1. Distributed Lethality
Sea-Air-Space Symposium
April 14, 2015
RADM Peter Fanta, USN
Director, Surface Warfare Division, N96, OPNAV

2. Building a Fighting Navy

3. Small Surface Combatants
Light / Heavy Force Mix
LIGHT
HEAVY
- Airborne
- Infantry
- Calvary
- Armor
- Artillery
- Mech Infantry
ARMY:
AIR FORCE:
MARINES:
NAVY:
- Fighter
- UAV
- Bomber / ICBM
- Recon
- Infantry
- Armor / Artillery
- CSG / ESG
- Carrier / Amphib
- Cruiser / Destroyer
- LCS / ?

4. Small Combatant Navy History
War of 1812
World War I / II
Cold War

5. Distributed Lethality Concept

6. Make what we have more lethal… HMAS Sydney-VLS Modification
Presence + Lethality = Deterrence

7. Distributed Lethality: First Step Small Surface Combatant

8. JHSV Flight-I

9. JHSV Flight-II

10. “Birds-Away, Track 2015….”