Each Block III ship, estimated at $2 billion, represents a significant investment in modernizing the fleet. In November of last year, new images of the U.S. Navy’s latest Arleigh Burke-class ...

Similar to the older Ticonderoga-class cruisers, the Arleigh Burke ships were designed with the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) in mind. Like some of the Navy’s newer surface combatants, DDG 51 uses gas ...

Actually, designers doubled down on steel – crafting the Arleigh Burke’s vital areas with double-spaced steel layers for added protection against anti-ship missiles. The double-spaced steel ...

The U.S. Navy is constantly involved in the process of building new ships for its fleet ... are predominantly the Virginia-class nuclear submarines and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers.

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has secured a potential seven-year, $753.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for depot maintenance of two Arleigh Burke-class ships. The service ...

The first ship of any new class is named for both the ship and the its classification. The first Nimitz class carrier was named the USS Nimitz and the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was named ...

Along with these, there are a series of other ships and submarines that are just now entering the service for the U.S. Navy, like the Arleigh Burke-class or Virginia-class. To determine the U.S ...

Cmdr. Jason Fischer said in an email. To date, 71 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have been delivered to the fleet, with 18 more on contract and 11 ships at various stages of construction ...

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- Ingalls Shipbuilding transferred ownership of DDG 123, Lena Sutcliffe Higbee, to the U.S. Navy Thursday, marking the 34th such transfer of an Ingalls-built Arleigh ...

April 28, 2023: The U.S. Navy has decided that the Burke class destroyers reaching retirement age will be refurbished one more time so they can serve another five or ten years. The first ship to ...

The Navy will name a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for one of World War II’s most remarkable — and most ignored — Naval heroes, Charles Jackson French. A Black cook aboard a ship sunk at ...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) transits the Suez Canal, Dec. 18. US Navy Photo U.S. fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile the Houthis fired ...