Navy of the Future

The CG(X) cruiser will replace the Ticonderoga class AEGIS cruisers. The CG(X) will provide an “umbrella” of air and missile defense with longer-range missiles, protecting carrier strike groups and other vessels. It will also be able to track and engage ballistic missiles hundreds of miles inland. Currently the CG(X) is in the design phase.

Like the DD(X), CG(X) will have many advanced features not found on present Navy vessels:

Stealthy Hull Form: The CG(X) will have a stealthy hull form. This advanced hull form helps to reduce radar identification by other ships.

Integrated Power System (IPS): Like the DD(X) destroyer, the CG(X) cruiser will have an all-electric power system that is more efficient and survivable than the propulsion systems found on today’s ships. The IPS can provide power to the entire ship. The benefits of IPS are many: reduced costs of ownership, reduced construction costs, a power source for future energy-type weapons, improved survivability, and greater architectural flexibility.

Improved Missiles: The CG(X) will able to launch larger, faster and longer-range missiles to counter inland air threats hundreds of miles away. These new missiles will also be able to perform other missions in littoral (near-shore) regions.

Advanced Radar Systems: A new generation of air defense radars will counter more elusive long-range, low-radar cross section threats. This will help provide sustained air superiority as well as detect, track and engage ballistic missiles beyond the atmosphere.

Shared Technologies: CG(X) and DD(X) will share many automated features, which presently are performed manually. The result will be a smaller crew for the CG(X). As with the DD(X), the crew’s focus will be on fighting versus ship maintenance.

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