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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

DDG 1000 Christening Pioneers New Technology

Zumwalt class destroyerThe Navy's first high-tech Zumwalt-class DDG 1000 destroyer will pioneer a handful of yet-to-be seen destroyer technologies when it is christened this coming weekend.

Not only does the ship have a new electric drive system -- as opposed to diesel or steam -- for propulsion, the ship is configured with sonar, sensors, and weapons systems that have not previously been engineered into a Navy destroyer, said Raytheon's Wade Knudson, DDG 1000 program manager.

The Zumwalt-class destroyers will have unprecedented mine-detecting sonar technologies for destroyers using an integrated undersea warfare system. This system is a dual-band sonar technology which uses both medium and high-frequency detection, Knudson said.

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