Future Carrier (Including Costs)

[Modern Elmo]

Navy Experts Encouraged by Early F-35 JBD Test Results
Posted by Amy Butler at 7/19/2011 10:16 AM CDT

U.S. Navy officials are so far encouraged by the results of a week of testing the F-35C with jet-blast deflectors (JBD) designed for use on aircraft carriers.

Navy Experts Encouraged by Early F-35 JBD Test Results

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At issue for the testing series is assessing how the single-engine F-35C affects JBD design currently deployed on carriers in the fleet. Though JBDs appear to simply be panels of metal and concrete, they actually contain a series of veins throughout their design that allow sea water to circulate to cool the structures. This is needed to conduct quick launches without overheating the deck or exposing other aircraft to excessive heat. JBDs are also needed on the carrier deck to divert hot exhaust as an aircraft launches from other aircraft lined up to takeoff seconds later. The outcome of these tests will provide input on whether changes to the cooling vein pattern need to be made to the existing JBD designs. ...


I expect that part of of the USS America's aviation deck will be water cooled in a similar manner, so as to cope with V-22 and STOVL F-35 hot exhaust. The USS America will probably also have tilt-up blast deflectors like the one in the photo at the link posted above.

Or maybe GreenLantern can correct me here.