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James Parkin, Director Develop of the Royal Navy, said the \u201cNavy of the Next\u201d will derive its operational advantage from a system-of-systems approach that nets together disaggregated sensors, thinkers and shooters in a way that creates more persistent effects and less vulnerability to attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With high-end state actors like China and Russia investing heavily in naval technology, Parkin said the Royal Navy needed to modernize its approach to naval power: traditional technological superiority is not feasible or affordable, so the Royal Navy needs to pivot from deterrence by punishment, or the threat of defeating another military outright, to a deterrence by denial, or the ability to sustain operations just below the level of conflict and impose a cost that the adversary is not willing to accept in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prospect of that kind of sustained and potentially widespread effort is pushing the Royal Navy in the direction of a disaggregated web of capabilities that isn\u2019t reliant on any given ship staying in the fight, Parkin said while speaking Sept. 14 at the London-based DSEI 2021 defense show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To achieve that future fleet, the naval force will have to rethink how it fields and operates new capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brigadier John Read, the deputy director for maritime capability, said during the same panel presentation that the maritime force would become more distributed and \u201cmore protean by design\u201d \u2014 capable of constantly changing form to keep up with the mission at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do that, the Royal Navy will begin buying and testing Persistent Operational Deployment Systems (PODS), a similar idea to the U.S. Navy\u2019s mission package concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPODS are interchangeable modules that can be fitted to the surface fleet. 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Read did not say what capabilities the PODS would bring, though the news release noted they could include anything from an \u201cautonomous boat for surveillance and reconnaissance, quadcopter drones to deliver supplies, humanitarian aid and disaster relief stores or medical equipment. Versatile in their approach, they have the capacity to become an additional medical room for service personnel at sea or a control centre for Royal Marines\u2019 operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, Read said the future fleet would operate as a system of systems. This mirrors the U.S. Navy\u2019s idea of netting together all the sensors, combat systems and weapons in the fleet so that the best-positioned shooter can take advantage of everyone else\u2019s sensors. 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