Systems thinking is critical for complex naval autonomy

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In the face of mounting challenges from rising costs, under-crewing and increasing sophistication of adversaries, the naval domain, like others, is embarking on a strategic transformation. 

At the heart is a shift from high-value exquisite platforms to a more flexible, disaggregated set of capabilities employing a Systems of Systems Approach (SOSA).

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