Kilby: Navy needs capability-centric, not platform-centric, approach

By Aidan Quigley / November 19, 2020 at 11:58 AM
The Navy should focus on developing technology systems that can be used across platforms instead of developing technology for individual platforms, a senior Navy official said Thursday. Vice Adm. James Kilby, the deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting requirements and capabilities, said at an American Society of Naval Engineers symposium that the Navy needs to move away from a "stovepipe approach" in developing systems for individual platforms. "That is business the way we've done it in the past, and...

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