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US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine PCU Oregon heads out for sea trials
January 26, 2022,
The US Navy’s new Virginia-class submarine PCU Oregon (SSN 793) left Groton shipyard and started its sea trials earlier this week.
According to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), the company which is building the submarine, this is the first time that the vessel “is being operated by its crew and the EB experts who built it”.
“Like the Oregon and her crew, we are moving out, together, with a shared mission to make the world stronger and safer for the next generation,” said President Kevin Graney at RI/CT legislative briefings.
The submarine Oregon is the 20th vessel of the Virginia class and the second Virginia-class Block IV submarine. The construction of the submarine began in 2014, while the christening ceremony took place on 5 October 2019.
As a Block IV submarine, Oregon will incorporate improvements that will allow it to spend less time undergoing maintenance.


The Virginia-class submarine is equipped with 12 vertical missile launch tubes and four 533mm torpedo tubes. The vertical launching system has the capacity to launch 16 Tomahawk submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCM) in a single salvo. There is a capacity for up to 26 mk48 ADCAP mod 6 heavyweight torpedoes and sub harpoon anti-ship missiles to be fired from the 21in torpedo tubes.

A contract modification for Oregon and two other submarines Montana (SSN-794), and Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) was initially awarded to GDEB valued at $594.7 million in April 2012. On 23 December 2014, the firm was awarded an additional $121.8 million contract modification to buy long-lead-time material for the three Virginia-class submarines.

The US Navy awarded Electric Boat the contract to construct 10 Block IV Virginia-class submarines for $17.6 billion on 28 April 2014.
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Американскому флоту вернули после ремонта УДК "Батаан"
27 января 2022

На верфи General Dynamics NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) в Норфолке завершились работы по техническому обслуживанию, ремонту и модернизации американского универсального десантного корабля "Батаан" класса "Уосп". Об этом в четверг, 27 января, сообщает Navy Recognition со ссылкой на пресс-службу предприятия.
Представители судостроительной компании отметили, что контракт с ВМС США выполнен досрочно.

Универсальный десантный корабль Батаан
Универсальный десантный корабль "Батаан"

Американский флот заказал компании General Dynamics провести ремонт и модернизацию УДК "Батаан" в августе 2020 года. Работы, выполненные на борту корабля, включали замену кабельных и трубопроводных систем, вентиляционного оборудования. Также проведено техническое обслуживание силовой установки, вспомогательных систем, РЛС.
"Батаан" – пятый УДК в серии из восьми кораблей класса "Уосп", построенных в период с конца 1980-х по 2000-е годы (в строю остаются семь: УДК "Бономм Ричард" списали весной 2021 года после пожара, произошедшего на борту во время ремонта). "Батаан" несет службу с сентября 1997 года. Участвовал в 2001–2003 годах в операции "Несокрушимая свобода", позднее – обеспечивал поддержку авиацией американских сил во время войны в Ираке. В 2005 году корабль привлекли к гуманитарной миссии по оказанию помощи пострадавшим от урагана Катрина.

В 2014 году штурмовики AV-8B "Харриер", базирующиеся на УДК "Батаан", наносили удары по объектам исламистских террористов в Ираке и Сирии.
Водоизмещение корабля – 40 500 тонн, длина – 253,2 метра, ширина – 31,8 метра. УДК развивает скорость до 22 узлов, дальность плавания – 9500 морских миль.

В стандартном варианте на борту базируется авиагруппа из шести штурмовиков AV-8B "Харриер", шести истребителей F-35B, четырех ударных вертолетов AH-1W/Z "Супер Кобра/Вайпер", двенадцати конвертопланов MV-22B "Оспри", четырех тяжелых военно-транспортных вертолетов CH-53E "Супер Сталлион" и четырех многоцелевых вертолетов UH-1Y "Веном".
 

Новейший американский авианосец отправится в первое развертывание осенью 2022 года
3 февраля 2022

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Десантный корабль "Форт-Лодердейл" подготовят к передаче ВМС США
2 февраля 2022

Корабли типа "Сан-Антонио" разработаны для поддержки десанта, транспортировки и высадки морских пехотинцев и их оборудования с помощью обычных десантных средств или судов на воздушной подушке. Их возможности дополнительно расширены за счет летной палубы и ангара, что позволяет использовать различные вертолеты Корпуса морской пехоты США, а также модификации конвертопланов типа "Оспри".

В начале января на верфи в Паскагуле спустили на воду тринадцатый корабль класса "Сан-Антонио" – "Ричард М. Маккул", а на этой неделе заложили первый ДВКД в модификации Flight II – "Гариссберг".

Длина десантного корабля-дока класса "Сан-Антонио" – 208,5 метра, ширина – 32 метра, полное водоизмещение – 25 300 тонн. Четыре турбодизельных двигателя позволяют развить скорость до 22 узлов. Площадь палуб для колесной и гусеничной техники – 2230 кв. метров. Экипаж – 360 человек.

Для обеспечения собственной защиты корабли этого типа вооружают зенитными ракетами RIM-116 и ESSM, двумя 30-мм арткомплексами и десятью 12,7-мм пулеметами.

Десантный корабль может взять на борт около 700 морпехов, 14 амфибийных бронемашин и два десантных катера на воздушной подушке. Авиакрыло корабля включает вертолеты CH-53E "Супер Сталлион", CH-46 "Си Найтс", UH-1Y "Веном" (или AH-1J "Си Кобра"), а также конвертопланы MV-22 "Оспри".
 
USCG receives 2nd HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft
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USCG receives 2nd HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft
09 Feb 2022
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point accepted the delivery of the second HC-130J Super Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft on January 21. This aircraft provides heavy air transport and long-range maritime patrol capability to the USCG.
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USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials
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USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials
09 Feb 2022
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) reached a new milestone on February 4th by conducting initial Builder's Trials.
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Anduril Industries Acquires Dive Technologies
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Anduril Industries Acquires Dive Technologies
08 Feb 2022
The U.S.-based defense contractor Anduril Industries extended unmanned capabilities by acquiring autonomous underwater vehicles manufacturer Dive Technologies.
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US Navy’s new Landing Craft Completes Tests with USS Carter Hall
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US Navy’s new Landing Craft Completes Tests with USS Carter Hall
11 Feb 2022
The U.S. Navy's next-generation landing craft completed well deck interoperability trials with Harpers Ferry-class landing ship USS Carter Hall.
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US Navy Looks Again at VDS Options for New Frigate
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US Navy Looks Again at VDS Options for New Frigate
10 Feb 2022
The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) System for the future Constellation-class frigate.
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U.S. Needs More Icebreakers for Arctic
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U.S. Needs More Icebreakers for Arctic
10 Feb 2022
The United States Navy does not have any icebreaker ships in its inventory, while the United States Coast Guard has two aging icebreakers. The US Arctic Security Affairs advisors recommend acquiring new icebreaker ships for the Arctic, where the ice is melting year by year and forming new waterways.
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CRA to Build Self-Correcting Infrastructure to Increase Resilience of US Navy Ships
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CRA to Build Self-Correcting Infrastructure to Increase Resilience of US Navy Ships
09 Feb 2022
The U.S. Navy awarded US-based technology company Charles River Analytics (CRA) to provide Self-Healing Adaptation Infrastructure for Loss Tolerance (SAIL) system for the U.S. Navy ships.
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Building the Future U.S. Navy Surface Force
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Building the Future U.S. Navy Surface Force

13 Feb 2022
At SNA 2022 in mid-January, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard discussed their future force composition. Discussions covered new frigates, destroyers, amphibious and logistic ships, unmanned surface vessels, sea-to-shore connectors and landing crafts, cutters, and the Integrated Combat System (ICS).
PEO Ships’ slide shows 45 Battle Force Ships currently under construction or contract to include new destroyers, Coast Guard cutters, amphibious and logistic ships, and sea-to-shore connectors and landing crafts. Slide: PEO Ships, NAVSEA
Building the Future U.S. Navy Surface Force
At SNA 2022 in mid-January, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard discussed their future force composition. Discussions covered new frigates, destroyers, amphibious and logistic ships, unmanned surface vessels, sea-to-shore connectors and landing crafts, cutters, and the Integrated Combat System (ICS).
Peter Ong 13 Feb 2022

Each panelist was given time to discuss key and important programs that will define the U.S. Navy’s (USN) and U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) future surface ship force.

The “Building the Future Force Panel” consisted of Vice Admiral (VADM) William Galinis, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Mr. Tom Rivers, Executive Director, Amphibious, Auxiliary, and Sealift Ships, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships; Rear Admiral RDML Chad Jacoby, USCG, Director of Acquisition Programs and Program Executive Officer; Rear Admiral Casey Moton, USN, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Systems and Small Combatants; and Mr. Bob Shevock, Executive Director, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems.

ICS Integrated Combat SystemThe Integrated Combat System slide by PEO Integrated Warfare Systems shows the plan to make the U.S. Navy ships have a common sensor and combat system.

Mr. Bob Shevock, Executive Director, Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, started by stating that putting sensors on new ships that have already been put on existing ships increases commonality and technological maturity and cuts down on technological risks, costs, and a repeat of what happened with the highly complex and over budget Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and the stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers. By using the same sensor technology, the U.S. Navy can scale it up or down depending on the size and cost of the ship. It is cutting edge technology, Mr. Shevock said, but it is also common parts and common technology. Thus, the Integrated Combat System (ICS) is taking the best of the sensor technology and incorporating it into other ships to have a common sensor and combat system and therefore ICS adds agility. Mr. Shevock said that the ICS interface will look the same across the U.S. Navy’s ships similar to iPhone apps that look the same across different iPhones.

Mr. Shevock addressed a question on if enemy hypersonic missiles will require the use of ship railguns, lasers, and Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) for defense. Mr. Shevock said not really for railguns, but missiles and lasers (lasers as they mature) will be required for anti-hypersonic missile ship defense, and the U.S. Navy needs to rely on ship sensors and overhead sensors (i.e.: satellites) to provide advance warning to these multitude of weapons (hence the benefits of the Integrated Combat System).

The panel responded to a question on what role Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have in the U.S. Navy. Rear Admiral Casey Moton, USN, replied, “We are not the AI PEO, but it applies to some specific things that we are doing. We have to be careful not to overcontrol it [AI]. I think it is going to permeate throughout the force and it’s going to be a game changer in everything. We have to be careful to find that balance and not control it too much and be careful with ethics and bias.” RDML Moton cited that AI can tie into the design of the systems and Mr. Tom Rivers agreed, alluding that AI can help in ships and ship design such as additive manufacturing. Mr. Bob Shevock mentioned that AI is good for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) because BMD with AI happens so fast and utilizes multiple sensors. When there are multiple missiles in the air, the Navy wants the allied ships to talk to each other (with AI such as the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)). “There is a lot of bang-for-the-buck where we can get that integration.” And that is just one ship [so when you have multiple ships, it is a force multiplier]. AI can do things Humans can’t, noted Shevock. VADM William Galinis noted that AI can help with ship design and get more predictive analysis and Fleet sustainment metrics and availability.


The U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Discusses Past Summer Encounters and the Future Force

Rear Admiral (RDML) Chad Jacoby, USCG, Director of Acquisition Programs and Program Executive Officersaid that the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC)Polar Star, America’s only heavy Polar-class icebreaker is 46 years old in January 2022, so getting the new Polar Security Cutter (PSC) class designed, scheduled, managed, and built correctly is important.

“We’re building our tenth and eleventh National Security Cutter. We’re building our 47th through 64th Fast Response Cutter; our first three Offshore Patrol Cutters, and we’re designing a fleet of Polar Security Cutters at about 23,000 tons, [an] ice-capable vessel, and then contracting for waterways commerce cutters for inland operations. We work closely with the [U.S.] Navy on these acquisitions so that means this updated [USCG] fleet is going to carry 49 common systems across Coast Guard assets and Navy assets like gun weapons systems, communication systems, [and] sensors.”

—Rear Admiral Chad Jacoby, USCG, Director of Acquisition Programs and Program Executive Officer

USCG encounters in the ArcticThe U.S. Coast Guard’s SNA2022 slide shows the encounters USCG cutters had overseas in the Arctic region. Refer to the text for photo number description and details. Slide: USCG SNA2022

Rear Admiral Chad Jacoby, USCG, showed a slide of USCG cutter engagement during the past Summer [2021].
Photos Number One and Two show a National Security Cutter (NSC) transiting the Russian declared Northern Sea Route “Sometimes we shadow Russian vessels and sometimes we do exercises with Russian vessels,” said RDML Jacoby. Photo Number Three shows the Chinese government’s Xue long 2 ice-capable research vessel operating near our [Alaska’s] territorial waters. Photo Number Four is the USCGC’s medium Arctic icebreaker, Healy, patrolling the maritime boundary line before sailing the Northwest passage and circumnavigating North America in the Summer of 2021. Photos Numbers Five, Six, and Seven show the USCG sailing and working with the Canadian Coast Guard, the Canadian Navy, and Japanese naval force ships. Photo Number Eight shows a Chinese Navy’s surface action group that conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations through the straits of the Alaskan Aleutian Islands during the Summer of 2021. The U.S. Coast Guard sent two National Security Cutters (NSC) to shadow the Chinese group for three days. RDML Jacoby said that this single slide shows the importance of financing and delivering the National Security Cutters and Offshore Patrol Cutters for the future USCG large cutter force.

RDML Jacoby fielded a question on if the USCG will field more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Yes, the USCG is working with UAVs, but the USCG hasn’t yet decided on if it wants UAVs that are contracted out or “USCG owned” and the USCG hasn’t made that decision yet, RDML Jacoby said.

PEO Ships and the Future U.S. Navy Surface Battle Force
Mr. Tom Rivers, Executive Director, Amphibious, Auxiliary, and Sealift Ships, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships said that 45 Battle Force Ships are under construction, 30 connectors, and over 500 boats or crafts under construction (see top slide under main title).
“We have a lot of work on our plate right now, and even more on the horizon.”

— Mr. Tom Rivers, Executive Director, Amphibious, Auxiliary, and Sealift Ships, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships

Mr. Rivers gave an overview of what is on PEO Ships’ plate. Rivers said that the USCG’s Polar Security Cutter is a Joint Program Office with the Navy and that future Navy submarines may go joint too.
HII Launches Amphibious Transport Dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29)
Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) was launched recently at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.


Landing Platform Docks

Mr. Rivers also mentioned the amphibious Landing Platform Docks (LPD) 28 and 29. LPD 28 was launched on March 28, 2020, and LPD 29 that was launched on January 5, 2022. Also, the first Sea to Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft was delivered to the Navy.

DDG 51 Flight III

The first Aegis Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 Flight III destroyer is due to be delivered in FY2023. The next-generation destroyer, DDG(X) will use the commonality of the Flight III DDGs and DDG(X) is expected to still be in service and relevant into the 2060s.

Light Amphibious Warship (LAW)

NAVSEA also awarded an additional design efforts contract for the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) to the six qualified LAW contenders.

Next Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS)

PEO Ships is also conducting new studies for the Next Generation Logistics Ship (called NGLS) and these studies will address ship design tradeoffs and tradeoffs between capability and affordability. “NGLS ships are envisioned to be smaller and less vulnerable while operating near contested environments sustaining afloat surface action groups and assure expeditionary advanced bases with the requirements being to re-arm, resupply, and refuel,” said Rivers.

New Submarine Tender AS(X)

AS(X), or the new submarine tender, was also mentioned by Mr. Tom Rivers. “The [AS(X)] mission is to conduct forward-based tending, resupply, and intermediate level repair operations on assigned submarines while at anchor or at port with a Request for Proposal for industry design studies. I’m not going to say much more about that program at this point in time.”

On-time delivery is top priority

The on-time delivery of combat ships will continue to be a top priority for PEO Ships, stressed Rivers. Mr. Rivers responded to a question regarding the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program status by saying that PEO Ships is working with LAW industry partners to refine the Requirements and that the LAW’s Phase II contract was awarded for different parent designs for NAVSEA PEO Ships to review and learn from these new LAW designs. “We’re looking to make sure that we understand what we want to buy first before we identify how that’s going to impact the industrial base. Depending on the quantities and how quickly we want to field that asset, that will determine how big of an industrial base impact that will have if it’s one shipyard or more than one shipyard,” said Rivers on building the LAW.

DDG(X) Next Generation Destroyer
A notional design concept of how the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer might appear. U.S. Navy image.


Commonality between current and future platforms

Another question on how to address challenges of new technologies that plagued the Zumwalt destroyers and Ford-class aircraft carriers produced a panel response. Mr. Tom Rivers said that with the next-generation destroyer, DDG(X), and the Constellation-class frigate, the commonality of technology is the key. The DDG(X) will share commonality with DDG 51 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and the Frigate, and enlarging the DDG(X) hull will provide a future capacity option for the next 50 years. VADM William Galinis and Rear Admiral Casey Moton said that current and future U.S. Navy ships will have evolving technologies versus radical change such as used on the Zumwalts. Some ships such as the DDG 51 and the new Frigate have land-based system test sites because manned ships don’t have prototype opportunities such as unmanned vessels. The new Frigate will use technology systems already in existence.

Future Hospital Ships

Mr. Rivers answered a question on the potential replacement for the aging T-AH Comfort and Mercy Hospital ships saying that both ships are undergoing major overhauls to upgrade their systems to keep them in the Fleet a little longer while plans to replace them are in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 14 and 15 will bring Role 2, but not Role 3 medical capability, as these two EPFs will have different medical capabilities than the Hospital ships. EPF 14 and 15 will act as the interim until the U.S. Navy determines what it really needs as a Hospital Ship replacement in the long-term based on future Requirement needs.

U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Systems and Small Combatants, Frigate, and LCS Mission Modules

US Navy Constellation-class Frigate
The latest (01/2022) rendering of the Constellation-class frigate. NAVSEA / US Navy image.


Rear Admiral Casey Moton, USN, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Systems and Small Combatants said that the Constellation-class future frigate (FFG 62) and unmanned combat ships have accomplished significant milestones in 2021. FFG 62, or “Frigate” as RDML Moton called it, is the pinnacle program and of key importance to the Navy’s future surface fleet. Frigate requirements remain stable and controlled, and the U.S. Navy and industry partners in the next few months will do critical design reviews on Frigate. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Philadelphia will be FFG 62’s land-based testing site for its future systems. Frigate will have a Baseline 10 Aegis combat system similar to DDG 51 Flight III destroyers. RDML Moton believes that Frigate can be a U.S. export ship if the Navy decides to choose to do so in the future.

“Frigate will have [an] installed condition-based maintenance system, and the ship’s specifications have a focus on reliability and maintainability, addressing lessons of the past [such as building Zumwalt destroyers].”


—Rear Admiral Casey Moton, USN, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Systems and Small Combatants

Regarding the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), RDML Moton offered a brief summary of the two Mission Module packages that are currently in development.

The LCS’s Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Module was tested as Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in 2021 and in 2022 the U.S. Navy will test a mine hunting sonar towed off an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to demonstrate the entire mission package together.

For the LCS’s Anti-Submarine (ASW) Mission Module, the U.S. Navy and Raytheon are working together to address hydrodynamic issues on the variable depth sonar.

RDML Casey Moton concluded that USVs are focused on prototyping and maturing the fundamentals before any full-scale production. The two Sea Hunter drones have been regularly testing alongside the Fleet. Finally, two more Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV) are in production and the first Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) is in production.


The Biggest Hurdles to the U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Plans

Finally, the panel answered a question as to what are the largest impediments to the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding plans. Mr. Shevock, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems noted, “We’re getting a lot of mileage with common systems,” and said that ICS is partnering with major Defense partners to overcome such hurdles. RDML Chad Jacoby, USCG, mentioned that supply chain issues have been impacted due to COVID-19 and that the naval forces and industry are seeing COVID’s impact across all of the supply chain. Furthermore, there are limitations to moving the funds around to programs each fiscal year. Mr. Tom Rivers, PEO Ships, surmised that every phase of the shipbuilding process has challenges, but one lesson PEO Ships learned is to bring industry in early. “Making smart steps instead of big leaps,” said Rivers, who also said that PEO Ships needs to ensure that the full design is in place before starting the production process. In addition, the U.S. Navy has to keep the critical supply chain vendors busy. RDML Casey Moton USN, spoke that a Shipbuilding plan is required and needs to be stable, ready, and mature with a good schedule and a good baseline. RDML Moton does worry about shipbuilding labor and workforce issues [COVID-19’s impact, morale, quantity, quality, Unions, etcetera].
 
U.S. Navy CNO: ‘We Need a Naval Force of Over 500 Ships’
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U.S. Navy CNO: ‘We Need a Naval Force of Over 500 Ships’
21 Feb 2022
The U.S. Navy needs a fleet of more than 500 ships to meet its commitments to the soon-to-be released National Defense Strategy, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said on Friday.
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Gibbs and Cox to support U.S. Navy’s future DDG(X) design
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Gibbs and Cox to support U.S. Navy’s future DDG(X) design
22 Feb 2022
American naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox has won a NAVSEA contract to support ship design and engineering efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future destroyer known as DDG(X).
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About DDG(X)
Gibbs & Cox to support U.S. Navy's future DDG(X) design
A notional design concept of how the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer might appear. Note the Destroyer Payload Module “plug in” section that can lengthen the ship.
The preliminary draft concept design shows a sharply raked new hull form for the DDG(X) with a bulbous bow that might contain a sonar. No mention of a towed sonar array was included in the graphic at this pre-decisional stage.
Stealth plays a huge role in the DDG(X)’s design with the superstructure angled to deflect incoming radar waves and the mast enshrouded. The ship’s lines are very clean and the superstructure and deck are free of equipment clutter that may contribute to increased radar signatures.
The notional DDG(X) design calls for 14-foot AN/SPY-6(V)1 Aegis radars with the possibility of upgrading to an 18-foot-tall Aegis radar in the future. Two Aegis radars are positioned on the forward and rear superstructure for a total of four arrays for 360-degree radar coverage.
The DDG(X) appears to have a 5-inch gun turret forward and set further back from the bow than the DDG 51. The VLS cell count starts with a 32-cell VLS bank at the bow that can be upgraded to twelve large missile cell launchers in the future for accommodation of Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles or future longer-range missiles that have dimensions larger than the Mark 41 VLS. The exact number of VLS cells so far is undetermined since certain DDG(X)s may be lengthened to accommodate more VLS cells, meaning no two DDG(X)s may be alike.
The tall bridge superstructure can mount Future Planar Arrays (FPA) on the front face that may prove useful for Early Warning, Electronic Countermeasures Warfare (ECM), self-defense, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) gathering, C5ISR, Anti-UAS, or for controlling UAS. With the FPA and a DPM installed with UAS control consoles, the DDG(X) could hypothetically control more unmanned drones for the U.S. Navy than any other warship in the fleet.
DDG(X)s with an Air Warfare Boss CIC DPM installed can remedy this space issue, and the larger 18-foot AN/SPY-6 Aegis radar arrays and DPMs for more VLS cells in the future can make up for the Ticonderoga cruiser’s Air Warfare Boss role.
 

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The U.S. Navy needs a fleet of more than 500 ships to meet its commitments to the soon-to-be released National Defense Strategy, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said on Friday.

“I’ve concluded – consistent with the analysis – that we need a naval force of over 500 ships,” Gilday said during the WEST 2022 conference, co-hosted by AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute.
“We need 12 carriers. We need a strong amphibious force to include nine big-deck amphibs and another 19 or 20 [LPDs] to support them. Perhaps 30 or more smaller amphibious ships to support Maritime Littoral Regiments… to 60 destroyers and probably 50 frigates, 70 attack submarines and a dozen ballistic missile submarines to about a 100 support ships and probably looking into the future about 150 unmanned.”
According to Gilday’s list, that force would be about 513 ships with 263 manned combatants, plus 100 logistics and supply ships and 150 unmanned vessels. Gilday told reporters later that the total would include Littoral Combat Ships.

The numbers Gilday said on Friday are largely in line with a notional high-end total included in the abbreviated Fiscal Year 2022 long-range shipbuilding plan. The ongoing congressionally-mandated force structure assessment will inform the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, Gilday said. But details of the FSA have largely been under wraps as the Pentagon continues to craft its next national defense strategy.

“We’re going through another force structure assessment right now, but based on the hard work we’ve done over the last five or six years we’re thinking about how we would fight,” Gilday said. “How would we fight differently in terms of a wide, vast ocean like the Pacific?”

For the last three years, the Navy’s future force structure has been in flux, undergoing several different fleet reviews while the Department of the Navy and Pentagon leadership underwent unprecedented churn in 2019 and 2020.


The attempt at a force structure assessment led to the Trump administration releasing an ambitious fleet plan toward the end of its tenure. The Biden administration shelved the plan shortly after President Joe Biden took office, prompting the Navy and the Office of the Secretary of the Defense to again reevaluate the force under new Pentagon leadership and the prospect of a flat budget outlay.

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The Navy would like to decommission four Ticonderoga-class cruisers at the end of their 35-year service; two Los Angeles-class attack submarines at the end of their 33-year service lives; and two Kaiser-class oilers at the end of their 35-year service lives.
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nine LCSs — every single Freedom-variant hull that has already been commissioned into service
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four Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships
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Lastly, the Navy will ask to retire two Montford Point-class expeditionary transfer docks. These innovative ships took a commercial tanker design and created a mobile landing platform that could ballast down to allow landing craft to come onboard and onload or offload trucks and supplies while at sea. The Navy later took this design, nixed the ballast capability and added a large flight deck across the top, creating an expeditionary sea base design that’s in high demand by fleet commanders today. The two original ESDs are 8 and 9 years old.

В принципе, было по ссылке @semen_izdali выше:
The Navy asked to buy nine ships in FY23, compared to the eight it requested in FY22 — which Congress bumped up to 13 in the hopes of moving the Navy to a larger fleet size.

Included in the request are two Virginia-class attack submarines, two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, one Constellation-class frigate, one America-class amphibious assault ship, one San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, one John Lewis-class fleet oiler, and one Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship.
 


RED SEA (April 21, 2022) A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel and and the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) operate in the Red Sea in support of the newly established Combined Task Force 153, April 21, 2022. CTF-153 focuses on maritime security and capacity building in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. DeAndre Dawkins) 220421-A-AI379-7649
 
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