Huntington Ingalls Industries christened the first Arleigh Burke Flight-III destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.
The U.S. Navy’s first DDG-51 Flight III destroyer, the future USS Jack H Lucas (DDG-125) has achieved “light off” on its AEGIS Combat System. This marks the beginning of on-board system testing and crew training for the ship and its AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR).
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131) on Thursday, Dec. 2.
The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) marked the start of fabrication for the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132) with a ceremony at BIW’s Structural Fabrication Facility in East Brunswick, Maine, Nov. 16.
The first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at HII…
The U.S. Navy recently achieved several important milestones for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III upgrade, representing significant progress toward delivering critical Integrated Air and Missile Defense capability to the fleet.
