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DDG(X) Motor Options And 3D Printing Reports Ordered In Amendments To House Defense Policy Bill

DDG(X) Motor Options And 3D Printing Reports Ordered In Amendments To House Defense Policy Bill
The Navy’s draft next large surface combatant DDG(X) design concept diagram from a NAVSEA presentation at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Jan. 12, 2022 . (Image: U.S. Navy, Program Executive Office Ships)

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill directs reports on several aspects of the Navy’s next-generation destroyer‘s engineering plant and motor options as well as using 3D printing in the design. Three amendments within a set of en bloc amendments approved by the subcommittee particularly focused on the next Navy destroyer to succeed the current Arleigh Burke-class, the DDG(X). DDG(X) aims to have a new larger…

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