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BIW starts work on new destroyer as another ships out

Sen. Susan Collins kicks off construction of the future USS Patrick Gallagher on the same day the USS Michael Monsoor leaves the shipyard for the last time. BRUNSWICK — Bath Iron Works celebrated cons... read more

Being a cut above might not help Bath Iron Works avoid future job cuts

“But the Coast Guard is even more cost-conscious than the Navy is, and the ship is not as complex or as demanding as a Navy destroyer would be.” BIW ... start spending heavily on a new batch of ballis... read more

The Navy May Use One Hull Design To Replace Its Cruisers And Some Destroyers

“At that point you are a light switch flipping on away from winking out the whole ship,” an unnamed Navy official told Defense News' David Larter in March 2018. If the Navy can’t use the Flight III DD... read more

US Navy's New Super Stealth Destroyer Getting Ready to Test Its New Guns and Missiles

On Friday May 20, 2016, the new ship was formally delivered to the Navy at Bath Iron Works in Portland ... The Navy will test out the basics make sure the ship can work then by testing those component... read more

Navy, Industry Working Through DDG-51 Flight III Detail Design; Draft RFP For Ship Construction Released

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Navy and two shipbuilders are moving forward with the Flight III upgrade to the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers ... radar to the ship class starting this fiscal year ... read more

Labor unrest deepens at Bath Iron Works

In addition to three Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 “stealth” destroyers in varying stages of completion, BIW is building five Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and will bid on another multi-year contract for th... read more

Pentagon Ponders Canceling Last Zumwalt Destroyer

(Bloomberg) — Pentagon officials are weighing whether to cancel the last of three ships in General Dynamics Corp.’s $22 billion program to build new destroyers even though ... built at General Dynamic... read more

3D Modeling Could Speed Procurement of Navy Destroyer

As the Navy prepares to award a production contract for its new Arleigh ... of Bath Iron Works’ contracts in recent years, and a significant share of Ingalls’ work. “I think it is absolutely critical ... read more

Navy takes delivery on super-destroyer, pushes up schedule for LCS “frigate”

On May 20, the US Navy took delivery of the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), the first of a class of destroyers designed ... picking an entirely new design or going with designs already being produced—includin... read more

Navy Weighing Options for a Family of Future Surface Ships

But yes I recognize the cruisers coming out of the inventory sometime, starting ... another one carries just anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons – or one of them carries every thing? I don’t know.” T... read more

Navy Ditches Its Plan To Upgrade 34 Destroyers With Hybrid Electric Drives

"Starting next year, the Navy will retrofit 34 of its newest Arleigh Burke Class destroyers with an electric motor tied to the ship ... another. In the end it sounds like the Navy made the right call. ... read more