Understanding Flight III Arleigh Burke procurement

Have Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyers been cancelled?

No; the cancelled ships were interim Flight IIA technology-insertion orders, while Flight III procurement continued.

A claim that Flight III Arleigh Burkes had been cancelled is corrected. The Navy had ordered some Flight IIA technology-insertion ships as insurance while Flight III matured, then converted away from that interim path once satisfied with Flight III. Retaining the Burke label for successive variants can obscure meaningful design changes.