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Commentary
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By Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, USN Ret.

The US Navy is at the beginning of designing and building its future surface combatant force. This is more than simply replacing old ships with new ones, more than just fielding platforms with upgraded sensors and weapons. It is an opportunity to introduce proven, industry-best practices to create a foundation for sailors to excel.

In designing the next surface combatant, the Navy must always keep warfighting first, but also consider total-ownership cost savings, maintainability, and human-factors engineering to ensure sustainable operational effectiveness and safety. Additionally, new ships must be ready to operate in today’s environment of cyber threats. Warfighting relevance will depend on the ability to fight through strong cyber attacks.

SAS 2019
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Vice Adm. Rick Hunt, USN Ret., the former commander of US Naval Surface Forces who is now the chief strategy officer for Fincantieri Marinette Marine, unveils the frigate design the company will propose for the US Navy’s FFG(X) program, discusses the requirements dialogue with service officials and next steps to field a more capable and survivable warship with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Navy League’s 2019 Sea Air Space conference and tradeshow near Washington where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Leonardo DRS.

SNA 2019
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Vice Adm. Rick Hunt, USN Ret., former commander of US Naval Surface Forces who is now chief strategy officer of Fincantieri Marinette Marine, discusses the US Navy’s FFG(X) Frigate program and the solution the company has based its FREMM warship developed for the Italian Navy with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2019 conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.