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One Year Later: Still No DDG-1000 Gun Ammo Plans

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019

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One Year Later: Still No DDG-1000 Gun Ammo Plans

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) at the start of its journey from Bath, Maine to its homeport of San Diego, Calif. in 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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…

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