Post Tagged with: "Aircraft Carriers"
US keeps carriers near Gulf ahead of Iran talks
The United States is keeping the pressure on Iran with the presence of two aircraft carriers close to the Gulf ahead of the resumption of nuclear talks with Tehran this week. “There are currently two carrier strike groups in the US 5th Fleet area of operations,” Lieutenant Commander John Fage, a navy spokesman, said Monday. [...]
Study Explores Aircraft Operations Aboard Carriers
The Office of Naval Research announced July 13 that a recent self-sponsored effort to examine how aircraft carrier flight deck crews will manage manned and unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), has ended in a successful live demonstration. The Deck operations Course of Action Planner (DCAP) demonstration was performed at the Humans and Automation Laboratory at the [...]
Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2012 Shipbuilding Plan
Since 2006, CBO has performed an independent analysis of the Navy’s annual long-term shipbuilding plan at the request of the House Armed Services Committee. The latest in that series, a CBO report released today summarizes the ship inventory goals and purchases described in the Navy’s 2012 plan and assesses their implications for the Navy’s funding [...]


