Navy unveils latest concept for future destroyer, DDG(X)
The service has settled on upgrading the hull form, maintaining the combat systems of its Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The hull form in the concept isn't final, however.
Navy Needs To Prep For Unmanned Integration, Says SWO Boss
“We've got FFG-62. We're going to have another DDG variant at some point and then we've got the unmanned stuff. How do I introduce it to the fleet? What does that look like?” said Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the service’s top surface warfare officer.
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Missiles and radar need more than demand – they need manufacturing capacity
Expanding manufacturing capacity is critical to producing missiles, radars, and launch systems.
No More ‘Playing Defense’ For US Navy; Offensive Weapons Are The Play
“We’ve spent a lot of time over the past years playing defense,” Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, director of surface warfare, said at the West 2019 conference here. "The best defense is a good offense, and the idea that we will go after the threat -- at range -- is something that we have to be able to do.”