
The Navy is on track to procure its newest, most advanced flight of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, with a Defense Acquisition Board in early fiscal year 2016 paving the way for construction awards to follow later that year, a program official said April 15.The most significant capability introduced in the DDG-51 class flight III is the AN/SPY 6V air and missile defense radar by Raytheon [RTN], which is replacing the SPY-1D, Cmdr. Seth Miller, assistant program manager for the DDG-51 program,…