Industry welcomes third Zumwalt DDG
02 Sep 2008
Contradicting what senior Navy shipbuilding officials told lawmakers last month, US Navy Secretary Donald Winter and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England notified lawmakers mid-August that the service wants to complete construction of the third DDG-1000 hull in its current budget request, which the service testified is not equipped to counter current threats.
Defense contractors and lawmakers with much at stake in the next-generation Zumwalt-class destroyer were elated by the Navy’s latest decision to support construction of the third DDG-1000 hull in its current budget request, but some analysts and legislators on Capitol Hill decry the about-face as being heavily influenced by politics.
Moving ahead
US Navy budgets for construction of third Zumwalt DDG-1000.
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Project SEA1000, the future submarine, is upon us in more ways than one.
But what will the Collins replacement look like?
Will it be ready in 2025 when the first Collins is due for retirement?
How will the public react to a program that will last longer than 4-5 election cycles and cost more than any other Australian defence program in history?