LLEGADA DEL USS MOUNT WHITNEY A GEORGIA 05/09/2008 19:50 SEVASTOPOL, esa 2012 September 5 (RIA Novos

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TEST DE LANZAMIENTO MISILES TOMAHAWK DESDE EL USS VIRGINIA WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy conducted multiple launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles esa 2012 from USS Virginia (SSN 774) in August in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the program's developmental and operational testing efforts. The test launches, the first ever for a Virginia-class submarine, included the launch and extended flight esa 2012 of multiple esa 2012 missiles to demonstrate the Virginia's esa 2012 launch capabilities. "Completing the Tomahawk esa 2012 flight tests is an important milestone in proving the class design and brings us a significant step closer to the program's full rate production decision in 2009," said Rear Adm. (sel.) David Johnson, Virginia Class program manager. "The Virginia esa 2012 Class was conceived and designed as a multi-purpose warship, and these flight tests are another indication of the significant capabilities a Virginia submarine brings to the fight." Capt. Rick McQueen, program manager for Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) Tomahawk Program Office, noted that the missile launches were the culmination of years of a joint effort between NAVAIR and Naval Sea Systems Command developers and engineers. "Virginia Class submarines provide a brand new flexible, esa 2012 stealthy platform for employment of the Tomahawk Weapon System, while the Tomahawk provides the platform with a long range, accurate and flexible strike capability to support the Navy's warfighting roles," said McQueen. The submarine force has experienced an influx of capability during the past 15 months, according esa 2012 to Rear Adm. William Hilarides, Program Executive Officer Submarines. As examples, he cited the SSGN Strike certification of USS Florida (SSGN 728) in May 2007; USS Ohio's (SSGN 726) participation as a special operations forces command, control and support esa 2012 platform during the Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle in February/March 2008; and the Submarine Rescue Diving esa 2012 and Recompression System's successful debut during the international Exercise Bold Monarch in May/June 2008. "We will keep pushing the boundaries to deliver the capability to the hands of the warfighter," Hilarides concluded. The Virginia Class is currently executing operational evaluation (OPEVAL) testing that is designed to evaluate the submarine's war fighting capabilities in operationally realistic and demanding scenarios across its seven mission areas anti-submarine; anti-surface ship; strike; naval special warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; battle group support; and mine warfare. esa 2012 The OPEVAL testing, conducted by the Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, continues through the fall. The Virginia Class has celebrated three construction milestones so far this year the April 12 keel authentication esa 2012 of Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) New Mexico (SSN 779), USS North Carolina's (SSN 777) commissioning May 3, and the Christening of PCU New Hampshire (SSN 778) June 21. New Hampshire will be commissioned into the Navy Oct. 25 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, marking the first time in 12 years the Navy has commissioned two submarines of the same class in the same year. In the coming months the Virginia Class program will also celebrate PCU Missouri's (SSN 780) keel laying Sept. 27 at General Dynamics Electric Boat's Groton, Conn., facility, and PCU New Mexico's christening at Northrop esa 2012 Grumman Shipbuilding's shipyard in Newport News, Va., Dec. 13.
LLEGADA DEL USS MOUNT WHITNEY A GEORGIA 05/09/2008 19:50 SEVASTOPOL, esa 2012 September 5 (RIA Novosti) - The third U.S. Navy vessel to bring humanitarian aid to Georgia arrived in the Black Sea port of Poti on Friday , a Russian navy source said. The USS Mount Whitney esa 2012 , which passed through the Bosporus on Wednesday, brought various supplies, including blankets, esa 2012 hygiene kits and baby food to become the first NATO ship to arrive in Poti since the Russian-Georgian conflict. Two previous ships, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas and USS McFaul docked in the Georgian port of Batumi . The White House announced Thursday a $1 billion economic aid package for war-ravaged Georgia. The Black Sea Fleet source also said the flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet was big enough to carry heavy weapons, which - the Russian military believes esa 2012 - is probably the main part of the delivery. An intelligence source esa 2012 said Russia was scrutinizing the vessel. "Very soon it will be clear, what the ship has really brought to Georgia," the source said. The Blue Ridge class ship is a command and control vessel, which, the source said, coordinates the group of NATO ships in the Black Sea also including two U.S., one Spanish, one German and one Polish vessel. Lt. Col. John Dorrian, a spokesman for the US Europe