
The DDG-51 program manager said at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium last week that the DDG-51 Alreigh Burke class Flight III Baseline’s detail design work is on track to support the beginning of construction early this year.The Flight III model of the destroyer primarily aims to deliver a more advanced ballistic missile defense capability by replacing the current SPY-1 radar with a longer range Raytheon [RTN] SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) as well as advancement to Baseline…