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This article reports that the U.S. Navy's biggest surface-ship project will be ready by next spring to order the first DD(X) Zumwalt-class destroyer. The integrated power system being developed for DD(X) is the key to building a fast, minimally crewed warship that can run futuristic radar systems, lasers and rail guns. Today's U.S. Navy warships turn their propellers and generate their electricity with separate systems. On DD(X), one system will do it all, powering the ship, guns, radar and all other needs. Eventually, the Navy wants its entire fleet to have integrated power.

The article reports on the call of U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Tom Copeman for the agency to re-evaluate the next flights of littoral combat ships in 2013. It states that the U.S. Navy is in the process of building Air Missile Defense Radar that will replace its SPY-1 radars in Aegis ships. According to the author, Copeman suggests improved dependence on mobile landing platform to increase military accommodations in some Navy bases.

Provides information on the test to be conducted in several technologies in the DD(X) destroyer of the U.S. Navy. Multiuse dual-band radar; Integrated composite deckhouse; Peripheral Vertical Missile Launch System.