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 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 ...

In August 2023, HII was awarded a $154.8 million Navy contract modification for the modernization of the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) guided-missile destroyer.

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $154.8 million contract modif ...

An overview of the DDG(X) program. The service’s Next-Generation Cruiser (CGX) program was established in the early 2000s as part of the Navy’s post-Cold War strategy. When CGX was nixed down ...

While analysts expected the first renderings of DDG(X) publicized to be augmented over time, the latest depiction of the destroyer showcases several important differences. In addition to the lack ...

Two decades ago, Bath Iron Works appeared poised to lead a new era of shipbuilding for the Navy, which was preparing to replace the DDG-51 with the much larger DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer.

HII (NYSE: HII) has received a $66.7 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the DDG 1000 Modernization Period execution. The Department of Defense said the ...