Zumwalt-class destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industrie (NYSE: HII) experiences that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $10.5 million contract for the modernization interval planning of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001).
“Ingalls is honored to have been selected to deliver this new capability with our Navy and industry partners,” Ingalls Shipbuilding president Kari Wilkinson mentioned. “Our shipbuilders stand ready to do what is necessary to enable our fleet in the protection of peace around the world.”
HYPERSONIC MISSILES
According to a report posted by USNI News in August final 12 months, the Zumwalt-class upgrades will see the ships grow to be the primary warships within the U.S. Navy to deploy hypersonic missiles. The USNI News story quotes a pre-solicitation discover from Naval Sea Systems Command as saying that Ingalls Shipbuilding had been chosen for the work as a result of “the modernization scope of the effort will require specialized yard cranes for greater lift capacity, dry-dock facilities, covered assembly areas, and dedicated fabrication shops.”
“Use of an alternative source, other than HII, would result in unacceptable ship and program schedule delays and would produce adverse impacts to the DDG 1000/1001 operational requirements,” the discover saif.
Earlier, USNI News reported the Navy would take away the 2 superior gun system (AGS) mounts aboard every ship for to put in tubes that might accommodate the vertical launch system for the widespread hypersonic glide physique (C-HGB) developed for the Army, Air Force and the Navy.
