The Navy is pursuing an experimental effort to rapidly upgrade its older destroyers to a newer baseline of the Aegis combat system, according to a service official. Adm. Christopher Grady, commander of U.S Fleet Forces, last month approved the Aegis integrated combat system program office to begin planning "Virtual Pilot Ship Increment 2," according to Capt. Andrew Biehn, who heads up the office. That effort aims to equip the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Porter (DDG-78), an Aegis Baseline 5 ship, with...
