Si tratta di una nuova classe di navi anfibie 24 m piu lunga della classe Wasp con una stazza di circa 50.000 t e senza bacino allagabile. Puo portare piu aerei Vstol (fino a 40) ed elicotteri.The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious assault ship, LHA 6. Work will be performed primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and ship delivery is scheduled for 2012.
The LHA 6 will replace one of the aging LHA 1 class of amphibious assault ships. Like its predecessors, it will be able to operate as the flagship for an expeditionary strike group. Ships of this type may also play a key role in the Maritime Pre-Positioning Force (Future). Northrop Grumman has built five LHAs as well as seven USS Wasp (LHD 1) class ships. The Pascagoula shipyard is currently building an eighth LHD, Makin Island.
In pratica una mini-portaerei capaci di sostituire le capital ship nucleari in teatri a bassa intensita. Ecco la foto della nuova
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