The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles …

The Advanced Gun System (AGS) is a naval artillery system developed and produced by BAE Systems Armaments & Services for the Zumwalt-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Designated the 155 mm/62 (6.1-inch) Mark 51 Advanced Gun System (AGS), [1] it was designed to provide long-range naval gunfire support against shore-based targets.

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. [10] [11] Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. [12]On December 7, 2015, Zumwalt began her …

Jan 24, 2025 · The Zumwalt-class destroyers are becoming the U.S. Navy's first hypersonic missile platforms, armed with Conventional Prompt Strike weapons for rapid, precision attacks on high-value targets.

The Zumwalt-class will employ active and passive sensors and a Multi-Function Radar (MFR) capable of conducting area air surveillance, including over-land search and track, throughout the...

Dec 6, 2024 · Zumwalt and the other two ships in the class will be the Navy’s first at-sea platforms to field the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) missile – a weapon designed to strike targets thousands of miles away with no warning.

Jan 16, 2025 · Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles now installed on the U.S. Navy’s stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt.

Developed under the DD(X) destroyer program, the Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG 1000) is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land attack and...

Dec 6, 2024 · The second Zumwalt class ship, USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), is operating out of San Diego and will get its own hypersonic capability installed during a future yard modernization period, although NAVSEA did not clarify when that will take place.

Dec 10, 2024 · Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has undocked the US Navy’s USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) destroyer, featuring a new hypersonic missile launcher. The outfitting is part of a $155-million upgrade on the warship, which has been carried out at the Pascagoula shipyard, Mississippi, since August last year.