
A year after the Navy said it had no plans yet to replace the rounds for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer main guns, an official repeated it was still looking at replacement options at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium. DDG-1000 program manager Capt. Kevin Smith said on Jan. 16 the Navy is still looking at options like the hypervelocity projectile to use on the ship’s BAE Systems-made 155mm Advanced Gun System (AGS). “Right now there’s a lot of testing going…