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The Navy is set to buy 10 Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers over the next five years after the service elected to award an extra Fiscal Year 2023 option ship to Ingalls Shipbuilding, USNI News has learned. This month Naval Sea Systems Command awarded three detailed design and construction contracts for destroyers as part […]

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding has launched DDG 128 as the latest Arleigh Burke destroyer to be inducted under the navy’s multi-year programme.

There are currently six DDG 51 destroyers in production at Bath Iron Works.

Bath, Maine shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on Saturday christened the U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer…

THE PENTAGON – The five-year guided-missile destroyer deal the Navy announced this week could grow to as many as 15 ships if Congress or the White House wants to add hulls to the deal, service officials said Thursday. The multi-year procurement for the nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers includes six additional options to grow the […]

Bath, Maine shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to build…

The nine future flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers comprise enhanced capabilities, including Missile Defence Radar and Combat System.

Looking for the latest Government Contracting News? Check out our story: General Dynamics Unit Lays Keel for Future USS Louis Wilson Destroyer. Click to read

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works laid the first keel of its Flight III Arleigh-Burke guided-missile destroyer, the company announced. The future USS Lewis H. Wilson (DDG-126) is named after Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps Gen. Louis H. Wilson, Jr. The ship will be the first Flight III destroyer to be built by the Maine shipyard. […]

For as long as there has been a U.S. Navy there has been the practice of naming its ships after individuals who have made important contributions to the service. Since