What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s DDG(X) program aims to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer, set to succeed the aging Arleigh Burke-class and Ticonderoga-class warships.
Since 2014 the navy has been working on a more affordable (than the Zumwalts) replacement for the Burkes. This new destroyer is called the FSC (“Future Surface Combatant”) or DDG(X) and the first of ...
The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyer program is one of the longest-running shipbuilding programs in Navy history. The Navy began procuring DDG-51s, also known as Aegis destroyers ...