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Part 1
QEC Update
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QEC Capability
CARRIER STRIKE
AIR MANOEUVRE
F35B LII
Merlin Crowsnest
RW Air Group
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Carrier Strike
24 Lightning
(Best Effort CEPP CONEMP) 9 Merlin 2
Full C2 suite UK, NATO, US
5 Crowsnest
CS
CS
CS
CN
ASW
C2
ASW
Magazine
CN
ASW
Ships
Coy
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Accom
Interoperability
UK-US SOI
OTHER F35B
NATIONS
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Queen
Elizabeth
2016
2017
Prince of
Wales
2018
2019
2020
Jul 18
Dec 18
LII MARHAM IOC(L)
2017
2018
2023
2024
2025
2026
Sep 23
Initial Operating Capability
(Carrier Enabled Power
Projection)
Dec 20
IOC(M)
Land-based Capability
2016
2022
Feb 17
Flood-up
F35B
2021
2026
Full Operating
Capability (Carrier
Enabled Power
projection)
Feb 23
Full Operating
Capability (Carrier
Strike)
Dec 20
Initial Operating
Capability (Carrier
Strike)
Vessel
In Service
Acceptance
Date
Ship builder to DE&S to
DE&S
Royal Navy
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2023
2024
2025
2026
Operational Conversion
Unit
UK JCA Training USMC @ Beaufort
2016
2017
In Service Date
2018
2019
UK OCU @ Marham
Initial Operating
Capability
2020
Full Operating
Capability
2021
2022
Part 2
The impact on the Royal Navy
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Maritime Effect
Soft Power
Engagement / Influence / Humanitarian
Hard Power
Conflict Prevention / Warfighting
Continuous
Carrier
Capability
Leading Europe
through NATO:
- Maritime Capability
Delivering Effectively:
- Exploiting Technology
- Thinking Innovatively
- Promoting Prosperity
- Maritime C2
Continuous
Amphibious
Readiness
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UK Power Projection
Offensive
Sea Control
(Defensive)
RNs future
focus.
Traditional RN focus
(for many years ).
Carrier Strike
Counter
Land
ASW
AI
Counter
Maritime
ASuW
Counter
Air
Protect
DCA
Deep
Attack
Poise
CAS
EW
Air Manouevre
IW
Demo
OCA
AAW
Project
Assault
SEAD
Withdrawal
Raid
Command
Support
Fusion
Sustain
Connect
Enable
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Crowsnest
Embarked
Force
Strat
ISTAR
T45
T26
QEC
MITL
FSS
MPA
AO
Merlin ASW
SSN
UAS
Wildcat HMA
Cyber
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Part 3
The approach to carrier air power
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Future UK Requirements
Focus upon delivery of Next Gen capability:
What does it mean for skillsets and training?
Enhanced sensors; sharing of targeting information
interoperability with 4th Gen aircraft
Rapid re-programming
Exploitation of intrinsic ISR capability
Data-link capability to all environments
In the future, the wingman of an F-35 might be a Type 45
Destroyer
Target Engaged
Target Located
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Thematic summary
Programme update.
Strategic direction for the Royal Navy.
- Continuous Carrier Capability (CS) forcing integrated thinking
- Management of the Air Maritime seam
- Complexity of information management and exploitation
All the while retaining lethality and warfighting effectiveness
Approach to carrier based air power.
- Understanding the subtleties of definitions and terminology
- Next gen integration
- Information is environmentally agnostic. Does working in the
information environment render maritime and air concepts
outdated?
- Technology integration platform and environmental
- Cross-pollination of skill sets
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