The first Flight IIA, USS Oscar Austin, was commissioned in August 2000. A DDG modernization program is underway to provide a comprehensive mid-life upgrade that will ensure the DDG 51 class will ...
Flight IIA, introduced in FY 94, consisted of DDG 79 and follow-on destroyers, which added a helicopter hangar with space for two multi-mission helicopters. AN/SPY-1D(V) introduced improvements in ...