Construction on DDG 1000 (ZUMWALT) commenced in February 2009. Launch is scheduled for Fall 2013, followed by HM&E delivery in 2014.

The U.S. Navy’s controversial USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) class of guided missile destroyers raises the legitimate question of whether a ship is too transformational, or not transformational enough.

The DDG-1000 Zumwalt is the first of a new class of destroyers designed to support both sea-based and land missions. It features a “tumblehome” wave-piercing hull and an upper-section deckhouse made ...

The Navy's first high-tech Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer will pioneer a handful of yet-to-be seen destroyer technologies when it is christened this coming weekend.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) arrives at its new homeport in San Diego on Dec. 8, 2016. US Navy photo. The Navy is revamping the Zumwalt-class destroyer’s requirements and ...

In that the DDG-1000’s plight does resemble the battleship’s plight after Pearl Harbor. It’s a heavy hitter whose reach is woefully short. Defense firms are developing new long-range anti ...

Delays in building Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard are slowing work on other ships at the yard.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The DDG-1000 isn’t a stealth battleship. But it should be. And—suitably armed—it could be. Over the years it’s become commonplace for writers to sex up ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt ...

WASHINGTON -- With a big stake in the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program, Raytheon Company is bankrolling a campaign aimed at building support to keep the futuristic ship in production, a ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) commissioning. Nicholas Hoffman. October 16, 2016 ...

The Navy's first high-tech Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer will pioneer a handful of yet-to-be seen destroyer technologies when it is christened this coming weekend.