Meet the Arleigh Burke Block III: The U.S. Navy’s Next-Gen Destroyer In November of last year, new images of the U.S. Navy’s latest Arleigh Burke-class iteration circulated in the military ...

Destroyers can operate ... and NULKA. The Arleigh Burke-class MK-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) will be upgraded to support SM-3 and newer variants of the SM missile family.

T he next two United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers – both of the Flight III – have officially been given names. USS Intrepid (DDG-145) and USS Robert Kerrey (DDG ...

The U.S. Navy confirmed on Tuesday two of its ships carried out a Taiwan Strait transit, calling it routine despite an angry reaction from Beijing. The Navy said the vessels were the Arleigh ...

According to the U.S. Navy, each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer has been “built around ... The DDG 51 Flight III upgrade was designed to be centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S ...

It's no wonder that the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer was named the USS Robert Kerrey in his honor, as Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Jan. 4, 2025.

The Navy wants to buy its first next-generation guided missile destroyer by 2032 ... to be hammered out for replacing the trusty Arleigh Burke-class ships the service has fielded since the ...

That's the number of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers awarded to the shipyard but not yet delivered to the U.S. Navy at that time. A backlog of ships equals job security. But there were reasons to ...