The surface Navy is looking to capitalize on recent successes increasing ships' offensive range and lethality, with the next task being added sensing and targeting capabilities to support its new weaponry.
Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, the Navy's director of surface warfare (N96), said the Navy is looking for ways to do long-range intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR-T) as a next step following recent advances in implementing the distributed lethality concept — where surface ships are better armed and conduct disaggregated operations to complicate the enemy's targeting.
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