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Ball Aerospace To Build Zumwalt Antenna Prototype

Friday, July 24th, 2020

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Ball Aerospace To Build Zumwalt Antenna Prototype

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of DDG 1000, the future USS Zumwalt destroyer May 20, 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Defense Department selected Ball Aerospace to develop a new prototype communications antenna for the three Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers, the company said Tuesday. This award is for a new multi-band, low-observable satellite communications antenna. Ball was chosen by the Pentagon’s emerging technologies office, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The Ball selection is part of DIU’s Multi-Domain Tactical Communication (MDTC) program. Within this program, Ball is expected to develop the antenna architecture, beamforming approach and prototype. DIU first posted a solicitation…

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