I think a while I posted my surprise at the DDG-1000s being unable to support Standard Missiles.
Why not? They got the radar, they got the launch tubes.
Except I managed to overlook that the AN/SPY-3 is a Raytheon system and AN/SPY-1 Lockheed Martin. Oops.
It has been commentated that Raytheon has been re-inventing every wheel to avoid using Aegis.
Relatedly, the LCS platforms had (still have?) this problem of integrated weapons systems where the arguably inferior Lockheed platform couldn't possibly lose the downselect while the General Dynamics/Austal platform's got nuthin'.
Well played, defense industry, just as planned.
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