The mission alteration for the Navy's Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers will cost approximately $1 billion, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report that cites service officials. The yearly report, published last week to assess the Pentagon's weapon systems, states that the "planned modifications to support the new mission" of the Zumwalt class will cost the service $1 billion "from non-acquisition accounts." "Navy officials are in the process of determining the operational concept for the ship within its new mission," the report reads. "The Navy has yet to establish testing plans to evaluate these future mission sets." Inside Defense has reached out to Naval Sea Systems Command about the cost for the mission change. According to the GAO report, the Navy altered the mission for the Zumwalt-class in January 2018, shifting the focus "from land attack to offensive surface strike."
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