The US Navy is considering a new surface combatant, the DDGX, which would generate more power for directed energy weapons such as the laser system depicted here. (Lockheed Martin) Red Sea naval ...

The US Navy DDG(X) program wants next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers ...

The question sounds superficial but I genuinely am not confident the navy can do this anymore for a large number of reasons, and a second (or is it third) failure of the DDGX program would effectively ...

The US Navy (USN) plans to make the DDGX its large-surface combatant of the future fleet, even as it modernises its guided-missile destroyer (DDG) flotilla, according to Rear Admiral Paul Schlise, USN ...

Japan Marine United has made advances in OPV construction, as it unveils next-gen DDGX concepts and expands fast-landing craft fleet for island defence. Japan Marine United (JMU), a major naval ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Sen. Angus King questioned U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro about the ...

As with machine-gunning a tank, firing a deck gun at a carrier your best bet it to try to score a "mission kill" and make it ineffective. That means aiming for small things like radar or aircraft on ...