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美军方人士近日表示，美国国防部武器采购委员会已向诺斯罗普-格鲁曼公司和通用动力公司订购了两艘试验型的DDX驱逐舰。两艘战舰将同时开工建造。美国国防部计划组建一个特别委员会来研究两艘军舰的性能并监督其建造过程。军方最终将会以该委员会的报告为依据挑选一家公司建造全部的DDX驱逐舰。 首批两艘DDX驱逐舰将在2007年财政年度(起始时间为2006年10月)开工建造。美国海军希望最终能装备5-8艘DDX。据估算，首批两艘新舰的总建造费用将高达66亿美元。但分析人士认为，每艘DDX的成本可能会突破40亿美元。 DDX型驱逐舰将成为美国海军未来水面打击力量的基石。按照目前的设计方案．每艘DDX都将是一个
U.S. military officials said recently that the U.S. Department of Defense Weapons Procurement Commission has ordered two pilot DDX destroyers from Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics. Two warships will be built at the same time. The U.S. Department of Defense plans to set up a special committee to study the performance of the two warships and to oversee their construction. The military will eventually select a company based on the committee’s report to build a complete DDX destroyer. The first two DDX destroyers will start construction in fiscal year 2007 (starting October 2006). The U.S. Navy hopes to eventually equip 5-8 DDXs. It is estimated that the total cost of construction of the first two new ships will be as high as 6.6 billion U.S. dollars. However, analysts believe that the cost per DDX may exceed 4 billion US dollars. DDX destroyers will become the cornerstone of the future naval strike force. According to the current design. Every DDX will be one