DDG-62 won’t get Aegis upgrade

The Navy will not upgrade USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) to the latest version of the Aegis Combat System when it completes its repairs at Hunting Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard following a collision with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, according to Naval Sea Systems Command. Instead of upgrading to the Baseline 9 standard, which allows ships to simultaneously take on ballistic missile and traditional air warfare threats, DDG-62 will retain its legacy version of Aegis when it returns to the fleet. (Source: USNI News 10/16/17)