Specifically on LCS, Davidson praised the class for its modularity, which “we’re going to be incredibly grateful for” as unmanned systems continue to be developed and fielded.

“Anybody who’s thinking we’re going to operate unmanned platforms from a DDG in large numbers is just flat wrong, there’s no capacity to do that. Anybody who thinks we’re going to operate large numbers of unmanned assets from amphibious ships, please call the Marine Corps and give them that idea, I’d be curious what they say about that,” he said.

“It is going to come on LCS, so when we start to look out there 15, 20 years, the mission packages in that timeframe are going to be markedly different than what we’re putting out there in the first iteration of LCS.”


https://news.usni.org/2016/09/13/lcs-ddg-1000-lessons-learned-will-shape-future-surface-combatant-design


Davidson: Navy’s LCS, DDG-1000 Experience Will Shape Future Surface Combatant Design


DDG(알레이버크급)들에서는 다수의 무인 플랫폼 운용이 힘들기 때문에 그것들을 효과적으로 수용 및 운용이 가능한 LCS에 대해 상당히 만족하는 것으로 보여집니다.