The Flight III baseline is planned for the second ship ... Like most modern U.S. surface combatants, DDG 51 utilizes gas turbine propulsion. Employing four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines ...

Currently, the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) and Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) make up the service’s destroyer class ...

Extending the lives of the warships may indicate the Navy’s struggle to keep its fleet count at a credible level as Chinese ...

(Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Navy (USN) intends to operate 12 Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight I destroyers beyond their 35-year expected service lives, the USN confirmed on 31 October.

like the Flight III DDG-51 design, is to include ninety-six standard Vertical Launch System (VLS) cells, with an ability to incorporate twelve large missile launch cells in place of thirty-two of ...

The decision is intended to squeeze the Navy’s prize assets in a fiscally challenging economy. US secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has announced plans to operate 12 of its Arleigh Burke-class ...