A modern cruiser built from Zumwalt and Aegis

What is the panel's ultimate twenty-first-century cruiser using only available weaponry?

A Zumwalt-derived hull with an Aegis-style air-defense superstructure and mixed VLS batteries.

The proposal uses a Zumwalt-derived hull with an Aegis-style superstructure. It would combine Mark 41 cells with peripheral launchers, although the latter's designation is recalled uncertainly. The intended emphasis is fleet air defence in a Burke-style arrangement. Stealth is given less priority than that air-defence role.