To help fight inflation, the Pentagon was given $1.05 billion to disperse to industry. Now, documents reviewed by Breaking Defense and interviews with key officials reveal how and why certain programs won out.
With the contract, the Navy now has agreements in place to buy up to 17 of the planned 20 ships in the class.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Ships from nine key programs are facing delays, in some cases of up to three years, according to a new Navy review.