Milestone trials taking place for new U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class destroyer

SOURCE:UPI The first-in-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy has left a shipyard in Maine to perform acceptance trials. The trials for the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey will test the Zumwalt’s (DDG-1000) key systems. “While underway, many of the ship’s key systems and technologies including navigation, propulsion readiness, auxiliary systems, habitability, fire […]

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