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Yu-11[edit]
Yu-11 is the follow on of Yu-7 powered by the same Otto fuel II and developed by the same 705th Institute.[2] Development first begun in 2002 and the torpedo finally entered service more than a decade later in 2015,[3] with its existence revealed by CCTV-7 in the same year when the TV station ran a footage of Chinese naval war games in July 2015, showing a new light weight torpedo (LWT) launched from a surface warship.[2] The new Chinese LWT is obviously longer than its predecessor Yu-7 and many Chinese military enthusiasts have postulated that the extended section houses additional fuel to increase the speed and range, but some western analysts such as Jane's Information Group have also postulated that the extended section might house homing and data processing subsystems.[4]

The most significant improvement of Yu-11 over its predecessor Yu-7 is in the propulsion system, with steam generated propels the torpedo in a closed Rankine cycle,[2] thus enabling Yu-11 to have greater operating depth, rumored to be over six hundred meters. The contra-rotating propellers of Yu-7 is replaced by a pump-jet,[2][4] making China the fourth nation in the world to master the technology of adopting pump-jet for torpedoes.[2] Another benefit of adopting pump-jet is the significant reduction of noise radiated by the torpedo, thus greatly increasing the difficulty to detect the approaching torpedo.[4] Specification:[2]

Speed: 50 kt max
Range: 11 km @ 50 kt, 30 km @ 26 kt
Diameter: 324 mm

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At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Norwegian company Kongsberg is showcasing the Freedom and Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), an Arleigh Burke class Destroyer (DDG 51) and a San Antonio class Landing Platform Dock (LPD 17) each fitted with eight Naval Strike Missiles (NSM).
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"Kongsberg is showing what the distributed lethality concept could look like on a number of U.S. Navy vessels" Hans Kongelf, Vice President of Missile Systems at Kongsberg, told us during SNA 2016.

The distributed lethality concept was introduced (and is being advocated) by Vice Admiral Thomas Rowden, the Commander of the U.S. Navy's surface forces. It can be summarized by fitting more weapons on more vessels in order to "deceive the enemy, target the enemy, and destroy the enemy".

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At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, Navy Recognition learned that Lockheed Martin is working on a "top side" (deck mounted) configuration for its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) in addition to the vertically launched (from Mk-41) variant. The vertical launched LRASM was already successfully tested in September 2014.

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At the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium currently held near Washington DC, General Atomics Electromagnetics unveils for the first time its "Multi-mission Medium Range Railgun Weapon System". Brochures and a poster at SNA 2016 showed the weapon system fitted on board a Freedom variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

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"ORKA's first flight test took place in December 2015 and was fin stabilized only (no canards) to check aerodynamic stability" said Charlie McCullough, Director of business development, maritime weapons at BAE Systems. McCullough explained that maneuvering tests with canards would take place this summer.

ORKA follows a U.S. Navy requirement to give more lethality to Littoral Combat Ships, especially against swarming types of attacks.

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Raytheon is currently developing a Millimeter Waver Radar seeker for the Excalibur N5 projectile, Navy Recognition has learned during the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) National Symposium held last week near Washington DC.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta
Fuel-air explosion is not only a military hype, but also a hidden nightmare from several missiles, and is happening too.

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The French Navy (Marine Nationale) has released a series of nice pictures showing the Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group (CSG) underway in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. The French CSG is currently is currently deployed in the area in support of coalition operations against Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

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The Project 885 Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk (K-560) has launched 3M-54 and 3M-14 cruise missiles during its state trials, Director of the Malakhit Marine Design Bureau Vladimir Dorofeyev said on Tuesday.

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Russia’s Navy received less surface ships than scheduled in 2015 over disruptions in the fulfillment of state defense order, military and naval experts said on Monday. In particular, the Russian Navy did not receive three Project 11356 and Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov and the Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren, the experts said, referring to Head of the Navy’s Ship-Building Department Captain 1 Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov.

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A commissioning, naming and flag-presenting ceremony of the new "Jingmen" corvette (hull number 506) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) was held solemnly at the Yulin Naval Base located on Hainan island in China. The event means that the warship is officially commissioned to the PLAN. Jingmen is the twenty-fourth Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class).
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Update 27/01/2016: Jingmen is actually a Type 056A, the variant fitted with a variable depth sonar. A photo of the stern of the ship shows the presence of a VDS.

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An article published on the website of the Chinese town of Linyi indicates that the fourth People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) Type 071 amphibious transport dock LPD Yimeng Shan (hull number 988) will be commissioned next Monday, February 1st 2016. Yimeng Shan was built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a wholly owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC, the largest shipbuilding group in China) as was the case for the first three Type 071 vessels.

Yimeng Shan was launched in January last year and started sea trials in September 2015. The vessel is set to join the PLAN's East Sea Fleet (it will be the first vessel of the class for this fleet).

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ORIGINAL: ColonelMolerat

The Japanese have unveiled a new Stealth Plane, the X-2. They are expecting the demonstration plane to make its maiden flight in mid-February.

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Boeing will further equip the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with maritime patrol capabilities, building 20 more P-8A Poseidon aircraft following a $2.5 billion U.S. Navy order announced yesterday.

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A commissioning, naming and flag-presenting ceremony of the new Gaoyouhu fleet replenishment oiler (hull number 966) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) was held solemnly at the Zhoushan naval base in east China’s Zhejiang province. The event means that the vessel is officially commissioned in the PLAN.

Gaoyouhu is the sixth Type 903A fleet replenishment oiler (Qiandaohu class) of the PLAN and the third one for the PLAN East Sea Fleet.

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1991年，我国高超声速再入空气舵机动飞行器预研攻关项目起步，朱广生以室主任助理的身份负责十大关键技术之首的“气动特性研究”项目。研究内容便是以国外20世纪80年代先进机动飞行器为原型，进行“反设计”。
　　“有关国外先进飞行器的性能只能收集到零星的报导，具体尺寸不知道，只能通过别人在国外展览馆参观的时候拍的照片来推断。”朱广生介绍，“而且拍的角度不同照片也不同，只能得出一个大概的轮廓，而要得到气动外形设计的主导思想，只能另谋出路。”
　　为此，朱广生独辟蹊径，采用理论分析、计算及典型风洞试验相结合的方法，反推断国外某先进飞行器的设计思路。“看照片，我就会思考他们为什么会设计成两个锥？根据人家展览的实际外形等反推出他们的设计思路，这就叫‘反设计’。”朱广生说。通过对组成飞行器的“舵”与“体”气动特性作用机理的研究，朱广生揭示了空气舵机动飞行器双锥体匹配、“体”“舵”匹配的气动变化规律。

一直到2000年，才进行我国第一个机动飞行器的飞行试验，飞行攻角被限制为14°。尽管试验很成功，但朱广生并不服气。国外专家所谓的“头激波不允许打到舵上”的说法对吗？
　　后来，朱广生自己从各大资料中寻找答案。在攻克了一个个难题、破解了一道道拦路虎后，朱广生终于找到了答案。他将教科书中激波压缩之后的公式结合外形实际进行推导，再结合飞行器的实际飞行参数进行量化处理，最后发现扰动区和未扰动区的分界面形成的并不是激波而是膨胀波，而膨胀形成的热流并不高。
　　朱广生将此发现写成了一篇论文向上级汇报，并得到了总师陈福田院士的支持。2002年，一院又先后打出了4发导弹，选择的攻角分别为14°、16°、18°、20°，均获得圆满成功，回收的残骸外观验证了朱广生的判断，同时也证明了当初国外专家误导了中国设计人员。

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China Central Television news channel (CCTV 13) released a video showing the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) Type 056 Corvette (Jiangdao class) Quanzhou in a live fire exercise. The video is interesting as it shows a live launch of the HQ-10 close-in weapon system (CIWS) which is often compared to the American RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) system.

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ORIGINAL: AlGrant

Unmanned strike or unmanned recon roles look to have been shelved in favour of ........ a tanker!

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“And the last project I want to highlight is one that we're calling the arsenal plane, which takes one of our oldest aircraft platform and turns it into a flying launchpad for all sorts of different conventional payloads. In practice, the arsenal plane will function as a very large airborne magazine, network to fifth generation aircraft that act as forward sensor and targeting nodes, essentially combining different systems already in our inventory to create holy new capabilities.
So these are just a few examples of what the SCO has done so far and they're working a lot more.”

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In February 2015, the U.S. Navy announced the Carrier Onboard Delivery, commonly referred to as COD, platform of the future would be a maritime variant of the V-22 Osprey. Until recently, that aircraft was referred to as the Navy variant. Now, that V-22 has an official designation: CMV-22B.
The main mission of the COD platform is to provide the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander with time-critical, long-range aerial logistics support by transporting personnel, mail and priority cargo from advance bases to the sea base. The CMV-22B will be the same as the MV-22B with three additions. It will include an extended-range fuel system, a high-frequency radio and a public address system.

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Thales announced the first flight of the SEARCHMASTER radar, developed as part of France’s Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgrade programme, and available for export. According to Thales, this major milestone for the ATL2 upgrade and the SEARCHMASTER is proof of the advanced state of development and maturity of the radar, just two years after the contract was awarded.

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ORIGINAL: hellfish6

CMV-22B? That's pretty lame. I blame the Marines for bucking standards - "Marine" V-22, as opposed to "Cargo" V-22 or "Multimission" V-22. How about UV-22B?

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My Question,

Does this mean that a prototype or such has already been flown or tested by the SCO or DARPA or the like and the results have been appraised to the point where it appears to be a feasible concept that the DOD is actually going to consider?

Its always seemed like a Megafortress like vehicle would make sense in modern combat environment assuming its survivability can be worked out. Also using another fictional Dale Brown aircraft as my point of refence wasn’t there also a B-1 bomber that used AA and ASM and even Laser or Anti SAT wepons to crush the bad guys? Would modern jammers & stealth enhancements allow for this to work?

Just throwing it out for convo.

thanks

Brian

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ORIGINAL: hellfish6

CMV-22B? That's pretty lame. I blame the Marines for bucking standards - "Marine" V-22, as opposed to "Cargo" V-22 or "Multimission" V-22. How about UV-22B?

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ORIGINAL: navyrecognition

Doesn't the C hint at a possible ASW mission kit for the V-22 ?
I know Boeing worked on it. May the Navy will get it down the road.