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Aegis Light Off On First DDG-51 Flight III Achieved Ahead Of Schedule

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

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Aegis Light Off On First DDG-51 Flight III Achieved Ahead Of Schedule

Ingalls Shipbuilding electrician Joe Ditsworth and electrical foreman Lisa Avery initiate light-off of the Aegis Combat System aboard Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) in the ship’s combat information center. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries

The Navy and its industry team for the first Flight III variant of the Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 destroyers completed a major milestone of integrating an advanced radar and the Aegis combat system on the ship well ahead of schedule to ensure everything works as intended, an official with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] said this week. Aegis Light Off (ALO) on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was completed in December, about 12 weeks ahead of schedule,…

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