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Product Type: |
AEGIS Destroyer |
Using Service (US): |
Navy |
Program Status: |
In Production |
Prime Contractors: |
Bath Iron Works (General Dynamics Corp.)
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The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer (named after the famous U.S. Navy destroyer squadron commander Admiral Arleigh Burke)
is a type of multi-mission guided missile destroyer designed to perform anti-submarine warfare (ASW),
anti-air warfare (AAW), and anti-surface warfare (SuW) missions in support of U.S. naval operations.
DDG 51 ships support carrier strike groups, surface action groups, and replenishment groups.
The DDG 51 is an important component of the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense
(BMD) System, where it - together with Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruisers (CG 47)
- patrols the oceans to detect and track ballistic missiles of all ranges, including
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). The tracking data is then reported to the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
The Arleigh Burke Class ships are constructed by General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works
(lead yard) and Huntington Ingalls and to date, a total of 62 destroyers have been delivered. The Arleigh Burke Class AEGIS Destroyer
is widely recognized as the most successful surface shipbuilding program since the Second World War.
The DDG 51 is powered by four General Electric
LM2500 marine gas simple-cycle high-performance turbine engines, each delivering 33,600 shp.
The LM2500 is derived from the GE CF6
turboshaft aircraft engine.
At the core of DDG 51 shipboard systems is the Lockheed Martin-developed
AEGIS Combat System, an integrated missile guidance system used on U.S. Navy and allied ships.
The system operates as an integrated single ship system, as well as in ship-to-ship networks.
The key component of the AEGIS Combat System is the Raytheon
AN/SPY-1D(V) multi-function phased array radar, the most advanced and versatile maritime radar in the world.
The role of the radar is to acquire and track targets such as planes and missiles and defend against them.
In October 2013, Raytheon
won a contract to design the next-generation Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR),
which will replace the AN/SPY-1D on DDG 51 destroyers starting in 2016 (Flight III).
Other electronic systems onboard include the Northrop Grumman
AN/SPQ-9B, a multimode X-band pulse doppler radar that detects sea skimming missiles;
the Lockheed Martin
AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Undersea Warfare / Anti-Submarine Warfare Combat System; the Raytheon
AN/SLQ-32(V) Shipboard Electronic Warfare (EW) System; the AN/USQ-82(V) Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System (GEDMS)
from DRS Technologies; and the Raytheon AN/APX-100 Mk 12 IFF transponder set.
DDG 51 is an all-steel construction and features four separate variants so-called Flights.
The ships from DDG 51 to 71 represent the original design and are designated as Flight I ships, DDGs 72 to 78 are Flight II ships,
while DDGs 79 to 122 employ the Flight IIA design. The first Flight III ship, DDG 123, is expected to enter service in 2022
and as many as 42 Flight III ships may be purchased.
Construction of Flight IIA ships started with DDG 79 USS Oscar Austin commissioned in August 2000.
The Flight IIA design includes the addition of the Kingfisher mine-avoidance
system; helicopter hangars with space for two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters;
blast-hardened bulkheads; a distributed electrical system; and advanced networked systems.
Additionally, DDGs 91 to 96 provide accommodations for the AN/WLD-1 Remote Mine-Hunting System.
U.S. Navy Flight IIA requirements have involved various modifications to secondary armaments, in that
some ships have a Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) installed and some vessels employ a storage/launch facility
to hold a single minehunting Under Sea Vehicle (USV). Flight III will meet ballistic missile defense and
open ocean anti-submarine warfare (ASW) requirements. It is anticipated that the Flight III design will replace
the AEGIS AN/SPY-1D(V) radar with the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), currently being developed for the AEGIS Combat System.
Launched in May 2011, DDG 112 USS Michael Murphy (the last Flight IIA ship) was commissioned on October 6, 2012.
On June 3, 2013, General Dynamics BIW was awarded a $2.84 billion contract for the design and construction of four DDG 51 class ships,
one in FY 2013 and one each in FYs 2015-2017. This award also includes a contract option for a fifth ship.
Also, Huntington Ingalls was awarded a $3.33 billion contract for the design and construction of five DDG 51 class ships,
one each in FYs 2013-2017.
The development of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class
Next-Generation Destroyer caused an interruption in the DDG 51 program, which has since been reinstated
due to the DDG 51's important role in ballistic missile defense, a capability not offered by Zumwalt Class destroyers.
The DDG 51 is equipped with two Mk 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) that together accommodate a total of 90 Standard Missile (SM-2/SM-6), RUM-139 VL-ASROC, and RGM-109E Tactical Tomahawk missiles. The DDG 51 also features a 5-inch Mk 45 127mm gun, which provides surface fire support to forces on land and + an anti-ship gun capability; two Raytheon Mk 15 Phalanx 20mm Close In Weapon Systems (CIWS); two Mk 32 triple 324mm torpedo tubes with a total of six Mk 46/50/54 torpedoes; four .50 caliber (12.7mm) machine guns; and two Alliant Techsystems M242 Bushmaster 25mm chain guns. DDGs 79 and up also feature the RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. For more detail, see specifications below.
In FY 2015, the unit cost of a DDG 51 Destroyer is $1.48 billion (end cost).
The total procurement cost of the DDG 51 program is $89.73 billion (estimated by the DoD) + $4.25 billion in research and development (RDT&E) funds, which means the total estimated program cost is $93.98 billion (numbers are aggregated annual funds spent over the life of the program and no price/inflation adjustment was made). This figure excludes military construction (MILCON) costs in support of the program in the amount of $44.5 million.
The DDG 51 AEGIS Destroyer provides an anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-air warfare (AAW), and anti-surface warfare (SuW), and land attack capability.
Funds two DDG 51 AEGIS destroyers (DDG 121 and DDG 122). Procurement funds in the amount of $3,255.8 million have been provided for the DDG 51 Program.
Funds two DDG 51 AEGIS class destroyers (DDG 123 and DDG 124) as part of a multiyear
procurement contract for ten ships from FY13-FY17.
Procurement funds in the amount of $3,576.0 million have been provided for the DDG 51 Program.
For more information, click to see the Navy FY 2016 DDG 51 Procurement Budget.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), General Dynamics BIW,
Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.
Last Update: September 20, 2015.
By Joakim Kasper Oestergaard Balle /// (jkasper@bga-aeroweb.com)
General Dynamics: DDG 51 AEGIS Destroyer
Huntington Ingalls: DDG 51 AEGIS Destroyer
Lockheed Martin: AEGIS Combat System
Raytheon: AN/SPY-1D(V) Maritime Radar
General Electric: LM2500 Marine Engine
YouTube: DDG 51 AEGIS Destroyer | YouTube Videos
Fact Sheet: Not Available
Total DDG 51 Program Cost: |
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$93.98 billion ($89.73B procurement + $4.25B RDT&E) |
DDG 51 Procurement Objective: |
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80 ships |
DDG 51 U.S. Defense Budget Charts: |
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Primary Function: Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-air warfare (AAW), and anti-surface warfare (SuW) Flight I USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), Norfolk, VA USS Barry (DDG 52), Norfolk, VA USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), San Diego, CA USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Yokosuka, Japan USS Stout (DDG 55), Norfolk, VA USS John S McCain (DDG 56), Yokosuka, Japan USS Mitscher (DDG 57), Norfolk, VA USS Laboon (DDG 58), Norfolk, VA USS Russell (DDG 59), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Ramage (DDG 61), Norfolk, VA USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), Yokosuka, Japan USS Stethem (DDG 63), Yokosuka, Japan USS Carney (DDG 64), Mayport, FL USS Benfold (DDG 65), San Diego, CA USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), Norfolk, VA USS Cole (DDG 67), Norfolk, VA USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), Mayport, FL USS Milius (DDG 69), San Diego, CA USS Hopper (DDG 70), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Ross (DDG 71), Norfolk, VA Flight II USS Mahan (DDG 72), Norfolk, VA USS Decatur (DDG 73), San Diego, CA USS McFaul (DDG 74), Norfolk, VA USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), Norfolk, VA USS Higgins (DDG 76), San Diego, CA USS O'kane (DDG 77), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Porter (DDG 78), Norfolk, VA Flight IIA USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), Norfolk, VA USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), Mayport, FL USS Winston S Churchill (DDG 81), Norfolk, VA USS Lassen (DDG 82), Yokosuka, Japan USS Howard (DDG 83), San Diego, CA USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), Norfolk, VA USS McCampbell (DDG 85), Yokosuka, Japan USS Shoup (DDG 86), Everett, WA USS Mason (DDG 87), Norfolk, VA USS Preble (DDG 88), San Diego, CA USS Mustin (DDG 89), Yokosuka, Japan USS Chafee (DDG 90), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Pinckney (DDG 91), San Diego, CA USS Momsen (DDG 92), Everett, WA USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), Pearl Harbor, HI USS Nitze (DDG 94), Norfolk, VA USS James E Williams (DDG 95), Norfolk, VA USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), Norfolk, VA USS Halsey (DDG 97), San Diego, CA USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Norfolk, VA USS Farragut (DDG 99), Mayport, FL USS Kidd (DDG 100), San Diego, CA USS Gridley (DDG 101), San Diego, CA USS Sampson (DDG 102), San Diego, CA USS Truxtun (DDG 103), Norfolk, VA USS Sterett (DDG 104), San Diego, CA USS Dewey (DDG 105), San Diego, CA USS Stockdale (DDG 106), San Diego, CA USS Gravely (DDG 107), Norfolk, VA USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108 ), San Diego, CA USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Norfolk, VA USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), San Diego, CA USS Spruance (DDG 111), San Diego, CA USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), Pearl Harbor, HI Flight IIA Restart PCU John Finn (DDG 113), Under construction (Ingalls Shipbuilding) /// expected to be delivered in September 2016 PCU Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Under construction (Ingalls Shipbuilding) /// expected to be delivered in January 2017 PCU Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), Under construction (Bath Iron Works) /// expected to be delivered in July 2016 Flight IIA Technology Insertion PCU Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), Under construction (Bath Iron Works) /// expected to be delivered in May 2017 PCU Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Under construction (Ingalls Shipbuilding) /// expected to be delivered in January 2018 PCU Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), Under construction (Bath Iron Works) /// expected to be delivered in November 2018 Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), Contract awarded (Ingalls Shipbuilding) /// expected to be delivered in July 2019 (DDG 120), Contract awarded (Bath Iron Works) /// expected to be delivered in January 2020 (DDG 121) (DDG 122) (DDG 123) Flight III (DDG 124) (DDG 125) (DDG 126) |
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