The Arleigh Burke class employs all-steel construction and is comprised of three separate variants or “Flights”: DDG 51-71 represent the original design and are designated Flight I ships; DDG ...

The 3-D printing process reduced the manufacturing time of one part, which traditionally takes nearly a year to produce, by ...

The U.S. Navy has decided to extend the service life of 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers by up to five years to prevent a capability gap before the arrival of the DDG(X) class.

For now, shipyards continue to produce Burke-class destroyers, which earned a spot in the record book for a production run that has outlasted every other battleship, cruiser, destroyer and frigate ...

The U.S. Navy wants to develop a successor to the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers, the most successful surface combatant of the postwar era. July 4 of this year marks the 30th anniversary of ...

The USS Jack H. Lucas, the newest, most advanced Burke-class destroyer, became part of the Navy Tuesday and will operate out of San Diego, where it will help replace aging Cold War-era cruisers.

What You Need to Know: In response to rising tensions with China, the U.S. Navy will extend the service life of 12 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, preserving their critical role amid challenges in ...

Secretary of the Navy announces the next Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer for the USN will be named 'USS Thomas Hudner' The name of Thomas J. Hudner Jr., has been chosen to honor a naval aviator who ...

After skipping the 30th anniversary due to COVID-19, the U.S. Navy is honoring the 31st anniversary of the USS Arleigh Burke, along with the class of guided-missile destroyers that shares its name.

The keel for the future destroyer USS Quentin Walsh was officially laid Tuesday in a ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It's the first time an Arleigh Burke-class ship will be built in honor of ...

The 505-foot, $2.4 billion Arleigh Burke-class destroyer John H. Lucas will operate out of San Diego. By Gary Robbins | The San Diego Union-Tribune. UPDATED: June 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM PDT.