Texas First Class

The Texas First Class aircraft carrier is the first aircraft carrier class designed and manufactured in Allied States of America under the requeriments of the (FILL: ASA Procurement agency. See:Intendentziako Erakundea Indar Armatuak). It is an evolution of the Nimitz Class with several technical improvements in order to reduce weight, increase speed and reduce the crew requirement and the cost of construction and operation.

Hull
The stealthy hull shape with its highly flared sides is accompained with curved flight deck edges to reduce radar signature, a new underwater hull-coating system, deck covering modernized to reduce ship weight by 100 tons, low Solar Absorptive and Anti-Stain Paint, and a redesigned hangar bay that has less clutter. Specifications include a new propeller design, a new bulbous bow design that provides more buoyancy to the forward end of the ship and improves hull efficiency.

Flight deck
The design of the flight deck was made to improve aircraft handling, storage, and flow. Texas First Class has 2 catapults, 1 bow and 1 waist and the number of aircraft lifts from hangar deck to flight deck level is 2, but they are considerably larger than those in previous aircraft carrier classes. The design of the flight deck are instrumental in the maximization of sortie generation.

The route of weapons to the aircraft stops on the flight deck has been planned to accommodate higher re-arming rates, and in turn higher potential sortie rates.

Another major improvement is the creation of a deck space for a centralized re-arming and re-fueling location. This reduces the number of times that an aircraft will have to be moved after landing before it can be launched again. Fewer aircraft movements require, in turn, fewer deck hands to accomplish them, reducing the size of the ship's crew. On Texas First carriers the time that it takes to launch a plane after it has landed is defined by the time necessary to re-arm and re-fuel. To minimize this time, ordnance will be moved by robotic devices from storage areas to the centralized re-arming location via re-located weapons elevators. The new path that ordnance follows does not cross any areas of aircraft movement, thereby reducing traffic problems in the hangars and on the flight deck.

The launching system has been designed to use Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) developed by General Atomics for the Gerald R. Ford Class aircraft carriers. This system allows to launch aircraft from carriers using a linear motor drive instead of steam pistons used in conventional aircraft catapults. This technology reduces stress on airframes because they can be accelerated more gradually to takeoff speed than steam-powered catapults. EMALS also uses less fresh water, reducing the need for energy-intensive desalination.

Electronic systems
Sensors


 * 1 x TERMA Hull Inspector Sensor
 * 1 x TERMA Hull Inspector Sensor


 * 1 x TERMA DD90 Diver Detection System

Electronic warfare Decoys


 * 2 x TERMA DL-12T decoy launcher
 * 2 x TERMA Loki torpedo countermeasure

Armament
The Texas First Class uses three main weapon systems.The weapons system of the ships are:

Air wing
The ship are able to carry more than 55 aircrafts. The 2012 Typical Aircraft wing is formed by: