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	Defense Tech: Cool Ship; What's it for, Again?
		As the satellite-guided weapons fall back to Earth at 830 mph, computer algorithms alter their flight paths so that the 250-pound projectiles all strike the same patch of ground at the same time, reducing everything in the vicinity to rubble and dust.
		Posted by: William O'Connor at December 22, 2006 02:42 PM I think the DD(X) is designed to counter the emerging threats of the 21st century.
		I would rather we spend the money on programs such as DD(X) and be prepared for the emerging threats than not spend it or make too many compromises along the way and not have the technology available when it is needed.
	www.defensetech.org /archives/002307.html (1189 words)

	DD(X) Multi-Mission Surface Combatant
		The Navy's new DD(X) program is the centerpiece a family of three surface combatant ships, including a destroyer, a cruiser and a smaller craft for littoral operations.
		DD(X) is the centerpiece of a surface combatant family of ships that will deliver a broad range of capabilities.
		The DD(X) design is described as 'wave-piercing,' which means that the designers have deliberately foregone the sort of buoyancy which tends to lift conventional ships over waves.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/dd-x.htm (2119 words)

	Sea Power: DD(X): A lethal warship leads the way to the Navy's future fleet
		DD(X) is being designed as a multimission surface combatant tailored to provide offensive, distributed, and precision firepower at long range in support of U.S. and allied forces maneuvering ashore.
		DD(X) also will serve as the centerpiece of a family of surface combatants being acquired to deliver a broad range of combat capabilities distributed across multiple platforms.
		Another strength of the DD(X) acquisition strategy is that it facilitates the achievement of such goals as: (a) maxing the commonality of hull and ship systems with CG(X); and (b) building "scalability" into certain systems that may be used by other ships in the family.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200304/ai_n9225109 (1405 words)

	Northrop Grumman Capitol Source: DD(X) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The DD(X) Phase III contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Corporation in April of 2002.
		DD(X)’s transformational technologies are currently in an advanced state of development.
		The DD(X) program is led by Northrop Grumman Corporation, as the Prime Contractor and Design Agent and Raytheon as the Systems Integrator.
	www.capitolsource.northropgrumman.com /programs/ddx.html (221 words)

	DD(X): Next-generation U.S. Navy war ship
		Developed for the U.S. Navy, DD(X) is a next-generation war ship destined to provide the foundation for all Navy surface combatant ships to be built in the 21st century.
		DD(X) is a revolutionary multi-mission destroyer and the centerpiece of a family of ships (including destroyers, cruisers and littoral combat ships) that will operate within the construct of the Surface Combatant Navy.
		DD(X) is unique in providing an integrated warfare system—in essence, a single integrated command center that affords it the ability to operate in a multi-domain perspective including land attack, undersea warfare, and anti-air warfare.
	www.lynuxworks.com /solutions/milaero/in-action/ddx.php (201 words)

	DD(X) Quarter Scale Model Underwater Explosive Testing Successful
		The primary purpose of the testing was to determine the DD(X) hull form's reaction to an UNDEX to demonstrate the validity of the DD(X) design.
		DD(X) technologies are currently in an advanced state of development and are destined to influence ship design efforts around the world for the remainder of this century.
		The DD(X) National Team has successfully completed nearly a dozen incremental design review milestones, highlighting the DD(X) National Team's commitment to staying on schedule and on cost, as well as the extraordinary maturity and discipline of the program's approach to integrating unprecedented advanced technologies into the platform.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=79338 (476 words)

	Transforming the Navy's Surface Combatant Force
		CBO estimates that the DD(X) would cost about $1.9 billion apiece to build, or a total of about $30 billion for 16 (assuming that the new destroyer has the characteristics and capabilities described in Table 1).
		Thus, CBO estimated that the cost of the second DD(X) would total about $2.2 billion (the same amount as the first ship minus the nonrecurring detail design) and that the unit cost of the remaining ships would fall to $1.7 billion when the production rate rose to three a year.
		The funds for the first ship of the DD(X) and LCS classes are included in the research and development budget line for those programs in the President's budget plan for 2004 through 2009.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=4130&sequence=5 (2501 words)

	Lott: Full speed ahead for DD(X)
		DD(X)'s development will set new technical standards for shipbuilding much like stealth technology did for aircraft, officials said.
		Technology derived from the DD(X) is expected to also be applied to all classes of surface combat vessels in the coming decades.
		Without the DD(X) program, Lott said, American shipyards could face closure and the nation could be put into the unenviable position of asking foreign shipyards to construct America's Navy or Coast Guard vessels.
	www.gulflive.com /news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/113283094711860.xml (524 words)

	DD(X) Program Leads Navy’s Voyage toward Cost-Efficient Computing \| COTS Journal
		The Navy’s new DD(X) program is the centerpiece in a family of three surface combatant ships, including a destroyer (Figure 1), a cruiser and a smaller craft for littoral operations.
		With the server core at the center, the DD(X) network employs a layered architecture where more of the applications are run in that server core with a high-speed network linked to the various nodes throughout the ship that interface with sensors, weapons and so on.
		The DD(X) program’s business model calls for a standards-based competition plan that competes every four years, the most recent of which was concluded late last year.
	www.cotsjournalonline.com /home/article.php?id=100516 (703 words)

	Sea Power: Electric Drive for DD(X) Sparks Competition Over Exotic Motors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The motor the Navy selects to drive its new DD(X) destroyers also could be used in the CG(X) cruisers that will follow, and possibly other future naval and commercial vessels.
		DRS is a leading developer of permanent magnet motors, which use solid blocks of alternating north/south magnets made of a rare earth material called neodymium iron boron attached to the rotor to create a rotating magnetic field in place of the usual wire coils.
		In case there are problems with the DRS motor, the Navy has a fallback in a 36-megawatt "advanced induction motor," a relatively safe upgrade to a conventional electric motor, Collins said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200409/ai_n9427289 (1551 words)

	DDX Destroyer Navy - Northrop Grumman - DD(X)
		An artist's rendition of the 210-meter (689 feet) DD(X) destroyer design by a Northrop Grumman Corporation-led team selected by the U.S. Navy to complete the system design for the Navy's advanced, 21st century surface combatant, DD(X).
		"The DD(X) is the centerpiece of the Navy's 21st century transformation and is the cornerstone program for a family of surface combatants to be designed and built over the next 25 years.
		This family of ships includes destroyers, cruisers and littoral combat ships, as well as technology to be backfitted into today's existing fleet of Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers.
	www.yenra.net /ddx-destroyer-navy (619 words)

	Photo Release -- DD(X) National Team Completes Radar Cross-Section Testing of DD(X) Deckhouse
		Built out of carbon fiber, the DD(X) integrated deckhouse test article, pictured here at China Lake, Calif., is a one-of-a-kind technology demonstrator consisting of the forward and aft sections of the deckhouse, including an aft face that is fully populated with antennas.
		DD(X) technologies are currently in an advanced state of development and are destined to influence ship-design efforts around the world for the remainder of this century.
		The DD(X) National Team has successfully reached nearly a dozen incremental design-review milestones, highlighting the DD(X) National Team's commitment to staying on schedule and on cost, as well as the maturity and discipline of the program's approach to integrating unprecedented advanced technologies into the platform.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=83942 (613 words)

	NavyCompass.com
		DD(X), a multimission surface combatant tailored for land attack and littoral dominance, will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.
		In addition, the DD(X) program will provide a baseline for spiral development of technology and engineering to support a range of future surface ships, including the next-generation air-defense cruiser CG(X), the CVN 21 aircraft carrier and amphibious ships.
		As the DD(X) Design Agent, NGSS is executing the design, development, and testing of 10 Engineering Development Models (EDMs), and maturing the DD(X) system design culminating in the Critical Design Review (CDR) in July 2005.
	www.navycompass.com /news/newsview.asp?c=163380 (516 words)

	CNO to Congress - Fund DD(X)
		He explained that DD(X) differs from the Navy's current class of destroyer, DDG 51, as DD(X) will be built from the keel up for these littoral operations, while the DDG 51 class was built to operate on the high seas.
		DD(X) is also automated to reduce crew size to 114 Sailors.
		Other capabilities that DD(X) will bring to the fleet are a 10-fold improved capability against anti-ship cruise missiles, 10 times the operating area in shallow water regions against mines, and improved naval surface fire coverage.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=19273 (790 words)

	Panel cuts funding for DD(X) program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The strategy sets the House on a collision course with the Senate, which prefers to shift to the DD(X) that the Navy seeks.
		The House has been reluctant to support the DD(X) as costs for the ship ballooned, with the first ship now projected to cost $3.3 billion.
		The committee complained in a report accompanying the legislation that President Bush's plan "appears unrealistic" to build four ships this year and a proposed 12 in a future year.
	business.mainetoday.com /news/050608shipbuilding.shtml (444 words)

	.:DANEgerus Weblog:. Colonic Conservatism for those whose ignorance tilts Left Comments Page
		Even if the Navy ordered more of the DD(X) class -- at $2 billion to $3.5 billion each -- these small, thin-skinned vessels are highly vulnerable to "sea skimmer" missiles.
		Naval officers admit that heavily armored battleships are practically impervious to such strikes, but claim that what the DD(X) lacks in armor it will make up in stealth and speed.
		To embattled Marines that just means their nearest naval gunfire support will be far out at sea and traveling at high speed -- neither of which contribute to accurate "steel on target" for troops fighting ashore.
	www.danegerus.com /weblog/Comments.asp?svComment=9538 (357 words)

	GHOST SHIPS: The Latest in Stealth Ship Technology
		The biggest destroyer prototype of all belongs to the US Navy, which is developing the DD(X) class that will eventually replace the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers.
		Finally, the DD(X) boasts an all-electric drive and Integrated Power System (IPS), which will open the door for electromagnetic (EM) weapon technologies that are light years beyond current weapon speeds and kinetic power.
		Work on the lead DD(X) ship is scheduled to begin in March 2005, and computer simulations involving the vessel have already taken place.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_StealthShips,,00.html (1939 words)

	Raytheon Company: Products & Services: DD(X) Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DD(X) is America’s next generation, multi-mission, naval destroyer.
		DD(X) Detail Design and Integration (DDI) contract awarded by the U.S. Navy in May 2005, Raytheon continues its long-standing role as the prime mission systems integrator for DD(X).
		DD(X): Marking a 21st Century Sea Change for the Navy
	www.raytheon.com /products/ddx (111 words)

	Dread not the DD(X) - Commentary - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I have a personal interest in the DD(X) as this new class of warship will be named after my late father, Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.
		After all, in 1966 my father was the Navy's first director of Systems Analysis and was responsible for analyzing competing weaponry systems to ensure the Navy got the biggest bang for its buck.
		The DD(X), with its quiet propulsion system, stealth technology and ability to operate independently, would be much more difficult to target.
	washingtontimes.com /commentary/20050706-094904-1504r.htm (537 words)

	Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore news
		Conducted June 28 and 29, the initial critical design review was a DD(X) Phase III program event that addressed the total system's design maturity and overall progress made to date on DD(X) engineering-development models.
		The DD(X) National team is led by Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector and Raytheon serves as the electronic and weapons systems integrator.
		The DD(X) National Team has successfully completed nearly a dozen incremental design review milestones, highlighting its commitment to staying on schedule and on cost, as well as the extraordinary maturity and discipline of the program's approach to integrating unprecedented advanced technologies into the platform.
	www.marinelog.com /DOCS/NEWSMMV/2005jul019.html (620 words)

	Multimission DD(X) Destroyer Successfully Completes Flag-Level Critical Design Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DD(X) is the Navy’s planned next-generation destroyer, tailored for land attack and inland support of joint and coalition forces.
		It is designed to meet Marine Corps, Army and special operations requirements for precision strike ashore, but also be able to outmatch current and projected threats in the air, on the surface and under water.
		“DD(X) System CDR brings this incredible warship class one step closer from next generation to current generation," according to Rear Adm. Charles Hamilton, the Navy’s program executive officer for ships.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=20133 (433 words)

	U.S. Navy Selects Northrop Grumman-Led Gold Team For DD(X) System Design Contract
		"The DD(X) is the centerpiece of the Navy's 21st century transformation and is the cornerstone program for a family of surface combatants to be designed and built over the next 25 years.
		The team will also be joined by DD(X) Blue Team members General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD - news) Bath Iron Works and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT - news).
		The thinking was that the navy, by selecting Raytheon for DD(X) would be essentially be establishing a single vendor in the navy for radars and combat systems.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/674940/posts (1525 words)

	Harris Corporation Awarded $13.6 Million Contract By Raytheon for U.S. Navy's DD(X) Phased Array Antenna Program
		“DD(X) is the most significant development in the Navy’s future surface technology, and we are very pleased that Harris phased array antennas will play a key role in its success,” said Bob Henry, senior vice president, Harris Corporation and president, Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD).
		They will be conformal-mounted into the DD(X) deckhouse superstructure and will contain no moving parts.
		Over the next three years, the program will design, construct and test several major subsystems that represent technological advancements and innovations that will transform the shape and character of future Navy surface combat for decades to come.
	www.harris.com /college/view_pressrelease.asp?act=lookup&pr_id=1158 (621 words)

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