000007638 001__ 7638 000007638 005__ 20240531164503.0 000007638 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2018.068 000007638 035__ $$a2530772 000007638 037__ $$aGENERAL 000007638 245__ $$aCapable, Adaptable, Flexible: The Design of a Cost-Effective Naval Platform with Focus on the Increasing Use of Off-Board Assets 000007638 269__ $$a2018-10-04 000007638 336__ $$aConference Proceedings 000007638 520__ $$aIn many areas in the innovation of remote and autonomous systems, miniaturisation is leading to a huge increase in the available range of devices and their prevalence in everyday life. In Defence and particularly the naval domain however, the key area of progression is in the opposing direction. Rather than miniaturising, the remote and autonomous systems used in Defence are getting progressively larger in order to provide for increased payload, range and endurance.   Navies may often find that they require their platforms to have the ability to cater for both large and small remote and autonomous systems, while also catering for the traditional operations of the navy with use of organic boats and helicopters. Such platforms, with the ability to support an increasingly wide variety of these off-board assets, will be significant for navies in increasing their capability and diversifying into different roles.   With provision of sufficient allowances in the design, an adaptable design has the ability to be customised in its configuration. A flexible design has the ability to be reconfigured to fulfil a variety of roles, including those that utilise off-board assets. Allowances are also desirable to enable accommodation of future capability of unknown future high-tech systems so that the navies are able to maintain and increase a strategic technological advantage. This paper examines some of the aspects relevant to operating off-board assets in the design of a cost-effective naval platform that is capable, adaptable and flexible. Particular focus is given to the development of a hullform, seakeeping, general arrangement issues, upper deck arrangements, mission spaces, payload areas, the launch/recovery systems and interfaces.  000007638 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 000007638 6531_ $$aUnmanned 000007638 6531_ $$aOff-Board 000007638 6531_ $$aLaunch 000007638 6531_ $$aRecovery 000007638 6531_ $$aHullform 000007638 7001_ $$aIrvine, R$$uBabcock International, Bristol, UK 000007638 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC 000007638 773__ $$jINEC 2018 000007638 789__ $$whttps://zenodo.org/record/2530772$$2URL$$eIsIdenticalTo 000007638 85641 $$uhttps://imarest.org/inec$$yConference website 000007638 8564_ $$94dcb3320-4d90-4fa7-b521-5626e8db81ce$$s3289994$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7638/files/INEC%202018%20Paper%20100%20Irvine%20FINAL.pdf