New Marine Aircraft Need a New Amphibious Ship

Abstract

The Marine Corps has carefully plotted the future of its air combat element (ACE). This path began with a need to replace an aging fleet of aircraft and ended with the development of the most capable and advanced aircraft the Marine Corps has seen. The MV-22 Osprey and Short Take-Off Vertical Land (STOVL) Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will carry Marine Corps aviation well into the twenty-first century. Although these platforms will provide the Marine Corps with additional capabilities, the larger aircraft size will be a limiting factor when operating aboard current amphibious ships. The current amphibious ships, the LHA1 and LHD2, are not properly suited to support Osprey and JSF operations. In order to address this situation, a modified version of the LHD is set to replace the aging LHAs. However, the Dual Tram Line (DTL) ship design is the only ship design suitable to replace the LHA because it is the only ship that meets all Marine Corp's space and flexibility requirements for future operations at sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 2008
Accession Number
ADA510278

Entities

People

  • C. R. Fitzgerald

Organizations

  • Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Assault Ships
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flight Decks
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Ship Design
  • Ships
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space