About Bryan McGrath

Bryan McGrath is the Founding Director of Delex Consulting, Studies and Analysis (CSA), a division of Delex Systems, Incorporated, headquartered in Herndon, Va. He spent 21 years on active duty including a tour in command of USS Bulkeley (DDG-84), a guided-missile destroyer homeported in Norfolk, Va. His final duties ashore included serving as Team Lead and Primary Author of the US Navy's 2007 Maritime Strategy "A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower".

Recent Posts By the Author


Opinion: To Buy the Next Fleet, We Must Change the Navy

Opinion: To Buy the Next Fleet, We Must Change the Navy

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), left, and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. US Navy photo.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), left, and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. US Navy photo.

As a navalist, think-tanker, and defense consultant, I get to spend a lot of time among very intelligent people thinking about the future of naval operations. Over the course of my work this past summer, I’ve come to focus on what I believe to be a serious problem for a Navy faced with increasingly difficult great-power contenders. Read More →

Opinion: Navy Should Avoid a Flight III Arleigh Burke

Opinion: Navy Should Avoid a Flight III Arleigh Burke

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Lockheed Martin Photo

Lockheed Martin Photo

In a classified memo, the details of which were revealed last week in Defense News, Vice Adm. Tom Copeman, commander U.S. Naval Surface Forces told Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert not to build a new version of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG-51).

The Flight III DDG-51 is the planned successor to the current Flight IIA design and the planned landing platform for the Navy’s air and missile defense radar (AMDR). Read More →