1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 26, 2022Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for CongressIntroduction The Navys DDG(X) program envisages procuring a class of next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navys Ticonderoga (CG-47) class
2、Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The Navy wants to procure the first DDG(X) in FY2030. The Navys proposed FY2023 budget requests $195.5 million in research and development funding for the program. Navy Large Surface Combatants (LSCs) Terminology Since the 1980s
3、, there has been substantial overlap in the size and capability of Navy cruisers and destroyers. In part for this reason, the Navy now refers to its cruisers and destroyers collectively as large surface combatants (LSCs). Force-Level Goal The Navys current 355-ship force-level goal, released in Dece
4、mber 2016, calls for achieving and maintaining a force of 104 LSCs. The Navy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) have been working since 2019 to develop a successor to the 355-ship force-level goal. The Navys FY2023 30-year (FY2023-FY2052) shipbuilding plan, released on April 20, 2022,