Navy gets first EME for DDG 1000

Raytheon Co. delivered the first Electronic Modular Enclosure for the Zumwalt-class destroyer to the U.S. Navy. The EME unit, which houses ruggedized and commercial electronic equipment for the ship's external communications, was shipped from Raytheon's facility in Largo, Fla., to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., where it will be integrated into DDG 1000's advanced composite deckhouse. There are 16 EMEs on each Zumwalt destroyer, and each unit contains more than 235 individual electronics cabinets. An EME weighs up to 18 tons and measures close to 35-feet long, 8-feet high and 12-feet wide. (Source: PRNewswire, 05/04/10)