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Margins in Naval Architecture Paper
Nav Archs (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Margins)!
Warship design and build is technically complex, involving highly integrated engineering products that form an essential contribution to the national security of their sovereign nation.
Warship prototypes are a luxury that most nations simply cannot afford, so it’s imperative that every effort is made to get the design right first time, especially as the service life of a warship is typically 25 years. Our choices have long term consequences.
This paper argues that margins are needed in the design and build of warships to:
- Address uncertainty in acquisition
- Ensure adequate reserve levels of safety throughout the service life of the program; and
- Provide capacity for technology upgrades to ensure warships remain effective in an evolving threat environment.
