HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $154.8 million contract modification for the modernization of the Navy's lead Zumwalt-class destroyer, beginning the integration of the hypersonic Conventional Prompt Strike weapon system onto the ship, according to a Tuesday contract announcement . A separate HII announcement confirms DDG-1000 arrived at the company’s Pascagoula, MS, shipyard on Aug. 19 after departing San Diego earlier in the month. “The ship will enter a modernization period and receive technology upgrades including the integration of...
