Twelve hypersonic missiles now fit where two advanced naval guns once defined the ship. The redesign highlights how dramatically the mission of the Zumwalt class has shifted. Built as stealthy ...

When the U.S. Navy commissioned its Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) in 2016, it hailed the warship as the most advanced surface combatant in the world. Equipped with a state-of-the-art stealth ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer can carry dozens of missiles and still be unable to launch its most ambitious one. That mismatch ...

The Navy's stealthy USS Zumwalt destroy is preparing to fire its first missile as part of an effort to prepare the ships radar, weapons and tracking system as the service the new, high-tech attack ...

The USS Zumwalt underway for sea trials in January. (Photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding) The first of the three futuristic Zumwalt-class destroyers based in San Diego has been outfitted ...

The United States Navy developed the Zumwalt-class destroyer, which is the largest destroyer ever built, planning for a fleet of 32 vessels. The first of these, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), was ...

The lead ship of the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers has been at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyards since August 2023, undergoing extensive refitting. The Navy replaced the destroyer’s guns ...