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Although the USS Ticonderoga was built with a 35-year service life, the limited missile capacity of her twin Mark 26 missile launch systems rendered her obsolete.
Japan moves away from procuring dedicated missile defense ships, opting for a multi-role, cruiser-like design that focuses on that mission.
In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy's surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized
The US Navy's Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon's X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin's S-band VSR allows fewer radar antennas,
The US Navy has decommissioned its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) after 32 years of naval service.