28.02.2023, 09:32
Zitat:The US makes a move on its next generation DDG(X) destroyershttps://www.naval-technology.com/news/us...e-on-ddgx/
US Department of Defense awards design conception contract for new destroyers to Gibbs & Cox [...].
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox a $ 39.6m contract to exercise options for supporting the US Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Force. [...]
Gibbs & Cox’s work will contribute to the design and engineering of the ships which will become these principal large surface combatant ships the US Navy intends to have ready by 2030. What is listed as a “support contract” may well mean Gibbs & Cox are the main company behind the overall design of the ship itself, but all warships are designed with close cooperation and input with the USN. DDG(X) will almost certainly incorporate the combat system (sensors, radars, weapons, countermeasures, control computers etc.) of the new Flight III Burke destroyers onto a larger, sleeker hull, which helps simplify supply chains. Work will be performed in Washington, DC (60%); Arlington, Virginia (35%); and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (5%), and is expected to be completed by February 2024.
Schneemann