The USS Russell (DDG 59), one of the original Flight I Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, will spend its 30 th year in service undergoing a modernisation programme, to prepare the ...

The $17 billion modernization program aims to bring the fleet’s Flight IIA destroyers up to “Flight ... were purpose-built around the SPY-1 radar and the Aegis combat system.

The United States has been attempting to develop a next-generation guided missile destroyer for over 30 years. Despite the passage of time and the expenditure of billions of dollars, successive ...

As the US Navy (USN) moves to modernise and augment its guided-missile destroyer (DDG) fleet, the service is dealing with ...

While it’s exciting to see the small model in flight, it’s another thing to see the 15-foot version swooping around. We’re sad to report that the Star Destroyer did meet a similar fate as ...

Destroyers can operate independently ... Additionally, DDGs 91-96 provide accommodations for the A/N WLD-1 Remote Mine-hunting System. The first Flight IIA, USS Oscar Austin, was commissioned ...