Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...
U.S. Extends Life of 12 Arleigh Burke Destroyers Amid Rising China Tensions As tensions with China continue to rise, the U.S. Navy has decided to extend the life of 12 vital warships.
The fund includes extra money for constructing a third Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and a second Virginia-class submarine. The US Congress approved an extra US$1.1 billion for the US Navy (USN) to ...
As the U.S. Navy waits for more of its Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyers to join the fleet, existing Flight IIA DDGs will increasingly be taking on the air defense commander role in a carrier ...
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the sea service’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Intrepid (DDG-145), the latest to carry that name in the fleet, according to ...
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro last week announced the names of two new Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146) and USS Intrepid (DDG 145 ...
Announcing that the Department of the Navy plans to operate a dozen " Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) Flight I destroyers beyond their 35-year expected service life" sounds questionable at any time ...
And while questions remain about delivery schedules and cost, the Navy needs to make DDG(X) far more capable of taking on future systems and upgrades than its predecessor, the Arleigh Burke destroyer ...