Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

The Arleigh Burke-class is the largest class of surface combatants in U.S. Navy service, providing the backbone of surface warfare, ballistic missile defense, and carrier group escort. Each ship is built around the Aegis Combat System and carries up to 96 Mk 41 vertical launch cells loaded with Standard Missile, Tomahawk, and ASROC rounds.

The class is in its third procurement flight: DDG-51 Flight IIA, Flight III (with the SPY-6 AMDR radar), and a future DDG(X) replacement. As of 2026, more than 70 hulls are in service with dozens more on order, making the Burke the most prolific American warship since World War II.

The ships are jointly built by Huntington Ingalls at Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics at Bath Iron Works.

Related Systems