One Year Later: Still No DDG-1000 Gun Ammo Plans

摘要

A year after the Navy said it had no plans yet to replace the rounds for the DDG-1000Zumwalt-class destroyer main guns, an official repeated it was still looking at replacementoptions at the annual Surface Navy Association symposium.DDG-1000 program manager Capt. Kevin Smith said on Jan. 16 the Navy is still looking atoptions like the hypervelocity projectile to use on the ship’s BAE Systems-made 155mmAdvanced Gun System (AGS).