Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the $22.6 billion Zumwalt class program; the latest destroyer vessel to the US Navy fleet, specially designed with stealth features to increase its ...

From knights in heavy plate armor to tanks with steely shells, a thick armored casing alone was often sufficient protection in warfare for centuries. The advent of sophisticated missiles, though, has ...

The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...

During the German invasion of Norway, the Kriegsmarine concentrated its destroyers deep inside narrow fjords. British forces ...

But a retired Navy officer and defense expert said that arming Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with these missiles is a "terrible idea." ...

Navy destroyers will spend considerably less time projecting American sea power than planned, with chronic delays and labor overruns cutting nearly a decade off their operational lifespans, according ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest guided missile destroyer, built at Bath Iron Works on Maine's midcoast and officially inaugurated in a weekend christening ceremony, is now in the shipyard’s dry dock waiting to ...