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Technical Paper Session #3Moderators: Lance Flitter, Don Anderson

Flexible ShipsAffordable Relevance over the Life Cycle

Flexible ShipsAffordable Relevance over the Life Cycle

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Major Challenges Confronting Surface Navy Major Challenges Confronting Surface Navy

Evolving Threats & Missions

Accelerating Pace of Technological Change

Declining Budgets

Rising Costs

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“MAKING THE MOVE TO MODULARITY WILL FURTHER ALLOW US TO

MAXIMIZE THE SERVICE LIFE OF OUR SHIPS AS WE WILL BE ABLE TO

UPGRADE THE COMBAT SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT TO MORE EASILY AND

AFFORDABLY KEEP PACE WITH RAPIDLY ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY.”

ADM Jonathan Greenert Chief of Naval Operations

Jul 2012 Vol 138/7/1,313

VADM Thomas Rowden Commander Naval Surface ForcesJan 2014 Vol 140/1/1,331

“WE NEED TO MOVE FROM LUXURY CAR PLATFORMS WITH BUILT

IN CAPABILITIES TOWARD DEPENDABLE TRUCKS THAT CAN

HANDLE A CHANGING PAYLOAD SECTION.”

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Navy Leadership DirectionNavy Leadership Direction

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Flexible Ships Tenets Flexible Ships Tenets

• De-Coupled Payloads (capabilities) from Platforms (ships)  

• Standard Platform-to-Payload Interfaces  • Rapid Re-Configuration

• Pre-Planned Access Routes  

• Sufficient Growth Margins for Distributed Systems

Affordable Relevance Over the Entire Ship’s Life Cycle

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American Society of Naval Engineers

• ASNE Fleet Maintenance & Modernization Symposium 2012

• ASNE Day 2013 Panel

• Modularity: Benefits of Modular Adaptable Ships

• ASNE Day 2014 Panel (February)

• Flexible & Common Warships

• ASNE Fleet Maintenance & Modernization Symposium 2014 (September)

• ASNE Flexible Ships Workshop 2014 (November)

• ASNE Day 2015 (4-5 March)

• Flexible Ships Flag Panel

• Global Shipbuilding Executive Summit- Flexible Ships

• Flexible Ships Technical Paper Session

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• 1:30-1:55: The Danish Experience with Flexible Warships – Mr. Klaus Sorenson (Odense Maritime Technology)

• 1:55-2:20: Flexible Warships in Foreign Navies: Applications for Future U.S. Navy Surface Combatants – Mr. Nicholas Abbott, Mr. Tony Jang, Mr. Darren Leap, Mr. Alexander

Schaps (AOC, Inc.)

• 2:20-2:45: Business Model innovation: The Case for Flexible & Common Warships – Ms. Ann Lowe, Mr. Jeff Voth (Herren Associates), Mr. Glen

Sturtevant (PEO Ships/SEA 21)

• 2:45-3:10: An Agile Method to Consider Modularity and Flexible Ship Architectures in Early Stage Naval Ship Design – Mr. Peter McCauley (NSWC Carderock), Dr. Shari Hannapel

(NAVSEA 05), Dr. Chris Bassler (NSWCCD 824), Mr. Jeff Koleser (NAVSEA 05)

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