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The LCS situation is embarrassing. What is the navy working on now? Replacements to the Arleigh Burke destroyers?
by 7thaccount 3y ago
The LCS situation is embarrassing. What is the navy working on now? Replacements to the Arleigh Burke destroyers?
- relaxing 3y agoDepends on what you mean by “working.” DDG-1000 is still kicking around trying to figure out what to do with itself. DDG(X) is in a requirements development phase. FFG-62 is actually getting built. There are various autonomous surface and sub efforts that may turn into something.
- ethbr1 3y agoThey're also upgrading some Arleigh Burkes (and everything bigger that will stay in service) with SEWIP Block III (EW).
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoThe new hotness is the Constellation-class frigate which chose a mature design to keep costs down. That was until feature creep completely consumed it in record time: "At one point the Constellation design shared about 85 percent commonality with the original FREMM design, but the alterations have brought that commonality down to under 15 percent, a person familiar with the changes told USNI News." https://news.usni.org/2024/04/02/constellation-frigate-delivery-delayed-3-years-says-navy https://news.usni.org/2024/04/02/constellation-frigate-deliv...
- 7thaccount 3y agoEvery single time.