If this is a modern design, where`s the stealth? The bridge is intended to be almost as wide as the hull, look at the original frigate it came from. There`s more than enough space for VLS in front of the bridge. One 64 cell VLS or a 32 cell depending on the mission. Look at other designs, you might even get more cells in front of the hangar ala Arleigh Burke. That hangar is too small to house two Merlins and a Lynx. Two Lynxes is more reasonable, two Merlins might be too much.
The intended idea wasn't two Merlins AND a lynx, I was actually showing what it could carry. My idea was more 1 Lynx + 1 Merlin, 1 Merlin, or 2 Lynxs.