Future Navy Technology News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 Navy's 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 Navy has, of course, built ships around advancements in engineering systems before: Nuclear power or s...