If the development of the new concept is similar to the Marines effort to develop amphibious doctrine, pre WWII, it will take some years
Probably some painful mistakes along the way.
Am curious that they distinctly mention an AAW component.
Previously, they pretty much left it in the navy's hands. The carrier air wings were expected to control the skies.
With a smaller carrier force, they could be preparing for a Guadalcanal situation?
"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell." - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side." Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.