DDG-1000 Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/ddg-1000/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:49:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png DDG-1000 Archives - Defense Daily https://www.defensedaily.com/tag/ddg-1000/ 32 32 Navy SWO Boss Sees Zumwalt’s Powering Lasers, Repeating Aegis-Like Development For Battleship https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-swo-boss-sees-zumwalts-powering-lasers-repeating-aegis-like-development-for-battleship/navy-usmc/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:08:57 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1247896 Artist rendering of Lockheed Martin's HELIOS laser weapons system used on an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

]]> DDG-1000 Finishes HII Builders Trials After Hypersonic Launcher Installed https://www.defensedaily.com/ddg-1000-finishes-hii-builders-trials-after-hypersonic-launcher-installed/navy-usmc/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:50:54 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1244360 USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) operating at sea during 2026 builder’s trials. (Photo: HII)

]]> Zumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear https://www.defensedaily.com/zumwalt-installs-of-hypersonic-weapon-tubes-on-pace-testing-for-ioc-unclear/navy-usmc/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:20:47 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1242531 HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding undocked the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) on Dec. 6 at the tail end of a maintenance and modernization period where the company is replacing the unused Advanced Gun Systems with four 87-inch large missile vertical launch systems to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile. (Photo: HII)

]]> Zumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026 https://www.defensedaily.com/zumwalt-to-finish-hypersonic-weapon-tube-install-by-end-of-2025-ddg-1002-to-start-mod-in-2026/navy-usmc/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:00:55 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1197968 HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding undocked the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) on Dec. 6 at the tail end of a maintenance and modernization period where the company is replacing the unused Advanced Gun Systems with four 87-inch large missile vertical launch systems to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile. (Photo: HII)

]]> Zumwalt Back In Water As HII Upgrades To Field Hypersonic Weapons https://www.defensedaily.com/zumwalt-back-in-water-as-hii-upgrades-to-field-hypersonic-weapons/navy-usmc/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:13:43 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1194710 HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding undocked the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) on Dec. 6 at the tail end of a maintenance and modernization period where the company is replacing the unused Advanced Gun Systems with four 87-inch large missile vertical launch systems to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile. (Photo: HII)

]]> Hypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt Destroyer Pushed Back To 2027 https://www.defensedaily.com/hypersonic-weapons-on-zumwalt-destroyer-pushed-back-to-2027/navy-usmc/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:33:29 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1192638 USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) preparing to dock at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. on Aug. 19, 2023 for a maintenance period that is replacing its unused Advanced Gun System with large diameter missile tubes to field the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapon. (Photo: HII)

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