Could Type 83 influence the next US destroyer?

If the Royal Navy gets Type 83 right, would the US Navy return to the Zumwalt hull?

Probably not, but a successful Type 83 could provide evidence for a larger, better-proportioned US design.

A successful Type 83 would probably not bring back the Zumwalt hull. It could give the US Navy an example of what a sufficiently large surface combatant can accommodate. Possible Anglo-Japanese cooperation is one suggestion for the British programme. The proposed procurement lesson is to consider technologies or designs already being worked through by another building programme, with design problems and options emerging during construction. The Constellation experience supplies the warning against another troubled adaptation.