This significant shift in the mission profile of the Zumwalt destroyers underscores a broader strategic shift within the U.S. Navy. Originally designed for more traditional armaments, the Zumwalt and ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) recently completed modifications to remove her main guns and replace them with a hypersonic missile capability. The work to have her guns removed to make space for new ...

The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive.

Many indications point to the American ship USS Zumwalt, considered the most advanced ... with the Advanced Gun System (AGS), capable of firing precision-guided rocket-propelled ammunition within ...

it was decided to turn the three completed Zumwalt-class vessels into hypersonic missile stealth destroyers. In theory, it probably seemed like a good idea—the Navy would take a vessel that ...

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.

Service: USN Armament: Mk57 vertical launch system; Tomahawk missiles ... any lead surface combatant in history. The Navy intends to procure three Zumwalt Class Destroyers which are named in ...

Photo courtesy Edward Lundquist HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers on ...