Navy Research Chief: Ship Designs Must Allow For Affordable Evolution.

The article focuses on the comments of Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, U.S. Chief of Naval Research, on ship designs. He stated that ships should be designed in such a way that they can affordably evolve to complete missions, including the emerging ones. He also said that the Navy and the industry should jointly design open architecture systems in a way so as to smooth out mid-life modernization expenses and decrease total ownership costs.