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ANAers Theres a whole lot happening regardless of what part of the community you

consider.maritime patrol, helos, go-fasters, ships and, GOD BLESS THEM, Aviation BosnMates somewhere in the mix of defense reviews and budget submissions, etc, youll findthem. Now is the time to read up, to truly find out what is happening and where needed tocontact your leadership AND legislators and tell them what they need to do what they need to

support to keep Naval Aviation at the sharpest point of the spear that force for victory andpeace.Our informal survey about adding a web-based capability for membership renewals andfinancial gift giving was overwhelmingly for adding that to our web site at

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INDEX(holddowntheCTRLkey,moveyourmousecurseroverthetitle,whenthecurserturnstoapointingfinger,clickyourmousetogotothearticle.ClickonRETURNTO

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US Navy Reserve in Action - HaitiDEFENSE REVIEWS and BUDGET ACTIONSNavy closes BNAS runways2010 Quadrennial Defense ReviewUSS Carl Vinson Departs HaitiFiscal Year 2011 Department of the Navy Budget SubmissionMayport To Get Nuclear Aircraft CarrierCarrier Bush Returned To NavyNavy Copter Unit Gets New Leader CommanderIndian Navy To Induct MiG-29K Fighter JetsLockheed Strengthening Fuselage In Navys F-35 ModelGates Fires Head of F-35 Fighter Jet ProgramNavy Seeks Boost To Shipbuilding Fund, No Money For F/A-18E/F Multi-YearNavy Requests Nine Ships, 206 Aircraft in FY-11; New Command Ship, EFV DelayedProposed Defense Budget Paves Way For Carrier Base In FloridaF-35 IssuesU.K. Backs BAE Carrier Project

NavalAviationReserves

Our US Navy Reserve forces have been in the thick of Haiti relief ops from the first shake.Especially of note have been the RV folks including VR-56 at NAS Oceana - and individual

reservists deployed to Haiti. Please take a look at their message athttps://www.navyreserve.navy.mil/Ready%20Now/Lists/Archive/Attachments/19/Ready%20Now%20February%202010%20-%20On-Demand%20Expertise%20FINAL.pdfcontact Benjamin.Bownas@navy.mil for details

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DEFENSEREVIEWSandBUDGETACTIONS

A lot has been happening regarding defense reviews and budget submissions:

The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a 7MB .pdf file that can be found athttp://www.defense.gov/qdr/QDR%20as%20of%2029JAN10%201600.pdf

The Ballistic Missile Defense review is a 3 MB file that can be found athttp://www.defense.gov/bmdr/BMDR%20as%20of%2026JAN10%200630_for%20web.pdf

The DOD FY2011 Budget Request is a 7MB file that can be found athttp://comptroller.defense.gov/budget.html

Transcripts for:

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the QDR and Missile defense review briefing can be found athttp://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4550

FY2011 Budget Request briefing can be found athttp://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=4551

The presentation slides/etc are found at the hyperlink at the beginning of eachrespective briefing.

The full 2011 Budget Submit is a 7MB file which I have and can send at your request.

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From atop the control tower, Brunswick Naval Air Station AirOperations Officer David Ivezic points out all the runway lightsthat will go dark tonight as the base shuts down its runways.At 10 p.m. today, Brunswick Naval Air Station will hold a brief

ceremony to mark the end of Navy aviation at the base.

(Troy R. Bennett / The Times Record)

NavyclosesBNASrunwaysBy Seth Koenig, Times Record Staff

Published:Friday, January 29, 2010 2:10 PM EST

BRUNSWICK At 10 p.m. today, the lights at Brunswick Naval Air Stations airfieldwill be drawn up to their maximum brightness. Then, light by light, the airfield will goblack.

The silent display will signal the official end of more than a half century of militaryairfield operations in Brunswick.

The closure of the base airport which consists of twin 8,000-foot runways and acontrol tower built in 2006, among other things is another step in the incrementalshutdown of the 3,200-acre base property. By May 2011, the entire base is scheduledto be closed as an active duty military installation.

This is probably, up to this point, the most visible symbol of our closing,Capt.William Fitzgerald, commanding officer of Brunswick Naval Air Station, told The Times

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Record on Thursday. Even the squadrons coming and going, that was alwayshappening. Even recently, we still had some planes taking off and landing here. Butwhen you finally shut down the light and put the Xs on the runways, its a bigmilestone. There will be no more planes.

Cmdr. David Ivezic is the head of the bases air operations department, and also apilot.

Ive been to the airports in Wiscasset and Bowdoinham, and Ive talked to a lot ofpilots in the community. Im getting the sense that, Wow, this is going to be a bigloss, Ivezic said. This is going to leave a big hole in the aviation community.

Ivezic said that while final decisions havent been made, the most junior member ofhis air operations staff will likely turn the lights off for the last time, while the mostsenior member of the crew will broadcast the airfields last transmission. Both jobs willbe performed from the top of the 130-foot-tall control tower, which overlooks therunways from the western edge of the base property.

Its kind of a ceremonial thing,; Ivezic said. Well bring it up to the max lights get the place lit up like a big Christmas tree and then shut them down.

What will the last transmission sound like? Air Controlman 1st Class Keith Piccirello,who was one of two sailors manning the control tower Wednesday morning, said thatwill be determined by whoever is ultimately chosen to give the transmission.

Itll be up to him what he wants to say,; said Piccirello. (Maybe he will say,) Thisis the last transmission from Naval Air Station Brunswick. Then hell have to handover control of the air space to Portland.

Ivezic said the Federal Aviation Administration will maintain the Brunswick controltower after the Navy ceases use of its aviation facilities, but said air traffic controlduties would be performed remotely using the equipment at Portland InternationalJetport.

Fitzgerald said the process of shutting down the base airfield began more than 10months ago.

It will no longer be NAS Brunswick air space, and all that has to be accounted for,;

he said. Memorandums of agreement for different air space areas had to be canceledout. ... It may seem easy at the end to just turn off the lights, but an awful lot of stuffhad to happen to get us there.

With the airfield shut down, Ivezics crews will spend their time packing up aviation-related equipment and shipping it to other military bases or federal organizations foruse. Some of the equipment, he said, will stay in Brunswick to be used by civilianshoping to take over airport operations in the coming months.

In the case of a permanent closure, Ivezic said, the numbers and markings on the

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runways are generally gouged out of the asphalt. However, anticipating a transfer ofthe airfield property to civilian redevelopers, he said the Navy will place temporaryyellow X marks instead. The X marks are about 10-feet-by-60-feet, and are lightmaterial that will be weighed down by cinder blocks or other heavy objects.

We are not going to damage the runways or their numbers in any way, he said.

The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, the organization in charge of guidingthe civilian reuse of the base, expects to assume control of 850 acres associated withthe airfield by late August or early September to open a civilian airport there. The newairport will focus on housing private airplanes and aircraft maintenance, repair andoverhaul businesses, not passenger or freight service.

But that will be after as many as nine months of darkness at the airfield and decadesof very different uses.

In 1943, the base was initially established, and from training Canadian and Britishpilots for World War II, to all the things this base has meant to the Cold War andprotecting the Northeast Corridor, Fitzgerald said, its quite a legacy this base hashad.

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2010QuadrennialDefenseReview

A product of... Navy Office of Information www.navy.mil February 1, 2010

2010 Quadrennial Defense Review

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USSCarlVinsonDepartsHaiti

Carrier Rendered Critical First ResponseStory Number: NNS100201-102/1/2010

From U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs

USS CARL VINSON, At Sea (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departed the waters

near Port-au-Prince, Haiti Feb. 1 after rendering humanitarian assistance to the victims of a massive 7.0 earthquake

that struck the Caribbean nation Jan. 12.

Arriving on station less than 72 hours after the quake, Carl Vinson immediately rendered assistance. Over two weeks,Vinson and its embarked 19 helicopters flew more than 2,200 sorties, delivering more than 166 tons of food, 89,000

gallons of water and 38,700 lbs. of medical supplies to earthquake victims.

Additionally, Vinson's helicopters conducted 476 medical evacuations (MEDEVACs) and the ship's doctors andcorpsmen treated 60 patients in its medical ward.

"I think our Navy team did some great work here for the people of Haiti," Carl Vinson Carrier Strike GroupCommander Rear. Adm. Ted Branch said.

Carl Vinson's primary role in the humanitarian mission was as a first responder, providing critical airlift and command

and control capabilities as the flagship of Task Force 41, the Navy's sea base supporting Joint Task Force (JTF) Haiti.

Prior to departure, the Vinson left behind much of its airlift capability, transferring 10 helicopters to other units in JTF-

Haiti. Additionally, the improvement of the relief distribution effort on the ground, in partnership with the Haiti

government, the United Nations, the international community, and supporting organizations have reduced the need of

the ship's first responder role.

With the departure of Carl Vinson, Rear Adm. Dave Thomas assumes command of Task Force 41 (CTF 41), the U.S.Navy's sea-based element supporting JTF-Haiti. Thomas is embarked aboard the task force's flagship, the amphibious

assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5).

The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are specially

configured for sustained humanitarian assistance missions, including air and sealift capabilities, medical andengineering support and water purification.

While in support of Operation Unified Response, Vinson Sailors saw firsthand the results of their work in support of the

Haitian people.

"Every one of my Sailors wanted to go ashore to help," said Carl Vinson Commanding Officer Capt. Bruce Lindsey. "It

was inspiring to see such an outpouring of volunteerism. America should be very proud of the Sailors that they have

serving--their country and others."

Vinson Sailors said they were proud of their efforts in support of the numerous humanitarian aid and disaster reliefmissions in which they were involved.

"I had a chance to talk to some of the Haitians," said Machinist's Mate Fireman Evangelina Abarca. "It hurt a lot to

know that many of them had lost family members, but I've never been more proud to say that I am a member of theUnited States Navy."

USS Carl Vinson will now continue on its original mission, performing Theater Security Cooperation (TSC)engagements with key Latin American partners while transiting to its homeport of San Diego.

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FiscalYear2011DepartmentoftheNavyBudgetSubmission

A product of... Navy Office of Information www.navy.mil February 1, 2010

Fiscal Year 2011 Department of the Navy Budget Submission

The fiscal year (FY) 2011 baseline budget submission of $160.6 billion for theDepartment of the Navy (DoN) is consistent with the 2010 Quadrennial DefenseReview, the basic tenets of the National Defense Strategy and the Maritime Strategy.Navy and Marine Corps resources have been prioritized to prevail in todays wars,prevent and deter conflict in all domains, prepare for a wide range of contingenciesand preserve the force.

Additionally, the FY 2011 request for overseas contingency operations (OCO) of$18.5 billion integrates sustained support for the warfighter. It includes incrementalcosts to sustain operations, manpower, equipment and infrastructure repair, as well

as equipment replacement to support the focus on increasing threats.Highlights Deployable battle forces of 284 ships in FY 2011, including 11 aircraft carriers

and 29 large amphibious ships. Investment platforms and systems reflect a shift to support irregular warfare and

include funds for:o Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)o Expeditionary E/A-18G aircraft supporting national electronic warfare

requirementso P-8 Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft supporting increased emphasis

on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and a variety of unmanned aerialvehicles Ship procurement funds nine new construction ships in FY 2011 and 50 ships

across the Future Years Defense Plan (FY 2011 through FY 2015). FYDP highlightsinclude:

o Two Virginia-class submarines per year, 17 Littoral Combat Ships, eight DDG-51class to continue the DDG-51 program restart, three new Mobile Landing Platforms,the first LHA(R) and the second Ford-class aircraft carrier.

Aircraft procurement funds 206 airframes in FY 2011 and 1,006 airframes acrossthe FYDP.

Navy Operation and Maintenance (O&M) resources are increased to tightly focus

on meeting increased combatant commander operational tempo requirements,properly sustaining and resetting ships and aircraft to reach expected service lives,restoring base budget enduring flight hour requirements previously funded with OCOfunding, and funding price increases, most notably in fuel.

Military and civilian basic pay is increased by 1.4 percent. Commitment to our investments in science and technology, cyberspace

capabilities, facilities sustainment, base closure and family housing is maintained.

Key Messages Facts & Figures

The budget has been shaped by the The FY 2011 baseline budget is

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results of the Quadrennial Defense Review(QDR).

Previous analyses determined that 313ships is the floor for the Navys force structure.That number will be refined to account for QDRdirection and its requirement for ballisticmissile defense, irregular warfare support,

distributed operations and intra-theater lift. Navy O&M increases focus on:o Meeting increased combatant commander

operational tempo requirements;o Sustaining and resetting ships and aircraft

to reach expected service lives;o Restoring base budget flight hour

requirements previously funded with OCOfunding;unding price increases, notably fuel.

a $4.6 billion (3%) increase over theFY2010 level. It provides:

o $45.1 billion for MilitaryPersonnel

o $46.2 billion for Operation andMaintenance

o $46.6 billion for Procurement

o $17.7 billion for Research andDevelopment

o $5 billion for Infrastructureo 324,300 Active Navy End

Strengtho 202,100 Active Marine Corps

End Strengtho 205,966 Civilian Full Time

EquivalentsFor DoN FY 2011 Budget

information visit:http://www.finance.hq.navy.mil/fmb/11pres/books.htm

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MayportToGetNuclearAircraftCarrier

US Department Of Defense Announced Decision Friday(WJXT-TV JACKSONVILLE (FL) 29 JAN 10)

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programs. "We worked closely with one another during this availability to return the ship withhigh quality and within budget."Work performed on the vessel included reconfiguring compartments, upgrades to combatsystems and radar equipment, and minor repairs.The carrier left Newport News for final sea trials Wednesday and was redelivered to the Navyon Thursday evening in Norfolk, where it is homeported.

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NavyCopterUnitGetsNewLeaderCommander

(NORFOLK VIRGINIAN-PILOT 30 JAN 10) ... Kate WiltroutNORFOLK --

It doesn't usually get much attention, but one of the Navy's most battle-tested helicoptersquadrons will be in the spotlight this weekend.Adm. Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations, is scheduled to speak today, weather

permitting, at a change-of-command ceremony for Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 atNorfolk Naval Station.Cmdr. Scott Butcher, who has led the 330-person reserve squadron since September 2008, willturn over control to Cmdr. Scott Gootee, the executive officer.HSC-84, known as the Red Wolves, is a reserve squadron under an active duty wing with a

joint operational commander. It has flown more than 11,000 hours in support of special

operations missions in Iraq since 2003.The squadron's primary mission is supporting special warfare units overseas.Unlike the Army and Air Force, the Navy does not have dedicated special operations aviationunits.The Red Wolves fill that gap by inserting and extracting special operations teams, performingcombat search-and-rescue, and flying surveillance and reconnaissance missions.The unit typically has four HH-60H Seahawk helicopters and about 60 personnel deployed toIraq at all times, Butcher said.Maintainers spend four months deployed; pilots and air crew work in three-month rotations.Most personnel are reservists, although some have been mobilized since 2003.

"We just know how to do it now, we've been doing it so long," Butcher said.The unit has flown more than 4,700 combat sorties and its members have received 1,100 air

combat medals, according to Lt. Cmdr. Phil Rosi, a Navy spokesman.Butcher said he's gotten a lot of questions about how he managed to get Roughead, the Navy'stop officer, to speak at the ceremony."I wrote him a letter," Butcher said.There may be larger forces at work, too.

Next week, the Department of Defense is expected to release its quadrennial defense review, acongressionally mandated analysis of defense priorities and strategies.

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Deck Damage

The Pentagons Gilmore said in his report that the engine and power-systems exhaust on theNavy and Marine versions is powerful enough to pose a threat to carrier personnel. The blastsalso may damage shields used to deflect heat on the deck, including on the CVN-21 carrier, the

Navys most expensive warship.Early analyses of findings indicate that integration of the F-35 into the CVN-21 will result in

damage to the carrier deck environment and will adversely affect hangar deck operations,Gilmore wrote.The Navy models exhaust area is larger than the Boeing planes, making the jet-blast deflectorsused during launch vulnerable to warping and failure, he wrote.Exhaust from the Marine Corp versions integrated power system deflect downward and may bea hazard to flight deck refueling, munitions, personnel and equipment located on catwalks,the report said.Lockheed spokesman Chris Giesel said tests conducted with the JSF Program Office and the

Navy are showing positive results regarding compatibility of the F-35s exhaust with carrierdecks and tarmac surfaces. The study will conclude in spring 2010.

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Justin Fishel- FOXNews.com- February 01, 2010

GatesFiresHeadofF-35FighterJetProgram

A senior manager is being removed and Lockheed Martin penalized for missing targets on a

new generation of fighter jets currently in production, the secretary of defense said Monday.

A senior manager in charge of procuring the next generation of military fighter jets known as F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been fired and the Department of Defense has been instructed towithhold money that would pay bonuses to the lead contractor, Defense Secretary Robert Gatesannounced Monday.

In a briefing at the Pentagon on the 2011 defense budget, Gates said inefficiencies and budgetoverruns within the costly fighter program forced him to take action.

Gates said Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor responsible for producing the F-35, is inagreement with his plan to withhold bonuses, calling it a burden "the taxpayer should not haveto bear."

In 2009 a Defense Department review concluded the Joint Strike Fighter program hadsignificant cost overruns and its production dates were far over schedule.

Gates did not announce a replacement to head up the Joint Strike Fighter program, but he saidthe new position will be elevated to that of a three-star officer.

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Gates has a reputation for firing his senior staff, and he was quick to point that out.

"One cannot absorb the additional costs that -- that we have in this program and the -- and thedelays, without people being held accountable. And I think if -- if I've set one tone here at the

Department of Defense, it is that, when things go wrong, people will be held accountable."

In 2008 Gates fired Air Force Secretary Michael Wynn and forced out the Air Force Chief ofStaff, Michael T. Moseley in wake of the "loose nukes" scandal earlier that year.

In 2009 he removed Gen. David McKiernan from his position as the commanding general in

Afghanistan after it became clear that the Taliban had reversed the momentum of the war. Brig.Gen. David Heinz, now the former Program executive officer for the F-35, has become thesecretary's latest casualty.

The new project manager for the Joint Strike Fighter will be announced in a matter of days, andhe'll have heavy burden to bear. The Joint Strike Fighter is currently the Pentagon's most

expensive weapons project ever, with defense officials putting the price tag for all the jetsrequested at nearly $300 billion.

The F-35 fighter is called the "Joint" Strike Fighter because it's designed for use across theNavy, Marine Corp, and the Air Force. The Pentagon also has plans to sell it to allies overseasonce production needs within the U.S. military have been met.

The first F-35s are expected to be operation in 2012 if all goes according to plan. The Marineswill be the first to get them and the defense community will be watching closely. From the dayan F35 rolls off the assembly to the day it's retired, it's total production cost is valued at $69

million

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NavySeeksBoostToShipbuildingFund,NoMoneyForF/A-18E/FMulti-Year

(DEFENSE DAILY 02 FEB 10) ... Geoff Fein

The Navy's $16 billion FY '11 budget request for shipbuilding includes funding for twoLittoral Combat Ships (LCS), two Virginia-class submarines and two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.The shipbuilding request marks an increase of $1.1 billion from the FY '10 budget.The Navy will buy 17 LCS over the FYDP, according to a budget document. Theservice will buy two in FY '11, three in FY '12 and four every year beginning in FY '13,'14, and '15.The Navy's plan was to buy 10 ships by FY '14 under the new acquisition strategyintroduced last year. Teams led by General Dynamics [GD] and Lockheed Martin[LMT] are vying to build the LCS. Both teams just received the Navy's request forproposals last week. Responses to the RFP are due back on March 29.

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While the Navy's new acquisition plan eventually calls for two yards to build a singleLCS design, Rear Adm. Joseph Mulloy, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy forbudget, told reporters during the service's briefing yesterday there has been talkabout the impact of rapidly buying out LCS and then facing the issue of blockobsolescence."[There is a] chance you couldn't change them again. There are a number ofcompeting factors in this," he said. "The bottom line is to have two sources and

maintain a steady pull to develop the ships."The Navy plans to build eight DDG-51s over the FYDP, beginning with two in FY '11.Mulloy noted the plan calls for a build rate of two in FY '11, one in FY '12, two in FY'13, one in FY '14 and two in FY '15."We continue to build these ships for a wide variety of missions they bring," Mulloysaid. "But primarily for the BMD needs as laid out by the president's initiatives."In addition to buying LCS, Virginia-class submarines and DDG-51s, the Navy will alsobuy one LHA-R, one Maritime Landing Platform and one Joint High Speed Vessel.The Navy will also continue with the service life extension of the LCACs and buy itsfirst Ship to Shore Connector, the eventual replacement for the LCAC, according tobudget documentsBoeing [BA] will see the Navy procure 12 of its EA-18Gs in FY '11 and another 24 inFY '24.The Navy will also buy seven of the company's P-8 Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft.However, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will see its numbers fluctuate over the FYDP.The service will buy 22 of the tactical fighters in FY '11 but only one in FY '12 beforeincreasing to 25 in FY '13 for a total of 48 aircraft over the FYDP.There is no money in the budget for a multi-year buy of Super Hornets, Mulloy said.He added, however, that the Navy is evaluating opportunities given that the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G are built on the same production line. And Mulloy also noted theNavy's acquisition shop is in negotiations on this.

"But there is no money for a multi-year right now," Mulloy noted.Additionally, the Navy will buy 13 F-35B short takeoff vertical landing variants ofLockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter in FY '11, and seven of the Navy variant, theF35- C.DoD is restructuring the JSF program office making it a three-star billet, DefenseSecretary Robert Gates said earlier in the day."There were more problems than we were aware of," he told reporters."We can't absorb the cost we have had in this program and the delay without peoplebeing held accountable, Gates added.The service will buy 100 rotary aircraft in FY '11: 28 of Bell Helicopter Textron's [TXT]

AH-1Z/UH-1Ys, 30 MV-22B by a Bell-Boeing team, 24 Lockheed Martin MH60Rs and18 MH-60SThe Navy will also buy three Fire Scout unmanned vertical takeoff unmanned airvehicles.All told, the Navy will buy 206 aircraft in FY '11, one less fewer than in FY '10.The Navy will increase its buy of Raytheon's [RTN] SM-6 from 11 in FY '10 to 59 in FY'11. However, the service will end its buy of SM-2s, only procuring eight of themissiles in FY '11. Buys of the SM-2 Mod IIIB will also decline from 91 in FY '10 to 32in FY '11.

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The Navy will buy fewer torpedoes in FY 11, dropping to 46 of the MK 48 heavyweighttorpedoes (from 85 in FY '10) and buying none of the MK 54 lightweight torpedoes,after buying 120 in FY '10. The Navy will resume purchasing the MK 54 LWT in FY '12,according to budget documents.The Navy will enter a three-year decline in the purchase of the AIM-9X, dropping to146 in FY '11 and not seeing the number bought increase until FY '14.On the other side, the Navy will increase its buy of Raytheon's Advanced Medium-

Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) from 79 in FY '10 to 101 in FY '11. The Navy willcontinue to increase annual purchases of the missile through the FYDP.Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C will also see a one-year decline inprocurement, dropping from 357 in FY '10 to 333 in FY '11.BAE Systems' Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) will experience atwo-year decline, dropping from 818 in FY '10 to 575 in FY '11 and 281 in FY '12. TheNavy will then significantly increase the number of APKWS to 1,000 in FY '13,according to budget documents.The Navy will steadily increase its buy of ATK's [ATK] Advanced Anti-Radiation GuidedMissile (AARGM), going from 36 in FY '10 to 44 in FY '11. The Navy intends to buy719 of the missiles over the FYDP.The Hellfire missile will also see a jump in procurement, from 325 in FY '10 to 600 inFY '11. The Navy intends to buy 4,600 over the FYDP.RETURN TO INDEX

NavyRequestsNineShips,206AircraftinFY-11;NewCommandShip,EFVDelayed

(INSIDE DEFENSE 01 FEB 10) ... Zachary M. Peterson

The Navy plans to buy nine ships and 206 aircraft with its $160.6 billion fiscal year2011 budget request, released this afternoon. The budget terminates the CG(X)

cruiser and EPX spy plane efforts and delays the purchase of a new command shipbeyond FY-15, pushing the procurement of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary FightingVehicle back by one year to correct developmental issues.The request includes $15.7 billion in shipbuilding, including the purchase of a JointHigh Speed Vessel for the Army. The nine ships the Navy plans to buy in FY-11 aretwo DDG-51 guided-missile destroyers, two Littoral Combat Ships, two Virginia-classattack submarines, one amphibious assault ship replacement (LHA-R), one MobileLanding Platform and a Joint High Speed Vessel.The $18.5 billon aircraft request would purchase 13 short-takeoff and vertical landing(STOVL) F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the Marine Corps, seven carrier-variant JSFs,22 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack planes, fourE-2D Hawkeyes, seven P-8A maritime patrol aircraft, 28 AH-1Z/UH-1Y helicopters, 30MV-22 tiltrotors, 24 MH-60R helos, 18 MH-60S helos, three MQ-8B Fire Scoutunmanned helicopters and 38 T-6A/B training jets.Marine Corps procurement totals $1.3 billion in the request, down from $1.5 billionrequested in FY-10. Other Navy procurement in the request totals $6.5 billion. Therequest also includes $17.7 billion in research and development funds.Further, the proposed spending package includes nearly $26 billion for active-dutyNavy personnel and approximately $13.3 billion for active-duty Marines.Today's budget announcement officially disclosed the cancellation of the CG(X)cruiser program, for which the Pentagon cited affordability concerns.

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Sen. Mark R. Warner added, "In a time of concern about federal spending and budgetdeficits, I will be asking tough questions about this Pentagon plan to divert $700million to $1 billion or more to reassign an aircraft carrier from the Norfolk navalstation.""It would be fiscally irresponsible to spend any money on a redundant East Coasthomeport," said Rep. Glenn Nye, D-Norfolk. "The Navy has never demonstrated arisk-based, strategic need to relocate a nuclear aircraft carrier out of Norfolk, and

with the national debt skyrocketing, the American people simply cannot affordredundant, unnecessary projects like this."Rep. Randy Forbes, R- Chesapeake, questioned the spending on Mayport in light of a$1.3 billion shortfall in public shipyard infrastructure and the growing size of China'sNavy."I intend to demand full transparency into the decision-making behind the proposeduse of up to a billion of taxpayer dollars on a move regarded as duplicative and even'scandalous,'" he said in a statement.However, the language in the QDR is a clearly setback to Virginia's argument."It's definitely more significant than if it was just a budgetary statement, because theQDR is supposed to be the basic strategy document for a number of years," said BillHartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation.Florida lawmakers have already hailed the carrier move as a done deal and a comingboon to the Jacksonville-area economy."The reason for moving one of the nuclear carriers from Norfolk to Mayport is sothey're not all lined up in one place like sitting ducks," said Sen. Bill Nelson, R-Fla.Job loss will hurtThe reaction began Friday when CongressDaily, a political newsletter, posted the finaldraft of the Quadrennial Defense Review on its Web site."This is an historic day for Mayport," said Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla. last week. "Anuclear carrier home-ported here is the right decision for the right reasons. In

addition to strengthening the fabric of our national security, this will mean thousandsof jobs and families for this region."If a carrier strike group were to leave Hampton Roads, it would hit the area muchharder than the 2007 shutdown of Ford Motor Co.'s truck factory in Norfolk, whichemployed 2,400 people.That's according to the 2009 State of the Region report from Old DominionUniversity. It said the gross regional product of Hampton Roads drops by 1 percenteach month a carrier task force is away from Hampton Roads. That translates into a$900 million loss over one year.Another opportunity for debate is the 20-person panel announced by the White House

last week to analyze the merits of the QDR and report back to Congress in the spring.What's a QDR?The Pentagon prepares the Quadrennial Defense Review every four years. Thedocument is intended to be a longer-term forecast of the nation's defense needs.RETURN TO INDEX

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Thursday February 04, 2010More Realistic: Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledgedWednesday on Capitol Hill that the F-35 program office was "toooptimistic" in its cost and schedule estimates for strike fighter program,leading to a sweeping restructure reflected in the Pentagon's Fiscal

2011 budget proposal and costing the job of the program manager. But even with theextra 13 months being tacked onto the F-35's development, Gates said the projectedin-service dates for the first Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy combat-ready units willnot change (Fiscal 2012, Fiscal 2013, and Fiscal 2014, respectively) The new program

profile is "much more realistic" as it reflects the conservative estimates of theindependent Joint Estimate Team that had warned that the program was facingchallenges. Gates asserted, even with the changes, "by 2020, the US will have 20times more fifth generation fighters than the Chinese and about 13 to 15 times morethan the Russians."

Nonstealthy Maneuver: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday laid downthe same line in the sand as he did on Monday at the Pentagon and on Tuesdaybefore the Senate Armed Services Committee, telling House lawmakers that he would"strongly recommend" that President Obama veto any Fiscal 2011 legislation thatsustains the F136 engine for the F-35 strike fighter. Appearing before the HouseArmed Services Committee, Gates said the focus should be on getting the F135, theother engine type for the F-35, done right. Keeping the F136 engine program alive forthe next five fiscal years would end up costing the Defense Department another $2.9billion that is needed elsewhere on top of the $1.8 billion that the Congress has alreadypumped into the project in the past several years over the Pentagon's objections, hesaid. The Pentagon's Fiscal 2011 budget proposal seeks to cancel the F136.

Boiling it Down: In a renewed effort to end the F-35 strike fighter alternate engineprogram (see Nonstealthy Maneuver, above), Defense Secretary Robert Gates

offered a somewhat different argument against the F136 engine. He told Houselawmakers Wednesday that spending extra billions to maintain two engines for theF-35 just doesn't make sense since only one of the planned F-35 operatorsthe AirForcemight potentially reap some gain. He told the House Armed ServicesCommittee that he doesn't think any other F-35 customer at home or abroad reallywants to have two engine types for its F-35s since that entails a larger logisticsfootprint for all, but especially for ship-based F-35s. And so the issue really comesdown to whether it is worth it to spend the extra billions just so the Air Force canchoose from the two engines. For Gates, the answer is no.

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U.K.BacksBAECarrierProject

(BLOOMBERG NEWS 03 FEB 10) ... Robert Hutton

Britain remains committed to building two new aircraft carriers even as it considers cuts in

military spending, Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth said.Ainsworth said a strategic defense review after this years election is unlikely to cancel thecarrier project, for which BAE Systems Plc is the lead contractor. He spoke as he publisheda consultation document that asks whether Britain should integrate its forces more closelywith other European countries and whether there are too many senior military personnel.Were already cutting the steel for the carriers, Ainsworth told reporters in London today.That, to some degree, cuts down our options.The Ministry of Defense wont be able to afford as much as half of the equipment it plans to

buy in the next decade, according to a report into procurement last year by Bernard Gray, a

former government adviser on defense. With no party guaranteeing defense spending, majorprojects may fall victim to efforts to cut the countrys budget deficit.Companies working with BAE on the carriers include Thales SA, Electronic Data Systems

LLC, Lockheed Martin Corp., Qinetiq Group Plc, Rolls-Royce Group Plc and VT GroupPlc.The two carriers will cost about 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) more than the planned 3.9

billion pounds because of delays and changes in design, the ministry said in June.Shares of BAE fell 8.3 pence, or 2.4 percent, to 338.8 pence at 3:25 p.m. in London.Trident PlansAinsworth refused to guarantee other projects, such as the Joint Strike Fighter currently

planned to fly off the carriers. He did say theres no plan to revisit the 2006 decision torenew Britains Trident nuclear-weapons system.Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup, the chief of the defense staff, confirmed that one option inthe review is the abolition of one of the three arms of U.K. forces, the Army, the Royal Navyand the Royal Air Force. Its plausible, he said, when asked if the U.K. might only have

two services in a decade, without giving more detail. That may mean the integration of theRAF into the Army and Navy.The ministry later said in an e-mailed statement that Stirrup had been saying the idea of thethree services remaining separate was plausible, not the idea of abolishing one.

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