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THE FUTURE OF THE U.S. NAVY...The Joint
Strike Fighter
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| This page is dedicated to research on the Joint Strike Fighter, an aircraft whose construction was recently contracted to Lockheed Martin, one of two companies that make U.S. Military Aircraft. Below, I have included sites where one can study different aspects of the Joint Strike Fighter and the role of the United States Navy in the future. | |||
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To the right is a picture of Lockheed Martin's version of the Joint Strike Fighter during a test flight over land. The first two sources listed below, both on the topic of naval aviation, can be found in the print section in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's library system. |
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| Burgess, Richard R. The Naval Aviation Guide 5th Edition. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. 106-2 Hearing: Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition Reform: Will it Fly? May 10, 2000. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, 2000 | ||||
| Location..... Davis Reference |
Call Number.... VG93 .N34 1996 c.1 |
Status.... NonCirculating |
Location.... Davis |
Call Number.... REF Federal Documents Y4.G4/7:J 66 c.1 |
Status....Circulating |
| Listed below is a source on naval aviation that can be found in the non-print section of the University of North Carolina at Chapel's library system. |  |
To the left is another picture of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter, this time in a training evolution over the ocean. |
| United States. Navy Dept. National Audio Visual Center. 1962. Naval aviation, a personal history: the weapon is developed, videorecording. Available. Washington: The Department, Distributed by National Audiovisual Center, 1962: 1982. Accessed September 18, 2001. | ||
| Location.... Davis | Call Number.... REF Federal Documents D 201.19/2:Av 5 | Status.... c.1/ Available |
| Below is a picture of two Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighters with with a Navy ship in the background. | Using Academic Universe and Lexis Nexis, you can find many articles on Naval Aviation. To the left is information on two artilces that I found while researching my topic. |
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1)Wire Services Aviation Budget Targets Leap-Ahead Technology [The Record online] Washington, D.C.: Bergen Record Corp., 1996, accessed 18 September 2001; available from <http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/cgi-bin/external_database_auth?A=P|F=Y|URL=http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>; Internet.
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| 2)Associated Press All-in-one Fighter Lands Vertically [The San Dieg Tribune online]. San Diego, CA: The San Diego Tribune, 2001, accessed 17 September 2001; available from <http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/cgi-bin/external_database_auth?A=P|F=Y|URL=http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>; Internet. |
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There are many websites about Naval
Aviation and even the Joint Strike Fighter specifically. Below, I
have listed five sites I reviewed while doing my research. Please
review the descriptions on the right, and then click on the Web site
titles on the left to review the sites yourself.
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This is Boeing's website, one of the two companies competing to provide the United States military with the Joint Strike Fighter. It has a link to a page that goes through the different tests done on the JSF, which includes dates and pictures. It also has links to video clips and images. Source of Website: The Boeing Company |
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This site was very valuable to my research because of its explanation about computer programs on aircraft carriers. The site explains more advanced versions of the common Windows program for use on a future United States Navy aircraft carrier. Below the article, there were also links to other topics related to the United States Navy, and this page served as a link to some of CNN's other online services. Source of Website: 2001 Cable News Network |
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This site is for the Air Testing squadron in Patuxent Maryland. It covers the mission of the squadron, and also has a link to explain aspects of naval careers. The site has a link explaining the history of the test pilot training. Importanly, the site lists related websites, which aids in researching this branch of aviation more thoroughly, though the page that lists that related websites is not set up very well. Source of Website: Department of Defense |
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This page is a link to naval aviation safety- and describes the different hazards. There are pictures and explanations about the different air and land mishaps that can take place in Naval Aviation. The page has statistics on the different mishaps with the different U.S. Navy warfare groups, including the surface and submarine communities, as well as the aviation community. Source of Website: United States Navy |
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This site has accurate information, an updated chart of naval aircraft, their specific missions and designs, and great pictures. It is clearly divided up into different sections that can be reached by clicking on the topics listed at the address to the left. The site is an official United States Navy Web site, making the available information credible, but it also means that it has to secure some of the information from the public. Source of Website: United States Navy |
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| Below, I have posted my "Internet Story." I had to make some changes since I originally did my research because I did my research when the competition was still in progress, but now the contract has been officially awared to the Lockheed Martin Corportaion. |
| The Future of Naval Aviation: The Joint Strike Fighter |
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The Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, is the weapon of the 21st Century
for the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The JSF will have unique
capabilities built-in to make it better suit the missions of each
of those three branches, but the each version of the aircraft will
be assembled with the same parts made by the same manufacturer. People
educated to maintain these aircraft will be able to work on all three
versions. This aircraft will replace old aircraft in each of the branches,
and by doing so with a joint aircraft, the old way of doing business
will have to be updated. (1) Currently, the different branches have their own aircraft, and therefore
their own supplies and maintenance workers to keep up the aircraft.
With the JSF, the parts will be common among all three versions of
the aircraft, so even though the separate branches may keep their
personnel working on the aircraft in their service, there will be
a definite change in the way supplying the squadrons will work. Current
technology allows for the makers of the JSF to create an online program
that will make ordering parts from al three branches go through the
same sources and therefore be more efficient than in the past where
parts were being replaced by different companies for the different
types of aircraft maintained in the separate branches. Lockheed Martin and Boeing were competing for the contract for the JSF, and each have set up systems to make supplying the aircraft through one joint company. What the competition really came down to was which company could create the most reliable and efficient vertical take-off. Both companies were testing their aircraft, and the steps they took can be seen at their respective websites, the Boeing Corporation and the Lockheed Martin Corporation. Even before the decision has been made as to which company will produce the JSF, the military had already projected that it would be employed in at least one branch of the service within a decade. The advancements with it are yet to be fully explained, as there can still be changes made even though the competition for the conract is complete, but the JSF promises to reach a completely new level of technological advancement for the U.S. Military. NOTES: (1) Bloomberg News One-Builder Jet Contract Endorsed [The Seattle
Times online]. Seattle, WA: The Seattle Times Company, 2001, accessed
18 September 2001; available from http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/cgi-bin/external_database_auth?A=P|F=Y|URL=http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe;
Internet. |
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