According to information published by the U.S. DoD on February 21, 2022, Gibbs & Cox Inc is awarded a $29,561,327 contract for supporting surface combatant ship design and engineering efforts for the Navy’s Future Surface Combatant Force, primarily in support of the DDG(X) program.
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Artist rendering of future DDG(X) destroyer (Picture source: US Navy)
Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (50%); and Washington, D.C. (50%), and is expected to be completed by February 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through February 2027.
The DDG(X) program, also known as the Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer program, is a United States Navy program to develop a replacement vessel for its 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers and older Flights of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
The sensors will initially be enlarged variants of the AN/SPY-6 radar mounted on the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The hull is designed with provisions for upgraded sensors in the future, including larger radar arrays.
The vessels will be initially fitted with 32-cell blocks of the Mk. 41 VLS. In lieu of the Mk. 41, the ships can also accept a 12-cell block of larger launchers for hypersonic missiles. Upgraded versions of the class may also incorporate directed energy weapons, with lasers ranging from 150—600 kW.
Gibbs & Cox is an American naval architecture firm that specializes in designing surface warships. In 2003, more than 150 warships built to the firm's designs, including 60 percent of the U.S. Navy's surface combatant fleet, were on active duty in nearly 20 navies.
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