DDG 1000 has a 50-fold radar cross section reduction compared to current destroyers, improves strike group defense 10-fold and has 10 times the operating area in shallow water regions against mines.

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 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 Navy's opening gambit for becoming more relevant ashore after the collapse of communism was a huge destroyer initially called DD-21, then DD(X), and now DDG-1000.

The Pentagon's lame-duck acquisition chief John Young is praising a recent agreement to build all three of the Navy's DDG-1000 destroyers at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Maine and to ...

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 ...

Navy’s Next Large Surface Combatant Will Draw From DDG-51, DDG-1000 — But Don’t Call it a Destroyer Yet. Megan Eckstein. August 28, 2018 6:58 PM. Artist’s concept of a DDG-51 Flight III ...

The following is from the Oct. 22 Congressional Research Service report: Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs. As part of its action on the Navy’s FY2013 budget, Congress funded the ...

The Navy is evaluating whether to mount its new Electromagnetic Rail Gun weapon aboard the high-tech DDG 1000 destroyer by the mid-2020s, service officials said.

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 ...

The Secretary of the Navy informed members of the Senate and House of its plans to cancel the $29b DDG-1000 program after ... Navy Cancels DDG-1000 Destroyer Program. July 25, 2008. The Navy ...

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.