Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyers
The following is the June 12, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues…
NAVSEA Details At Sea 2016 Railgun Test on JHSV Trenton
Next year Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct the first at sea test of its electromagnetic railgun, hurling a guided…
Navy Interested in Guided Rounds for Surface Ships Pending Price Reductions
PENTAGON — The Navy is still interested in pursuing guided rounds for naval guns on its surface fleet but waiting…
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Destroyer Programs
The following is the March 24, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues…
CNO Greenert: Navy Could Fix Readiness Shortfall by 2020 if Sequestration is Avoided
Navy leadership hopes to have a surge force of three Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and three Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG)…
Navy Considering Railgun for Third Zumwalt Destroyer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Engineering studies to include an electromagnetic railgun on a Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) have started at Naval Sea Systems…
Navy Lights Off Zumwalt Generators
The Navy has started the massive gas turbines in its latest class of guided missile destroyer ahead of the ship’s…
Navy Swaps Out Anti-Swarm Boat Guns on DDG-1000s
The Navy has replaced two 57mm guns planned on the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer designed to fight off swarm boat…
Navy Taking a Second Look at A Five-Inch Guided Round
This post was updated from an earlier version to include a statement from Raytheon. The Navy’s surface warfare community is taking…
Two Billion Dollar DDG-1000 Cost Growth Explained
The previously unexplained cost growth of the three ships of the Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class of ships found in the Navy’s…