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Not sure if this is the best place for this:

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Details on the chosen path to integrate hypersonic missiles on the Zumwalt class:
https://news.usni.org/2022/11/03/navy-d ... submarines
Four 87" (2.2m) tubes derived from those used on the SSBNs and Payload Tube-equipped SSNs, each capable of carrying 3 CPS all-up. Losing their ammunition-less 155mm guns, they'll gain up to twelve 1,700+ mile hypersonic weapons.

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USAF deploys rapid dragon during exercises in Europe


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US Army will be concluding a shoot off this mid-November for its planned Long Range Precision Munition, envisaged as a five year programme for a NLOS/ BLOS missile for the Apache and the future FARA which as shown in Ukraine a necessity if the slow helos, ~180 knots max , not to be decimated by Starstreak/MANPAD missiles etc.

The US Army said earlier this year that it planned to take three vendors into the fall shoot-off, but the service would not reveal the capabilities and contractors involved in the evaluation. Lockheed using the Israeli Rafael missile saying the company fired four missiles in three test scenarios and was “four-for-four” in the successful execution of the test shots the week of Oct. 17. Lockheed rec'd interim contract to integrate Spike NLOS system for the Apache in November 2021 and initially procured 205 Spike-NLOS missiles in a $43 million contract, $209,000 per missile. Lockheed is making technological changes to the system will include range improvements and compatibility and interoperability under the US Army’s software mandated Modular Open System Architectures.

US Army envisages the future LRPM with increased range and the ability to fly in GPS-denied environments and in a wider range of weather conditions “Spike is generally a fair weather kind of system, and obviously we need something that has a little bit more range” // “We’ve already made some great strides” in improving the chemical makeup of the solid rocket motor fuel to burn more efficiently, which “means you need less space to be able to get just as much thrust and range and so it’s all about how much can you stuff in this little tube.”

The unknown as to how they will be able to identify targets for the NLOS/BLOS LRPM missiles in the fog of war.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2022/1 ... shoot-off/

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NickC wrote: 11 Nov 2022, 12:54 US Army will be concluding a shoot off this mid-November for its planned Long Range Precision Munition, envisaged as a five year programme for a NLOS/ BLOS missile for the Apache and the future FARA which as shown in Ukraine a necessity if the slow helos, ~180 knots max , not to be decimated by Starstreak/MANPAD missiles etc.

The US Army said earlier this year that it planned to take three vendors into the fall shoot-off, but the service would not reveal the capabilities and contractors involved in the evaluation. Lockheed using the Israeli Rafael missile saying the company fired four missiles in three test scenarios and was “four-for-four” in the successful execution of the test shots the week of Oct. 17. Lockheed rec'd interim contract to integrate Spike NLOS system for the Apache in November 2021 and initially procured 205 Spike-NLOS missiles in a $43 million contract, $209,000 per missile. Lockheed is making technological changes to the system will include range improvements and compatibility and interoperability under the US Army’s software mandated Modular Open System Architectures.

US Army envisages the future LRPM with increased range and the ability to fly in GPS-denied environments and in a wider range of weather conditions “Spike is generally a fair weather kind of system, and obviously we need something that has a little bit more range” // “We’ve already made some great strides” in improving the chemical makeup of the solid rocket motor fuel to burn more efficiently, which “means you need less space to be able to get just as much thrust and range and so it’s all about how much can you stuff in this little tube.”

The unknown as to how they will be able to identify targets for the NLOS/BLOS LRPM missiles in the fog of war.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2022/1 ... shoot-off/
Is interesting in the RUSI report on Russian air activity in Ukraine due to man pad they say Russian attack helicopters have largely become the equivalent of airborne stand off artillery firing nlos from safe behind Russian troop front ljnes

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(Forces News) 17th November 2022
Forces News has been onboard the US' brand new aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which has been moored in the Solent, near Portsmouth.

As the biggest warship in the world, the USS Gerald R Ford is the first in a whole new Ford Class which will eventually replace the famous Nimitz class.

We took a tour of the ship, which is packed full of new technology.

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Aboard USS Gerald R.Ford during Exercise Silent Wolverine
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Part 2 of our coverage aboard Ford.
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Big month for US Defense Department aviation already

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Well done Bell :clap:. .. Wonder how long before Sikorsky put in a protest :D

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Would the propellers on one of the Bell V-280s be able to clear a CVF ski jump? If so I imagine the RN are looking very closely at the programme for a variety of possible force multiplier applications. AEW and AAR for starters.

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Why would the prop's get near the ski jump? Assuming a max weight STO, it still has a lot of deck space to play with.

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Lockheed delivered its first Typhon launcher to US Army for Tomahawks and SM-6s
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Phil Sayers wrote: 06 Dec 2022, 13:20 Would the propellers on one of the Bell V-280s be able to clear a CVF ski jump? If so I imagine the RN are looking very closely at the programme for a variety of possible force multiplier applications. AEW and AAR for starters.
Wouldn't the MV-22 be better for for the Navy with its ability to folds it rotors or is the unit cost for the V-280s going to be so much less than the MV-22?

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Jdam wrote: 06 Dec 2022, 14:33
Phil Sayers wrote: 06 Dec 2022, 13:20 Would the propellers on one of the Bell V-280s be able to clear a CVF ski jump? If so I imagine the RN are looking very closely at the programme for a variety of possible force multiplier applications. AEW and AAR for starters.
Wouldn't the MV-22 be better for for the Navy with its ability to folds it rotors or is the unit cost for the V-280s going to be so much less than the MV-22?
Though the US Marines operate the President's helicopter with the call sign Marine One (with total squadron of 35 a/c). My understanding never ever has Marine One been a MV-22, even though the MV-22/Osprey, the main Marine helicopter., which think says all you want to know about the Osprey.

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Jdam wrote: 06 Dec 2022, 14:33 Wouldn't the MV-22 be better for for the Navy with its ability to folds it rotors or is the unit cost for the V-280s going to be so much less than the MV-22?
I think the main drawback with the MV-22 for the kind of uses that the RN might want it for is the lack of a pressurised cabin and fairly low service ceiling. Would have some of the same the same drawbacks as Merlins do in the AEW role and would also limit the altitude at which AAR could be undertaken. That said some quick googling has not led me to the intended maximum service ceiling of the V-280 and it may well be that the problem is more acute rendering it completely unsuitable.
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4,800 anti ship missiles in total, do you think they know something. :wtf:

Dont see any Tomahawks on the list. :eh:

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