General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) began conducting sea trials of the US Navy’s third and final Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer on Friday, August 27. The trials ..
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New Surface Squadron Receiving Unmanned Sea Hunter Ahead of Tests with Zumwalt Destroyers
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) and the Sea Hunter autonomous surface craft.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Navy’s new surface development squadron will soon receive its first unmanned vehicle to begin experimenting with, as the service looks to incorporate new types of manned and unmanned platforms into how it fights at sea.
The San Diego-based Surface Development Squadron 1 is in the process of taking administrative and operational controls of the unmanned ship Sea Hunter by Oct. 1, Capt. Henry Adams,...
Zumwalt Program Continues Testing Combat System and Missiles on Lead Ship, Test Ship
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is pierside in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during a port visit in April 2019. US Navy Photo
The Zumwalt destroyer program will continue to mature even after the lead ship’s final delivery this fall, as the combat system undergoes testing on a surrogate ship and eventually aboard USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in 2019 and 2020, according to the Navy.
The Navy has loaded the Raytheon-designed combat system onto the ex-Paul F. Foster (DD-964), now used as the Self-Defense Test Ship. On...
Navy Stands Up Surface Development Squadron for DDG-1000, Unmanned Experimentation
The Pre-Commissioning Unit Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) pulls along pierside in Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 7, 2018. The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers and will undergo a combat availability and test period. US Navy photo.
The Navy is standing up an organization today that will be dedicated to experimenting with new unmanned vessels, weapons and other gear to propel the surface force forward.
The service will take the Zumwalt Squadron...
Destroyer USS Zumwalt Headed to Canada as Part of First ‘Operational Underway’
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) departs San Diego as part of an operational underway on March 8, 2019. US Navy Photo
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) left San Diego on Friday for its first “operational underway” that will include a trip up the West Coast to a naval base in Canada.
Zumwalt was seen underway in San Diego Bay just before 11 a.m. local time by local ship-spotters as the warship headed out for open Pacific.
In a Friday statement, U.S. 3rd Fleet said the underway “demonstrates the...
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VIDEO: Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor Commissions
The following is the Jan. 26, 2019 commissioning ceremony of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DG-1001) in San Diego, Calif.
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Second Zumwalt Destroyer Arrives in San Diego; Third Launches in Maine
The guided-missile destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) transits the San Diego Bay. The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers and will undergo a combat availability and test period. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy Jan. 26, 2019, in Coronado, Calif. US Navy photo.
The Navy’s second Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer arrived in San Diego ahead of its planned commissioning ceremony next month, and the third and...
Second Zumwalt Destroyer Michael Monsoor Leaves Bath Iron Works for California
Destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) underway during trials. BIW Photo
The second Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer has left a shipyard in Maine on Friday bound for California, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a statement.
The 16,000-ton Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) sailed down the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean ahead of a commissioning at Coronado, Calif. on Jan. 26, 2018.
The departure marks the end of more than eight years of Monsoor under construction at Bath. The ship conducted its...