Navy Requires $450 Million More to Complete Zumwalt-Class Due to Shipyard Performance
The procurement cost of the three-ship destroyer Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) has increased by $449.5 million since last years largely shipyard performance…
Navy: Destroyer Zumwalt Back at Bath Iron Works After Builder’s Trials
Next generation guided missile destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is back at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard after four days of…
Zumwalt Destroyer Leaves Bath Iron Works for Builder’s Trials
The guided missile destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) left today for a final set of builder’s trails ahead of an expected delivery…
Top Stories 2015: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Destroyer Zumwalt Back at Bath Iron Works After First Set of Builders Trials
This post has been updated with an additional information and a statement from the Navy. The first-in-class guided missile destroyer…
VIDEO: Zumwalt Destroyer Underway
The following is a Dec. 7, 2015 video of the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) underway for the first time in the…
Zumwalt Destroyer Leaves Yard for First Set of Sea Trials
On Monday morning, the first-in-class Zumwalt-class destroyer left its pier at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, headed down Maine’s Kennebec…
Delivery Schedule for Bath Iron Works Destroyers Under Navy Review, Further Delays Likely
The Navy is considering extending by several months the delivery dates for the first two restart General Dynamics Bath Iron…
SECNAV Mabus, Maine Delegation Back Third Zumwalt Construction
PENTAGON — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and the Maine congressional delegation have thrown their support behind finishing the…
Destroyer Named for MCPON Delbert D. Black Starts Fabrication
Huntington Ingalls Industries and the Navy marked the start of fabrication for a guided missile destroyer named after Master Chief…