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Zumwalt...is alive?
Navy’s top officer lays out aggressive new cruiser replacement strategy
this new ship will replace the CGs initially and then replace the DDG-51 Flight 1s.”
Hull contenders
If CNO wants to build the ship into an existing hull forms with lots of extra capacity, the list of contenders isn’t very long at the moment.
Most countries are focused on frigate-sized ships, which meant the Navy had a glut of contenders for FFG(X), but there is a much more limited supply of large surface combatants, said Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain and analyst with the Center for a New American Security.
“As I see it just right off the bat, there are really only three: the British Type 26, Burke and the Zumwalt (DDG-1000),” Hendrix said. And of those contenders, really only Zumwalt has the excess power generation CNO is looking for.
https://www.defensenews.com/digital...-aggressive-new-cruiser-replacement-strategy/
Navy’s top officer lays out aggressive new cruiser replacement strategy
this new ship will replace the CGs initially and then replace the DDG-51 Flight 1s.”
Hull contenders
If CNO wants to build the ship into an existing hull forms with lots of extra capacity, the list of contenders isn’t very long at the moment.
Most countries are focused on frigate-sized ships, which meant the Navy had a glut of contenders for FFG(X), but there is a much more limited supply of large surface combatants, said Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain and analyst with the Center for a New American Security.
“As I see it just right off the bat, there are really only three: the British Type 26, Burke and the Zumwalt (DDG-1000),” Hendrix said. And of those contenders, really only Zumwalt has the excess power generation CNO is looking for.
https://www.defensenews.com/digital...-aggressive-new-cruiser-replacement-strategy/