Interview with Rear Admiral Fred Pyle, the U.S. Navy’s Director of Surface Warfare (OPNAV N96) during the Surface Navy Association (SNA) 2023 national symposium.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyer, the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Jan. 26.
The US Navy (USN) has defined core capability imperatives that are driving development of its next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG), to be delivered under the DDG(X) programme.
Secretary of the U.S. Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the Surface Navy Association Symposium that future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG-140 will be named USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140).
Naval News reached out to the RAND Corporation for comments, and opinions on the US Navy’s next-generation destroyer program, DDG(X).
The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133) with a ceremony at HII’s shipyard on Dec 12.
The future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) successfully completed acceptance trials on December 9th, returning to General Dynamics Corp’s Bath Iron Works (BIW) Bath shipyard after spending two days at sea.
Ingalls Shipbuilding completed acceptance trials for Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123).
The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Guam after a scheduled port call, on Sept. 19.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to begin availability of combat systems for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002).
