FCS is an abbreviation for Frame Check Sequence
FCS is an abbreviation for Fellow of the Chemical Society
FCS is an abbreviation for Fire Control System
FCS is an abbreviation for Flight Control System Research FCS
The USS Connecticut is an American Seawolf class submarine with a submerged displacement of 8060 tons dived, and 7,700 tons surfaced. It is 107.6 metres long by 12.9m by 10.9m. Full acoustic cladding has been installed and it has a maximum speed of 35 knots dived, and a 'silent' speed of 20 knots. It can accommodate 134 personnel, including 14 officers. The Seawolf Class has greater manoeuvrability than the 57-strong Los Angeles Class fleet, space for later upgrades and weapons developments, and better sonar. With a diving depth of 610 meters, it has been designed with a sub-ice capability, with retractable bow planes.
The USS Connecticut is driven by nuclear power, it has GE PWR S6W reactor system, two turbines, of 52,000hp, a pump jet propulsor, a single shaft, and one Westinghouse secondary propulsion submerged motor. The USS Connecticut does not have any external weapons, but is armed with Raytheon Tomahawk missiles (TLAM-N), guided by a Tercom Aided Inertial Navigation System (nuclear warheads are not usually carried); GDC/Hughes Tomahawk missiles, a Boeing Harpoon, Gould Mk-48 ADCAP wire-guided torpedoes in 660m tubes; torpedo decoys, with a WLY-1 system, and a WLQ-4(V) 1 intercept. Combat data systems are run by a LockheedMartin BSY-2 system with a network of some 70 or so 68030 Motorola processors. Weapons control is managed by the system's own FCS. The submarine's sonar suite employs TB-16 and TB-29 towed arrays, one surveillance and one tactical, and the navigationradar is a BPS 16, I-band. Research Connecticut
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