In its 35-year existence from 1981 to 2016, the Strategic Studies Group (SSG) served as an incubator of revolutionary naval warfare concepts for 11 Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNOs). Its work subtly influenced maritime strategy and, as often, described hardware or systems that would later insinuate themselves into a more conventional acquisition process. By many accounts, SSG XXVIII in 2009 was the last group to issue a landmark exposition of future warfighting concepts, one that rationalized the employment of unmanned systems across a range of Navy warfare communities.
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