The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) sails in the Arabian Sea. Bainbridge is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region. US Navy photo
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy is now taking a “measured” approach to developing its next large combatant, with the director of surface warfare saying he expects to buy the first ones in the late 2020s after certain technologies mature, following...
USS Spruance (DDG-111) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) line up in a formation prior to a replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) on March 12, 2019. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON – Based on the Navy’s current vision of its future fleet, the service will be too top-heavy in the coming years, having more large combatants than it says it needs and not enough small combatants. But many attractive options exist today to add lethal capabilities to...
https://news.usni.org/2019/04/08/navy-sees-no-easy-answer-balance-future-surface-fleet
“The reason for the ship is to field the SPY-6 and the Aegis Baseline 10 for improved capability in missile defense,” Capt. Casey Moton said at a a forum sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers. The radar is being tested at the Pacific Missile Test Range, just completed its last anti-missile test event and did very well, Moton said.
Moton gave a brief rundown on the overall DDG-51 program, noting that 66 ships have been delivered to the Navy, the 67th could be delivered as soon as...
https://news.usni.org/2019/02/22/arleigh-burke-program-manager-flight-iii-production-on-track
