Technological advances have improved the capability of modern destroyers culminating in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replacing the older Charles F. Adams and Farragut class guided missile ...

This exists only in the DDG-51 program. A lack of competition encourages contractors to invent the highest cost possible in ...

General Dynamics Corp.’s GD business unit, Bath Iron Works, recently clinched a modification contract to provide integrated ...

USS Carney (DDG-64) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) shot down between four and six Iranian-launched ballistic missiles, a senior military official told reporters Sunday. Both ships were in the ...

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $13,503,584 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2312) for DDG 51 class ...

The first ship of the DDG 51 class, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned on the Fourth of July, 1991. The DDG 51 class was named after the legendary Admiral Arleigh Burke, the most famous ...

naval planning is clearly not expecting much to change in terms of DDG-51 construction, besides allocating fewer boats to build going forward. Meanwhile, HII will be expected to improve ...

The U.S. Navy has begun development of a successor to the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class of destroyers. It plans to commence construction of what is currently known as the DDG(X) in 2030, with an eye ...

The DDG-51 Flight IIA guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) has become the first US Navy warship to receive the MSI-Defence Systems MK 38 MOD 4 30 mm gun weapon system (GWS). The twin-mount MK ...

With the DDG 1000 class poised to be its next class of destroyers, the U.S. Navy took a break in building DDG 51 destroyers, which, at 34 ships built in Bath since the Arleigh Burke was delivered ...

He was 87. Defense News // 5 years ago BIW nets $719M contract for DDG 51-class planning yard services Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract to continue ...