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Surface Navy 2022: HII achieves Aegis light-off for destroyer Jack H Lucas

by Michael Fabey

The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) reported on 12 January that it had reached the successful Aegis light-off milestone on the US Navy's (USN's) first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125).

This milestone marks the beginning of combat system testing as shipbuilders ready the ship for propulsion tests, George Nungesser, vice-president, Program Management at Ingalls Shipbuilding, said on 12 January at a media roundtable during the Surface Navy Association National Symposium, which started on 11 January in Arlington, Virginia.

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The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) reported on 12 January that...

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