Manpower intensive

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Aviation Weapons Handling

• Manpower intensive
• Opportunity for significant TOC/workload
  reductions
• Limiting factor for mission-capable sortie rate

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Nimitz Surgex Recap

• Force Structure
• Manning augmented to meet the 24 hour ops tempo
  (No weps pers)
• Aircraft
• F/A-18-33 F-14 -11
• EA-6B- 4 E-2C - 4
• ES-3 -2 S-3B - 7
• H-60 - 5

• Operations
• Duration 96 hours
• Targets 726
• 30-280 miles
• Total Sorties 1035/1001
• Total Fixed Wing 999/975
• Total Strike sorties 856/802
• Weapons 1439/1336
• MK 82/83

200 Strike Sorties per day carrying sortie
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Weapons Flow Processfrom Magazine to Aircraft
Bomb build to aircraft loadout 4-7 hours min
Flight Deck
Load
WPS Elevator 1 Hatch
To aircraft arming areas
To aircraft arming areas
To aircraft arming areas
CVW Ordies 100 billets
ACFT Elevator 1
Transport
Hangar Bay 1
WPS Elevator 4
WPS Elevator 2
G1 Division 111 billets
WPS Elevator 1
WPS Elevator 1
WPS Elevator 3
Hangar Deck
ACFT Elevator 1
Breakout Build
Magazines
G3 Division 249 billets
Weapons flow currently restricted by elevators,
build areas, access to the flight deck and
number / availability of aircraft arming areas
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Process Times
Sampling of Weapon preparation movement and
loading times by weapon type
Heavier more complex weapons consume time to
build and load
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Process TimesWeapon Mix Comparison

• PGMs only
• Weapons
• AAM 0
• HARM 4
• Bombs 0
• PGM 46
• JSOW 0
• Torp 2
• Total 52
• Time to
• Break out 120
• Build 360
• Transport 92
• Load 64

• 1/2 PGMs/Dumb Bombs
• Weapons
• AAM 0
• HARM 4
• Bombs 23
• PGM 23
• JSOW 0
• Torp 2
• Total 52
• Time to
• Break out 108
• Build 199
• Transport 92
• Load 64

• All Dumb bombs
• Weapons
• AAM 0
• HARM 4
• Bombs 46
• PGM 0
• JSOW 0
• Torp 2
• Total 52
• Time to
• Break out 115
• Build 50
• Transport 92
• Load 64

PGMs Drive Total Process time in the Build Cycle
Breakout and Transport still Unacceptable for
Rapid Response and overall Flexibility
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Technology Insertion for Breakout Build

• Magazine and table redesign
• Robotics technologies (controls, end effector)
• Potential exists for workload reductions, and
  faster weapons decontainerization, assembly, and
  transit throughput

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CVN Organizational Structure
Commanding
Officer
Officer 165
Enlisted 3,336
Executive
Officer
Administrative
Legal
Chaplain
Maintenance
Navigation
Medical
89
7
7
22
15
37
Dental
Operations
Deck
Air
AIMD
Communications
18
428
85
126
724
257
Weapons
Engineering
Reactor
Supply
Safety
422
300
443
510
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Weapons Dept Data Sheet

• Weapons Manning - 8 Officers - 414 enlisted
• Total Compartments - 150 plus
• Total magazines - 35
• Elevator - 3 US - 6 LS
• Sprinklers systems -
• AWSE - 3200 plus
• WSE - 200 plus
• Hoists - 42 plus
• Forklifts - 30 4.5k electric
• Carrier Wpns Projected cost - 250M
• Carrier weapons load est. lifts - 2400-3000

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Weapons Org Chart
Typical Manning 111 14
249 28
20
G4
G3
G1
G2
G5
WPN Dept
Magazines
Elevators
Division
Armory Division
Administration
Office
Division
Division
G2 Office
AFT Work
Damage
Forward Work
Hangar Deck
Flight Deck
QA/Tech Pubs
Center
Control
Center
G1-H
G1-F
G1 Office
G3 Office
Flight Deck
Hoist
AWMCS
ROLMS
Weapons Shop
Armory
Control
Maintenance
Shop
G4 Office
Flight Deck
Workshop
Sprinkler Shop
Elevator Shop
Magazines
AWSE Shop
Forklift Shop
Organization may vary
from ship to ship.
Typical CVN Weapons Department