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.
DDG 120 will be built in the Flight IIA configuration with the Aegis Baseline 9 Combat System which includes Integrated Air and Missile Defense capability. This system delivers quick reaction time, high firepower, and increased electronic countermeasures capability for Anti-Air Warfare. Delivery to the fleet is planned for Fiscal Year 2021.
The U.S. Navy’s newest Zumwalt-class destroyer, USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), was commissioned January 26 at Naval Air Station North Island, California.
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multi-year award announced in September.
Raytheon is expanding international export pursuits for its AN/SPY-6 radar family, targeting frigate programs in Germany, Japan, and Denmark.
Diehl Defence and BAE Systems are collaborating to develop joint solutions for maritime defence systems for the German market, as well as other international armed
Raytheon has installed the first land-based SPY-6(V)4 radar array at Wallops Island, Virginia, commencing land-based testing ahead of the backfit deployment on USS Pinckney (DDG
Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on July 30 that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) had conducted its first live-fire test of a Tomahawk cruise
The Australian government has announced the selection of Leidos Gibbs and Cox to design a floating dry dock supporting AUKUS infrastructure. Australian Department of Defence
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has expanded its distributed shipbuilding strategy to include modular unit construction for the U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock program, beginning with Philadelphia (LPD
