MK-26 GMLS

CG 47 CLASS NO咨询。08-95 MK 26导弹发射系统(GMLS)NO-启动条件REF / A / DOC / SURFWARDEVGRU / 01SEP87 // AMPN / REF A IS CG 47 CLASS战术MANUAL,NWP 65-17.// RMKS / 1。此通报提供了指导,以防止NO-启动条件ON MK 26 GMLS船舶。此公告仅适用于CG 47至51 CG(基线1.3和1.4 SHIPS)。无启动条件时出现:A.启动器被加载(导弹ON RAIL)导弹系统监控器(MSS)FULL-READY VARIABLE动作按钮(VAB)DISABLED(25TH BULB OFF)OR LAUNCHER READY-NO-TEST VAB DISABLED(OFF)WHEN运行就绪TEST SYSTEM(ORTS)运行一个导弹INVENTORY TEST。手动启动程序加载包括本地荷载施加在发射器和MSS VAB行动订购LAUNCHER负荷。B.订婚ORDER导致自动导弹载荷,但啮合被打破前烧和THEN ORTS运行的导弹库存测试之前,该导弹被下载。RECOMMEND船舶强制允许AEGIS武器系统(AWS)来自动加载钢轨AS部分AWS的DETECT-TO-ENGAGE SEQUENCE。2.背景。 DURING A FIRING EXERCISE, A MK 26 GMLS SHIP MANUALLY LOADED AN SM-2 IN AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE AWS REACTION TIME AGAINST A SUPERSONIC LOW ALTITUDE TARGET. THE SHIP SUCCESSFULLY DETECTED AND ESTABLISHED A FIRM TRACK ON THE TARGET AND INITIATED AN SM ENGAGEMENT. THE MISSILE WAS NOT LAUNCHED BECAUSE ORTS EXECUTED A PERIODIC INVENTORY TEST PRIOR TO LAUNCH WHICH REPORTED NO MISSILES AVAILABLE. A. AN SM-2 BLOCK II WAS MANUALLY LOADED ON THE LAUNCHER WHILE AWS WAS IN THE READY STATE INSTEAD OF THE READY-NO-TEST STATE. THE READY-NO-TEST STATE INHIBITS ORTS PERIODIC OPERABILITY TESTS. THE PERIODIC ORTS LAUNCHER INVENTORY TEST DOES NOT COUNT DUDDED MISSILES IN THE MAGAZINE OR MISSILES LOADED ON THE RAIL. IN THIS CASE, ALL MISSILES IN THE MAGAZINE WERE DUDDED TO PREVENT INADVERTENT FIRINGS. THE ORTS TEST REPORTED AN INVENTORY OF ZERO TO WEAPONS CONTROL SYSTEM (WCS). FOLLOWING THIS SEQUENCE, AN ENGAGEMENT ORDER WAS INITIATED, BUT THE ZERO INVENTORY CONDITION PREVENTED WCS FROM LAUNCHING THE MISSILE ON THE RAIL. B. THE ZERO INVENTORY CONDITION IS ELIMINATED WHEN MISSILE LOAD IS ORDERED BY WCS. ON COMMENCING AN SM ENGAGEMENT, WCS WILL ENABLE FULL-READY AND READY-NO-TEST STATES FOR ALL AVAILABLE LAUNCHERS AND ILLUMINATORS TO LOCK OUT PERIODIC AND MANUALLY INITIATED ORTS TESTS. WCS WILL ALSO LOAD ALL AVAILABLE LAUNCHER RAILS. SINCE ORTS TESTS ARE INHIBITED, ZERO INVENTORY WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE LAST AVAILABLE ROUND OF THE SELECTED MISSILE TYPE IS LAUNCHED. SIMILARLY, MANUAL LOADS OF A LAUNCHER WITH FULL-READY OR READY-NO-TEST STATES ENABLED BY THE MISSILE SYSTEM SUPERVISOR WILL PRESERVE THE CORRECT MISSILE INVENTORY BY DISALLOWING THE ORTS INVENTORY TEST. (NOTE: IF THE ENGAGEMENT IS BROKEN, THE WCS ENABLED FULL-READY VAB AND READY-NO- TEST VAB WILL BE DISABLED.) SINCE THE MISSILE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADED, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ORTS TEST TO REPORT A ZERO INVENTORY. 3. ACTION. FOR CG 47 THROUGH CG 51: IF AN SM ENGAGEMENT IS ANTICIPATED, AND A PRE-LOADED LAUNCHER IS DESIRED, THE MSS SHOULD ALWAYS ENABLE THE FULL-READY VAB PRIOR TO ANY LAUNCHER LOAD ACTION. ENABLING THE FULL-READY CONDITION WILL ORDER THE HIGHEST STATE OF READINESS FOR BOTH MK 26 GMLS LAUNCHERS AND MK 99 FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM (FCS) ILLUMINATORS BY PLACING THESE EQUIPMENTS IN THE READY-NO-TEST STATE, LOCKING OUT ALL PERIODIC AND OPERATOR INITIATED ORTS OPERABILITY TESTS. ONCE THE LAUNCHER IS LOADED, READY-NO-TEST (VIA FULL-READY) STATE MUST REMAIN ENABLED TO INSURE THE CORRECT LAUNCHER INVENTORY. IF A ZERO INVENTORY CONDITION IS NOTICED BEFORE OR AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT ORDER, THE ANTI-AIR WARFARE COORDINATOR (AAWC) CAN MANUALLY ENTER A CORRECTED MISSILE INVENTORY. AN ALTERNATIVE (BEFORE THE ENGAGEMENT ORDER) WOULD BE TO DOWNLOAD ALL MISSILES, RUN THE ORTS TEST BY COMMAND FROM THE TEST MAINTENANCE CENTRAL (TMC) OPERATOR, WHICH WILL RESULT IN AWS MAINTAINING A CURRENT AVAILABLE MISSILE INVENTORY. THIS DISCUSSION OF ZERO INVENTORY CONDITIONS IS APPLICABLE WHEN AWS IS IN TACTICAL MODE USING LIVE MISSILES AND THE MK 26 GMLS. 4. FOR COMNAVSURFLANT AND COMNAVSURFPAC: RECOMMEND CG 47 THROUGH CG 51 BE TASKED TO ADHERE TO PARA 3 PROCEDURES. 5. FOR COMSURFWARDEVGRU: REQUEST REF A BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE PARA 3 GUIDANCE. NEXT SCHEDULED UPDATE FOR REF A IS JUL 97. 6. THIS ISSUE IS DOCUMENTED AS CPCR 81411 FOR BASELINE 1.3 AND 1.4 SHIPS. THE WEAPONS SYSTEM IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AND NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED FOR THE CURRENT COMPUTER PROGRAMS. THIS ADVISORY DOES NOT AFFECT CSOSS, EOSS, PMS, TECH MANUALS OR CMMP AND WILL BE CANCELLED WHEN REF A (CG 47 CLASS TACTICAL MANUAL) HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE PARA 3 GUIDANCE. 7. ORIG POC IS MR. N. SMITHSON, PMS 400F511, DSN 332-5981 OR COMM (703) 602-5981 EXT 133. TPOC IS CDR J. WILSON, PMS 400B30A, DSN 332-7090 OR COMM (703) 602-7090 EXT 222.// BT