
 

Jeff Head

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this thread for The U.S. Navy’s fighter woes are boosting Boeing’s bottom line
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As I have tried to indicate before...one of the really dark things the Obama admin did was to back room cut the maintenance and spare parts programs causing the various departments to canabalize good equipment to keep other equipment going.

Than k God we have some grown ups back in charge who can see what needs to be done and then put in place the plans to get us there...and, might I add, grow the economy at a much more healthy and robust rate, get employment going again, address our energy issues...and heopfull our boder issues too...whih make it easier to fix the issues left by the last admin.

I'd love to see the majority of the Super Hornets, over time upgraded to the advanced, more stealthy Hornet structure Boing has...and I think we will. That would make them even more complimentary to the F-35C fleet as it grows.
 
adding to
Aircraft Carriers III 40 minutes ago
now it's time for a question if there was anybody except me posting about cannibalization when it was ongoing for example
V-22 Osprey Thread - News, Pics, Videos Feb 26, 2017

Aircraft Carriers III Nov 9, 2017

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did other posters go beyond pretty pictures?
:
The spending authority includes $40.8 billion to “overcome the crisis in military aviation” by purchasing more equipment, $17.7 billion to rehabilitate worn-out Army equipment, and $23.5 billion to upgrade and repair “crumbling military buildings and other infrastructure.”
Congress finalizes $717 billion defense budget authorization months ahead of schedule
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timepass

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Boeing to support French air force’s E-3F Sentry upgrades

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Boeing has been awarded a $9.8 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to integrate upgrades for the French air force’s E-3F Sentry airborne early warning aircraft.

The contract, announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is covers indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity modification (64) to contract F19628-01-D-0016 for French Air Force E-3F, Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet with 40 mission-computing software changes and 17 ground-system software changes.

This contract provides the French Air Force E-3F, AWACS fleet with mid-life upgrades.

Work will be performed in Kent, Washington; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Avord Air Base, France. The work is expected to be completed by June 30, 2020. Total cumulative face value of the contract is $393,537,725.

The E-3F Sentry is a special version of aircraft for the French Air Force with CFM56 engines and French modifications.

The aircraft provides an accurate, real-time picture of the battlespace to the Joint Air Operations Center. AWACS provides situational awareness of friendly, neutral and hostile activity, command and control of an area of responsibility, battle management of theater forces, all-altitude and all-weather surveillance of the battle space, and early warning of enemy actions during joint, allied, and coalition operations.

In support of air-to-ground operations, the Sentry can provide direct information needed for interdiction, reconnaissance, airlift and close-air support for friendly ground forces. It can also provide information for commanders of air operations to gain and maintain control of the air battle.

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US Air Force may replace 3 types of aircraft with a single platform
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is looking to replace three aircraft — the E-4B command post, the C-32A executive airlifter and the Navy’s E-6B command post — under the purview of a single program known as NEAT.

Air Force Materiel Command posted the
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Tuesday for NEAT — otherwise known as National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), Executive Airlift, Airborne Command Post (ABNCP), Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO).

The RFI comes after an April Senate hearing where Gen. Robin Rand, the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, said it was time to get “very serious” about replacing the E-4B and E-6B.

While the RFI provides little information into what is specifically sought, it does ask for companies' experience in commercial derivative military aircraft and joint work with other businesses. It also asks companies to propose a “recommended technical solution” for the NEAT program.

According to the RFI, the Pentagon is conducting an analysis of alternatives “that will examine potential synergies in acquiring common platforms that do not sacrifice operational effectiveness or increase the overall cost." The RFI also says the Pentagon is looking for “innovative industry solutions to accomplish the missions performed by the E-4B, E-6B, and C-32A in a more effective and efficient fashion.”

The Boeing 707-derived E-6B Mercury, or the Take Charge And Move Out, belongs to the U.S. Navy, and is likely included on the RFI because of its capability. The aircraft can relay orders to both Navy ballistic missile submarines and Air Force intercontinental ballistic missiles across the American west. The E-6B was originally designed to only communicate with submarines, but it inherited the Air Force mission after the service retired aging EC-135s.
The AoA process can often take more than a year to complete, and is used to provide information for a possible proposed acquisition strategy.

The E-4B National Airborne Operations Center is based on a Boeing 747 and is used to command U.S. forces worldwide, particularly nuclear forces in the case of an emergency; it has sometimes been referred to as the “Doomsday Plane." It’s also used to transport the secretary of defense and his staff. The aircraft is known for its almost all-white paint scheme and the communications node on top. It is operated by Air Force Global Strike Command from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, and entered service in 1974. The Air Force has four, although two were damaged during heavy weather in the summer of 2017.

The Boeing 757-derived C-32A is often seen transporting the vice president or first lady, and, as a result, has been called “Air Force Two.” Four are based at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. The aircraft are relatively new, having entered service in 1998.

This isn’t the first move to develop new capabilities to relay commands to Air Force ICBMs. In October 2017, the Air Force awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins to develop the Airborne Launch Control System Replacement, or ALCS-R. At the time, an Air Force official with knowledge of the ALCS-R program told Defense News that the service was looking to replace the airborne mission equipment on the Navy’s 16 E-6Bs and in 450 launch control centers, which hadn’t been updated since the 1960s.
by the way how came

"The E-4B ...
two were damaged during heavy weather in the summer of 2017."

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Air Force Brat

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kinda interesting
US Air Force may replace 3 types of aircraft with a single platform
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by the way how came

"The E-4B ...
two were damaged during heavy weather in the summer of 2017."

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Summer time tornado if I recall??

They were on the ground, they should have been "scrambled", but not enough aircrew and a clear plan for such events led to their heavy damage.
 
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