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Manning
•Reduced manning possible concepts studied on DD(X) and TAK-E(X):
–Human Centered Design and Reasoning Systems
–Reliability and Condition Based Maintenance vs. Preventative Maintenance System (PMS)
–Automated Damage Control
–Reduced Watch Stations
–Self Service Laundry
–Innovative Messing
Ship Manning was critical to our design, as we recognize the US Navy’s attempt to reduce manning in future ship classes.  Thus, we took a human centered approach to our design, and leveraged from studies conducted in the DD(X) and T-AKE programs.

We drove down our anticipated crew size by moving to the ideas of Reliability and Condition Based Maintenance, and by fully incorporating automated systems whenever possible.