1. Flexible Ships Affordable Relevance over the Life Cycle
Technical Paper Session #3
Moderators: Lance Flitter, Don Anderson

2. Major Challenges Confronting Surface Navy
Evolving Threats & Missions
Accelerating Pace of Technological Change
Declining Budgets
Rising Costs

3. Navy Leadership Direction
“WE NEED TO MOVE FROM LUXURY CAR PLATFORMS WITH BUILT IN CAPABILITIES TOWARD DEPENDABLE TRUCKS THAT CAN HANDLE A CHANGING PAYLOAD SECTION.”
ADM Jonathan Greenert
Chief of Naval Operations
Jul 2012 Vol 138/7/1,313
“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.”
VADM Thomas Rowden
Commander Naval Surface Forces
Jan 2014 Vol 140/1/1,331 5

4. Affordable Relevance Over the Entire Ship’s Life Cycle
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

5. 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

6. Agenda 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)