Small Ships - FRCs could keep coming off the line at up to 5 per year. Some work would probably get that to 6 per year. I might suggest switching to a 55m/180' design and also look to expand production to a second yard, possibly a yacht yard. A ship this size would be a little better for getting places in the Pacific.
The future is sitting in Mobile waiting for a year now to be fitted out. OUSV-3 Vanguard. Austal is pretty busy. Gulf Craft LLC built all the ships this design is based on. Metal Shark builds the 40' PBs for the Navy, LRUSV, and several FMS ships just on the other side of the road from Gulf Craft. These guys need to buddy up and pump out some ships. Other FSV build yards like ECO's yards could also be courted.
My other suggestion would be to try and get a bunch of 35m patrol boats via Metal Shark and Swiftships if Swiftships can be trusted to do anything. There are a few other yards we could bring in and really grow ship numbers in these sizes. Have other small yards build articulated ocean going tug/barge combos to function as mobile bases / tenders.
TLAM Loadout- These need moved to our adjunct ships MUSV/LUSV/DDC so the AAW platform does AAW and can remote launch their Tomahawk strikes such the strike platform and the AAW platform are best positioned for each mission. We will then learn how handy a small, fast missile hauler can be when we use it for NGFS with quad packed GMLRS/ER-GMLRS and 9 packed 120mm rockets which are in development.
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Small Ships - FRCs could keep coming off the line at up to 5 per year. Some work would probably get that to 6 per year. I might suggest switching to a 55m/180' design and also look to expand production to a second yard, possibly a yacht yard. A ship this size would be a little better for getting places in the Pacific.
The future is sitting in Mobile waiting for a year now to be fitted out. OUSV-3 Vanguard. Austal is pretty busy. Gulf Craft LLC built all the ships this design is based on. Metal Shark builds the 40' PBs for the Navy, LRUSV, and several FMS ships just on the other side of the road from Gulf Craft. These guys need to buddy up and pump out some ships. Other FSV build yards like ECO's yards could also be courted.
My other suggestion would be to try and get a bunch of 35m patrol boats via Metal Shark and Swiftships if Swiftships can be trusted to do anything. There are a few other yards we could bring in and really grow ship numbers in these sizes. Have other small yards build articulated ocean going tug/barge combos to function as mobile bases / tenders.
TLAM Loadout- These need moved to our adjunct ships MUSV/LUSV/DDC so the AAW platform does AAW and can remote launch their Tomahawk strikes such the strike platform and the AAW platform are best positioned for each mission. We will then learn how handy a small, fast missile hauler can be when we use it for NGFS with quad packed GMLRS/ER-GMLRS and 9 packed 120mm rockets which are in development.