USS Zumwalt update thread

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he expanded U.S. presence will include the Navy’s next-generation warship, the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer, named after the former chief of naval operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt Jr. The first of these 600-foot, 15,000-ton vessels is being built by General Dynamics in Maine at the Bath Iron Works, which had to construct a $40 million facility to accommodate the project.

The new destroyer was designed to operate both in the open ocean and in shallow, offshore waters. And it incorporates several stealth features, including: a wave-piercing hull that leaves almost no wake; an exhaust suppressor to reduce the vessel’s infrared (heat) signature; and an exterior that slopes inward at a steep angle, creating a radar signature said to be no larger than a fishing boat’s.

Escalating research and development expenses compelled the Navy to scale back its initial plan for 32 ships to 3 (each of which now costs more than $7 billion). The first of the new vessels, the USS Zumwalt, will be christened in 2013.



Read more: Introducing the USS Zumwalt, the Stealth Destroyer | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

Introducing the USS Zumwalt, the Stealth Destroyer | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

 

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BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract modification to Bath Iron Works worth up to $38 million for work on a class of Navy destroyers.

Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine said Thursday that the award allows BIW to provide engineering services in detail design and construction for the DDG-1000 warships.

The first DDG-1000, the USS Zumwalt, is under construction at BIW and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 2013.km

BIW gets $38 million contract modification

 

[Penguin]

This thing is going to be wicked...

 

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Huge DDG 1000 Deckhouse Ready for Shipment


Huntington Ingalls Industries delivered the 900-ton deckhouse for the USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) to the U.S. Navy Oct. 9.

Fabricated at the company’s composite facility in Gulfport, Mississippi, the structure will be shipped via sea to the Bath, Maine, where General Dynamics is building the 600-foot-long ship’s hull at Bath Iron Works.

The unique structure houses the ship’s bridge, radars, antennas and intake and exhaust systems and, integrated with the hull’s stealthy design, is designed to provide a significantly smaller radar cross-section than existing ships.

“This is one of the largest carbon composite structures ever built,” Steve Sloan, HII’s DDG 1000 program manager, said in a press release. “We are delivering a fine product with the utmost quality.”

The deckhouse and the ship’s hangar were made using cored composite construction processes. According to HII, the properties of carbon fiber materials and balsa wood cores form a composite structure as strong as steel but lightweight, requiring little maintenance.

The ZUMWALT is the first of three DDG 1000-class destroyers. The ship is scheduled to be launched into the water next summer.

The composite structure for the destroyer Zumwalt is embedded with major sensors, including the ship's radars. (Photo by Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The ship's bridge windows are on the lowest level of the composite superstructure, which will sit atop the steel hull.

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2012/10/huge-ddg-1000-deckhouse-ready-for-shipment/

 

[IBRIS]

Anothh F-22 Stealth demonstrator in the making this one takes the highest price tag of $7 Billion each.

 

[mosu]

looking new and typical design and much more costly

 

[Wright]

WOW..7 billion.. that is more then the defence budget of many nations.

 

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[v9s]

Holy crap...that looks like something straight outta star wars!

 

[Penguin]

The Empise strikes back ....

 

[Oldman1]

Holy crap...that looks like something straight outta star wars!

Looks more like the Virginia.

 

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[Yeti]

Intresting shaping it looks very stealthy indeed