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Official Explains Ship Modularity Benefits

Official Explains Ship Modularity Benefits
A slide on modular Navy ship construction from Nilo Maniquis, Senior Ship Systems and Integration Engineer at program executive office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) D1 presented at the 2017 Open Architecture Summit. Image: U.S Navy,

A Navy official explained last Thursday how the service is trying to add modularity into ships to increase affordability and capability.Nilo Maniquis, senior Ship Systems and Integration Engineer at Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) D1, said at Defense Daily’s 2017 Open Architecture Summit that moving ships into modular construction is moving forward and will reduce costs.He noted the Virginia-class (SSN) attack submarine builders General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat [GD] and Huntington Ingalls Industry’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding…

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