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Navy DDG-51 and DDG-1000 Destroyer Programs: Background and Issues for Congress

Procurement of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers resumed in FY2010 after a four-year hiatus. Congress funded the procurement of one DDG-51 in FY2010, and the Navy requested funding for the procurement of two more DDG-51s in FY2011. The Navy's FY2012 budget submission calls for procuring one DDG-51 in FY2012, and seven more in FY2013-FY2016. DDG-51s to be procured through FY2015 are to be of the current Flight IIA design. The Navy wants to begin procuring a new version of the DDG-51 design, called the Flight III design, starting in FY2016.