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Report to Congress on DDG(X)

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Report to Congress on DDG(X) https://news.usni.org/2021/12/14/report-to-congress-on-ddgx-2

 

Navy’s General Concept for the Ship

The Navy approved the top-level requirements (i.e., major required features) for the DDG(X) in December 2020. The Navy envisages the DDG(X) as having

 

a new hull design evolved from the DDG-51 and Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyer hull designs;

a next-generation integrated propulsion system (IPS) that incorporates lessons from the DDG-1000 IPS and the Navy’s new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine;

initially, combat system equipment similar to that installed on the Flight III version of the DDG-51 destroyer?the DDG-51 variant that the Navy is currently procuring;

and more weapon capacity than the DDG-51.