Outgoing Pentagon acquisition czar John Young told reporters today that he supports the Navy's decision to build three DDG-1000 destroyers in Maine and re-start the DDG-51 destroyer line in Mississippi, but he noted that the DDG-1000 remains vital to the Navy's plans to build a future cruiser. General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman recently reached an agreement to have GD's Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine build three DDG-1000 vessels while Northrop's Ingalls yard in Mississippi re-starts production of DDG-51 guided-missile...
