Competition to build
the Navy’s next warship
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Before reading this
article howbeit very important, can we first think this out?
This government
wants to build a massive ‘War Ship’ and build a massive amount of them?
And
From any country
around the world I might add.
Say What?
Whatever happened to
(Made in America)?
(Make America Great
Again)?
Are you telling
America that there are no American Companies capable of building our (War
Machines)?
Not a company in
America
owned by a company
in other countries!
I believe that this
is what we did with
'Communist China' and now
'Communist China' wants to
destroy this county!
Also
Question?
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What about the
(Raytheon’s SM-6® missile delivers a proven over-the-horizon
offensive and defensive capability by leveraging the time-tested Standard
Missile airframe and propulsion system. It’s the only missile that supports
anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile
defense in one solution—and it’s enabling the U.S. and its allies to
cost-effectively increase the offensive might of surface forces)?
Missiles like this
will take out any ship in any water!
So
Why not just make
‘drones, ship's, planes and more missiles that fit on them?
Italian manufacturer
wants to help build that bigger U.S. Navy fleet
Competition is
heating up in the race to build the Navy’s next warship, with foreign and U.S.
manufacturers vying for a multibillion-dollar opportunity.
In February, the
Navy announced it had shortlisted five shipbuilders for the FFG(X) program,
which calls for a replacement for the littoral combat ship.
Lockheed Martin,
General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls, Austal and Fincantieri were awarded
research-and-development contracts this year, and the service expects to pick a
single company to oversee the program in 2020.
The opportunity has
sparked a competitive scramble among the five companies shortlisted for the
project. Fincantieri, a Trieste, Italy, manufacturer that maintains a U.S.
shipyard in Wisconsin, took the opportunity last week to showcase the ITS
Alpino warship in Baltimore, while the Italian navy embarked on a tour along
the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
SOPHISTICATED
MULTI-MISSION WARFARE
Deployed
on cruisers and destroyers in the U.S. Navy, the SM-6 missile provides Joint
Force and Strike Force Commanders fleet air defense against all types of
aircraft – manned and unmanned; land-attack anti-ship cruise missiles in
flight; ballistic missiles in their terminal, or final, stage of flight over
land or sea; and targets on the ocean’s surface. The missile is subsequently
considered a triple threat, providing anti-air warfare, sea-based terminal
ballistic missile defense and anti-surface warfare. The SM-6 missile is the
most affordable missile per defended area and threat set and continues to
perform beyond expectations and its original intended mission. It’s now one
missile with three missions.
Vertically launched from a MK 41 VLS canister, the SM-6
missile is compatible with existing AEGIS cruisers and destroyers and future
cruisers and destroyers. The system’s operational modes include semi-active
homing and active homing to provide highly accurate target engagement, and it
incorporates the advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities
of the AMRAAM® air-to-air missile.
Aaron Gregg
covers
the national security contracting industry and Washington-area businesses for
the Washington Post's financial desk.
