![]() The Navy is in a difficult spot because the Biden administration is not interested in dramatically increasing the military budget, said Bryan Clark, a defense analyst at the Hudson Institute. The Navy is in the midst of juggling its priorities as it seeks not just a new destroyer but also a new attack submarine and a replacement for the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. There are new Navy leaders overseeing many programs and “it’s easy to imagine them making similar mistakes again with a new cast of characters,” said Loren Thompson from the Lexington Institute, a security think tank. Some worry about history repeating itself. This was a lesson learned by the Navy’s laundry list of shameful acquisition programs,” he said. “The Navy is trying to thread the needle with some potentially revolutionary capabilities in as low risk and evolutionary process as possible. Matt Caris, a defense analyst with Avascent, said it’s important that the Navy gets it right by balancing the best technology that’s reliable, affordable and attainable. Last summer, it awarded the first design contract for the new ship outfitted with those missiles and lasers powerful enough to shoot down aircraft. Last week, it awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.2-billion contract for hypersonic missiles that travel at five times the speed of sound, and can be fired from destroyers. The Navy still plans to field some new technologies on the destroyer. ![]()
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