Requirement & Capabilities
The multi-mission DDG 1000 Zumwalt is tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.
This next-generation warship integrates numerous critical technologies, systems and principles into a complete warfighting system. These include employment of optimal manning through human systems integration, improved quality of life, low operations and support costs, multi-spectral signature reduction, balanced warfighting design, survivability, and adaptability.
The Zumwalt class provides increased lethality with precision strikes and volume fires . Each ship features a battery of two Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) firing Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) that reach up to 83 nautical miles, providing a 3-fold improvement in naval surface fires coverage.
DDG 1000 will employ active and passive sensors and a Dual-Band Radar (DBR) suite capable of conducting area air surveillance, including over-land, throughout the extremely difficult and cluttered sea-land interface. This radar suite will provide DDG 1000 a 3-fold better capability against anti-ship cruise missiles than the current force and improve strike group defense 10-fold.
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Zumwalt features increased stealth through a composite superstructure, integrated multi-function mast, and reduced acoustic signature. DDG 1000 will have a 50-fold radar cross section reduction as compared to current destroyers and 10-fold the operating area in shallow water regions against mines.
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22 February, 2010
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