The DD(X) with planned features. The DD(X) is a future class of United States Navy destroyer, designed as a multi-mission ship with a focus on land attack. The lead ship will be named Zumwalt, for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. Following Navy tradition, this will be called the Zumwalt class. Image File history File links DD(X). ...
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The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...
USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer (French: contre-torpilleur, German: Zerstörer, Spanish: destructor, Italian: cacciatorpediniere) is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers...
The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ...
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is scheduled to be the lead ship of the U.S. Navys DD(X) guided missile destroyer program and the first ship to be named for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. ...
Elmo R. Zumwalt Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. ...
Among U.S. warships in development, the DD(X) is to be preceded by the Littoral Combat Ship and followed by the CG(X) cruiser concurrent with the CVN-21 aircraft carrier. The DD(X) program resulted from large re-organization of the DD21 program when Congress cut its budget by over half (Part of the SC21 program of the 1990s). The LCS is the first class in the U.S. Navys plans for a transformational series of next generation surface combatants. ...
The CG(X) is a cruiser, the descendant of the DD(X) will replace the Ticonderoga-class AEGIS cruisers, with improved Missile Defense and Air Warfare capability. ...
USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1992. ...
It has been proposed below that CVN-21 be renamed and moved to United States Navy CVN-21 program. ...
Future class of United States Navy destroyer. ...
SC21 was a United States Navy program of the 1990s for new ship designs. ...
In April 2006, the DD(X) was cut back two 2 ships, effectively ending the DD(X) program as the Navy's future surface combatant and ending the future of the CG(X). It marked the final cut back in a long series of developments streching to the 1990s, involving the cancellation of the Arsenal ship, and the effective ending of SC21 program. The CG(X) is a cruiser, the descendant of the DD(X) will replace the Ticonderoga-class AEGIS cruisers, with improved Missile Defense and Air Warfare capability. ...
An arsenal ship is a ship which was proposed by the US Navy in 1996. ...
Design and Development
The DD(X) will feature: a low radar profile; an integrated power system, which can send electricity to the electric drive motors or weapons, which may someday include railguns; a total ship computing environment infrastructure (TSCE-I), serving as the ship's primary LAN and as the hardware-independent platform for all of the ship's software ensembles; automated fire-fighting systems and automated piping rupture isolation. It is being designed to require a smaller crew and be cheaper to operate than comparable warships. It will have a wave-piercing "tumblehome" hull form whose sides slope inward above the waterline. This will reduce the radar cross-section, returning much less energy than a more hard-angled hull form. A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy—rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant—into projectile kinetic energy. ...
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In late 2005, the program entered the detail design and integration phase, in which Raytheon is the lead program contractor and integrator. Both Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works share dual-lead for the hull, mechanical and electrical detail design. BAE has the advanced gun system and the MK57 VLS. Almost every major defense contractor, and sub-contractors from nearly every state in the US, are involved to some extent in this project, which is the largest single line item in the Navy's budget. During the previous contract, development and testing of 11 Engineering Development Models (EDMs) took place: Raytheon Company NYSE: RTN is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...
The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between Northrop and Grumman. ...
BAE Systems Inc. ...
- Advanced Gun System
- Autonomic Fire Suppression System
- Dual Band Radar
- Infrared
- Integrated Deckhouse & Apertures
- Integrated Power System
- Integrated Undersea Warfare
- Peripheral Vertical Launch System
- Total Ship Computing Environment
- Tumblehome Hull Form
Originally known as the DD-21, the class was renamed in 2001 when its acquisition program was reworked. DD-21 stood for "21st Century Destroyer." According to a Government Accountability Office report [1], milestones include: The Advanced Gun System is a naval gun system under development by BAE Systems Armaments Systems Division (formerly United Defense) for the United States Navy as part of the DD(X) destroyer program. ...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative agency of the United States Congress. ...
- Formal program launch, April 2002.
- Preliminary design review, March 2004.
- Lead ship authorized, March 2005.
- Critical design review, August 2005.
- Start fabrication, June 2007.
- First ship launched, June 2012.
USS Hayler (DD-997) (1982) was the last Spruance-class destroyer, and DDG-112 (2010) is to be the last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The Zumwalt's hull number will be DDG-1000. USS Hayler (DD-997), a Spruance-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Vice Admiral Robert W. Hayler (1891–?). Hayler was laid down on 20 October 1980 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, in Pascagoula, Miss. ...
The Spruance-class destroyer was developed to replace a large number of World War II-built - and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s. ...
USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. ...
DD(X) Controversy Controversy over the DD(X) is centered in two primary areas: the new ship’s development, and the new ships projected role in the US fleet.
Development Press reports indicate that the DD(X) program may be deeply cut, or perhaps even canceled, due to budgets constraints brought about by the 2003 Iraq War and the ongoing effort to rebuild the United States Gulf Coast region following 2005's Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq without the explicit backing of the United...
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The House of Representatives is against the DD(X) and has cut some funding, preferring to build another Arleigh Burke class destroyer and the new littoral combat ships. The Senate supports the DD(X) and continues to approve more funding. The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as...
USS Lassen (DDG-82), an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. ...
The LCS is the first class in the U.S. Navys plans for a transformational series of next generation surface combatants. ...
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It was reported on October 17, 2005, that an October 5 Pentagon report recommended "canceling the DD(X) destroyer being developed by Northrop Grumman Corp." Wired News October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On November 23, the Defense Acquisition Board approved a plan for simultaneous construction of the first two DD(X) ships at Northrop’s Ingalls yard in Pascagoula, MS, and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. However, as of that date, funding has yet to be authorized by Congress. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ...
In late December 2005, the House and Senate agreed to continue funding the DD(X) program, however only seven of these ships will be built instead of the originally planned 23 to 30. December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ...
In April 2006 the first of the class was announced and will be named the ZUMWALT and carry the designator DDG 1000. The ship will be named to honor the former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr. To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ...
Role The United States Navy sees the DD(X) destroyer project as a replacement for Iowa and Wisconsin, battleships which were stricken from the US Navy list on March 17, 2006. This move has placed the destroyer in harm's way with both the Army and the Marine Corps. The Marines in particular feel very strongly against replacing the battleships with the DD(X) destroyer. The DD(X) destroyer is not slated to enter service until 2013 at the earliest, leaving a multi-year gap during which the Navy would not have any direct replacement for this loss of long-range seaborne artillery. USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy, but second to be commissioned, to be named in honor of the 29th state. ...
Radars: AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar Fire control: 4 × Mk 37 Gun Fire Control 2 × Mk 38 Gun Director 1 × Mk 40 Gun Director EW: AN/SLQ-32 Other: AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Decoy System 8 × Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers (SRBOC) Armor...
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Specifications - Length: 600 ft (183 m)
- Beam: 79.1 ft (24.1 m)
- Draft: 27.6 ft (8.4 m)
- Speed: 30.3 kt (56 km/h)
- Displacement: 14,064 LT
- Power: 78 MW, from 2 Rolls-Royce MT-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators.
- Crew Size: 140
A long ton is the name used in the US for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as used (alongside the metric system) in the United Kingdom and to some extent in other Commonwealth countries. ...
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Rolls-Royce MT30 The Rolls-Royce MT (Marine Trent) is a marine gas turbine based on Rolls-Royces Trent 800 aero engine. ...
Aircraft - 2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter
- 3 RQ-8A Fire Scout VTUAV
The Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin-engine anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, based on the airframe of the UH-60 Black Hawk. ...
Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) is the US Navys program that developed manned helicopters used to assist the surface fleet in anti-submarine warfare. ...
SH-60F of the United States Navy, with external fuel tank. ...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle over Iraq. ...
Armament - 2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System
- 920 × 155 mm LRLAP rounds
- 2 × 57 mm Mk110 Close-In Gun System
- 80 × VLS cells, comprising twenty four-cell MK57 launcher modules
- Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
- Tactical Tomahawk Block IV
- Standard Missile 2 Block III (SM-2)
- Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a development of the Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. ...
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ...
The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ...
The RUM-139 VL-Asroc is a rocket designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy. ...
Radar - SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR)
- Volume Search Radar (VSR)
Trivia Act of War: High Treason was the first RTS game to have DD[X] in the game, it serves the Task Force Talon as a destoyer.
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics includes the DD[X], calling it the 'Zumwalt'.
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