SeaRAM set for Rota-based DDG 51 destroyers

摘要

The US Navy (USN) is moving ahead with a fast-track programme to install Raytheon Missile Systems' Mk 15 Mod 31 SeaRAM inner-layer missile system on four DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided-missile destroyers forward deployed to Rota, Spain. Using funding reprogrammed from fiscal year 2015 (FY 2015) appropriations, the navy will acquire four SeaRAM systems for installation on USS Carney (DDG 64), USS Ross (DDG 71), USS Donald Cook (DDG 7 5) and USS Porter (DDG 78). It has also provisioned funds for Aegis/SeaRAM integration, and combat system hardware/software modifications.