Never Happening?: The U.S. Navy has decided to extend the service life of 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers by up to five years to prevent a capability gap before the arrival of the DDG(X) class.

Key Points and Summary on DDG(X) – The U.S. Navy’s DDG(X) next-generation guided-missile destroyer program, intended to replace aging Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class ...

DDG(X) Update: The Navy’s Future Destroyer Faces Delays and Budget Challenges. The U.S. Navy is working around the clock in order to introduce a slew of next-generation projects in the near future.

The U.S. Navy has begun working on a next-generation guided missile destroyer. DDG(X) will replace both existing cruisers and destroyers across the fleet. The Navy expects to begin construction of ...

The third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer pulled away from the pier at General Dynamic Bath Iron Work, Maine, on Wednesday. Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) departed the shipyard and is in the ...

Artist’s concept of a DDG-51 Flight III with AMDR. Raytheon Photo. THE PENTAGON – The Navy will buy the first of its Future Surface Combatants in 2023 – a large warship that will be built to ...

The Navy’s ambitious fleet-size expansion relies upon a massive increase in heavily armed Destroyers able to launch long-range attacks, fire interceptor missiles, defend carrier strike groups ...

Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy.

The Navy’s next destroyer—the DDG(X)—will need to deliver this decade. Already there are indications that the Navy will delay the program over concerns of costs and misguided assumptions of ...

The Specs On This U.S. Navy Destroyer . DDG(X) destroyers are specifically designed to replace the Navy’s aging Ticonderoga-class Aegis destroyers by Fiscal Year 2032.The Navy claims that the ...