The plan identifies Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers as successors to the Ticonderoga-class air-and-missile-defense commander role in carrier groups. The new destroyers combine SPY-6 radar with Aegis Baseline 10. SEWIP Block III is listed from DDG-138 onward, so the electronic-warfare fit has a stated starting point within the program. Modernization would bring twenty-six earlier destroyers toward the newer combat suite. Spreading those upgrades across sixteen years amounts to fewer than two ships per year, limiting the rate at which the wider fleet gains the new standard.
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Burke modernization inherits the cruiser air-defense role
Flight III destroyers and selected older Burkes receive SPY-6, Aegis Baseline 10, and new electronic warfare systems as Ticonderoga-class cruisers retire.