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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

Bath Iron Works lands $3.9 billion deal to build 4 more destroyers

BATH, Maine — Bath Iron Works announced Thursday that the U.S. Navy has awarded it contracts to build four of the 10 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers ... surprised if another ship wasn’t adde... 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

Second Zumwalt Destroyer Needs New Engine After Turbine Blades Damaged in Sea Trials

Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) will need to have a main turbine engine replaced before the ship ... Bath Iron Works, with Rolls-Royce to get that engine changed out before she leav... 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

The Buoy and the Sci-Fi Destroyer

It was not unheard of in the 1960s or 1970s for Navy reservists, manning their units’ World War II vintage destroyers, to pull out ... being a ship to being an unsecured buoy (and if things don’t star... read more

Bath Iron Works faces uncertainty on multiple fronts

BIW also has seven Arleigh Burke-class destroyers ... But plans for any new work remain on hold as Congress contemplates a new defense budget and rearranges priorities under President Donald Trump. Tr... read more

Huntington Ingalls Industries: Stock Pullback Creates A Buying Opportunity

The 9%-10% ROS occurs when the ship completion rate is about the same as the starting rate. More front end work is now occurring, which puts the financials a little out of ... 14 DDG Destroyers, which ... 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

The U.S. Navy's Super Stealth Destroyer Is Almost Ready for Battle

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 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