DOT&E: Joint High Speed Vessel cannot interoperate with MLP in open ocean

By Lee Hudson / October 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM
The Pentagon's top weapons tester has discovered the Navy's Joint High Speed Vessel cannot effectively interoperate with the Mobile Landing Platform in the open ocean, according to a memo obtained by Inside Defense . The ship's ramp was designed only to be used for vehicle transfers under conditions with significant wave heights of less than 0.1 meters or about Sea State 1 conditions, according to a Sept. 22 memo written by Director of Operational Test and Evaluation J. Michael Gilmore...

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