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Navy/USMC

Navy Working To Mature Tech, Only Reasonable Risks In New Ship Classes

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

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Navy Working To Mature Tech, Only Reasonable Risks In New Ship Classes

Artist rendering of the first Flight III DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125). (Image: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ships this weeksaid the Navy is working to mature new technology and use land-based test sites while trying to make only reasonable risks in new ship classes. PEO Ships Rear Adm. Tom Anderson has been in the position for about three months and noted “there’s been quite a bit of discussion about future programs and what are – I’ll say credible timelines to develop a new program and get into production and deliver it.”…

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