BAE Systems has secured a $76.3 million contract from the US Navy to drydock and perform maintenance and modernisation work aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55). The docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) contract for the Norfolk-based destroyer includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $100.5 ...
The USS Porter has begun travelling to the Black Sea for a NATO operation to support allies in the area. The Arleigh Burke-class USS Porter travelled to the Black Sea as part of a NATO operation to create stability in the region. The deployment is the sixth time this year that ...
The US Navy has commissioned a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ship for the DDG 51 program. The guided missile destroyer will be named after Paul Robert Ignatius, who served in the Navy in WWII and acted as assistant secretary of defence for installations and logistics under the Lyndon B ...
General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works has celebrated the keel laying of the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), bringing the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that much closer to completion. The vessel’s namesake, Senator Daniel Inouye, received a Medal of Honor in recognition of his heroism in Tuscany during World War II. Daniel ...