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Navy Exploring Zumwalt Upgrade To Improve Navy Commonality

Navy Exploring Zumwalt Upgrade To Improve Navy Commonality
The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) arrives at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for a scheduled port visit in September 2022 while operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S Navy by Seaman Darren Cordoviz)

The Navy issued a sources sought announcement on Nov. 17, conducting market research on opportunities to improve the interoperability and supportability of the Zumwalt-class destroyers by replacing unique components with analogous common Navy surface combatant components. The concept is called the Zumwalt Enterprise Upgrade Solution (ZEUS). The Navy said ZEUS would include several specific changes including replacing the ships’ Raytheon Technologies [RT] AN/SPY-3 radar with the AN/SPY-6(v)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar designed for Ford-class aircraft carriers and the upcoming Constellation-class…

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