The Navy and a pair of external groups are developing new concepts for the way the fleet should be designed, organized and postured around the world, as the service determines the number of ships it will require in the future. The three "fleet architecture" studies are being completed by the office of the chief of naval operations' assessment division (N81), the MITRE Group and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, respectively. Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at CSBA who...
