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Automated systems
allowed us to drastically reduce Core watch stations when compared to current
ships such as DDG-51. Notably, we will
man our bridge with 3 personnel, where current ships normally require 8.
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Even more
dramatically, we reduced our Engineering Watch to a single person, compared
to 9 on DDG-51.
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This leaves a total
of 13 core watch stations per duty section.
A three duty section rotation gives a need of 39 watchstanders.
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We estimate a total
crew to comprise of approximately 110
personnel. This small crew size will
drive down life cycle costs, but our team did not perform a detailed Life
Cycle Cost estimate.
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