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26 Dec 2013

The Navy’s Battlewagon of the 21st Century

(Photo credit: GD-BIW, M. Nutter)

It is the newest and most transformational warship ever built, and yet it has also had the longest gestation period. Whether you call it new or old, you have to call it different. The pedigree for DDG 1000 is not from the Spruance or Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, but rather it comes from the SC-21 (Surface Combatant for the 21st century) concept from 1994. Like DDG 1000, SC-21 was not about anti-air warfare. It was all about strike. SC-21, along with the Maritime Fire Support Demonstrator (MFSD) “arsenal ship” concept…

02 Jan 2014

ZUMWALT: Maritime Reporter's 'Great Ship' of 2013

It is the newest and most transformational warship ever built, and yet it has also had the longest gestation period. Whether you call it new or old, you have to call it different. The pedigree for DDG 1000 is not from the Spruance or Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers, but rather it comes from the SC-21 (Surface Combatant for the 21st century) concept from 1994. Like DDG 1000, SC-21 was not about anti-air warfare. It was all about strike. SC-21, along with the Maritime Fire Support Demonstrator (MFSD) “arsenal ship” concept…

14 Aug 2012

Saab Sea Giraffe Naval Radar

Cmdr. Dave Back (right), executive officer of USS Independence (LCS 2) Gold Crew, conducts a tour of his ship to attendees of the Sea Giraffe Users Group at Naval Base San Diego.  He is seen here showing the ship’s spacious mission bay to Cam Fung from Canada (left), and Capt. Charlie Songsawangthus and Cmdr. Sarawoot Chiyangcabut from Thailand. (Photo by Papola Kani, Consulate of Sweden, San Diego)

Users of the Saab Sea Giraffe naval radar are meeting this week in San Diego to share their experiences with the operation and support of the Sea Giraffe family of naval surveillance radars. The radar is well suited for small combatants, and has been installed aboard corvettes and frigates, patrol boats, and the littoral combat ship, and is in service or selected for installation with 12 navies around the world. Sea Giraffe provides the volume search radar for USS Independence (LCS 2)…

27 Apr 2009

New Navy Contract

Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Tewksbury, Mass., is being awarded a $217,000,000 cost plus fixed fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5346) for the procurement of two Volume Search Radar (VSR) for the Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program and USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).  Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J. (95 percent) and Sudbury, Mass. (5 percent), and is to be completed by March 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting activity.

24 Mar 2008

DDG 1000: The Transformation Begins

“It isn’t everyday we get to sign a contract to begin construction of a lead ship, but on Feb. 14, we met in my office and did exactly that, twice! Not one but two lead DDG 1000 ships will now begin construction,” said Rear Adm. Vic Guillory, the director for Surface Warfare. Two identical lead ships will be built by Bath Iron Works (General Dynamics) and Ingalls (Northrop Grumman). Bath Iron Works will build DDG 1000 and Ingalls will build DDG 1001. Other prime contractors include BAE Systems and Raytheon. Delivery of the lead ship is expected in the late 2012 to early 2013 time frame.

14 Apr 2004

$78M DD(x) Program Contract

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $77,959,027 cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-02-C-2302) to effect change from L-Band to S-Band Volume Search Radar, and establish a land-based testing facility in support of the DD(X) program. . The change will allow greater flexibility in future ship defense against air threats and enable leveraging of S-Band advanced radar investments. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Mass. (66 percent), Moorestown, N.J. (24 percent), Pascagoula, Miss. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by June 2006. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

16 Jul 2007

Northrop Grumman Completes Delivery of

Northrop Grumman Corp. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) combat system. communication system. Facility in Pittsfield, Mass. Independence (LCS-2) and put into sea trials in 2008. The ICMS is the U.S. for lower acquisition and operational costs. ships from 14 different nations. from hull form. expeditionary strike groups or surface strike groups. is the second LCS to be built.

17 Aug 2006

Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Volume Search Radar Antenna

Volume Search Radar (VSR) antenna for the U.S. next-generation destroyer program. developing for DDG-1000. ranges. reflected radar signal and amplify it for processing. solid state phase shifters that steer the transmitted beams. State Near Field Test Facility in Moorestown. the company in 2005 partly to support the DDG-1000 program. future technologies and advanced mission requirements into radar systems. Radar -- for testing.

04 Aug 2003

Navy Announces DD(X) S-Band Radar Decision

The Navy decided this week to use S-Band rather than L-Band technology for the volume search radar that will be on the next-generation destroyer, DD(X). This higher frequency radar will improve the ability of the destroyer to track aircraft and missiles and to counterattack shore-based gun or missile batteries that attempt to strike the ship. "The shift to S-Band technology is a very carefully considered, logical decision which seeks to ensure every investment dollar is leveraged to achieve near term and long term goals," according to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research Development and Acquisition John Young. "The decision effectively creates a radar roadmap for the Navy which draws on extensive…

09 Oct 2002

New Warships Will Transform U.S. Navy

Maritime Dominance in the 21st Century calls for naval forces that can project power forward, provide assured access in the littoral environment and support a wide variety of joint and combined operations. To meet this challenge, the U.S. Defeating and deterring future national threats requires a broad range of capabilities from long-range missile defense, precision strike and volume fires to assuring friendly access in the dangerous littoral regions of the world. Transformation of the future fleet will start with the DD(X) technology development effort, from hull and propulsion to sensors and weapons. DD(X) will provide sustained, offensive, distributed, and precise firepower at long ranges to support forces ashore and to conduct time-critical strikes on land targets.