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USS Gerald R. Ford Accepts First Advanced Weapons Elevator
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"Currently, all shipboard installation and testing activities of the AWEs are due to be completed prior to the end of Ford’s PSA, scheduled for July. However, some remaining certification documentation will be performed for five of the 11 elevators after PSA completion."

Mr. Spencer please
Jan 8, 2019
Nov 2, 2018
now
SECNAV to Trump: Ford Carrier Weapons Elevators Will be Fixed by Summer, or ‘Fire Me’
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AndrewS

Brigadier
Registered Member
It was decided for procurement to move into a phase where a carrier was ordered every 3 years instead of 5 years.
I read so in a document outlining the roadmap to achieve 355 ship navy along with 12 commissioned carriers( which in itself was proposed for the first time post war).
Also the 2nd carrier is well underway according to the 3 year plan and steel has been cut for the 3rd carrier as well.
I don't think it'll take too long to bring the entire program right back on track once the kinks have been ironed out for the 1st ship.

Carrier construction is going back to every 3 years?

Which document was it from, and where is the funding for this coming from?
 

Bhurki

Junior Member
Registered Member
When the requirement for USN was increased to 355 ships, it included 12 commissioned carriers to be in service.
A review was done on how could this be achieved.
For getting a sustained presence of 12 carriers in commission by 2030, one carrier is to be procured every 3 years after the ship of the class Gerald R Ford.
If a carrier is procured every 3.5 years, it'll take upto 2034.
If every 4 years, then it'll take beyond 2063.
The funding has been achieved for the first option, the JFK(2nd ship) is ahead of schedule to be launched by q3'19, and steel had been cut for third ship(Enterprise) in aug'18.
Ofcourse, if the life of Nimitz class carriers is augmented in any way, then these calculations are moot.
The document is RS20643 by Congressional Research Service
 
When the requirement for USN was increased to 355 ships, it included 12 commissioned carriers to be in service.
A review was done on how could this be achieved.
For getting a sustained presence of 12 carriers in commission by 2030, one carrier is to be procured every 3 years after the ship of the class Gerald R Ford.
If a carrier is procured every 3.5 years, it'll take upto 2034.
If every 4 years, then it'll take beyond 2063.
The funding has been achieved for the first option, the JFK(2nd ship) is ahead of schedule to be launched by q3'19, and steel had been cut for third ship(Enterprise) in aug'18.
Ofcourse, if the life of Nimitz class carriers is augmented in any way, then these calculations are moot.
The document is RS20643 by Congressional Research Service
... quote (in the middle of p. 6 of 94
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Planned and Potential Dates for Achieving 12-Carrier Force
Given the time needed to build a carrier and the projected retirement dates of existing carriers, increasing the carrier force from 11 ships to 12 ships on a sustained basis would take a number of years:
  • Increasing aircraft carrier procurement from the currently planned 5-year centers to 3-year centers–that is, increasing aircraft carrier procurement from the currently planned rate of one ship every five years (i.e., FY2018, FY2023, and so on) to a rate of one ship every three years (i.e., FY2018, FY2021, and so on)–would achieve a 12-carrier force on a sustained basis by about 2030, unless the service lives of one or more existing carriers were extended.
  • Increasing aircraft carrier procurement to 3.5-year centers (i.e., a combination of 3- and 4-year centers) would achieve a 12-carrier force on a sustained basis no earlier than about 2034, unless the service lives of one or more existing carriers were extended.
  • Increasing aircraft carrier procurement to 4-year centers would achieve a 12-carrier force on a sustained basis by about 2063—almost 30 years later than under 3.5-year centers, unless the service lives of one or more existing carriers were extended.
end quote, you're welcome
 
Oct 14, 2018
as I write the USAF Generals are working on how to 'make Tyndall great again', I guess, so let's wait for the next hurricane

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... in the meantime Tornado Strikes Tyndall Months After Devastating Hurricane
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A tornado with “estimated peak wind of 90 mph” struck Tyndall AFB, Fla., Saturday evening, just a few months after the base was nearly destroyed by a hurricane. No one was injured, but the high winds destroyed some of the new construction on base, according to officials. “The tornado moved a car, broke car windows, tore a portion of a new roof off of barracks, and flipped dumpsters and garbage cans on their sides,” according to a National Weather Service report. It also “caused some additional damage to a few structures” in addition to the barracks, 325th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Brian Laidlaw wrote in a Jan. 20 Facebook post. The tornado’s path started and ended at Tyndall. The National Weather Service estimated it to be 0.81 miles long and 50 yards wide, but the damage is not expected to affect any of the base’s ongoing missions, Laidlaw wrote. Emergency responders performed preliminary inspections of the buildings hit by the tornado, and damage assessments were slated to “continue through the weekend,” according to a Jan. 19 post on Tyndall’s Facebook page. “We will continue to rebuild from the damage of Hurricane Michael and the additional damage caused by this weather event,” Laidlaw wrote. “Together, we are building a stronger Tyndall.” The tornado’s arrival at the base came just three days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Tyndall to observe recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Michael.
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
VIP Professional
I'm missing something with the RN carriers. Why can't they be re-fit where there where built? Does the modular construction have something to do with this? Thanks.
 

Obi Wan Russell

Jedi Master
VIP Professional
I'm missing something with the RN carriers. Why can't they be re-fit where there where built? Does the modular construction have something to do with this? Thanks.
It's more about politics and commercial interests, plus the availability of suitable drydocks. Rosyth ceased to be a Naval Dockyard back in the 90s, and is commercially operated now. They can certainly manage the refit work, but being a private contractor they have to compete with any other ship repair firm with available facilities due to competition rules. QE is definitely going back to Rosyth in the Spring for her first drydocking, but tenders for refits after that haven't been settled yet. I live just over a mile from the KGV dry dock in Southampton, which was decommissioned several years ago to become a wet dock. The pump house and machinery are still there (it's a listed building), but the dock gate was removed and scrapped a while back.

If Pompey had a big enough dry dock they would be in the running for the work too. Refits not requiring dry docking could certainly be carried out there, but again successive UK Governments have preferred to put such work out to commercial tender.
 

bd popeye

The Last Jedi
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Clearly in HI-RES you can see shipmates autos on the flight deck...
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BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 20, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits past Waterman Point on its way to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. Vinson is scheduled to change homeports to Bremerton while the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) undergoes its mid-life refueling overhaul in Newport News, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wyatt L. Anthony/Released)
 
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