Navy makes next 2 Ford-class aircraft carriers 'more lethal'
By , Kris Osborn
Published February 19, 2019
Warrior Maven
The Navy is making lethality enhancing “modifications†to its next several new Ford-class aircraft carriers, to include integrated “digital shipbuilding†and weapons-oriented adjustments intended to further increase overall aircraft carrier combat effectiveness.
The initiatives, according to Navy statements, involve specific aircraft carrier modifications intended to, among other things, improve the maritime warfighting potential of the soon-to-arrive F-35C and MQ-25 Stingray drone aerial refueler.
These now-underway modifications, which Navy developers specify do not included changes to the F-35C or Stingray themselves, are in part intended to step up aircraft carrier attack abilities on the open sea, made manifest by the Navy’s recent a cost-saving two-carrier buy.
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