In July 2008, Navy announced its decision to truncate the DDG 1000 program at three ships and restart the construction of BMD capable DDG 51s. The Department’s decision to truncate the DDG 1000 ...

The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ship’s primary sensor system, struggled to perform during a pre-deployment exercise and suffered failures as ...

(HII) As the US Navy (USN) moves to modernise and augment its guided-missile destroyer (DDG) fleet, the service is dealing with budget and testing concerns for the ships, as well as the updated ...

The ship class eventually became known as DDG 1000 and through the early part of the 2000s the construction plans shifted multiple times as Navy shipbuilding plans evolved. The eventual result is ...