The U.S. Navy has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials on its future USS Paul Ignatius destroyer ship built by Huntington Ingalls Industries. The Arleigh Burke-class vessel spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico before it returned to an HII shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Naval Sea Systems Command …
Read More »Navy Preps Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Construction RFP
The U.S. Navy could issue a request for proposals within the next month for a multiyear contract to build at least 10 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51), USNI News reported Tuesday. Capt. Casey Moton, DDG-51 program manager, told USNI News that the contract will run from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2022 and …
Read More »General Dynamics Delivers Future USS Rafael Peralta Destroyer to Navy
General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has delivered its first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s restarted development program for this ship class. The military branch said Monday the future USS Rafael Peralta underwent a series of at-sea and pier-side trials to check its operational readiness prior to delivery. “As …
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