The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, known for their radical, stealthy “tumblehome” hull design, are undergoing a ...

The unique profile of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers helps to reduce their radar profile, effectively making them ...

Artist Concept of a DDG-51 Flight III. Lockheed Martin Photo. A congressional committee is calling into question the Navy’s plan to adapt an almost 30-year old hull design to be the centerpiece ...

The US Navy's next-gen DDG(X) destroyer is designed to outgun China's rising fleet, but soaring costs, shaky tech and ...

The Navy is considering the benefits of using a Common Hull Platform (CHAMP) design for future ships, Vice Adm. Bill Merz, the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems (OPNAV N9), said ...

The Navy had hoped to build more than 30 of these ships, a number they later cut to 24, then 7, due to predicted cost overruns on still experimental weapons and technologies.

The U.S. Navy is constantly involved in the process of building new ships for its fleet. Typically, this is a very straightforward and linear process, but it actually takes years to complete a new ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is looking to build a new generation of destroyers from a clean-sheet design, following the model of one of its most successful ship classes, the Arleigh Burke-class ...

The final ship design will pack a lot of equipment into a small hull, particularly weapons. The Littoral Combat Ship program famously lacks weapons, a problem the Navy is only recently beginning ...