Alright so this report above. The next Large Surface Combatant likely to look more like Zumwalt class.
Okay we have seen this shift back to Cold War missions sets taking place for a little while now. The Services USN,USAF,USArmy and USMC are reducing the asymmetric assets as Russia and the PRC flex their muscles.
For the Navy this has already been pointed to with the SSN(X) pushing more torpedos no VLS and deep dive. FFG(X) design pushing Anti surface and anti sub more than anti piracy.
So a return to a more DD21 base is not without precedent.
In the peer vs peer mission set of today the VLO design of the ships hull and superstructure are a must. The electrical and propulsion systems also would lend themselves to more modern sensors and suites.
Using the established and tested hull form would aide in getting the class off the ground by 2025 as opposed to starting clean sheet or trying to establish a foreign design for US build.
Although there are design changes no doubt in the works.
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@Jura likes to point out Bulsa wood was used as part of the Composite deck house on DDG1000 and DDG1001. DDG1002 moved to a steel deck house and LSC probably would do the same.
Clearly however the mission equipment of the ship need revision as does armament.
The Enterprise Air Defence Radar has pretty much been established as the choice for LSC. Presumably even more advanced Mission control systems.
The AGS is dead as a T-Rex. So some new gun system probably more conventional in nature.
Hopefully a secondary gun system better suited to the ship than the current Bushmaster II. Which fine as tertiary could do better for CIWS.
The VLS system should be salvageable from DDG1000 just would like more.
