Interservice assumptions distorted naval anti-aircraft design

Were air forces fixed faster because aircraft had shorter development cycles?

Not necessarily; air forces also needed new infrastructure, while naval AA suffered from mistaken interservice assumptions about attack profiles.

Air-force expansion did not automatically make aviation easier to modernize because new air infrastructure had to be built while older services could reactivate existing facilities. The Royal Navy also had to design against Air Ministry claims that heavy level bombers and torpedo aircraft would dominate attacks on ships. That expert advice shaped mounts and weapons even though the RAF itself had demonstrated strong dive-bombing capability with Hart-family aircraft. Interservice doctrine helped direct anti-aircraft procurement toward the wrong attack profile.