Top-Level Requirements for Large Surface Combatant In Development; Planned SPY-6 Backfit Effort In Flux
By: Megan Eckstein
August 27, 2020 4:44 PM • Updated: August 27, 2020 6:28 PM
The Navy’s latest effort to define its next large surface combatant is underway, with the director of surface warfare (OPNAV N96) saying the top-level requirements for the ship class are due to the chief of naval operations by the end of the year.
Rear Adm. Paul Schlise said today that “we’ll take the initial top-level requirements for our next surface combatant – you might have heard it called the Large Surface Combatant, that’s a term we’re looking to change – but we have a brief later this year to CNO where we’ll talk what the top-level requirements are for that ship. We’ll join with the Flight III (Arleigh Burke destroyers) as the future high-end of our force mix in the surface combatant force.â€
https://news.usni.org/2020/08/27/top-level-requirements-for-large-surface-combatant-in-development-planned-spy-6-backfit-effort-in-flux
