Gibbs and Cox to support U.S. Navy’s future DDG(X) design
American naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox has won a NAVSEA contract to support ship design and engineering efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future destroyer known as DDG(X).
22 Feb 2022
American naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox has won a NAVSEA contract to support ship design and engineering efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future destroyer known as DDG(X).
18 Jan 2022
The U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships briefed reporters on the preliminary details for the next-generation destroyer, the DDG(X)...
28 Aug 2021
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the successful completion of builder’s trials for guided missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121).
22 May 2021
The future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) was launched at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine on 16 May 2021. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) Arleigh Burke-class, "Flight IIA: Technology Insertion" variant for the U.S. Navy.
19 Mar 2021
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned today its second and final Maya-class AEGIS Destroyer. JS Haguro はぐろ (DDG-180)...
18 Dec 2020
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) announced that sea trials for the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) started on 16 December 2020. DDG 118 is the third of nine Arleigh Burke-class, "Flight IIA: Technology Insertion" variant. "Technology Insertion" ships are fitted with elements from the future DDG 51 Flight III.
28 Jul 2019
The U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Paul Ignatus (DDG 117), was commissioned on July 27, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
25 Feb 2019
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) to the U.S. Navy on 22 February with shipbuilders, ship’s force and representatives of Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Gulf Coast in attendance.
30 Mar 2022
The U.S. Navy’s Large Surface Combatant (LSC) force consists of three destroyers: DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, DDG 1000 Zumwalt destroyers and the upcoming next-generation destroyer program called DDG(X)...
12 Jul 2021
News Highlights of June: French – British dual carrier operations, MQ-25 conducts first unmanned aerial tanking, HII launches first DDG 51 Flight III destroyer, Italy inks major frigates deal with Indonesia, USS Gerald R. Ford completes first ship shock trials...