Use of COTS in naval ships: Expanding into structures with new commercial-like rules

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The US Navy is building warships employed in near shore waters and those used to deliver heavy gunfire and missile support for ground forces, with structural designs similar to those used for commercial vessels than to the traditional stringent military specifications. The use of commercial-like standards for ship structures like the hull and in submarine sonar systems in the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and the land-attack destroyer DDG-1000, similar to the shift to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment inside the ships, is mainly to cut costs and delivery time for the vessels.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Standards, Design and construction

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U.S. Navy cleared for new class of destroyers, model for new cruisers

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The US Navy has the approval to move toward construction of the first of a new class of surface combatants that are designed to provide persistent, precision fire support of ground forces at unprecedented range. Kenneth Krieg, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, has cleared the new multi-mission destroyer (DD(X)) to move out of preliminary development and he is expected to authorize the construction of the first two ships in the new fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2006.

Product development, Legal issues & crime, Strategy & planning, Government regulation (cont), Government expenditures, Financial management, Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Defense Administration & Finance, Planning, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Defense spending, Company business planning, Company financing, Defence spending, Government finance, DD(X) guided missile destroyer (Ship)

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Optimal Manning: U.S. Navy seeks savings while meeting operational needs

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The U.S. Navy's Optimal Manning Programme aims to use a combination of advanced technology and improved training to allow its future destroyers to operate with small crews. The challenges faced by the Navy by reducing the crews for the existing ships and future vessels are discussed.

Usage, Technology application

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