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Navy Receives USS Zumwalt Destroyer
The U.S. Navy has received the USS Zumwalt, or DDG 1000, destroyer following the integration and activation of its combat systems.
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Voyager Installs Navigation Tech on USS Zumwalt Destroyer
Voyager Maritime Alliance Group has collaborated with Simrad Yachting to install a navigation system on the lead guided missile destroyer ship of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt class.
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Gen. John Hyten: Stratcom Eyes Low-Yield, Nuclear Cruise Missile Tech for Zumwalt-Class Destroyers
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said Stratcom considers equipping the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-1000) with low-yield, sea-launched cruise missiles, Military.com reported Monday. Hyten's statement came after the Defense Department issued the Nuclear Posture Review that aims to advance the use of low-yield nuclear weapons such as SLCMs […] More
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Raytheon Systems and Technologies Undergo Performance Tests as USS Zumwalt Completes Trials
The USS Zumwalt’s key functions and Raytheon-made systems underwent performance tests as the ship sailed through acceptance and builder’s trials. The company’s Total Ship Computing Environment integrated mission system and all other systems, including DDG 1000’s engineering control systems, integrated bridge, navigation and electro-optic surveillance systems, passed the performance test during the trials trials, Raytheon said Friday. Pat […] More
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General Dynamics Delivers 1st Zumwalt Class Ship to Navy
A subsidiary of General Dynamics has delivered the first of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers to the U.S. Navy for the service branch's multi-mission surface combatant force. The Navy said Friday it accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt after a series of tests on the ship’s hull, mechanical and electrical, damage control, ballasting, navigation and communications systems. General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary designed and built the ship. […] More
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Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Systems Onboard Zumwalt Destroyer Ship
The U.S. Navy has demonstrated Raytheon-built computing applications onboard the lead ship in the branch’s Zumwalt class of destroyers. Raytheon said Wednesday the DDG 1000‘s total ship computing environment and engineering control systems functioned during a week-long trial at sea. The TSCE infrastructure comprises a combat management, ship and machinery control, embedded training, damage control and C4I […] More
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Huntington Ingalls Completes Navy Missile Launchers Delivery; Steve Sloan Comments
A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has supplied the U.S. Navy with the final two of four missile launchers it was commissioned to provide for the new DDG 1000 combat ship. The aft peripheral vertical launch system assembly units, sent two weeks ahead of schedule, were designed to strengthen the Zumwalt-class Michael Monsoor destroyer’s survivability, […] More
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Lockheed Aims for 35 Tests of Navy Land Attack Projectile; Richard Benton Comments
Lockheed Martin has conducted trial runs of a missile the company has built for the U.S. Navy, which aims to deploy the weapon system by 2016. All four Long Range Land Attack Projectiles hit their targets within a horizontal distance of 51 miles during the demonstration in New Mexico, the company said Wednesday. “These tests […] More
