The US Navy is converting Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers into hypersonic missile shooters. The expensive Zumwalt class has struggled to find a suitable mission and weapons. The upgrade is part of ...

All three ships of the Zumwalt class are undergoing significant upgrades, including the replacement of standard 155mm deck guns with hypersonic missile tubes. The USS Zumwalt, one of the most ...

The U.S. Navy’s strangest destroyer is no longer built around guns at all. The Zumwalt class entered service as a stealthy surface combatant centered on two 155mm Advanced Gun Systems, then spent ...

The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS ...

The problems of the Zumwalt class can be traced back to its origins. Designed as a new class of multi-mission stealth warships with a focus on land attacks, the sleek Zumwalt-class destroyers were ...

The U.S. Navy has announced intentions to begin testing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile system aboard the USS Zumwalt destroyer. The tests are slated to begin in either 2027 or 2028.

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 F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...