General Dynamics has said that plans are in the works to turn the huge Expeditionary Sea Bases (ESBs) of the U.S. Navy into drone motherships.
, described how NASSCO tailored these ideas and capabilities to the force's future needs:
The two most notable and extensive changes to the ESB are the unmanned underwater vehicle bay installation and what appears to be the embarkation of marine aircraft, including F-35Bs, on the ESB., because it had a unique launch mechanism built into it, "we call it the Rotary UUV Launch and Recovery System, the RULARS. So we talked about how that could be engineered into the ship. This shows just a moon pool. Then we went on to look at the counter-rotating system.
“We’ve got nearly 40 seats for operational planners, so the C4I spaces are very extensive on this ship that can be collectively used in a variety of fashions to include unmanned systems information integration,” said Strock. In light of this, the proposed changes to ESB will not be able to support F-35B missions in the same way that more conventional amphibious assault ships like the America class can. Instead, a NASSCO brochure says that the idea is to add more Marine aircraft, likeand CH-53K King Stallions, and give them full support so that amphibious assault ships with the F-35B can "be converted into F-35 carriers.
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