That’s two cancelled classes…. Seems they’re not sure what they want or can’t hold to a plan. Why not keep building Burke class ships and use missile systems to handle shallow water action. Or drones, possibly gunships with standoff capability.

Back to Zumwalt / LCS again? :)

Maybe try modifying someone else's again!

Semi-seriously, the Aus versions of the Type 26 (Hunter class) may actually be a good start: it has Aegis Combat System integration (albeit not via RTX) and a larger mast for the SPYs already as RAN needed those changes from the stock Type 26.

It (Type 26) also has better protection and safety than other European designs due to RN design standards being a lot closer to USN ones (and a lot of the modifications to FREMM were related to that).