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Next-generation destroyers to pack more missiles, energy weapons

The Navy is requesting $133.5 million to research and develop the new destroyer in fiscal 2026, with the goal of procuring the first in the early 2030s.

Opinion

Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry

For industry to execute the plans in the Future Years Defense Program, major improvements will have to take place.

Fire breaks out aboard USS Winston S. Churchill in Florida

Five sailors were treated at an area hospital and released following Monday's blaze, officials said.

Navy’s newest destroyer, Carl M. Levin, arrives at its first homeport

The Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer (DDG 120) was commissioned in June.

Navy extends service lives of four more destroyers

Each warship will now serve 40 years instead of the expected 35.

Chaplains taking frontline role in surface fleet mental health

Destroyer chaplains are providing sailors with a confidant outside their chain of command who they can vent to about anything, officials say.

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