Captain Lewis is Program Manager, Aegis Shipbuilding Program, in the Program Executive Office for Theater Surface Combatants.

Articles by David Lewis

Task Force 59 in Fifth Fleet is deploying operational platforms to generate new knowledge. Stood up two years ago, it evaluated 80-some small uncrewed surface vessel designs before culling the field to 15 for a three-week integration exercise. Facing a tsunami of new technology and unsure how to adopt it, the Navy needs the fleet to find the opportunities.

Build This, Not That

By Vice Admiral David H. Lewis, U.S. Navy (Retired)
October 2023
The Navy should be doing what works—bringing the operational fleets, Marines, and sailors into the technology innovation process.
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DD-21: Another Seawolf?

By Captain David Lewis, USN
August 2001
The submarine construction community finds itself in an intractable situation as a result of the cancellation of SSN-21. Could the same thing happen with DD-21 and the shipbuilding infrastructure?