Future destroyers, gun mixes, and LUSVs

Are any navies planning 5-inch, 76 mm, and 40 mm guns together with roughly 98 to 128 VLS cells?

Italy is suggested as the closest case for combining 5-inch and 76 mm guns, but the presence of 40 mm weapons is uncertain and the full requested fit is not confirmed.

Italy is the first navy suggested for a future destroyer combining 5-inch and 76 mm guns. The discussion does not confirm the 40 mm element or the full requested VLS capacity. It then compares Italian, Japanese, American, South Korean, and Indian programmes as examples of large destroyers working with large uncrewed surface vessels. The criticism of the British concept concerns that wider force structure. It does not establish that all of those navies share the same gun fit.