Defense. UK Royal Navy wants a disaggregated fleet that de-couples combat punch from ship platforms (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

HMS SPEY and HMS TAMAR leave HMNB Portsmouth on Sept. 9, 2021, to be forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.K. Royal Navy photo)

The U.K. Royal Navy wants a future fleet with its sensors and weapons disaggregated and its ships flexible enough to change missions as needed, as the service acknowledges that traditional technology superiority may not be possible in the coming decades.

Rear Adm. James Parkin, Director Develop of the Royal Navy, said the “Navy of the Next” will derive its operational advantage from a system-of-systems approach that nets together disaggregated sensors, thinkers and shooters in a way that creates more persistent effects and less vulnerability to attack.

UK Royal Navy wants a disaggregated fleet that de-couples combat punch from ship platforms (defensenews.com)