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14,264 tons
Builder
Northrop Grumman
Power Plant
Integrated Power System (IPS) 78 megawatts Installed powertwo large 35-megawatt generators two small 4-megawatt generators
Length
600 feet [Panama Canal transit capability]
Beam
79.1 feet [Panama Canal transit capability]
Draft
27.6 feet
Armament
2 - 155mm Advanced Gun System920 - 155mm Long Range Land Attack Projectile[600 Threshold / 1200 Objective]80 - PVLS cells
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
Tactical Tomahawk Block IV
Advanced Land Attack Missile
Systems
SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR)Volume Search Radar (VSR)Acoustic Sensor Suite<1 href="EO/IR">Naval Surface Fire Support Weapon Control System (NWCS)
Speed
30 knots (Threshold)30+ knots (Objective)
Endurance
4500 nm(Threshold)6000 nm
Crew
Threshold: 150[vice traditional = 350]
Aircraft
2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or1 MH-60R helicopter 3 RQ-8A Fire Scout VTUAV
Costs
$1.2 billion - $1.4 billion procurement cost objective
$2.5 billion first unit cost
The DDG-1000 will feature the following: a low radar profile; an integrated power system, which can send electricity to the electric drive motors or weapons, which may someday include railguns; a total ship computing environment infrastructure (TSCE-I), serving as the ship's primary LAN and as the hardware-independent platform for all of the ship's software ensembles; automated fire-fighting systems and automated piping rupture isolation. The destroyer is being designed to require a smaller crew and be less expensive to operate than comparable warships. It will have a wave-piercing "tumblehome" hull form whose sides slope inward above the waterline. This will reduce the radar cross-section, returning much less energy than a more hard-angled hull form.
The potential savings in this ship are amazing! Assuming an average sailors pay of around 50,000 dollars a year. That would be savings of 10 million dollars a year on salaries alone! For one ship! Now lets further assume that we eventually make a fleet of say thirty DDX's. Thats 300 million dollars a year! And thats assuming no further crew reductions! Then the second potential way of savings would be in cruise missiles. The advanced gun system, planned for the ship can fire shells 75 to 100 miles inland. The kinetic energy alone in those shells would have the same if not more explosive power then a cruise missile. And thanks to advances in guidance systems, these shells will have extra-ordinary accuracy. Another great thing about this ship is its stealth capabilies. If we ever face a nation in war with a blue water navy we will have the advantage in seeing their ships first. It also has smaller guns to deal with speedy little motor boats terrorists might use. The next advance in US Naval Warfare is called the CGX its the cruiser version of the DDX. Except even more reduced automation and an even steathier design. I can't wait till we get more info on that ship.
