Arming the Fleet Highlights: Providing Our Warfighters the Decisive Advantage Third Edition (ePub eBook)

Arming the Fleet 1943-2011: Providing Our Warfighters the Decisive Advantage tells a compelling story of the secret weapons city of China Lake, California, a secluded Navy base in the middle of the vast Mojave Desert that has been quietly delivering weapons that work since 1943. The book also provides an inside look at Point Mugu, California, a Department of Defense (DOD) premiere electronic warfare site and home of the world’s largest instrumented over-water range where most Navy targets are tested. Combined, these two internationally recognized historic sites comprise the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (also known as NAWCWD, the "Division," or WD), an organization with a strong legacy in direct Warfighter support.

Arming The Fleet: 1943-2011, Providing Our Warfighters the Decisive Advantage (Third Edition) describes WD’s significant influence on more than 25 major weapons systems. China Lake developed 75% of the air-launched weapons used during Vietnam and jointly developed 80% of those used during Iraqi Freedom and the Center continues to arm the fleet into the future. In addition, the Division has been awarded 1,600+ patents, and the book documents 50+ world “firsts,” including non-nuclear work on the first atomic bomb, Sidewinder missile, plastic bonded explosives, biofuels, light sticks, air-bag sensors, and stop action video, as well as developing early technology that directly evolved into today’s GPS, digital computer searches, and MRI.   

Arming The Fleet (ATF) describes the Division’s role and quick response achievements in every major U.S. crisis from WWII to Iraqi Freedom – from Iwo Jima and Midway to Fallujah and Baghdad. ATF documents the Division as a world leader in guided missiles, advanced weapons and systems, and complex software integration on tactical aircraft, energetic materials and subsystems. In addition, the Division is conducting RDT&E (Research Development Test & Evaluation) on 25+ varied unmanned aerial systems (UAV), which is a top-four strategic thrust area. 

ATF tells the story about how many of today’s major weapons “in the news” got their start, including Trident, Tomahawk, HARM, Standard Missile, and Sidewinder. Remarkably, most of the major technologies ever developed are still in fleet use today in one version or another.

Arming The Fleet III includes 208 pages, 216 photos/graphics, and 1,000+ indexed items. Anyone wanting to learn more about major milestones in U.S. Naval weaponry and technology “then and now” will find this book of great interest -- not just “history” -- as this Third Edition is updated through 2011.

The legacy continues...

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NAVAIR Overview
NAWCWD Vision, Mission, and Goals
NAWCWD “Firsts”
NAWCWD, How It All Began
Teamwork
Military Conflicts—Highlights
Ranges
Laboratories and Facilities
Weapons
Weapons–Platform Integration
Weapon Systems
Electronic Warfare (EW)
Unmanned Systems (UxS)
Test and Evaluation (T&E)
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
Research and Engineering
Energy Strategy
Special Weapons and Projects
Table of NAWCWD-Influenced Weapons in Conflict
Acronyms
References
Bibliography
Recommended Reading List
Acknowledgments
Index

Members of the military, veterans, historians, and anyone interested in military, specifically Navy, history would enjoy this publication.