Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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Has anyone ever looked at the faesibility of mounting the T45's radar on a qe?

With the sensor mounted so high the radar horizon would be much larger yes? How much higher could one be mounted on a qe compared? How many extra seconds could it buy the ops room?

I understand there's no vls on a QE nor CEC but could Link 16 apply?

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Roders96 wrote:Has anyone ever looked at the faesibility of mounting the T45's radar on a qe?

With the sensor mounted so high the radar horizon would be much larger yes? How much higher could one be mounted on a qe compared? How many extra seconds could it buy the ops room?
The Queen Elizabeth Class were originally designed to have the same radar fit as the Type 45, with Sampson up front and S1850M on the aft island. This was all deleted quite early in the programme on cost grounds.
The US Navy did put a powerful air-search radar on the Gerald R. Ford, the AN/SPY-3 and AN/SPY-4. The Zumwalt Class was originally supposed to share an identical radar fit, although it was later watered down with the removal of the AN/SPY-4 component, again for cost reasons. Since then the US Navy have come to the conclusion that placing the most powerful radar in the task force right at its centre isn’t a good idea. The best place for powerful radars is on aircraft (E-2D) and at the defensive periphery of the task force (Arleigh Burke flight III). This also makes it harder for an enemy to locate the exact position of the carrier from its radar emissions. For these reasons from the USS Enterprise onwards the Gerald R. Ford Class are being built with a simpler EASR radar.

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According to the UK Defence Journal HMS Queen Elizabeth hit 32 knots on trials.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-pri ... zGJ2EIK964

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I read that also Steven but couldn't make out if it hit that speed or someone said it could achieve that speed if wanted at balls out full power ? , Before this article it was assumed qe did about 29 knots if I'm correct , someone has let something slip if correct because they been v tight lipped about top speed ?

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Short article from 2nd October on RN website about PoW's speed trials.
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... -engineers

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Looks like PWLS is on her way to Invergordon for her first top-up, was planned for yesterday but weather wasn't playing ball apparently.

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PhillyJ wrote:Looks like PWLS is on her way to Invergordon for her first top-up, was planned for yesterday but weather wasn't playing ball apparently.
...and she is there. Apologies for Invergordon and the local pubs, they haven't had a drinky for a while!

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QE arrives at Mayport, Florida.



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Three RAF 17 Squadron F-35B's based at Edwards AFB are en-route to the east coast for Westlant 19. (See F-35B thread).
Presumably, four will come from the UK to make the "seven" that Jerry Kyd mentioned last year.

EDIT: Corrected year!

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SKB wrote:Three RAF 17 Squadron F-35B's based at Edwards AFB are en-route to the east coast for Westlant 18. (See F-35B thread).
Presumably, four will come from the UK to make the "seven" that Jerry Kyd mentioned last year.
I think you mean Westland 19... either that or those guys are a little late :lol:

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27.0 kts again by PoW in the Moray Firth on Tuesday 8th October at 13:39 BST (12:39 UTC/GMT).

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Are we going to see this 32 kts that people have said it can do ?mmh maybe not in public

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Only in a race. :mrgreen:


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QE in Submarine hunt along with escort and merlin helicopters.



https://www.defense-aerospace.com/artic ... -hunt.html


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Three UK F-35B's have left RAF Marham this morning. See F-35B thread

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When will the trials of F35s on the Prince of Wales start, will she undergo two sets of trials as the Queen Elizabeth has and, if so, will both sets of trials happen in the US?

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The Armchair Soldier wrote:POW in sea state 6. :thumbup:

It has beeen a while since I read on this but I seem to recall that the f35b could operate off carriers in higher sea states than the c model if needed ,has testing on the ship of the f35b been done in high sea states ?

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I read that already last year they operated up to Sea State 7 during Westlant 18.
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