The US Navy (USN) plans to make the DDGX its large-surface combatant of the future fleet, even as it modernises its guided-missile destroyer (DDG) flotilla, according to ...

Key Points – The US Navy’s DDG(X) next-generation destroyer program, slated to succeed the Arleigh Burke-class, now projects first ship procurement in FY2032, a delay from earlier targets. It ...

The US Navy needs a large surface warship to maintain any edge that it might still have over China in the Western Pacific. For nearly thirty years the Navy has been trying to acquire such a ...

This month, multiple media outlets reported on the US Navy's evolving plans for the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer, emphasizing its advanced capabi. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

The US Navy is trying to ease a projected 17-month delay of its newest intercontinental ballistic missile submarine, the USS ...

The US Navy wants a future 350-ship fleet and DDGX would eventually be 50-100 ships of that Navy. The 350-ship fleet may or may not include a large number of large robotic ships. The robotic ships ...

Though the Navy isn’t looking to buy the first DDG(X) ships until fiscal 2028, the program office would oversee the development of an acquisition strategy and later would be responsible for the ...

The U.S. Navy’s highly successful USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) surface combatant program is still going strong and growing in capability. Nearly 40 years later, new ships are still being built.

The US Navy wants its next destroyer to be festooned with lasers. Destroyers as a category of ship exist for two distinct yet related missions.

When the US Navy says a weapon system is too expensive, then you can believe it is too expensive. The US Navy is looking to pay $3.4 billion for each new DDGX Destroyer and $7.2 billion for each ...

The USN’s next-generation Large Surface Combatant programme, known as DDG(X), is intended to replace the fleet’s ageing Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers and – eventually – all its Arleigh ...