The head of DDS Technology Sea Urchin has announced a new project which will perform research and early design work on a new generation of DDS warships in the next decade. Sea Urchin said the project name "Paper Aeroplane" symbolised the clean sheet approach being taken by DDS Research.
"The new project is likely to drive future warship design throughout the 2120s. I have asked our team to start afresh with a blank sheet of paper and redefine what a DDS warship should be in the next decade and beyond." he told reporters.
Paper Aeroplane is not likely to lead directly to a new warship design but would provide a "direction". At the moment, apart from the Corkscrew, there are no new DDS warship designs on the go. The Chrysalis future cruiser has been quietly shelved (though some ideas may be used in the Panther upgrade path) and the patrol boat and transport projects already cancelled.
