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Navy Destroyer Modernization Program Could Cost $17B, Take Up to 2 Years Per Hull

Navy Destroyer Modernization Program Could Cost $17B, Take Up to 2 Years Per Hull

USS Pinckney (DDG-91) undocks SEWIP Block 3/SLQ-32(V)7 structures under either bridge wing on Aug 26, 2022. Screengrab of a General Dynamics NASSCO Video

ARLINGTON, Va. – The plan to upgrade the Navy’s fleet of Flight IIA Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers with new radars and electronic warfare suites is estimated to cost about $17 billion and take anywhere from a year and a half to two years to upgrade each warship, USNI News has learned. Read More

General Dynamics Wins SEWIP Block 1B3 Full-Rate Production Contract

General Dynamics Wins SEWIP Block 1B3 Full-Rate Production Contract

AN/SLQ-32 "Slick 32" on a destroyer in 2009. US Navy Photo

AN/SLQ-32 “Slick 32” on a destroyer in 2009. US Navy Photo

General Dynamics Mission Systems was awarded a full-rate production contract for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 1B3, which will add display upgrades, a high-gain high-sensitivity electronic capability and more to most of the fleet’s surface ships. Read More

HASC Mark Adds $120 Million for 3 Destroyer Combat System Upgrades, Money for Missiles

HASC Mark Adds $120 Million for 3 Destroyer Combat System Upgrades, Money for Missiles

Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) underway on April 18, 2015. US Navy Photo

Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) underway on April 18, 2015. US Navy Photo

The House Armed Services Committee added $120 million to pay for a total of three Aegis combat system upgrades to the Navy’s Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers (DDG-51) as part of the chairman’s mark for the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. Read More