At a conference held by NS Engineering Vice-President Knobhead gave details on how the way NS upgrades it's classes of ship has changed. While major updates every ten (roughly) years such as the ILU and MULE will continue NS is moving away from yearly updates.
Knobhead said instead new updates will be rolled out throughout the year, when ready instead of waiting for a set period. This has the advantage of getting the latest technologies to the front line faster, ships spend less time out of action and also it is easier to troubleshoot one change rather than handle multiple changes together.
