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Navy’s Third Offset Challenge Is Breaking Physical-Centric Focus, Officer Says

Navy’s Third Offset Challenge Is Breaking Physical-Centric Focus, Officer Says
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator, the predecessor to the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike vehicle, completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), July 10. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

If the Navy wants to improve the speed at which it fights wars in the future, it needs to change its focus from procuring physical platforms to procuring capabilities, according to a key admiral.Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems Rear Adm. Michael Manazir said Friday the service’s platforms are optimized to work in the physical environment. He provided the F-35, submarines and high-end ships as examples. But warfare in the future will be waged with information, Manazir said,…

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