By Geoff Fein In the ongoing debate over whether to keep DDG-1000 alive beyond the first two ships or to build more of the venerable Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Raytheon [RTN] says it has demonstrated to the Navy a case for turning future Zumwalt ships into light cruisers. Earlier this year, the Navy tasked Raytheon with looking at how quickly the company could implement a ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability onto DDG-1000. Of interest to the Navy was the time frame…
Raytheon Says It Can Convert Zumwalt Into A Missile Cruiser By 2016
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