lectronic warfare system detects hostile radar emissions by two sets of antennae."
USS Nimitz has also been fitted with the Lockheed Martin TIS (tactical input segment) digital reconnaissance processing system, which can receive real-time imagery from airborne sensors.
Sensors
Air search radars include the ITT SPS-48E 3-D, operating at E/F-band; Raytheon SPS49(V)5, C/D-band; and Raytheon mk23 TAS, D-band. Surface search radar is the Northrop Grumman Norden Systems SPS-67V, operating at G-band.
Propulsion
The nuclear-powered carrier has two General Electric pressurised water reactors driving four turbines of 260,000hp (194MW) and four shafts. There are four emergency diesels of 10,720hp (8MW).
F/A-18 Hornet on the flight deck.
USS Theodore Roosevelt – Nimitz class.
A Nimitz class aircraft carrier carrying a full complement of aircraft.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) launches a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow System Missile (NSSM).
Aircraft carriers enable the USA to carry out actions without the need for foreign bases.
F/A-18F touchdown with tail-hook deployed.
USS George Washington – Nimitz class.
Aviation ordnancemen load an AIM-Sidewinder air-to-air missile.