Specifications |
Design Agent / Builder | Northrop Grumman Newport News, Newport News, Va. |
Other Key Industry Partners | Electric Boat – Ship Design Bettis Laboratory – Reactor Plant Design General Atomics – EMALS and AAG Raytheon – Warfare System Engineering and Integration General Electric – Main Propulsion Units Northrop Grumman Marine Systems – Main Turbine Generators Federal Equipment Company – Advanced Weapons Elevators |
Service Life | 50 years |
Key Dates | Program Approval (Milestone B) 26 April 2004
Defense Acquisition Board Program Review – FY 08
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Displacement | approximately 100,000 long tons full load |
Displacement, Standard | tons |
Overall Length | 1092 ft / 333m |
Waterline Length | 1040 ft |
Extreme Beam | 256 ft / 78m |
Waterline Beam | 134 ft / 40.8m |
Maximum Navigational Draft | 39 ft / 7.8m |
Draft Limit | 41 ft |
Propulsion | Two nuclear reactors
four shafts |
Auxiliary Systems | All Electric (no steam distribution)
9 – 1100 Ton Air Conditioning Plants
4 – 125,000 gallon per day Reverse Osmosis Distilling Units
30 – 1,000 gallon per minute Fire Pumps
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Electrical Capacity | Threshold - 2.5X NIMITZ
Objective - 3.0 X NIMITZ |
Speed | 30+ knots (35+ miles per hour / 56+ km/h) |
Accommodations | 4,297 - Officers: 508 Enlisted: 3789 |
Accommodations | 4,660 (ship, air wing and staff)
2,500 to 2,700 Crew
2,480 Aircrew [Approximately]
70 Flag Staff |
Manpower | Threshold - 500 reduction x NIMITZ
Objective - 900 reduction x NIMITZ
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Armament | Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Rolling Airframe Missile CIWS |
Aircraft | 75+ 24 - F-35C
12 - F/A-18E
13 - F/A-18F
6 - EF-18G
6 - E-2D
6 - MH-60R
4 - MH-60S
4 - N-UCAS
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Sortie Generation | 30-day Sustained Air Plan
Sorties/Day : Sustained: 160 – 220
4-day Surge Air Plan
Sorties/Day : Surge: 270 – 310
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Aircraft Elevators | 3 |
Hangar Bays | 2 |
Aircraft Launch | 4 EMALS Electromagnetic Catapults |
Aircraft Recovery | Advanced Arresting Gear (3 Wires plus Barricade) |
Surveillance | Dual Band Radar (DBR) |
Major improvements | CVN 78 Warfighting Capability Improvements: 25 percent increase in sortie generation rate Nearly 3 fold increase in electrical generating capacity Increased operational availability Survivability improvements Integrated Warfare System Restoration of Service Life Allowances
CVN 78 Quality of Life Improvements Improved Work Spaces, Berthing, Sanitary Facilities Improved Food Service Operations Increased Air Conditioning Capacity Increased Training Capabilities
CVN 78 Cost Reductions Over $300 million reduction in procurement costs Over $5 billion reduction in Life Cycle Costs 1000-1200 billet reductions (ships crew and air wing) |
New Technologies | New propulsion plant design that includes a 50 percent reduction in the number of personnel required for plant operation and maintenance. Electromagnetic Catapults and Advanced Arresting Gear that support future airwing configurations including unmanned air vehicles. Improvements in weapons and material handling designed to more efficiently move ordnance and material around the ship in support of flight operations. Improved and enlarged flight deck to support a 25 percent increase in Sortie Generation Rate. New smaller Island designed to accommodate the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the DDG 1000 program. New Integrated Warfare System including flexible ship infrastructure design improvements to support future mission adaptability and flexibility. |