US Navy News and updates

[Sandhi Yudha]

The USS Harry S. Truman has lost an F-18 in the Red Sea on Monday. Both the tow-vehicle as the towed F-18 went suddenly overboard. Everybody survived, but the damage has to be around $60-70 million.

Amerikaans vliegdekschip verliest straaljager bij ontwijken Houthi-aanval | Buitenland | NU.nl

F/A 18 fighter jet falls off U.S. Carrier

And one week later again the USS Harry S. Truman lost an F-18, this time during landing.

Amerikaans vliegdekschip in Rode Zee verliest opnieuw straaljager bij incident

Een straaljager van de Amerikaanse marine is dinsdag neergestort in de Rode Zee tijdens een landingspoging op het vliegdekschip USS Harry S. Truman. Vorige week raakte het schip ook al een toestel kwijt.

www.nu.nl

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/second-fighter-jet-falls-off-carrier-1.7528391

 

[John Fedup]

So a discussion is underway about replacing the Constellation class with USV and/or NOMARS. Talk about enhancing an already existing C-F, FFS, why not just build non modified FREMMs?

Can Unmanned MUSVs and NOMARS Replace the Troubled FFG-62 Frigate Program? - Naval News

With a price tag approaching $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion dollars each for the USS Constellation (FFG-62) frigate, Naval News asked RAND and CSIS if the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) and the DARPA No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) can replace the troubled FFG-62 frigate program.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Terran]

So a discussion is underway about replacing the Constellation class with USV and/or NOMARS. Talk about enhancing an already existing C-F, FFS, why not just build non modified FREMMs?

Can Unmanned MUSVs and NOMARS Replace the Troubled FFG-62 Frigate Program? - Naval News

With a price tag approaching $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion dollars each for the USS Constellation (FFG-62) frigate, Naval News asked RAND and CSIS if the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) and the DARPA No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) can replace the troubled FFG-62 frigate program.

www.navalnews.com

Because the USN isn’t the French or Italian navy.

They couldn’t. It’s that simple. They were forced to buy an off the shelf hull but the ship they need is completely different in mission role and doctrine that the FREMM. Same for any other hull type. They needed a clean sheet but felt they didn’t have the time for that so they rushed to build off a derivative of an Existing frigate hull.
The French Italian combat control system
Doesn’t meet US requirements or standards, the missile systems are completely different. FREMM has ASW sensors and systems that the U.S. wasn’t interested in.
So the Navy bought the wrong ship to they have to turn it into the right one.

Add on that the industrial and mission equipment are by necessity completely different FREMM weather Italian or French variants is not an option.