New External DDG-1000 Mast Reduces Ship’s Stealth From Original Design
A newly revealed configuration of sensors set for next-generation destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000) could make the ship less stealthy than originally…
Huntington Ingalls Launches Portland Amphibious Warship, 11th in San Antonio-class
The penultimate San Antonio-class amphibious warship (LPD-17) – Portland (LPD-27 – was launched from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula, Miss. shipyard…
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…
Navy, Industry Working Through DDG-51 Flight III Detail Design; Draft RFP For Ship Construction Released
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Navy and two shipbuilders are moving forward with the Flight III upgrade to the Arleigh…
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…