Four carriers being prepped for Navy’s Project Overmatch
Rear Adm. James Downey said that while the upgrades being made are "not minor," they also do not require hull, mechanical or electrical changes to the ships.
By Justin Katz on January 25, 2022 at 7:54 AM
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2021.(File)
WASHINGTON: The Navy is actively preparing four aircraft carriers to receive upgrades related to the Project Overmatch, according to the admiral in charge of servicing and building the carriers, though details were scarce.
“There are four carriers that we’re working on right now to introduce those capabilities. I won’t go in the specific hulls or the strike groups, but I’ll say that’s how carriers are built — to bring these systems aboard,” Rear Adm. James Downey told reporters during a telephone roundtable on Friday.
Project Overmatch is the Navy’s piece of the Pentagon’s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) effort, led by a two star admiral in California who reports directly to the chief of naval operations. In theory, Overmatch will link together the Navy’s many vessels and systems across the battle space. In practice though, what capabilities are going into Overmatch — and JADC2 in general — is unclear
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