At 85 percent complete, the DDG 1000 design was more mature at start of fabrication than any lead surface combatant in history. The Navy intends to procure three Zumwalt Class Destroyers which are ...

The USS Zumwalt, long a punching bag, will shape "an evolving hypersonic weapons road map" inside the U.S. Navy, according to Rear Adm. Bill Daly, the director of surface warfare. The big picture: The ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is back in the water after the installation of four missile tubes that will eventually carry the Conventional Prompt Strike weapon, program manager Capt. Clint Lawler said ...

But in 2001 the DD-21 program was cancelled, although the development work transitioned to DD(X), now known as DDG-1000 or the Zumwalt class. Throughout this gestation period the ship was ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000). The aforementioned 155mm gun mount has been removed and replaced with the launcher tubes. Work will be completed on DDG-1000 and testing of the hypersonic launchers will ...

Photo courtesy Edward Lundquist HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers on ...

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed a significant modernisation period on the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the US Navy's lead Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer. The destroyer was ...

The Department of Defense last month issued a small contract for a Navy project to develop and provide a modular energy ...

The U.S. Navy’s latest “Zumwalt-class” destroyers will soon be commissioned for military operations, AP reported on Sunday.

Zumwalt-class warship USS Michael Monsoor will replace one of its weapons systems with large-scale energy storage.