Navy study on 'Common Adaptable Small Ship' expected in November

The Navy is studying the requirements for deploying various payloads on commercial ships and anticipates that study will conclude in November, according to a Navy spokeswoman.

The Common Adaptable Small Ship requirements evaluation team aims to "understand the requirements for a wide array of existing payloads and how those payloads could best be employed from a commercial or military ship or group of ships," Lt. Lauren Chatmas told Inside the Navy in an Oct. 1 statement.

RETs are a cross-functional team composed of acquisition, requirements, naval architecture and fleet personnel that "perform an assessment of the capabilities required" for a given platform, ITN previously reported.

The service previously stood up and concluded RETs for the Navy's new frigate, FFG(X), and the Zumwalt-class destroyer, DDG-1000.