
The Navy awarded HII [HII] a $155 million modification to execute the modernization of the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) that will install hypersonic missiles. The work is expected to be finished by September 2025, an Aug. 29 DoD contract announcement said. The Navy has contracted with HII’s Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard to replace the DDG-1000 unused Advanced Gun System with four 87-inch large missile vertical launch system (LMVLS) tubes to field up to 12 total Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missiles. The…