ARLEIGH BURKE FLIGHT III

The Arleigh Burke Flight III represents the ultimate evolution of the US Navy's most successful modern warship class, with 73 hulls delivered since 1991. The Flight III's centerpiece is the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), an S-band AESA system 35 times more sensitive than the legacy SPY-1D, enabling detection and tracking of ballistic missiles, hypersonic threats, and low-observable cruise missiles at extended ranges. Paired with Aegis Baseline 10 and the SM-6 missile capable of anti-air, anti-ship, and terminal ballistic missile defense, the Flight III provides the most capable surface combatant air defense in the world. The Navy plans to build at least 24 Flight III destroyers as the backbone of carrier strike group and ballistic missile defense.