{"id":46888,"date":"2018-01-11T17:17:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T17:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/11\/navy-has-no-plan-to-introduce-new-ammo-for-ddg-1000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:18:19","slug":"navy-has-no-plan-to-introduce-new-ammo-for-ddg-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/11\/navy-has-no-plan-to-introduce-new-ammo-for-ddg-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy has no plan to introduce new ammo for Zumwalt destroyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ARLINGTON, Va. \u2014 It\u2019s been more than a year since the Navy decided to cancel procurement of an expensive new ammunition for its Zumwalt-class destroyers, but the service is still pondering how to best replace the munition, a Navy official said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, the Navy decided to stop buying the Long Range Land-Attack Projectile, or LRLAP, after discovering that its price had spiked to $800,000 per round. LRLAP was the only ammo developed specifically for the ship\u2019s Advanced Gun System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem, sources told Defense News then, didn\u2019t lie with manufacturer Lockheed Martin, but with a program of record that decreased to three ships, making it impossible to benefit from economies of scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the service is keeping an eye on a couple key technologies that could fill in the gap left by LRLAP, \u201cthere is not a plan right now for a specific materiel solution for the replacement round,\u201d Capt. James Kirk, the former commanding officer of the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG-1000), told reporters at the Surface Navy Association symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to read more from the Surface Navy Association symposium! <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe continue to monitor industry\u2019s development and technical maturation. An example of that is the Hyper Velocity Projectile,\u201d he said, referring to a high speed guided munition made by BAE Systems and originally developed for use in electromagnetic rail guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re monitoring that technical maturation to see do we get there to get the kind of ranges and capabilities we want, that\u2019s the right bang for the buck, cost to capability, for the Navy. We\u2019re monitoring that, but we have not made a decision for that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t