At the end of 2024 came the christening of the USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class nuclear submarine, at Newport News Shipbuilding ...

The weapon system is being developed jointly by the Navy and Army. Each of the Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 ...

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

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

The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the ...

The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the ...

The Iranian regime has never looked so weak and vulnerable, with its empire of terror in tatters (thanks to Israel) and mounting crises at home (thanks to its ...

However, these advancements come with a significant price tag: the DDG (X) is estimated to cost US$4.4 billion per ship, far exceeding its predecessors. Construction will begin in 2032, with a ...

The destroyer is due to arrive at Ingalls at 2026, Lawler said. The Zumwalt-class destroyers were developed in the 2000s as a stealthy platform to do close-in fire support for ashore forces.

Clint Lawler, program manager, Zumwalt-class Destroyer program office said during a Navy Sea Systems Command presentation at Surface Navy Association 2025, per Naval News. The decision was made to ...

The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system should finish installing missile tubes and be ready for testing by the end of ...

Johnson (DDG 1002) is made ready before flooding of the dry dock at General Dynamic-Bath Iron Works shipyard, and subsequent launching of the third Zumwalt-class destroyer. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy ...