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Navy/USMC

Navy Inches Closer To Awarding DDG-51 Flight III Construction Contracts

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

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Navy Inches Closer To Awarding DDG-51 Flight III Construction Contracts

The USS Donald Cook arriving in Rota, Spain earlier this year. Photo: U.S. Navy

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,…

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