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Explore the story behind the design of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, highlighting the significant influence of budgetary ...
The ship is the first Zumwalt class to visit Yokosuka since USS Zumwalt's 2022 visit, which was the first ever port call for ...
The Navy is requesting $133.5 million to research and develop the new destroyer in fiscal 2026, with the goal of procuring ...
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 ...
The Arleigh Burke-class was slated for replacement by the troublesome Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers this year, though that did not happen. The Zumwalts suffered from extreme cost ...
The following is the July 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer ...
The Arleigh Burke-class was slated for replacement by the troublesome Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers this year, though that did not happen. The Zumwalts suffered from extreme cost ...
The unique profile of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers helps to reduce their radar profile, effectively making them ...
The Navy’s next large surface combatant will probably look more like the Zumwalt-class destroyer than fleet’s current workhorse Arleigh-Burke class.
Comings, goings: Naval Base San Diego will soon gain a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The USS Jack H. Lucas will be commissioned in Tampa, Fla., on Oct. 7, then will push on to San Diego later ...
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is 610 feet long and about 81 feet wide, with a displacement of about 15,761 tons, slightly larger than the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the other kind of ship BIW ...
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is 610 feet long and about 81 feet wide, with a displacement of about 15,761 tons, slightly larger than the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.