A Growler leads two RAAF Super Hornets and a US Navy Super Hornet over aircraft carrier USS George Washington.By Dave Majumdar*
THE US Navy’s next generation surface combatants will be developed with information technologies baked into the core of their designs. While the Navy’s current generation of warships like the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers use digital information technology, they were designed in a different era when technology did not evolve as rapidly as today. The next generation replacement for those vessels will have to incorporate digital-information technologies from the outset – and will have to keep pace with rapid technical advancements.
