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I could throttle you right about now: US Navy to ditch touchscreens after kit blamed for collision

I could throttle you right about now: US Navy to ditch touchscreens after kit blamed for collision

5 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/12/us_navy_ditching_touchscreens/

The US Navy is ditching touchscreens and going back to physical throttles after an investigation into the USS John S McCain collision partly blamed poor design of control systems for the incident.

The first throttles will be fitted to DDG-51 class destroyers from next summer. Contracting for the new kit is already under way and the equipment is expected to come in a kit form and not require major maintenance. New ships will be built with physical throttles already in place.