At 85 percent complete, the DDG 1000 design was more mature at start of fabrication than any lead surface combatant in history. The Navy intends to procure three Zumwalt Class Destroyers which are ...

The CPS work was placed on contract in August and we dry-docked the ship on Sunday in preparation for land-level production," Capt. Clint Lawler, program manager, Zumwalt-class Destroyer program ...

The Zumwalt program cost $24.5 billion overall, or $8 billion per ship. About the Author: Harrison Kass Harrison Kass is a ...

The U.S. Navy’s latest “Zumwalt-class” destroyers will soon be commissioned for military operations, AP reported on Sunday.

The Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest and most advanced surface combatant in the world, was built to be a silent killer, but the revolutionary warship has faced a string of setbacks during ...

The US Navy's newest and biggest toy is the imposing Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer, a svelte, stealthy entry designed to complement the Navy's large fleet of Arleigh Burke-class DDGs.

2011: BIW christens Michael Murphy (DDG 112) in May, shifts focus to DDG 1000 program, with keel being laid for Zumwalt (DDG 1000) 2012: First of the DDG 51 restart ships, DDG 115, started ...

The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive.

The shape and design of the U.S. Navy's newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, make the ship 50 times harder to detect compared to other destroyers. Produced by Zach Wasser. Video courtesy of the U.S ...

The US Navy will soon take ownership of the US Zumwalt. The $4.4 billion futuristic-missile destroyer will be commissioned October 2016. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi Follow BI Video: On Twitter ...

Three Zumwalt-class destroyers – hull numbers DDG-1000, -1001 and -1002 – are difficult to detect on radar because of their tumblehome hull design and composite material deckhouse. Their ...