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In May 2014, USNI News reported that 21 of the 28 Flight I and II Arleigh Burke-class destroyers would not receive the full mid-life upgrade that included electronics and Aegis Baseline 9 software for SM-6 compatibility; instead, they would retain the basic BMD 3.6.1 software in a $170 million upgrade concentrating on HM&E systems, and on some ...
The Navy also launched studies into a Future Surface Combatant (FSC) to replace the Ticonderoga-class—which will reach the end of their service lives in the 2020s—as well as older flights of the Arleigh Burke class. [9] The FSC evolved into the Large Surface Combatant (LSC) program, which became the DDG(X).
The study that showed a cost benefit to building Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer with enhanced radars instead of adding BMD to the Zumwalt-class destroyers assumed very few changes from the Flight II to III Burkes. However, costs for the Flight III Burkes have increased rapidly "as the possible requirements and expectations continue to ...
The Navy hopes to place AMDR on Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, possibly beginning in 2016. Those ships currently mount the Aegis Combat System, produced by Lockheed Martin. [6] In 2013, the Navy cut almost $10B from the cost of the program by adopting a smaller less capable system that will be challenged by "future threats". [7]
USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer. in the United States Navy and the first ship of the class homeported on the west coast. She is the fifth ship named after American Revolutionary War naval captain John Paul Jones and the second to carry his first name.
(V)6 is currently in full-rate production for installation on the latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and for retrofit on existing ones, replacing their existing SLQ-32 equipment. [6] [5] SEWIP Block 2, part of the SLQ-32(V)6, aboard USS Porter. AN/SLQ-32(V)7 – Adds onto (V)6 with the SEWIP Block 3, which upgrades electronic attack (EA ...
This radar, and other modifications, would allow Flight III destroyers to serve as a replacement for the air-defense roles of Ticonderoga-class cruisers. [3] She was ordered in 2023 as part of a larger 5-year plan to build 9 Flight III ships. [3] In 2025, she was named after the four previous US Navy ships to bear the name Intrepid. [4]
USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120) is the 70th Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer. The ship is named for Carl Levin, a former United States Senator and Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. [8]