GAO Report Highlights Delays and Concerns in US Weapon Systems and Space Force Procurements.
The Zumwalt-class destroyers may face delays in fielding the first hypersonic weapons in the US Navy surface fleet due to testing of the Conventional Prompt Strike systems on at-sea platforms. The Navy planned to add launch tubes to USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) during an availability at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., starting next year for completion by 2025. The Block V Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines will also have room for the large hypersonic missile planned for delivery by 2028, but this has also been delayed.