Marine américaine dans le futur.

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WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2013) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus, left, Yeoman 2nd Class Kritzia Pontier and Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Mark Ferguson, cut a cake to celebrate the 238th birthday of the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani/Released)

[Chris.]

Insolite l'armée américaine illustre les capacités du nouveau porte avion Gerald R. Ford de 13 milliards $ avec des Rafales, un indice sur le futur échec du F-35 et du plan B :?: 

C'est dingue, on dirait vraiment des rafales....  :o

 

Juste un journaliste qui ne s'y connait pas vraiment...

[FATac]

Juste un journaliste qui ne s'y connait pas vraiment...

 

Non, non, le journaliste s'y connait vraiment !

 

Les avions du CVN-78 sont ceux visibles sur le fond de l'image : Super-Hornet / Growler, Lightning II et Hawkeye.

 

Et les 5 silhouettes qui nous font face, ce sont bien des Rafale M :  tout y est, de la perche aux canards en passant par la crosse. Seuls manquent peut-être les rails en bout d'aile, je ne vois pas bien.

 

Donc, en supposant le journaliste vraiment compétent, il a simplement illustré l'adversaire contre lequel il faudra absolument réussir à placer 25% de sorties aériennes supplémentaires.

 

-----> [] Je suis déjà loin, très loin ...

[collectionneur]

Pas de cérémonie de baptême pour le Zumwalt a cause de la crise de l'administration US le 19 de ce mois. Pas de petits gâteaux, ok, mais est ce que les essais pourront commencer vu qu'il n'y plus de budget ?

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=77056

Modifié le 14 octobre 2013 par collectionneur

[gerole]

la navy teste le NIFC-CA, système permettant la communication détecteur déporté (ex AWACS) et navire et permettant le tir de missile en dehors  de la portée radar :

 

http://defensetech.org/2013/10/11/navy-tests-system-that-targets-threats-beyond-radar-envelope/#more-21511

[alexandreVBCI]

Les sous-marins nucléaires d’attaque USS Virginia et USS Minnesota ont été choisis pour être les 2 premiers sous-marins de la classe Virginia sur lesquels des femmes officiers seront embarquées, annonce l’US Navy.

Au total, 6 officiers féminins, 2 commissaires et 4 formées à la conduite du réacteur, embarqueront à bord de ces sous-marins au plus tard en janvier 2015.

 

http://www.corlobe.tk/article33972.html

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 Lockheed Martin ready to answer US Navy’s next-generation targeting pod needs with the Sniper

 

Lockheed Martin’ Sniper pod is the most widely deployed targeting system for fixed-wing aircraft in use by the U.S. Air Force, and is the targeting system of choice for 16 international air forces. With a possible US Navy requirement in the near future for next-generation target pods, Lockheed Martin feels it has the right system to answer current and future needs.

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NR. Could the SNIPER ATP-SE be used for anti-ship missions? What would be its benefits in such role?
KF. Sniper ATP-SE is used for anti-ship missions to identify the target, and its advanced target tracker with a maritime track mode accurately acquires and tracks surface vessels. Sniper ATP-SE’s ability to accurately deliver laser-guided weapons and generate geocoordinates for precision guided munitions makes it the ideal pod for challenges associated with maritime targets as well as land targets. Several non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and bomb damage assessment modes are also available in conjunction with Sniper ATP-SE’s digital data recorder and two-way data link; these capabilities align with requirements for net-centric operations across all other platforms, weapons, networks and sensors as the U.S. Navy updates every type and model aircraft in the fleet.
   

A lire sur http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2013-news/october-2013-navy-world-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-news/1306-lockheed-martin-ready-to-answer-us-navys-next-generation-targeting-pod-needs-with-the-sniper.html

Au passage, la vidéo montre la qualité d'image du pod Sniper

[ARMEN56]

L’US Navy annonce l’affectation de femmes sur des sous-marins nucléaires d’attaque - See more at:

http://www.corlobe.tk/article33972.html#sthash.Yi9EZ44W.dpufhttp://www.corlobe.tk/article33972.html

[ARMEN56]

Lien vers projets d'études en architecture navale de VIRGINIA TECH

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/

Qqes sélections de navires militaires US , il ne s’agit que de projets

Sous-marins ;

Design Report Littoral Warfare Submarine (SSLW)

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2005SSLW3_FinalReport.pdf

Design Report Guided Missile Submarine SSG(X)

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2006Team3T30.pdf

Design Report Ballistic Missile Defense Submarine SSBMD

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2008%20SSBMD%20Team1%20Final%20Report.pdf

Bâtiments de surface ;

Design Report AREA DEFENSE FRIGATE

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2007ADFTeam5DraftReport.pdf

Design ReportModular Ballistic Missile Defense Cruiser (CGXmod)

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2009Team1CGXmod.pdf

Design Report Small Surface Combatant (SSC)

http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~brown/VTShipDesign/2009-2010_Team4_SSCsml.pdf

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Navy To Resume Heavyweight Torpedo Procurement Despite Budget Pressure

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Navy plans to purchase more Mk48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedoes in the near future, restarting production that ended 17 years ago.

Rear Adm. Richard Breckinridge, director of submarine warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, addressing an audience at the annual Naval Submarine League Oct. 23 in Falls Church, Va., was not at liberty to discuss the 2015 budget proposal, which the Navy had just submitted to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, but he said that funds for the torpedo were being protected.

“The Navy had the courage, even in the face of sequestration, to keep the heavyweight torpedo restart in the budget,” Breckinridge said. “[it’s] a hard, hard challenge to do something like that. It’s been 17 years since we last built a full-up round torpedo. We’ve been on a recycling program ever since.”

The Navy has sustained a vigorous technology refresh program for its Mk 48s to improve their capability and performance.

New production will allow the Navy to sustain its inventory — to allow for more test firings — and to build new torpedoes as potential platforms for undersea sensors.

The Mk48 “is a naturally modular vehicle,” said Rear Adm. Dave Johnson, program executive officer for submarines, also addressing the audience.

http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20131025-torpedo.html

 

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First Zumwalt Class Destroyer Launched

BATH, Maine (NNS) -- General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully launched the Navy's first Zumwalt-class destroyer Oct. 28 at their Bath, Maine shipyard.

The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) will be the lead ship of the Navy's newest destroyer class, designed for littoral operations and land attack.

The ship began its translation from Bath Iron Works' land-level construction facility to a floating dry dock on Friday. Once loaded into the dry dock, the dock was flooded and the ship was removed from its specially designed cradle. By late Monday, the dock had been flooded and the ship was floated off and tied to a pier on the Kennebec River.

 

 

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SINGAPORE (Oct. 29, 2013) Sailors from the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conduct 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat operations in Changi Naval Base Harbor in Singapore. Freedom, the guided-missile cruisers USS Cowpens (CG 63) and USS Antietam (CG 54), the nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and the guided-missile destroyers USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and USS Lassey (DDG 82) are in Singapore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)

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Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Complete First Flight of MQ-8C Fire Scout VTOL UAV

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully completed the first flight of the next-generation MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif. At 12:05 p.m. the MQ-8C Fire Scout took off and flew for seven minutes in restricted airspace to validate the autonomous control systems. A second flight that took off at 2:39 p.m. for nine minutes was also flown in a pattern around the airfield, reaching 500 feet altitude.
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The MQ-8C Fire Scout is designed to fly twice as long and has three times the payload capacity of the current MQ-8B variant. Based on a larger commercial airframe with additional fuel tanks and an upgraded engine, the MQ-8C will be able to fly up to 12 hours or carry up to 2,600 pounds.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323

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Baptême du 11ème SNA du type Virginia

L’USS North Dakota, onzième sous-marin nucléaire d’attaque américain du type Virginia, a été baptisé le 2 novembre au chantier General Dynamics Electric Boat de Groton, dans le Connecticut. Mis sur cale en mai 2012, le SSN 784 doit être réceptionné début 2014 par l'US Navy, où il rejoindra ses 10 aînés, dont le premier (USS Virginia), a été livré en octobre 2004. Huit autres ont déjà été commandés pour des livraisons s’échelonnant jusqu’en 2020. En tout, 30 SNA de ce type doivent être construits afin de remplacer les unités du type Los Angeles.

Longs de 114.9 mètres pour un déplacement de 7800 tonnes en plongée, les Virginia comptent 12 tubes pour missiles de croisière Tomahawk et 4 tubes pour le lancement de 26 torpilles Mk48.

http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/bapteme-du-11eme-sna-du-type-virginia

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Northrop Grumman to Supply AN/SPQ-9B Radars for Three U.S. Navy Vessels

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to supply three AN/SPQ-9B radar systems for amphibious and Arleigh Burke class ships. Under the $20.4 million contract award, Northrop Grumman will supply three AN/SPQ-9B radar systems for delivery in the second quarter of 2015. This contract adds to the 53 radar systems the company has already delivered, or is under contract to deliver. Northrop Grumman began low-rate initial production of the AN/SPQ-9B in 2000 and full-rate production in 2004.

This latest series of radars will be installed on the LPD-27, LHA-7 and DDG-79 ships. The latter will be the first guided missile destroyer (DDG) to be modernized, which will lead the way for installation of the AN/SPQ-9B radars onto the upcoming Flight III DDG-51 destroyers.

"This is a significant step for Northrop Grumman because it leads the way for a potential of more than 60 DDG-51 radar backfits as well 16 forward fits on the next Flight III destroyers," said Bill Hannon, vice president of Northrop Grumman's Maritime Systems business unit. "The AN/SPQ-9B's performance supplies greater radar capability to surface ships, and represents another milestone in our long term legacy of supplying radars to the Navy."

The high-resolution, X-band AN/SPQ-9B radar system will greatly improve the vessels' ability to defend against small high-speed threats, such as surface-skimming anti-ship missiles, and will be integrated with the ships' fire-control systems. The multimission radar system is designed to detect small fast-moving targets in the presence of clutter from ocean waves, rain and land returns, as well as chaff and jamming.

The work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's facilities in Baltimore beginning in the second quarter of 2014.

Source: Northrop Grumman Corporation

http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/8052032-northrop-grumman-to-supply-an-spq-9b-radars-for-three-u-s-navy-vessels

http://youtu.be/5t7lIYIWgKQ

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DARPA’s Future MALE Drones to Operate From Littoral Combat Ships

Unmanned vehicles are becoming essential part of modern warfare, but the military is seeking to gain new capabilities for such platforms, relieved from the operational restrictions bounding them to operating bases, involving complex issues of access rights and permission that usually hinder operations that are often handled covertly, at night and far away from the prowling eyes of the media.

 

http://defense-update.com/20130304_darpa-considers-male-drones-to-support-future-naval-operations.html

 

Tres interessant comme article

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General Dynamics NASSCO Lays Keel of MLP-3 in AFSB Configuration

General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a keel laying ceremony for the USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class. The ship is named in honor of Lewis B. Puller, the most decorated U.S. Marine in history and the only one to be awarded five Navy Crosses.
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 MLP-3 is the first ship of the class to be configured as an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). Delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2015.
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 The MLP AFSB is a flexible platform and a key element in the Navy’s large-scale airborne mine countermeasure mission. The ship is designed to facilitate a wide variety of future mission sets in support of special operations. With accommodations for 250 personnel and a huge helicopter flight deck, the MLP AFSB will provide a highly capable and affordable asset to the Navy and Marine Corps.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1336

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Le nouveau porte-hélicoptères américain débute ses essais en mer

L'USS America quittant Pascagoula pour débuter ses essais en mer

L’USS America (LHA 6), premier d’une nouvelle génération de porte-hélicoptères d’assaut destinés à la marine américaine, a débuté ses essais en mer. Le bâtiment a appareillé hier du chantier Huntington Ingalls Industries de Pascagoula, dans le Mississipi. Mis sur cale en juillet 2009, le LHA 6 doit être livré cet hiver à l’US Navy. Long de 257.3 mètres pour une largeur de 32.3 mètres, l’USS America présentera un déplacement de plus de 45.000 tonnes à pleine charge. Il sera donc par exemple plus lourd que le porte-avions français Charles de Gaulle (42.500 tonnes) et presque aussi long (261.5 mètres).

LHA 6

Ce bâtiment est conçu pour mettre en œuvre un parc aérien d’une trentaine d’appareils comprenant des avions de combat F-35B, des convertibles MV-22 Osprey et des hélicoptères. Armé par un équipage de 1059 hommes, dont 65 officiers, le LHA 6 pourra accueillir près de 1700 soldats de l'US Marine Corps. Contrairement aux précédents porte-hélicoptères d’assaut de l’US Navy, il ne dispose pas de radier permettant d’abriter des engins de débarquement (chalands ou LCAC). Il en sera de même pour son premier sistership, le futur USS Tripoli (LHA 7), dont la construction a débuté et qui doit être livré en 2018. En revanche, les cinq bâtiments suivants devraient être dotés d’un radier, le Pentagone ayant finalement décidé, apparemment sous la pression de l’USMC, de revenir à cette configuration offrant plus de polyvalence aux bâtiments. Premier de cette variante avec radier, le LHA 8 devrait voir sa construction débuter en 2018 pour une mise en service en 2025.

 

Ces nouveaux porte-hélicoptères d’assaut vont remplacer l’USS Peleliu (LHA 5), datant de 1980 et qui est la dernière unité du type Tarawa encore opérationnelle, ainsi que les huit Wasp (LHD 1 à 8, mis en service entre 1989 et 2009).

L'USS Peleliu (© US NAVY)

L'USS Makin Island, dernière unité du type Wasp (© US NAVY)

http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-nouveau-porte-helicopteres-americain-debute-ses-essais-en-mer

 

[alexandreVBCI]

La marine américaine, secouée par un vaste scandale de corruption.

 

http://www.lavoixdelamerique.com/content/la-marine-americaine-secouee-par-un-vaste-scandale-de-corruption/1784682.html

[collectionneur]

Je voulais voir si il y a des infos sur ce Jean Béliveau, inspecteur de la Navy impliqué la dedans et je tombe sur un québécois joueur de hockey impliqué aussi dans une affaire de corruption  ??? :

 

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/01/quebec-corruption-probe-hears-that-hockey-hero-jean-beliveau-was-used-to-get-contracts/

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 9, 2013) The experimental X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS-D) lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is the third carrier to test the tailless, unmanned autonomous aircraft's ability to integrate with the carrier environment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Heath Zeigler/Released)

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US Navy celebrates delivery of 3,000th Tactical Tomahawk missile

The U.S. Navy marked a significant milestone Nov. 5, as the service joined defense contractor Raytheon Missile Systems in celebrating the delivery of the 3,000th Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) missile.

TACTOM, also known as Tomahawk Block IV, is a deep-strike, long-range cruise missile often used for land-attack warfare and employed from U.S. Navy surface combatants and U.S. Navy and United Kingdom Royal Navy submarines.

“More than 40 years ago, few could have imagined the viability of a long-range cruise [missile] with the precision and lethality to achieve strategic objectives,” said Capt. Joe Mauser, program manager for the Tomahawk Weapons Systems Program Office (PMA-280), in videotaped remarks included at a ceremony in Tucson-Ariz., where Raytheon Missile Systems is based. “Over the past three decades, Tomahawk has evolved, but remained a key component of combat operations with over 2,000 combat shots.”

The TACTOM missile is capable of loitering over a target area in order to respond to emerging targets or, with its on-board camera, provide battle damage information to warfighting commanders. TACTOM can also provide an on-scene commander with the flexibility to attack long-range fixed targets or support special-operations forces with a lethal, responsive, precision weapon system.

“To get to this point was no accident,” Mauser said. “Rather, it is a direct reflection of the skill and dedication that each member of this incredible team has brought forward. This is an incredibly complex weapon requiring the unique talents of diverse vendor base and the discipline to bring it all together in Tucson to deliver a reliable and effective weapon to the fleet. And yet it consistently happens like clockwork, as evidenced by years of early deliveries and high quality.”

http://www.asdnews.com/news-52076/US_Navy_celebrates_delivery_of_3,000th_Tactical_Tomahawk_missile.htm

[alexandreVBCI]

Des précisions sur les accusations de corruptions dans la Navy : 

 

http://www.opex360.com/2013/11/12/vaste-affaire-de-corruption-au-sein-de-la-marine-americaine/

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L'US Navy prépare un SNA type Virginia pour le prochain Ice Exercise (ICEX) en Arctique en 2014

A Navy admiral based in Connecticut says the submarine force is planning its next Arctic exercises for the spring of 2014.

But Rear Adm. Kenneth Perry said in an interview Tuesday that there is some uncertainty over whether they will take place due to budget pressures in Washington.

The submarine force has been conducting exercises under the ice every few years to test and assert its capabilities in a region with frigid water and acoustics that present challenges unlike any other ocean.

Perry is the Groton, Conn.-based commander of all U.S. attack submarines based on the East Coast. He said one of the Virginia-class attack boats in Groton is being prepared for the next Ice Exercise

http://youtu.be/8qhcs52jd20

Reportage vidéo sur la construction du porte-avions USS Gerald Ford à l'occasion de son baptêmehttp://youtu.be/ptHAa42MEKU

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TACLOBAN, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 14, 2013) Naval Aircrewman 2nd Class Justin Peach, from Riverside, Calif., prepares to drop supplies from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, into Tacloban in support of Operation Damayan. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group and the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade are assisting the Philippine government in response to the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman/Released)

 

 

TACLOBAN, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 14, 2013) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 drops supplies onto Tacloban Air Base in support of Operation Damayan. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group and the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade are assisting the Philippine government in response to the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman/Released)

 

 

 

TACLOBAN, Republic of the Philippines (Nov. 14, 2013) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Eric Chiarito, left, from Hyde Park, N.Y., and Marine Sgt. Jonathan Thornton, from Lake Havasu, Ariz., load supplies onto a forklift at Tacloban Air Base in support of Operation Damayan. The George Washington Carrier Strike Group and the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade are assisting the Philippine government in response to the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in the Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ricardo R. Guzman/Released)