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A Genova per lavori la USS Mount Whitney ...

... shippingitaly.it ... https://www.shippingitaly.it/2021/08/27/torna-a-genova-per-lavori-da-sgdp-la-nave-uss-mount-whitney/ ...

 

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The Hunt for Red October ... today ...

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The Navy has created a new task group on the East Coast to ensure it has ready destroyers that can deploy on short notice to counter the Russian submarine threat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Task Group Greyhound – which officially declared initial operational capability on Sept. 1 – is a force-generation model for destroyers that is embedded within the Navy’s Optimized Fleet Response Plan.
The plan is to take destroyers that have recently completed deployments and are awaiting maintenance availabilities and make them ready for training and operations in the Atlantic.
Greyhound is “designed to provide the fleet with predictable, continuously ready and fully certified warships,” Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, the commander of Naval Surface Force Atlantic, said in a Monday ceremony aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) in Mayport, Fla.
“The ships will be ready to accomplish the full range of missions – including tracking Russian undersea activity in the Atlantic and maritime homeland defense for our nation.”

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2021/09/27/navy-creates-new-atlantic-destroyer-task-group-to-hunt-russian-submarines ...

 

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Anche la U.S. Navy è caduta nelle spire dell'idiozia del revisionismo storico ... 

... news.usni.org .. https://news.usni.org/2021/09/30/__trashed-10 ...

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Un caso di spionaggio ... FBI e NCIS all'opera ... 

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An Annapolis, Md., couple with U.S. Navy ties were arrested Saturday and charged with espionage-related charges after passing classified documents to FBI agents posing as members of an unspecified country, according to unsealed court documents.
Jonathan and Diana Toebbe were both charged with one count each of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and communication of restricted data in violation of federal law.
Over the course of approximately eight months, Jonathan Toebbe communicated with the FBI agents who were posing as representatives of the unspecified country and passed classified documents via small SD memory cards, according to charging documents.

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2021/10/10/fbi-arrests-navy-nuclear-engineer-wife-accused-of-selling-submarine-secrets ...

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Anche la U.S. Navy come l'USAF ...

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US Navy interested in 64 "Tactical Surrogate Aircraft" ...

By Garrett Reim (Flight International) - 22 October 2021

The US Navy (USN) is researching options for a “Tactical Surrogate Aircraft”.
The aircraft would supplement flight time and training in frontline combat aircraft, provide adversary air support and serve as a flight lead aircraft for Fleet Replacement Squadrons, a unit that trains naval aviators on frontline combat aircraft, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35C and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
The service’s interest was expressed in a request for information, posted on 20 October, and appears to have parallels to the US Air Force’s (USAF) “Reforge” pilot training concept, which would use advanced jet trainers instead of actual fighter aircraft to teach modern combat aviation skills. 
In fact, it is virtually identical to an “Advanced Tactical Trainer” request for information that the USAF posted on 12 October.
“The aircraft needs to simulate and/or replicate current and future fighter aircraft systems by providing the training environment and relevant experience to build tactical skills, systems management skills, and decision making skills required for weapon system employment actions”, says the USN.
The service says it is notionally interested in buying 64 aircraft, with deliveries beginning in fiscal year 2024 or FY2025. 
For its part, the USAF says it is interested in at least 100 Advanced Tactical Trainers.
The USN wants a two-seat fighter type aircraft “configured for single seat operations with alternate options for rear cockpit use”. 
It is interested in knowing about the cost to remove rear the crew station and replace it with “permanent additional fuel or avionics bay volume”.
The aircraft should have a minimum level aircraft speed of at least 600kt (1,111km/h). 
It should have a minimum ceiling of at least 45,000ft above mean sea level. 
The jet’s structure ought to at a minimum be able to handle 7.5G of force and a sustained 6G of force at 10,000ft.
The aircraft should have a minimum flight endurance of 90min, including 30min of tactical manoeuvring. 
The jet should be able to fly basic fighter manoeuvring, air-to-air and air-to-ground mission profiles.
The USN wants the jet aircraft’s cockpit to have large area displays with an open architecture configuration.
The Tactical Surrogate Aircraft should have an “operational flight program to replicate frontline [type model series] aircraft displays and enable simulated displays of aircraft combat systems, simulated inputs, and simulated weapons”.
The service wants the aircraft to be able to carry a captive air training missile on one wingtip and a tactical combat training system, or an air combat manoeuvring instrumentation pod, on the other wingtip – equipment used to conduct virtual weapons training. 
The USN also wants a wing station to carry an electronic attack or electronic counter measures pod.
The USAF and USN are fielding a growing number of advanced F-35 stealth fighters that require pilots to manage and use many complex electronics systems at once, for example, active electronically scanned array radars, long-range air-to-air missiles, and electronic warfare equipment. 
US military services are also facing off against increasingly sophisticated foes, such as China and Russia, that have their own stealth fighters. 
The increased complexity of modern aerial combat has caused the services to rethink how they train fighter pilots.
As a first step toward improving combat pilot training, the USAF in 2018 selected Boeing for a $9 billion contract to produce 351 “T-X” advanced jet trainers and 46 ground simulators. 
The company’s T-7A Red Hawk is now to replace to the service’s aging fleet of Northrop T-38C Talons.
In 2020, the USN kicked off its search for a new advanced jet trainer to replace its Boeing T-45 Goshawk fleet. 
The service has 191 T-45s in its fleet, according to Cirium fleets analyser.
However, despite their advanced trainer programmes, the USAF and USN appear to believe they need additional light-weight jets for higher-end training and adversarial air exercises.
Competitors in the Tactical Surrogate Aircraft and Advanced Tactical Trainers programmes would likely include past contestants in the T-X programme: Boeing’s T-7A, Lockheed Martin’s T-50A, based on the FA-50 light-attack/trainer developed with Korea Aerospace Industries; and Leonardo’s T-100, based on the company’s M-346.

Modificato 22 Ottobre 2021 da TT-1 Pinto
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La U.S. Navy come l'USAF ...

Anche qui ... psk.blog.24heures.ch ... http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2021/10/23/l-us-navy-veut-un-avion-formateur-et-agresseur-moderne -871931.html ...

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Rapporto al Congresso ...

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The following is the Oct. 20, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress.

... s3.document.org ... https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21089580/navy-lasers-railgun-and-gun-launched-guided-projectile-background-and-issues-for-congress-oct-20-2021.pdf ...

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Gli Americani accelerano sugli intercettori anti-ipersonici

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La Marina USA rivela il futuro DDG(X) ...

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The Navy wants its next warship to fire hypersonic missiles and lasers that would be ten times more powerful than the service’s existing laser weapons, according to the most detailed outlook to date of the DDG(X) next generation warship issued by the service.
The warship, the largest the Navy’s attempted in more than 20 years, is designed to provide the service with the power to drive a new generation of directed energy weapons and high-power sensors that will follow the Navy’s current fleet of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. 
The warship is estimated to start construction in 2028 ...

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/01/12/navy-unveils-next-generation-ddgx-warship-concept-with-hypersonic-missiles-lasers ...

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Rapporto al Congresso sul DDG(X) ...

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/01/19/report-to-congress-on-ddgx-3 ...

 

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Beccato !!!

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A U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine left Russian territorial waters Saturday after that country’s navy took “appropriate” actions, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed in a release (*).
The ministry summoned the U.S. embassy’s military attache after it said the navy detected an American submarine in Russian waters near the Kuril Islands in the Pacific. 
The submarine declined orders to leave, but departed after the navy used unspecified “appropriate means,” the ministry said.

... navytimes.com ... https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/02/12/russians-claim-they-chased-us-sub-out-of-their-waters/ ...

(*) ... function.mil.ru/news ... https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12408529@egNews ...

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Ma la U.S. Navy nega tutto ...

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The Russian Ministry of Defense claims a U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarine left Russian territorial waters Saturday after that country’s navy took “appropriate” actions.
The U.S. Navy says the incident just didn’t happen.
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“There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” said U.S. Navy Capt. Kyle Raines, a spokesman for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a statement. 
“I will not comment on the precise location of our submarines, but we do fly, sail and operate safely in international waters.”
Asked if there was contact between the two ships in international waters, Raines said there was no encounter at all between the two forces.

... navytimes.com ... https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2022/02/12/russians-claim-they-chased-us-sub-out-of-their-waters/ ...

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USS Carl Vinson e “Air Wing of the Future” ...  rientro negli Stati Uniti dopo oltre sei mesi di esperienze accumulate in occasione del lungo dispiegamento nella regione Indo-Pacifico ...

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Aircraft carrier Carl Vinson returned home Feb. 14 after a six-and-a-half-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, in the U.S. Navy’s first deployment of the “air wing of the future.”
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and its Carrier Air Wing 2 brought along an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter squadron in its first-ever operational deployment, and they worked with a detachment of CMV-22 Ospreys as the carrier onboard delivery aircraft.
The “air wing of the future” also included two additional EA-18G Growlers and one additional E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, bolstering the air wing’s ability to sense the operating area and share data from those sensors across the CSG.

... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2022/02/14/three-takeaways-from-the-us-navys-first-f-35c-deployment/ ...

Anche qui ... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/02/15/carl-vinson-deployment-was-navys-test-case-for-5th-gen-aviation-pacific-carrier-operations ...

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Quarantacinque minuti dopo l'incidente  ...

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When an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter on Jan. 24 struck the back of aircraft carrier Carl Vinson while coming in for a landing, careened across the flight deck and fell into the South China Sea, flight deck crew responded within seconds to begin firefighting efforts.
Within 45 minutes, the ship had fully recovered and was ready to launch and land aircraft again, leaders tell Defense News.

... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2022/02/16/carrier-carl-vinson-was-back-in-fighting-condition-within-45-minutes-of-f-35c-crash-leaders-say/ ...

Anche qui ... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/02/15/uss-carl-vinson-recovered-quickly-after-f-35c-ramp-strike-say-officials ...

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Fincantieri Marine Systems North America comunica ...

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Fincantieri Marine Systems North America (FMSNA), società specializzata nella commercializzazione di sistemi, servizi e componenti navali che fa capo alla controllata americana Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), si è aggiudicata il contratto di manutenzione delle unità dragamine classe “Avenger” della US Navy.
Il programma ha un valore complessivo di oltre 78 milioni di dollari.

... fincantieri.com/it ... https://www.fincantieri.com/it/media/comunicati-stampa-e-news/2022/a-fincantieri-il-programma-di-manutenzione-della-flotta-avenger-della-us-navy/ ...

Anche qui ... RID ... https://www.rid.it/shownews/4831 ...

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Un grosso contratto è stato assegnato a Raytheon Technologies per l'installazione di radar SPY-6 su almeno 31 navi della Marina USA ...

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The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Technologies a contract worth up to $3.16 billion to provide radars for as many as 31 ships over the next five years.
The award covers the family of SPY-6 radars, which includes the large V1 Air and Missile Defense Radar that will be installed on new Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as smaller and rotating variants that will go on aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, frigates and older destroyers.

... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2022/04/01/raytheon-wins-spy-6-radar-contract-worth-up-to-32-billion/ ...

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USS Enterprise ... procedono, con un certo anticipo, i lavori sulla terza portaerei della classe Gerald Ford ...

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HII has laid the keel block of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-80) on Tuesday, USNI News has learned.
The seventh U.S. warship named after the Revolutionary War sloop, Enterprise formally began fabrication at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia, Rear Adm. James Downey, the program executive officer for carriers, told USNI News on Tuesday.
The start of fabrication comes three weeks ahead of schedule and as the carrier is about 13 percent done, Downey said.
Enterprise will be the third Gerald Ford-class aircraft carrier and is expected to deliver to the Navy in 2028.

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/04/05/hii-lays-keel-of-future-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise ...

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Affondate la Truman !!!

... triestecafe.it ... https://www.triestecafe.it/it/news/politica/ugo-rossi-la-portaerei-truman-dovrebbe-essere-invitata-ad-andarsene-dal-golfo-di-trieste-23-aprile-2022.html ...

Una gran risata è inevitabile ...

    

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In rotta verso il Pacifico Occidentale ...

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Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departed Naval Station San Diego, Calif., on an independent deployment to the Western Pacific on Monday, USNI News has learned.
The 45,000-ton big-deck amphibious ship left San Diego to gather F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters that will include further testing of the Marine’s “lightning carrier” concept, a defense official confirmed to USNI News. 
The lightning carrier can load up to 20 of the short take-off, vertically landing F-35s as an adjunct capability to a carrier strike group, USNI News understands.
A U.S. 3rd Fleet spokesman confirmed to USNI News the big-deck left San Diego on Monday, but did not provide additional details on the deployment.

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/05/02/uss-tripoli-quietly-leaves-on-maiden-deployment ...

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Un pò di storia ...

La Battaglia del Mar dei Coralli e l'importante ruolo che venne svolto dai crittoanalisti americani ...

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While the contributions U.S. codebreakers made to victory at Midway are well known, cryptanalysts played a similarly important - though less appreciated - role in determining Japanese intentions leading up to the Battle of the Coral Sea.

... usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine ... https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2022/june/give-credit-where-its-due ...

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Addio ... Kittyhawk ... 

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The Navy’s last conventional super carriers arrived in Brownsville, Texas this week after taking one last towed sail before getting scrapped.
The former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) reached South Padre Island, near the Texas-Mexico border, on Tuesday as veterans of one of the Navy’s last conventional carriers looked on ...
The ship is now at International Shipbreaking Limited, which bought the supercarrier for a penny last year to dismantle and recycle. 
The shipyard will also scrap the former USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), similarly purchased for a penny.
A spokesperson for International Shipbreaking Limited said the yard will begin “actual structural dismantling in July” and plans to finish the dismantling process in about 18 months. 
The expected completion date is December 2023.

...news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/06/01/former-carrier-kitty-hawk-arrives-in-brownsville-for-scrapping ...

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Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress  ... aggiornato al 27 Luglio 2022 ...

... https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22122677/navy-virginia-ssn-774-class-attack-submarine-procurement-background-and-issues-for-congress-july-27-2022.pdf ...

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Ripescato !!!

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The F/A-18E Super Hornet blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier was recovered 9,500 feet under the Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th Fleet announced on Monday (*).
The single-seat Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was knocked off the deck of the carrier in what the Navy at the time called “unexpected heavy weather” during the midst of an underway replenishment.
A “team from Task Force (CTF) 68, Naval Sea Systems Command’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), Harry S. Truman, Naval Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic, and U.S. 6th Fleet embarked on the multi-purpose construction vessel MPV Everest,” oversaw the Aug. 3 recovery, according to the statement from 6th Fleet.

... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2022/08/08/navy-recovers-f-a-18e-super-hornet-blown-off-deck-of-uss-harry-s-truman ...

(*) ... c6f.navy.mil ... https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/News-Display/Article/3119371/us-navy-recovers-fa-18e-from-mediterranean-sea/ ...

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Prima nave operativa a ricevere il laser(connesso all Aegis)

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/heres-our-first-look-at-a-helios-laser-armed-navy-destroyer

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Dopo il primo aereo progettato in digitale, ora la prima nave,in questo caso anche assemblata su informazioni in digitale..

https://aresdifesa.it/impostata-la-nuova-portaerei-a-propulsione-nucleare-cvn-80-enterprise/