The Navy is taking an "evolutionary" rather than "revolutionary" approach to designing its next-generation large surface combatant, building on the existing Arleigh Burke-class destroyer design and minimizing the addition of untested new features, a senior Navy official said today. Rear Adm. Thomas Anderson, program executive officer for ships, told House lawmakers that this approach is informed by lessons from the Zumwalt-class destroyer program -- a ship packed with new technologies that was plagued by cost overruns and design issues and...
