LPD-17 Class System Integration
Abstract
The LPD-17 Class ships are functional replacements for 41 ships of four classes of amphibious ships. These new ships embark, transport, and land elements of Marine landing forces in an amphibious assault by helicopters, landing craft, and amphibious vehicles. Tactics, techniques, and tools for naval expeditionary warfare continue to evolve. The LPD-17 Class configuration must continue to adapt to this evolutionary process, because these ships are expected to be in service until almost 2050. The LPD-17 design includes system configurations that reduce operating and support costs and facilitate operational performance improvements. System engineering and integration efforts that began in FY 1997 will develop further reductions in life cycle costs and will integrate performance upgrades in a rapid, affordable manner. Possible improvements include advanced sensors, advanced computers, advanced command and control software, advanced information systems technologies, and ship based logistics concepts. Cost reduction and improved performance will be accomplished through sustained modeling and simulation efforts, continued personnel reductions efforts, system performance tradeoff evaluation, and naval expeditionary warfare systems engineering. Feedback from the operational forces for integrating system configurations will be accomplished through the Naval Expeditionary Warfare Centers in Quantico, Dahlgren, China Lake, Naval Research Lab, and Little Creek, Virginia. These efforts will result in well-defined specifications and drawings in system integration design packages that provide technical baselines for follow-on ship procurements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 2283_0604311N_5_1319_PB_2015
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