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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 timeline for the Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon to be fitted onto the ship isn’t clear, but first ...

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 push farther and farther from their shores, we need a ship that can generate enough power to drive ...

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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 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...

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 a media discussion in advance of the virtual Surface Navy Association 2021 National Symposium, whic...