U.S. Navy DDG(X) Concept Design: Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer

Written By Ming Ma

MAESTRO Marine is working with U.S. Navy led Design Team, including shipbuilders HII Ingalls Shipbuilding and GD/Bath Iron Works, to apply MAESTRO to develop ship structural design alternatives in early-stage design, supporting design alternatives/optimization for fabrication efficiency, lean design, cost and weight reduction, and robust service-life performance.

The Navy’s DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The Navy wants to procure the first DDG(X) in FY2032. The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $102.8 million in research and development funding for the program.

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