The Navy is evaluating the Standard Missile-6 Block IA and the Maritime Strike Tomahawk for its Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers. Speaking at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference today, DDG-1000 Program Manager Capt. Kevin Smith said the service is looking at the weapons as it aims to modernize. "We are no longer what was called the land-attack destroyer that operates in the littorals. We are now an offensive surface strike platform -- more blue water," Smith said. "Right now, we're installing...
