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Huntington Ingalls Industries has lifted a 320-ton aft deckhouse aboard the Arleigh Burke-class USS Jack H. Lucas, or DDG 125, destroyer.
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Navy Tests Raytheon-Built Air Defense Radar System Against Multiple Targets
A Raytheon-built air and missile defense radar has identified multiple targets during a recent test held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. AN/SPY-6(V) worked to identify, track and intercept threats simultaneously, as well as intercepted a ballistic missile target, the company said Wednesday. The test followed …
Read More »General Dynamics Subsidiary Begins DDG 124 Construction
General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary commenced the construction of a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer on May 17 in Bath, Maine. The start of DDG 124 or the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.‘s construction is marked by the cutting of the ship’s first 100 tons and a commemorative ceremony, the U.S. Navy said Thursday. The destroyer …
Read More »GE Delivers Gas Turbine Propulsion Tech for Navy’s DDG 125 Destroyer Ship
General Electric‘s marine solutions business has delivered an LM2500 marine gas turbine propulsion module built to help power the U.S. Navy‘s 75th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. GE said Wednesday that Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ Ingalls Shipbuilding division is contracted to build the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) with Flight III design upgrades. The Navy expects DDG 125 to enter the service …
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