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Herndon VA October 27, 2014

Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. has installed and put into operation the third TRS-3D naval radar for the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program through its agreement with LCS prime contractor, Lockheed Martin. The radar has been integrated on the third Freedom variant of the new Littoral Combat Ships, Milwaukee (LCS 5). In total, eight TRS-3D radars, designated AN/SPS-75 by the U.S. Navy, have passed their equipment acceptance tests, each now in varying stages of installation within the USS Freedom variant ships. Performance testing with the LCS Combat System continues and plans to upgrade the ships radar to the TRS-4D are in development.

"The TRS-3D is the choice for ships with multi-mode radar requirements, as evidenced by it being a global market leader in its class," explains Aaron Johnson, Director of Sales and Marketing at Airbus Defense and Space Inc.'s Communications, Intelligence, Security & Electronics division. "We're proud to support Lockheed Martin and the LCS program with our products."

The TRS-3D is a three-dimensional, multimode naval radar for surveillance, self-defense, gunfire support, and helicopter control. It is used to automatically locate and track all types of air and sea targets.

Among the ships equipped with TRS-3D are the National Security Cutters of the U.S. Coast Guard, and outside the U.S., the K130 corvettes of the German Navy, the "Squadron 2000" patrol boats of the Finnish Navy and the Norwegian Coast Guard "Nordkapp" and "Svalbard" icebreakers.

Littoral combat ships are fast, agile surface combatants optimized for operating in the highly trafficked near-shore regions of the world against asymmetric "anti-access" threats. Through its innovative design, LCS can be reconfigured for surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and mine countermeasures.

The two radars used for the two classes of LCS have significant target tracking and acquisition capabilities. I bet they could be integrated, as is, with the MK-41 VLS along witrh the necessary illuminators for some of the a2a missiles.


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AN/SPS-75 TRS 3D multi-mode radar for Freedom Class LCS
Range: 110 miles
Altitude: Up to 60,000 ft.
Optimizations:
- Muliple Targets, Multiple direction
- Small, fast moving targets in severe clutter (littorals)
Role:
- Air Surveillance
- Target Tracking
- Target acquisition for defensive weapons


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Note: The Sea Giraff AN/SPS-77 is housed in an enclosed. stealth enc;losure on top of the deck house.

AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraff Multi-mode radar for Independence Class LCS
Range: 120 miles
Altitude: Up to 65,000 ft.
Optimizations:
- Muliple Targets, Multiple direction
- Small, fast moving targets in severe clutter (littorals)
Role:
- Air and surface Surveillance
- Target Tracking
- Target acquisition for defensive weapons
 
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The Navy’s DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer program continues to make significant progress, achieving key shipbuilding milestones, and moving steadily to provide the next generation surface combatant to the Fleet.

The Zumwalt class destroyer program is currently under construction at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), named for former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, launched Oct. 28, 2013 and was Christened April 12, 2014. The future Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), named for Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer Michael Monsoor, had its keel laid May 23, 2013, and the future Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), named for the former U.S. president, started fabrication April 4, 2012.

The first of class ship, DDG 1000 (PCU Zumwalt) is 92 percent complete and currently in test and activation phase of construction.

The ship has successfully met the following critical milestones over recent months:

- Successfully activated its fuel systems and advanced induction motors (AIM), with fuel onload and AIM light-off completed in July 2014.
- Successfully acheived the first generator light-off September 23, 2014.
- Successful activation of the total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) on October 9, 2014.

Completion of generator light-off represents the latest electrical system milestone in an effort that began years ago with early prototype testing at the Land Based Test Site in Philadelphia, PA, aimed at risk reduction, crew familiarization, and eventual shipboard activation. Lessons learned from this effort helped lead to recent successful activation events onboard DDG 1000 including energizing the high voltage power system, lighting off of the port AIM utilizing shore power to demonstrate operation of the propulsion motor system, and continual and incremental testing of the engineering control system responsible for the automated control of the engineering plant.

Successful testing of the fuel oil service and transfer system allowed for the onload of fuel which were utilized in the light-off of the first gas turbine generator. These generators will be used to generate the power necessary first for dockside trials, and then later for sea trials.


The Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) completed Oct. 9, 2014. consisting of hardware, middleware and software operating systems, the TSCE is responsible for the operation and integration of the combat systems, engineering control systems, bridge and navigation systems, and damage control systems utilizing layered open architecture which allows for network flexibility and growth for future capabilities. With over six million lines of code, the TSCE , has been designed to maximize automation and watchstander efficiency in order to optimize crew size. To enable the TSCE activation, the DDG 1000 team has been hard at work to energize and groom data centers, certify software releases, and incorporate required support services, like chilled water and air-conditioning systems in order to support a successful and sustained activation. The DDG 1000 TSCE is the most advanced and complex shipboard computer operating system the Navy has produced, representing the cutting edge in future surface combatant capability.

In addition to key milestones on the lead ship, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) delivered the DDG 1001 composite deckhouse to the Navy. The 900-plus ton deckhouse was transported from Gulfport, Miss. via barge to the BIW shipyard in Bath, Maine, and arrived Sept.5, 2014 for subsequent lift and integration on the DDG 1001 hull at the shipbuilder’s land level test facility.

Through the combined efforts of the Navy’s DDG 1000 Program Office, Supervisor of Shipbuilding Bath, BIW, HII, BAE, Raytheon, and various subcontractor teams, the DDG 1000 program has made impressive strides in managing the development, construction, and delivery of this highly complex shipbuilding program.

These highly advanced surface combatants represent a significant leap forward in naval surface warfare capability through the use of advanced technologies. These advanced technologies include the all-electric Integrated Power System (IPS) which will provide 78 megawatts of shipboard power as well as a next generation Peripheral Vertical Launch System (PVLS) capable of employing Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM), Standard Missiles (SMs), Vertical Launched ASROC (VLA), Tomahawk, and future missiles. Additionally, the ships boast an Advanced Gun System with a Long Range Land Attack Projectile capable of launching a guided projectile at extended ranges. With impressive technologies, significant signature reductions over all previous surface combatants; and with automated engineering, machinery, and combat systems providing a significant reduction in manning levels, Zumwalt class destroyers will provide the fleet with the capabilities required for today’s naval operations and to be resources to face the threats of tomorrow.

The DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyers will be a multi-mission surface combatant designed to fulfill volume firepower and precision strike requirements. This advanced warship will enable access in the open ocean, littoral and ashore and provide impressive forward naval presence while operating independently or as an integral part of Naval, Joint, or Combined Expeditionary Strike Forces. Armed with an array of advanced weapons, the DDG 1000 program brings sophisticated new technologies that will deliver evolutionary capability and help shape the future of surface warfare.
 
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not exactly news. I posted that video in the crazy idea's thread.
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Army evaluates DARPA's futuristic soft exosuit
October 28, 2014

By David McNally, RDECOM Public Affairs

Story Highlights
DARPA's goal is to integrate "multiple mature component technologies into a system potentially wearable by 90 percent of the U.S. Army population, both male and female."

Spc. Rafael Boza, a Soldier from the 1st Infantry Division, tests the prototype smart suit on a three-mile course of paved roads and rough terrain at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 3, 2014.
Army researchers evaluate a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Warrior Web prototype at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 2, 2014.
Army researchers evaluate a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Warrior Web prototype at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 2, 2014.
Army researchers evaluate a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Warrior Web prototype at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 2, 2014.
Army researchers evaluate a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Warrior Web prototype at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Oct. 2, 2014.
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 28, 2014) -- Army researchers are evaluating prototype devices developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, Warrior Web program's goal is to create a soft, lightweight undersuit to help reduce injuries and fatigue, while improving mission performance. DARPA is responsible for the development of new technologies for the U.S. military.

Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering spent the past two years developing a biologically inspired smart suit that aims to boost efficiency through a new approach. A series of webbing straps contain a microprocessor and a network of strain sensors.

"The suit mimics the action of leg muscles and tendons so a Soldier's muscles expend less energy," said Dr. Ignacio Galiana, a robotics engineer working on the project.

Galiana said the team looked to nature for inspiration in developing cables and pulleys that interact with small motors to provide carefully timed assistance without restricting movement.

DARPA selected the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to evaluate several Warrior Web prototypes at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research facility, or SPEAR, at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

"DARPA was looking for an organization that had experience collecting biomechanics and physiological data on Soldiers in the field, and evaluating Soldier performance for various equipment items," said Dr. Angela Boynton, a mechanical engineer with Army Research Laboratory's Human Research and Engineering Directorate. "We have a unique capability in that we have a biomechanics lab co-located with an obstacle course and a cross-country course, so we're able to collect both lab-based data and field data for the systems."

During testing, Soldiers wear the prototype while carrying battle gear. Researchers capture data as the Soldier walks on an instrumented treadmill that measures how hard the feet hit the ground with each stride.

"We're also looking at how they're walking in terms of time and space," Boynton said. "We get things like stride length and stride frequency, and the time that their feet are in contact with the ground. We are also capturing energy expenditure data so we know how many calories they're burning while they're walking on the treadmill with the different conditions. We're also looking at muscle activity, specifically the leg muscles, to look at the amount of muscle work that they're doing while they're performing that task."

Army evaluators and the Harvard researchers walked alongside Spc. Rafael Boza, a Soldier from the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. Boza tested the prototype Oct. 2, on a three-mile course of paved roads and rough terrain.

DARPA also turned to Army researchers during the first phase of Warrior Web prototype development last year. The Army Research Laboratory tested nine devices on Soldiers over a 21-week period.

"Most of the devices that they've brought us have been really interesting, and in many cases, did seem to help the Soldiers to some extent," Boynton said. "The level of development from the first round of evaluations to the second round of evaluations has been really impressive, so far. They've addressed a lot of the human factors issues in terms of comfort and fit that we identified in the first round of evaluations, and a lot of the system functionality has been much more streamlined and it's starting to look like a field-ready device, rather than a prototype."

Harvard researchers said they hope to help Soldiers to "walk longer distances, keep fatigue at bay and minimize the risk of injury when carrying heavy loads."

The Army plans to continue to gather high-resolution, highly controlled data during the prototype evaluation. Another device from the University of Delaware is scheduled to soon be tested here.

DARPA's goal is to integrate "multiple mature component technologies into a system potentially wearable by 90 percent of the U.S. Army population, both male and female."

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Kendall Not Ruling Out Another KC-46 Charge For Boeing

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Amy Butler
Wed, 2014-10-29 16:18
Pentagon procurement czar Frank Kendall is confident Boeing will deliver the first 18 KC-46 aerial refuelers by August 2017 as planned, but staying on schedule could cost the company additional cash.

Boeing is proposing a schedule restructuring to make the delivery date in three years, prompted by problems with a poor design for wiring bundles on the first 767-2C, the commercial derivative on which the refueler will be based. Some bundles did not include proper shielding or allow for minimum safe distances from one another as required by the Air Force.

The initial flight for the first 767-2C is now slated for "late November or early December," says Caroline Hutcheson, a company spokeswoman. As of September, officials were targeting mid-November; originally, this aircraft was to take to the skies in June.

"There has been some slip in the program, but it is not dramatic," Kendall said during an Oct. 28 interview with Aviation Week. "They can meet their basic commitments … Right now, I don’t see a major delay in the program. It could happen but I think they are continuing to make progress."

Because it is operating under a fixed-price contract, Boeing is allowed some flexibility and freedom from typical government milestones in the program’s development. But it is also on the hook for the anticipated cost overage above the government’s $4.9 billion obligation for development and those first 18 refuelers.

The government’s 2014 estimate puts total cost for the work at $5.9 billion, though Boeing officials say they expect to pay far lower to keep the program afloat. The company announced a $272 million charge this summer to stay on track.

"Boeing is taking a pretty large loss," Kendall said. "We expected that. We think there is a potential for additional loss, but there is a lot of business for Boeing at the end of this." The Air Force plans to buy 179 tankers and there is an international market for additional work.

Based on the burn rate of $7.8 million per month to date, the program will deplete its management reserve funds in March 2015, Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick says.

The Air Force hopes to request approval for full-rate production in September 2015. Officials are assessing whether this goal can be achieved given the delay.

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Aviation Week
New Strategy Would Cut F-35s, Boost Bombers and UAVs

Aviation Week & Space Technology
Bill Sweetman
Fri, 2014-10-31 04:00
The U.S.’s air-centered strategy has top-level backing
Today’s U.S. power-projection forces, and those currently planned for the future, will not be able to operate effectively or efficiently against anti-access/area-denial (A2AD) weapons and doctrine being developed by China and other adversaries, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) that details a new approach to defense strategy known as Third Offset.

Instead, the Pentagon should immediately refocus its development efforts on a global surveillance and strike (GSS) system based on long-range, very stealthy aircraft—including the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) and a new family of unmanned combat air systems (UCAS)—and submarines. Tactical fighter, surface combatant and heavy land-force programs should be cut back, the report suggests, to pay the bills and rebalance the force.

The CSBA report carries far more weight than usual because it was drafted under the leadership of deputy defense secretary Robert Work (AW&ST March 31, p. 20) and his senior advisers, according to a source directly involved in its production. It is intended to launch a detailed discussion of a major change in national strategy, inside and outside the Pentagon. Author Robert Martinage, a former senior Pentagon official, “can neither confirm nor deny” the extent of Work’s involvement, he tells Aviation Week.

The CSBA paper details the roles of new and existing systems in the Third Offset strategy. It recommends a larger role for the Long-Range Strike Bomber, suggesting that the program could be “accelerated and expanded.” Along with the B-2 and another proposed new weapon, a boost-glide missile launched from submarines, it is the only system able to deal with hard and deeply buried targets in a medium- to high-threat environment. According to the paper, too, it has a stand-in airborne electronic attack capability and can perform high-volume precision strike missions.

The biggest new program recommended in the report is the future UCAS family. Conceptually, Martinage says, this program’s prototype is already flying in the form of the Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS-D (demonstrator), which could lead directly to a Navy operational aircraft: the CSBA report outlines an N-UCAS with an 8-10-hr. unrefueled endurance and a 3,000-4,000-lb. payload. As a CSBA analyst, Work was a vigorous proponent of a “high-end” Navy UCAS, and his influence has played a part in stalling Navy plans for a less capable and less costly solution to the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike requirement.

The CSBA report revives an idea from UCAS-D’s precursor program, the Joint UCAS: Because wingspan sets a cap on the payload and range of a carrier-based blended wing-body aircraft, a land-based version could benefit from being made larger. A U.S. Air Force version, identified as MQ-X, could handle double the payload, the report suggests, and have a 12-hr. unrefueled endurance. In a move that is unlikely to get strong support from the fighter community, the Air Force aircraft could be armed with air-to-air missiles for both offensive and defensive counter-air missions.

Persistence is a key advantage of UAVs, the report notes. A primary mission for the new UCAS in Third Offset is a “mobile and relocatable target killer,” using a combination of unrefueled range and tanker support to fly 48-hr.-plus missions and remain on-station beyond the limits of human endurance. The UAVs would be nodes in an aerial communications network that would hedge against an adversary’s counter-space activities—and thereby render anti-satellite operations less valuable. The report also cites an unpublished Northrop Grumman study showing that an unmanned replacement for the F/A-18E/F could save $56 billion over a 25-year service life, compared to a piloted aircraft.

Funding the new N-UCAS and MQ-X could call for “reduction in manned tactical aviation force structure” across all services and “scaled-back procurement of all F-35 variants—including possible cancellation of the F-35C, replaced with advanced Super Hornets and eventually N-UCAS.” In July 2011, during Work’s tenure as deputy Navy secretary, he directed the service to study alternatives to the F-35B/C.

The limits on the effectiveness of fighters—including the “semi-stealthy” F-35, so described to discriminate it from the wide-band, all-aspect stealth technology of the UAVs and LRS-B—include survivability and their dependence on tankers, which are vulnerable and difficult to protect. Martinage concurs with Aviation Week’s assessment of the Chengdu J-20 as an offensive counter-air fighter aimed at tankers and other air assets. “With an extended-range air-to-air missile the J-20 can push the tanker 800-900 mi. back. [U.S.] fighters can’t even make it to the beach.”

Another unmanned vehicle recommended in the study is a “future” stealthy, high-altitude long-endurance UAV. However, the report notes that only three of the most important new GSS elements are not currently under development (MQ-X, N-UCAS and a towed payload module for submarines). The so-called future Hale UAV appears, in fact, to be the in-development but secret Northrop Grumman RQ-180 (AW&ST Dec. 9, 2013, p. 20). The report suggests that the RQ-180 has a light strike capability, possibly for targets of opportunity.

An important caveat is that the Third Offset still addresses lower-intensity conflicts. As the threat becomes less intense and far-reaching, current systems such as tactical fighters and permissive-airspace Reaper UAVs should be available. “The most dangerous cost-imposing strategy is the one we impose on ourselves,” says Center for a New American Security analyst Ben FitzGerald. “It’s taking out a HiLux truck with a $500,000 weapon.” But a near-peer threat will be the driving factor. “You can’t lose an advantage versus a near-peer,” FitzGerald adds. “You don’t come back from that position.”

Martinage says that the CSBA report does not recommend specific numbers for new systems “because we did not intend this to be a budget drill.” But as one example, the Northrop Grumman study cited in the report suggests that a Navy UCAS force could replace a two-times-larger force of manned aircraft.

Submarine warfare is seen as another area where the U.S. has a substantial and enduring lead. The Third Offset report advocates improving the firepower and flexibility of submarine forces by accelerating the development of unmanned underwater vehicles, developing a long-range boost-glide weapon for submarine launch, and developing towed payload modules. The latter could be 3,000-4,000-ton unmanned systems with up to 12 large-diameter launch tubes, which could be towed into position and remain on station for months. Again, there is a price to be paid: the scaled-back procurement of large surface combatants of the DDG-51 class.

In the Third Offset strategy, the use of special operations and counterterrorism land forces is favored over large military formations. Ground forces, however, would play a strong role in establishing “local area A2AD networks,” particularly on the territory of threatened allies. Systems such as land-based anti-ship cruise missiles linked to aerostat-borne radars, for example, could both defend coastlines and inhibit an adversary’s naval movements.

A version of this article appears in the November 3/10 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.

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asif iqbal

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A naval enthusiast who record every ship movements in the Turkish straits spotted the USS Cole leaving the Black Sea through the Bosphorus yesterday

In entered on the 10/10/2014 and left 30/10/2014 a 20 day deployment in the Black Sea

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asif iqbal

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I had two minutes spare to I made a quick table of the US ship movements through the Turkish straits for 2014 thus far

Interesting to see that US Vella Gulf made 3 passages in and out this summer and also USS Mount Whitney went in Feb of this year and just entered again this month that's 3 passages this year so far

So I wonder if USS Mount Whitney did go home after it's first deployment to its home port back in USA or really has stayed out for a 8+ month deployment anyone know?

Apart from January and June every month this year USN navy ship transited Bosphorus straits

That's 11 entry's and exits of 7 different ships

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Jeff Head

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I had two minutes spare to I made a quick table of the US ship movements through the Turkish straits for 2014 thus far

Apart from January and June every month this year USN navy ship transited Bosphorus straits

That's 11 entry's and exits of 7 different ships
So, from your chart, the US had warships into the Black Sea:

Feb 02- Mar 22
Apr 11- May 12
Jul 07 - Jul 14
Aug 06 - Aug 26
Sep 03 - Sep 12
Oct 10 - Oct 30

Pretty constant covergae since February except the last half of May, June, half of July and half of September.
 

asif iqbal

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Just realise I should have added in a 4th column for the number of days deployed inside the Black Sea but I have closed the table and not saved it!! Arrgghhhh
 

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good news, anyway
Thanks, Jura, it is good news. I will copy these posts over to the Burke thread too.

DDG-112, USS Michale Murphey, was the last one launched in May 2011 and commissioned in October 2012.

We now have DDG-113, USS John Finn under construction at Ingalls, and DDG-115, Rafael Peralta building at Bath. DDG-114, Ralph Johnson has had initial construction ongoing and is waiting on Finn to finish at Ingalls.

Early stage construction has been started on USS Thomas Hudner, DDG-116 at Bath, USS Paul Ignatius, DDG-117, at Ingalls, and Daniel Inouye, DDG-118 at Bath.

All six of those are part of what is known as the FLight IIA restart batch. There are five more in that group whose contracts have already been awarded, they are:

DDG-119
DDG-120
DDG-121
DDG-122
DDG-123

None of those have been named yet.

In addition, another three have had contracts awarded and they are to be the first three of the Flight III BUrkes. They are:

DDG-124
DDG-125
DDG-126

So, right now, we have six new Flight IIA Burkes at various levels of construction. Six more Flight IIA Burkes waiting tpo build, and three Flight III BUrkes waiting to build too.

That's a total of fourteen new Burkes whose contracts have already been awarded and who are either in various stages of construction, or are waiting to build.

The US Navy is not sitting on its haunches.
 
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