Ingalls Shipbuilding received a contract modification to conduct sea trials for the Zumwalt-class Lyndon B. Johnson.
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HII said the ship arrived at Ingalls in January 2022 for combat-system installation, activation and testing. The current work also prepares DDG 1002 for planned Conventional Prompt Strike integration.
The award funds testing and trials; it does not mean the ship has completed trials, entered operational service or fielded the new weapon system.
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