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How Not to Build an Aircraft Carrier: The pricey history of USS 'Ford'
War is Boring ^
| 6-5-2017
| Dan Grazier
Posted on 06/05/2017 8:28:16 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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The catapults don't work. Neither does the arresting gear. The electrical systems are buggy. And what shock trials?
To: Snickering Hound
Pres. Donald Trump used the Navys next-generation aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, as a backdrop to unveil his vision for the next defense budget in March 2017. So it was built on Obama's watch, but he blames Trump.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:30:44 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
The problems with the ships systems, including the catapult, are well-known. But Trump still caught virtually every Pentagon watcher off guard when, in the middle of a wide-ranging Time interview, he said he had directed the Navy to abandon the new digital aircraft catapult on future Ford-class carriers. Instead he wants the Navy to revert to the proven steam catapults, which have been in use for decades.No, it's not Trump bashing...
To: Snickering Hound
Lot’s of Global Warming overpayments.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:37:35 AM PDT
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: Snickering Hound
But is it carbon neutral?.................
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:38:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
To: Snickering Hound
The budget overrun is to be expected as this was new technology being designed for the ship. I think EMALS is great but seems like they should have backup. Or multiple EMALS. Guess need to let them work the bugs out.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:39:39 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
To: Snickering Hound
Rumsfeld made the decision to push leading edge technology for the Electromagnetic launcher (EML) and arresting gear. General Atomics was awarded the contract for the EML launcher, and should have never been awarded a project of this scope.
I visited a fabricator in Texas that was building the EML fab and it sat for several years in the corner of their shop with an engineering hold.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:40:34 AM PDT
by
caltaxed
To: Snickering Hound
This kind of thing happens when gumints decide how to do something and dictate to engineers to make it happen.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:40:57 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(God save the republic.)
To: Snickering Hound
Is this why the Chevy fans of old used to say
FORD means Fix Or Repair Daily?
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:47:19 AM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf)
To: Snickering Hound
At least the oil lamps in munitions storage give off enough light.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:50:01 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: Snickering Hound
Can’t speak for all the systems, but cats and arresting gear will, in the future have to operate with a wider range of launch and landing weights.
Cat will need to throw everything from drones to supply aircraftinto the air.
Steam is not as controllable. Electric systems are.
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posted on
06/05/2017 8:59:08 AM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: Snickering Hound
Just a question from an interested person. Would it have been cheaper to refit the Big E as a test bed for some of the new technology than to build a new carrier with all the wizz-bang gadgets on an operational platform?
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:01:31 AM PDT
by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: Snickering Hound
Weapon system acquisition is very broken. Everything takes too long, ends up being too expensive, and often ends up failing to deliver desired capability.
I sometimes think that the goal is just to spend money and keep people employed. If a weapon system actually ends up being produced ... well ... I guess that’s nice.
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:09:06 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: dfwgator
War Is Boring, War On the Rocks, and several other defense industry blogs are consistently showing their biases. Don’t think for one second that Trump has any allies in the DC “think tank” and Defense Industry cesspools. Trump will disrupt their feed troughs (income tax “revenue”). Nothing but a lot of pseudo intellectual masterbation. Not coincidentally, there wasn’t similar complaining during the last precedent’s term.
To: All
Didn’t the Russians just demo a super high speed “carrier killer” cruise missile?
To: Sivad
Is this why the Chevy fans of old used to say FORD means Fix Or Repair Daily?
I always thought it was Found On Road Dead.
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:18:53 AM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes rights)
To: bray
Change orders and diversity compliance add the most to the cost. Buy what you want, want only what you need. Put development in a separate category.
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:19:07 AM PDT
by
steve8714
(My wife calls me Dr. Smartacus. This makes me happy.)
To: MAexile
In fairness to FORD fans....First On Race Day.
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:24:08 AM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf)
To: Snickering Hound
IMHO no navy ship should be named after anyone alive.
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:25:39 AM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
To: Snickering Hound
Yeah but a full compliment of F-35s is sure to make up for a lot of these problems. /s
Who the he11's making these decisions?
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posted on
06/05/2017 9:27:19 AM PDT
by
skimbell
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