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Summary and Key Points: After being docked since the summer of 2023, the lead Zumwalt-class destroyer returned to sea trials following a major modernization...
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Summary and Key Points: After being docked since the summer of 2023, the lead Zumwalt-class destroyer returned to sea trials following a major modernization...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy is currently facing a severe shipbuilding crisis described as a “doom loop,” characterized by 82% of construction...
Summary The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) recently completed builder’s sea trials to validate systems for the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon, officially making it...
Key Points – The US Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, recognizable by their stealthy “tumblehome” hull, represent one of history’s most expensive naval programs at over...
The anticipated arrival of deck-launched hypersonic weapons on the U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers in 2025 is not happening a moment too soon given...
The arrival of hypersonic weapons on board the Navy’s USS Zumwalt by 2025 will be a historic and significant development, as it will introduce...
As I noted in a previous piece on the stealthy Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs), the name of Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. is a...
Zumwalt to Receive Hypersonic Weapons – This week, the Russian Navy has been conducting naval exercises involving the Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov, which...
The Zumwalt stealth destroyer has just returned from a three-month deployment in the Western Pacific. While deployed, the Zumwalt achieved various firsts – inspiring...
China’s threats against Taiwan, backed by a rapidly modernized and expanded U.S. Navy, fuel the urgency to grow the U.S. Naval and Maritime fleet. However,...