Distributed Lethality Sea-Air-Space Symposium April 14, 2015 RADM Peter Fanta, USN Director, Surface Warfare Division, N96, OPNAV
Building a Fighting Navy
Small Surface Combatants Light / Heavy Force Mix LIGHT HEAVY - Airborne - Infantry - Calvary - Armor - Artillery - Mech Infantry ARMY: AIR FORCE: MARINES: NAVY: - Fighter - UAV - Bomber / ICBM - Recon - Infantry - Armor / Artillery - CSG / ESG - Carrier / Amphib - Cruiser / Destroyer - LCS / ?
Small Combatant Navy History War of 1812 World War I / II Cold War
Distributed Lethality Concept
Make what we have more lethal… HMAS Sydney-VLS Modification Presence + Lethality = Deterrence
Distributed Lethality: First Step Small Surface Combatant
JHSV Flight-I
JHSV Flight-II
“Birds-Away, Track 2015….”