International Business News - Stealth http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Navy's decision to build a third DDG-1000 destroyer was driven in part by political pressure from New England but also reflects a need to maintain the nation's shipbuilding infrastructure, a defense analyst said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/maine-senator-navy-to-seek-3rd-stealth-destroyer.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:36 EDT The Navy has reversed course and decided to push for construction of a third stealth destroyer, Sen. Susan Collins said Monday. The Navy had said a month ago that it was scrapping the Zumwalt destroyer program once the first two are built. The DDG-1000 warship has massive firepower but is costly. The Navy said then that it was opting instead to build more of the current-generation DDG-51, or Arleigh Burke, destroyers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/apnewsbreak-navy-to-seek-3rd-stealth-destroyer.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:19:16 EDT Growing costs and vulnerability to anti-ship missiles sank the Navy's once-heralded "stealth destroyer," a highly advanced warship designed to slip close to the shore unnoticed and pummel targets with big guns. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96909-stealth-destroyer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/cost-big-factor-in-decision-to-sack-destroyer.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/cost-big-factor-in-decision-to-sack-destroyer.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:41:39 EDT Growing costs and vulnerability to anti-ship missiles sank the Navy's once-heralded "stealth destroyer," a highly advanced warship designed to slip close to the shore unnoticed and pummel targets with big guns boasting pinpoint accuracy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/cost-big-factor-in-decision-to-sack-navy-warship.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:19:07 EDT The Navy has decided to scrap its newest destroyer model after the first two are built in shipyards in Maine and Mississippi, Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/apnewsbreak-navy-scrapping-stealth-destroyer.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:47:34 EDT A stealthy form of advertising in which products are featured on television shows as props and even woven into story lines has drawn the government's attention. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80284-stealth-advertising.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/fcc-opens-inquiry-into-stealthy-advertising.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/fcc-opens-inquiry-into-stealthy-advertising.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:36:24 EDT On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty's frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering down on them from a mile and a half away. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/54011-stealth-helicopter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080524/unmarked-chopper-patrols-new-york-city-from-above.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080524/unmarked-chopper-patrols-new-york-city-from-above.htm Sat, 24 May 2008 00:24:49 EDT On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. A dramatic close-up of Lady Liberty's frozen gaze fills one of three flat-screen computer monitors mounted on a console. Hundreds of sightseers below are oblivious to the fact that a helicopter is peering down on them from a mile and a half away. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/53937-stealth-helicopter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/unmarked-chopper-patrols-ny-city-from-high-above.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/unmarked-chopper-patrols-ny-city-from-high-above.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 21:08:10 EDT