Destroyers Guided Missile (DDG-1000)

Mission — DDG-1000 source

This Program Element (PE) provides funds for the integration of Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) into the Zumwalt class surface combatants. CPS integration is a top Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) priority that enhances the Zumwalt class's mission to provide credible independent forward presence/deterrence and operate as an integral part of Naval, Joint or Combined Maritime Forces. DDG 1000 will establish and maintain surface superiority, provide local air defense, and incorporate signature reduction to operate in all threat environments. DDG 1000 will have seamless Joint Interoperability to integrate all source information for battlespace awareness and weapons direction. Funding provided is for development activities necessary to integrate CPS into all three Zumwalt Class destroyers to perform the required systems engineering, analysis, modeling and simulation necessary to install the CPS capability on DDG 1000 during her first Build Yard Mod Period (BYMP). The funding provides a flexible, surface combatant launched long-range strike capability through the ships' remaining service life. When combined with the low observable characteristics of the Zumwalt platform, the ships provide a compelling strike capability from a platform designed to complicate an adversaries' targeting problem. Funding enables ship modifications for installation of a CPS cold launch system common to the future Virginia Payload Module.

Mission — DD(X) Sys Design, Dev & Integration source

The Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG 1000) program is developing the naval surface hypersonic strike capability, able to conduct independent forward deployed operations and prosecute deep-inland, time-critical, soft and medium-hardened targets in a contested environment. With the addition of surface hypersonic strike to legacy capabilities, Zumwalt will provide means to conduct Joint Surface Strike, deliver local area defense against air, surface and undersea threats, and incorporate signature reduction to operate in all threat environments. The Zumwalt class will have seamless Joint Interoperability to integrate all source information for battlespace awareness and weapons direction. The surface hypersonic strike capability, combined with the low observable characteristics of the Zumwalt platform, creates a uniquely lethal and survivable naval surface platform. The Zumwalt class supports the National Defense Strategy by supporting modernization initiatives for fielding hypersonic technologies and enabling a more lethal force. Overall, the Zumwalt class will enhance U.S. conventional power projection by providing an independent forward deployed strike platform, with longer range, shorter time of flight, and higher survivability against enemy defenses compared to current capabilities. The Acquisition Decision Memorandum signed by The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (ASN(RDA)) directed PEO Ships to integrate Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) into USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) by conducting a Building Yard Modernization Period (BYMP) and into USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) during new construction, prior to the ship's arrival in homeport, in order to maximize its fleet availability time. Full operational capability is achieved when the Zumwalt CPS Weapon System modernizations are completed, and all the three ships are turned over to the Fleet. The Zumwalt program strategy is to leverage the development efforts for a CPS capability on Virginia submarines, using a minimal integration solution to rapidly provide a surface hypersonic strike capability to the Fleet. Funding provided is for development activities necessary to integrate CPS onto all three Zumwalt class destroyers and to perform the required systems engineering, analysis, modeling, and simulation, to modify the CPS Virginia design as necessary to install, field, and sustain CPS capability on Zumwalt class through the ships' remaining service life. Key activities to support CPS integration are: 1. Product and Software Development: Efforts required to modernize Zumwalt class destroyers to support the CPS Weapon System and delivery of a surface hypersonic strike capability to the Fleet. 2. Test and Evaluation: Platform level testing requirements resulting from the integration of CPS. 3. Management Services: Modifications to Zumwalt manpower, logistics, and sustainment requirements resulting from the integration of CPS.

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