The Arleigh Burke class employs all-steel construction and is comprised of three separate variants or “Flights”: DDG 51-71 represent the original design and are designated Flight I ships; DDG ...

How much does it pay to interpose a fleet of warships between a nation and a salvo of ballistic missiles? The United States ...

Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy.

Similar to Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the DDG 1000 is designed for a range of missions, but it has a number of key new features that set it apart. For example, this destroyer is designed to ...

The U.S. Navy is looking for creative ways to keep the Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the fleet for as long as ... getting sensors aloft and improving the U.S surface fleet’s ...

The Flight IIA destroyer will serve as a multi-mission surface combatant, and like other Arleigh Burke-class warships can be employed in anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), and ...

June 30 (UPI) --The Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls with a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer."We take great pride in the ...

The first restart Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer (DDG-51) completed its builder’s trials this week, according to a Friday statement from Naval Sea Systems Command. John Finn (DDG-113 ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, seen here arriving at its homeport in Rota, Spain, April 11, 2021, has received a service life extension. (Eduardo Otero/U.S. Navy) ...

The lead vessel, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), was commissioned in July 1991 – and the class has gone on to have the longest production run of any U.S. Navy surface combatant. Larger Destroyers ...

KEY WEST, Fla. – The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee during a ceremony in Key West Saturday.

WASHINGTON – The Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers continue to achieve shipbuilding milestones with start of construction at both shipbuilders, Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine ...