"Instead, it is an evolutionary dead-end (an expensive one at that)," Weichert stated bluntly, adding, "Of all the government boondoggles, the United States Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyer might be ...

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.

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program, once hailed as the future of naval warfare, has been ...

The Zumwalt-class destroyer, the largest and most advanced ... advanced technological systems make it a candidate for future railgun and directed energy weapons. "She is going to be a candidate ...

destroyer program, the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000) is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and littoral dominance with ...

The U.S. Navy's latest "Zumwalt-class" destroyers will soon ... tech futuristic weapons like the electromagnetic rail gun. The Zumwalt-class battleships are 30 meters longer than other destroyers ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect ... The U.S. Navy also sought to equip the Zumwalt-class destroyers with the 155mm Advanced Gun System, which proved ...

The weapon system is being developed jointly by the Navy and Army. Each of the Zumwalt-class destroyers would be equipped with four missile tubes, each with three of the missiles for a total of 12 ...

(Janes/Michael Fabey) The programme to put hypersonic missile capability on guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt ... Prompt Strike (CPS) on Zumwalt-class destroyers. “Putting CPS on, that's ...

The destroyer was dry-docked at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula Shipyard last Sunday. Lawler noted that the Johnson will be the second Zumwalt-class vessel to integrate the large vertical ...

Clint Lawler, program manager, Zumwalt-class Destroyer program office said during a Navy Sea Systems Command presentation at Surface Navy Association 2025, per Naval News. The decision was made to ...