DDG 1000 will triple naval surface fires coverage as well as tripling capability against anti-ship cruise missiles. DDG 1000 has a 50-fold radar cross section reduction compared to current ...

Currently, the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) and Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) make up the service’s destroyer class.

Work will be completed on DDG-1000 and testing of the hypersonic launchers will begin by the end of 2025. Yet, instead of waiting to see how the vessel and its new launchers perform, the U.S. Navy ...

“The Navy approached us about replacing one of the weapons systems on the DDG-1000 with large-scale energy storage. That’s an electric ship. So we said, yeah, we think we could do that ...