United States Navy's Gerald R Ford Class Supercarrier .... seen exercising ...
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And the US Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier..
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@Nihonjin1051 , this one for you and all the Navy boys here in PDF!!!
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The need to support high sortie rates has formed one of the biggest influences on the new design, and a number of changes have been made to improve aircraft handling, storage and manoeuvring, while making the island smaller and moving it further back has generated deck space for centralised refuelling and rearming.
Since the time taken to rearm an aircraft is arguably the single largest limiting factor on turn-around, there has also been a fundamental rethink of the routing of weapons to the flight deck, with robotic handling devices used extensively to manage ordnance movement.
With 50% redundant power capacity and an in-built readiness for technology upgrades - including the possible incorporation of directed-energy weapons and dynamic armour - when the USS Gerald R Ford is finally inducted, it is expected to be one of the most futureproof vessels in the world.
Leagues Above: A New Era of Global Aircraft Carrier Capacity - Naval Technology
According to Editor-in-Chief for Defense Technology International magazine, Bill Sweetman:
Missiles constitute an enormous threat to the CV, whether they come off an aircraft or a high-speed vessel. One of the most interesting countermeasures on the new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) carrier is what's known as dynamic armor. The Navy has gone very quiet about this lately, but documents like this (pdf) and other reports show that it's still part of the "more electric" design. Basically, it uses a high-energy electromagnetic discharge to break up the jet of an incoming shaped-charge warhead. It is probably used to protect the magazines, combat information center and other key parts of the ship.
Ares: A Defense Technology Blog: Sink or Swim
The link to the pdf in the text no longer works, sorry.
Like ERA but electric, therefor not expended after a hit.
Since the time taken to rearm an aircraft is arguably the single largest limiting factor on turn-around, there has also been a fundamental rethink of the routing of weapons to the flight deck, with robotic handling devices used extensively to manage ordnance movement.
With 50% redundant power capacity and an in-built readiness for technology upgrades - including the possible incorporation of directed-energy weapons and dynamic armour - when the USS Gerald R Ford is finally inducted, it is expected to be one of the most futureproof vessels in the world.
Leagues Above: A New Era of Global Aircraft Carrier Capacity - Naval Technology
According to Editor-in-Chief for Defense Technology International magazine, Bill Sweetman:
Missiles constitute an enormous threat to the CV, whether they come off an aircraft or a high-speed vessel. One of the most interesting countermeasures on the new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) carrier is what's known as dynamic armor. The Navy has gone very quiet about this lately, but documents like this (pdf) and other reports show that it's still part of the "more electric" design. Basically, it uses a high-energy electromagnetic discharge to break up the jet of an incoming shaped-charge warhead. It is probably used to protect the magazines, combat information center and other key parts of the ship.
Ares: A Defense Technology Blog: Sink or Swim
The link to the pdf in the text no longer works, sorry.
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