DD(X) (Zumwalt class)
Pascagoula, MS, USA
production work (shipyard)
The lead guided missile destroyer in the Zumwalt
class will carry the designation and hull number DDG
1000. Developed under the DD(X) destroyer
program, Zumwalt is the lead ship of a class of
next-generation multi-mission surface combatants
tailored for land attack and littoral dominance. It has
a 50-fold radar cross section reduction compared to
current destroyers, improves strike group defense
10-fold and has 10 times the operating area in
shallow water regions against mines. Under the
Navy's dual lead ship acquisition strategy, Northrop
Grumman Ship Systems and General Dynamics Bath
Iron Works will concurrently build the dual lead
ships. Zumwalt will be delivered in 2012.
