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By   Paul McLeary on January 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM USS Zumwalt sails with an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship WASHINGTON: The Navy plans to install hypersonic missiles on its troublesome Zumwalt destroyers, after Congress gave them the green light to start studying the move in the 2021 budget. Multiple Navy officials said this week they’re diving into the effort, even though the USS Zumwalt, the first of the three-ship class, has yet to deploy despite being christened in 2016. The tim...

New Destroyer, Armed With Lasers and Hypersonic Missiles, Envisioned as Navy’s Future Centerpiece U.S. admirals made the case for the new ship during a virtual conference this week. The U.S. Navy is eyeing a new class of warship to replace its current Arleigh Burke destroyers — ships that can fight by themselves using lasers and hypersonic missiles. This DDG-X is needed, a chorus of admirals argue, to stay a step ahead of Chinese and Russian missile advances.  “As our adversaries...

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For the US Navy, the future of shipbuilding (and warfare) is in the power plant January 13 The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer John Paul Jones at sunset. The Navys next-generation destroyers will be designed around a new power plant. (MC3 Kyle Merritt/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy wants to buy a next-generation large surface combatant by the end of the 2030s, but its not being built for a new kind of sensor or weapon system. The newly dubbed DDG(X) is being built for power. The Nav...

Surface Navy 2021: USN works to equip Zumwalt destroyers with conventional prompt strike weapon 11 January 2021 by Michael Fabey Responding to a recent mandate by US lawmakers, the US Navy (USN) is working now to develop and integrate a conventional prompt strike system on the Zumwalt-class guided-missile (DDG 1000) destroyer, Rear Admiral Paul Schlise, director, USN Surface Warfare Division said on 8 January. “This has been under discussion for a little while,” Rear Adm Schlise said during...

Navies that don’t evolve are doomed to defeat, and America is no exception. Heres What You Need to Remember: The most controversial question will be whether the Navy will opt for an unmanned aircraft instead of one with a human in the cockpit. Either way, expect stealth to be a significant part of the design, as well as sensor fusion in which large numbers of sensors combine to present a pilot with comprehensive situational awareness. The U.S. Navy has been the most powerful naval force in t...

Congress guts funding for cruiser replacements December 23, 2020 The cruiser Monterey operates in the Persian Gulf. The ship is slated to be decommissioned in 2022, according to the latest shipbuilding plan. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Billy Ho) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy’s new shipbuilding plan shows that over the next five years it plans to decommission 11 cruisers with more than 1,340 vertical launch tubes, but Congress doesn’t think the Navy has a serious plan to replace them with a ...

Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Future Destroyer Daniel Inouye Begins Builder’s Trials, After Nearly Two-Year Gap In Trials For BIW Ships Future Destroyer Daniel Inouye Begins Builder’s Trials, After Nearly Two-Year Gap In Trials For BIW Ships December 16, 2020 6:07 PM The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) conducts builder’s trials in the Kennebec River in Maine, December 2020. Bath Iron Works photo. Bath Iron Works sent its first ship in two years down the Kennebec River for sea ...

Search for: Home » Budget Industry » UPDATED: White House-Led Navy Shipbuilding Plan Set to Push Boundaries of Pentagon Budgets, Industry Capacity UPDATED: White House-Led Navy Shipbuilding Plan Set to Push Boundaries of Pentagon Budgets, Industry Capacity December 10, 2020 6:02 PM Island of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is landed onto the flight deck during a mast-stepping ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., on May 29,...