First Zumwalt to Wrap Missile Tube Install This Year, Michael Monsoor to Deploy to WESTPAC
The following post has been updated with details on USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001). ARLINGTON, Va. — The first at-sea U.S.…
First U.S. Warship Fitted for Hypersonic Missiles Back in the Water
The first guided-missile destroyer fitted for conventional hypersonic missiles is back in the water after more than a year of…
Navy Planning for December 2025 Hypersonic Missile Test off USS Zumwalt
ARLINGTON, Va., – The Navy plans to perform a hypersonic missile test shot off guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in…
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…
Reagan Strike Group Starts Drills with Korean Navy; Russian, Chinese Ships Spotted off Alaska
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began drills with the Republic of Korea Navy in the East Sea on…
CNO: Navy Will Lead DDG(X) Design Effort, Wargames Call for Fewer Large Surface Warships
This post has been updated to include pending legislative action on Navy shipbuilding programs. The design of the next American…
Senate, Navy Pushing for Bath Iron Works, Ingalls DDG(X) Destroyer Team Up
The push to develop the Navy’s next-generation destroyer will be a team effort between General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and…
CNO Gilday: Navy Balancing New SSN(X) Attack Submarine Design Against Need For NGAD, DDG(X)
ABOARD THE NUCLEAR ATTACK SUBMARINE USS SOUTH DAKOTA – A banner over the sonar operators in the control room of…
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:…
Navy Unveils Next-Generation DDG(X) Warship Concept with Hypersonic Missiles, Lasers
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy wants its next warship to fire hypersonic missiles and lasers that would be ten times…