The following is the Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
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Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Destroyer Programs
The following is the March 27, 2023, Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on Navy’s Next-Generation Destroyer
The following is the Nov. 28, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
CNO: Navy Will Lead DDG(X) Design Effort, Wargames Call for Fewer Large Surface Warships
Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image
This post has been updated to include pending legislative action on Navy shipbuilding programs.
The design of the next American guided-missile destroyer will be led by the Navy in move that Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday says will reduce technical risk in the program. Read More
Senate, Navy Pushing for Bath Iron Works, Ingalls DDG(X) Destroyer Team Up
Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image
The push to develop the Navy’s next-generation destroyer will be a team effort between General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding if the Navy and the Senate Armed Services Committee have their way. Read More
Report on Navy Laser, Railgun and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile
The following is the April 1, 2022, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
CNO Gilday: Navy Balancing New SSN(X) Attack Submarine Design Against Need For NGAD, DDG(X)
USS South Dakota (SSN-790) stand at parade rest during a change-of-command ceremony onboard Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., Sept. 27, 2021. US Navy Photo
ABOARD THE NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE USS SOUTH DAKOTA – A banner over the sonar operators in the control room of one of the Navy’s most technologically advanced submarines declares the attack boat is the service’s “Apex Predator.” Read More
Report to Congress on DDG(X)
The following is the Jan. 13, 2022, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy DDG(X) Future Large Surface Combatant Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Last Zumwalt-class Destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson Leaves Bath Iron Works Bound for Mississippi
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) passed near Fort Popham after traveling down the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean from Bath Iron Works on Jan. 12, 2022. GD Bath Iron Works Photo
The third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer pulled away from the pier at General Dynamic Bath Iron Work, Maine, on Wednesday. Read More
Navy Unveils Next-Generation DDG(X) Warship Concept with Hypersonic Missiles, Lasers
Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy wants its next warship to fire hypersonic missiles and lasers that would be ten times more powerful than the service’s existing laser weapons, according to the most detailed outlook to date of the DDG(X) next generation warship issued by the service. Read More
