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| birthname = Timothy William Burton
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| location = [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[California]]
| yearsactive =1971–present
| spouse = Lena Gieseke (1989–1991)
| domesticpartner = [[Lisa Marie]] (1992–2001)<br>[[Helena Bonham Carter]] (2001–present) 2 children
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| awards = '''[[Golden Lion|Career Golden Lion]]'''<br>2007 Lifetime Achievement <br> '''[[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|NBR Award for Best Director]]'''<br>2007 ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
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'''Timothy "Tim" William Burton''' (born August 25, 1958) is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter]] and [[set designer]], notable for the quirky and often dark, [[Gothic fiction|gothic]] atmosphere pervading his high-profile films. The protagonists are usually misfits or outsiders, physically or emotionally different or scarred.
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The '''''Zumwalt''-class destroyer''' ('''DDG-1000''', previously known as the '''DD(X)'''&nbsp;program) is a planned class of [[United States Navy]] [[destroyer]]s, designed as multi-mission ships with a focus on land attack. The class is a scaled-back project that emerged after funding cuts to the larger [[DD-21]] vessel program. The ''Zumwalt''-class destroyers are multi-role and designed for surface warfare, anti-aircraft, and naval fire support. They take the place of the battleships in filling the former congressional mandate for naval fire support, though the requirement was reduced to allow them to fill this role.
The director of two [[Batman]] films, ''[[Batman (1989 movie)|Batman]]'' (1989) and ''[[Batman Returns]]'' (1992), he has collaborated with actor [[Johnny Depp]] and actress [[Helena Bonham Carter]] prolifically in films such as ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990), ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'' (1994), ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' (1999), ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ]]'' and ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' in 2005. His 2007 film ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', also starring [[Johnny Depp|Depp]] and [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bonham Carter]] in the leading roles, won the award for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)]] at the [[65th Golden Globe Awards]]. It was also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] and [[Academy Award for Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] at the [[80th Academy Awards]]. He has also collaborated extensively with composer [[Danny Elfman]], in all but two of his films.


The DDG-1000 is planned to feature the following: a low radar profile; an integrated power system, which can send electricity to the electric drive motors or weapons, which may someday include [[railgun]]s;<ref>{{citation|last= Sanchez | first = Laura | title= Electromagnetic Railgun - A "Navy After Next" Game Changer | url=http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/07_Jan/web_pages/electromagnetic_railgun.html | journal = CHIPS - The Department of the Navy Information Technology Magazine | date=March 2007}}</ref> a total ship computing environment infrastructure (TSCE-I), serving as the ship's primary LAN and as the hardware-independent platform for all of the ship's software ensembles; automated fire-fighting systems and automated piping rupture isolation. The destroyer is being designed to require a smaller crew and be less expensive to operate than comparable warships. It will have a [[wave-piercing]] "[[tumblehome]]" hull form whose sides slope inward above the waterline. This will reduce the radar cross-section, returning much less energy than a more hard-angled hull form.
==Early life==
Burton was born in [[Burbank, sol Angeles County, California|Burbank, California]], the first of two sons to Bill Burton and Jean Erickson. His year of birth is sometimes mistakenly given as 1960, most notably in his own books, and the picture book of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. Burton described his childhood self as quirky, self-absorbed and highly imaginative. As a teen growing up in [[Burbank, Los Angeles County, California|Burbank]], he staged an axe murder with his brother to scare the neighbors, prompting one to call the police, and this is how he got a nickname, Axe Wound. As he grew older, he found home life and school somewhat difficult, often escaping the reality by watching horror and low budget films, to which he would later pay tribute in [[Ed Wood (film)|his biography]] of [[Edward D. Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood]]. Tim grew up on Evergreen Street, very near the Valhalla Cemetery in Burbank. Tim has spoken in interviews about the "weirdness" of growing up near a cemetery. He attended Providencia Elementary School in Burbank, Luther Burbank Jr. High, and later Burbank High School, which his father Bill had also attended. His father Bill worked for many years in the Recreation Department for the City of Burbank. Another film figure of importance in Burton's childhood is [[Vincent Price]], whose films would deeply influence the upcoming director's career. He was inspired early on by [[Ray Harryhausen]]'s stop-motion films.
After high school, he won a Disney scholarship to attend the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in [[Valencia, California]]. He studied at the ''Character Animation program'' for three years. Burton's first job in animation was working as a cell painter on [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/518/518805p1.html |title=Interview with Ralph Bakshi |accessdate=2007-01-09|publisher=IGN Filmforce}}</ref><ref name="EI8">{{cite web |url=http://www.ralphbakshi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1517&sid=601500f503e3dc48d13ca4a47d25be52 |title=Bakshi Board Exclusive Interview #8 |accessdate=2007-03-22}}</ref> Burton was then hired by the [[Walt Disney Feature Animation|Walt Disney Studios]] as an animator apprentice. Burton's job was to draw for ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)|The Fox and the Hound]]'', but he was dissatisfied with the artistic direction of the movie. He later commented on the refusal of Disney to use his design for ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)|The Fox and the Hound]]'' because his designs made the characters, in opposition to Disney's desires, "look like roadkill." Burton was not happy during his Disney period, but it was then that he wrote and drew the poem and illustrations that would be the basis for his celebrated ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.


The [[lead ship]] is named [[USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)|''Zumwalt'']] for Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.|Elmo Zumwalt]], and carries the hull number DDG-1000. Originally 32 ships were planned for the class, this was progressively cut down to 2,<ref name="ndaa69-70"/> it now looks like three will be built. The Navy expects each ship to cost nearly $3.3bn.<ref name="ndaa69-70">NDAA 2007 - {{citation|title=National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | url= http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS70125 | date=2006-05-05 | pages=69-70|publisher=(109-452) US Government Printing Office}}</ref>
==Early career (1980s)==
In 1982, Burton made his first short, ''[[Vincent (film)|Vincent]]'', a six-minute black and white [[stop-motion]] film based around a poem written by Burton, and depicting a young boy who fantasizes that he is his (and Burton's) screen idol [[Vincent Price]], with Price himself providing narration. The film was produced by Burton's girlfriend at the time, who was an executive at Disney. The two also co-authored a screenplay titled "True Love." Once the film was shown at the Chicago Film Festival and released, alongside the teen drama [[Tex (film)|Tex]], for two weeks in one Los Angeles cinema, Burton abruptly ended his relationship with his producer-partner-girlfriend. This was followed by Burton's first live-action production ''Hansel and Gretel'', a Japanese themed adaptation of Grimm's tale for [[The Disney Channel]], which climaxes in a kung-fu fight between Hansel and Gretel and the witch. Having aired once at 10:30pm on Halloween 1982 and promptly shelved, it is next to impossible to locate, which contributes to the false rumor that this project does not exist. Next was the live-action short ''[[Frankenweenie]]'', starring [[Barret Oliver]], [[Daniel Stern]] and [[Shelley Duvall]] (an early supporter of Burton's work). Shot in black and white and inspired by [[James Whale]]'s film of Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein]]'', ''Frankenweenie'' features a boy who reanimates his dog Sparky who was hit by a car. Although the film won praise at film festivals, Disney was concerned that the film was too scary for children and, not knowing what to do with it, shelved the film. (''Frankenweenie'' later received a video release in 1992).


==Controversy==
Although Burton's work had yet to see wide release, he began to attract the attention of the film industry. Actor/producer [[Griffin Dunne]] approached Burton to direct ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]'' (1985), a comedy about a bored word processor who survives a crazy night in [[SoHo]] that had already been passed over by [[Martin Scorsese]]. However, when financing for ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' fell through, Burton bowed out of the project out of respect for Scorsese.
Lawmakers and others have questioned whether the ''Zumwalt'' class costs too much and whether it provides the capabilities the U.S. military needs. In 2005 the [[Congressional Budget Office]] estimated the life-cycle cost of a DD(X) at $3.8-4.0bn in 2007 dollars, $1.1bn more than the Navy's estimate.<ref>{{citation| last= Gilmore | first=J. Michael|title=Statement on The Navy’s DD(X) Destroyer Program before the Subcommittee on Projection Forces | url=http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=6561 |date=2005-07-19 | publisher = US House of Representatives}}</ref>


Specific issues have been raised about the design :
===''Pee-Wee's Big Adventure''===
{{main|Pee-Wee's Big Adventure}}
Not long after, actor [[Paul Reubens]] saw ''Frankenweenie'' and chose Burton to direct the cinematic spinoff of his popular character [[Pee-wee Herman]]. Pee-Wee Herman gained mainstream popularity with a successful stage show at the Roxy which was later turned into an [[The Pee-wee Herman Show|HBO special]]. The film, ''[[Pee-Wee's Big Adventure]]'' (1985), was made on a budget of $7 million and grossed more than $40 million at the box office. Burton, a fan of the eccentric musical group [[Oingo Boingo]], asked vocalist/songwriter [[Danny Elfman]] to provide the music for the film. Since then, Elfman has provided the score for all but two Burton films, ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'', and ''[[Sweeney Todd (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd]]''.


===Ballistic missile/air defence capability===
===''Beetlejuice''===
On 31 July 2008 Vice Adm. Barry McCullough (deputy chief of naval operations for integration of resources and capabilities) and Allison Stiller (deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for ship programs) stated that "the DDG 1000 cannot perform area air defense; specifically, it cannot successfully employ the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2), SM-3 or SM-6 and is incapable of conducting Ballistic Missile Defense."<ref name="McCullough">{{citation | last1=McCullough|first1=Vice Adm. Barry | last2=Stiller | first2=Allison | title=Statement on Surface Combatant Requirements and Acquisition Strategy | url=http://www.armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/SPEF073108/McCullough_Stiller_Testimony073108.pdf | date=2008-07-31 | publisher =House Armed Services Committee}}</ref> Dan Smith, president of Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems division, has countered that the radar and combat system are essentially the same as other SM-2-capable ships, "I can’t answer the question as to why the Navy is now asserting...that Zumwalt is not equipped with an SM-2 capability".<ref name="Navytimes080916">{{citation | last1=Cavas | first1=Christopher P|title=Troubled DDG 1000 faces shipyard problems | url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/navy_zumwalt_091508w/ |date=2008-09-16|journal=Navy Times}}</ref> The lack of anti-ballistic missile capability may represent a lack of compatability with SM-3. In view of new intelligence about China's development of targetable anti-ship ballistic missiles, possibly a homing version of the [[DF-21]],<ref name="Chinese missile">{{citation | last1=Cavas | first1=Christopher P|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3657972 | title=Missile Threat Helped Drive DDG Cut|date=2008-08-04|journal=DefenseNews}}</ref> this could be a fatal flaw.
{{main|Beetlejuice}}
After directing episodes for the revitalized TV series ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' and [[Shelley Duvall]]'s ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'', Burton received his next big project: ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988), a supernatural comedy about a young couple forced to cope with life after death, as well as a family of pretentious yuppies invading their treasured New England home including their teenage daughter [[Winona Ryder]] who's obsession with death allows her to see them. Starring [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Geena Davis]], and featuring [[Michael Keaton]] as the famously repulsive bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, the film grossed about $80 million on a relatively low budget and won a Best Makeup Design Oscar. It would later be converted into a [[Beetlejuice (TV series)|cartoon of the same name]], with Burton playing a role as executive producer, that would run for four seasons on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and later [[Fox Broadcasting|Fox]].


===''Batman''===
===Missile capacity===
The original DD21 design, displacing around 16,000 tons, would have accommodated between 117 and 128 VLS cells.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-21-specs.htm | title=DD-21 Zumwalt|publisher = globalsecurity.org | date=2005-04-27}}</ref> However, the final DDG-1000 design was considerably smaller than that of the DD21, resulting in room for only 80 VLS cells.<ref name="NGSS"/> Given the vessel's expected role, the ''Zumwalt'' class destroyers will likely carry many more [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk missiles]] than either the ''Ticonderoga'' or ''Arleigh Burke'' class ships.
{{main|Batman (1989 film)}}
Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives and he received his first big budget film ''Batman'' (1989). The mega-budget production, based in London, was plagued with problems. Burton repeatedly clashed with the film's producers, [[Jon Peters]] and [[Peter Guber]], but the most notable debacle involved casting. Burton wanted to cast [[Michael Keaton]] from his previous role as [[Beetlejuice]], despite Keaton's average physique, inexperience with action films, and reputation as a comic actor. Although Burton won out in the end, the furor over the casting provoked enormous fan animosity, to the extent that Warner Brothers' share price slumped. Burton had considered it ridiculous to cast a bulked-up he-man as Batman, insisting that the Caped Crusader should be an ordinary (albeit fabulously wealthy) man who dressed up in an elaborate bat costume to frighten criminals. Burton cast [[Jack Nicholson]] as the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] ([[Tim Curry]] being his second choice) in a move that helped assuage fans' fears, as well as attracting older audiences not as interested in a superhero film.


===Naval fire support role===
When the film opened in June 1989, it was backed by the biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time, and became one of the biggest box office hits of all time, grossing well over [[United States dollar|$]]400 million worldwide and $250 million in the U.S. alone (numbers not adjusted for inflation) and winning critical acclaim for both Keaton and Nicholson as well as the film's technical aspects. The film proved to be a huge influence on future superhero films, which eschewed the bright, all-American heroism of ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' for a grimmer, more realistic look and characters with more psychological depth.
{{main|United States Naval Gunfire Support debate}}
{{cquote|"In summary, the committee is concerned that the Navy has foregone the long range fire support capability of the battleship, has given little cause for optimism with regard to meeting near-term developmental objectives, and appears unrealistic in planning to support expeditionary warfare in the mid term. The committee views the Navy's strategy for providing naval surface fire support as 'high risk', and will continue to monitor progress accordingly."|Evaluation of the United States Navy's naval surface fire support program in the [[National Defense Authorization Act]] of 2007|<ref name="NDAA 2007">{{cite web |url=http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/15may20061514/www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/pdf/hr109-452/title2.pdf |title=National Defense Authorization Act of 2007 |accessdate=2007-03-12 |format=pdf |pages=Pages 193-194}}</ref>}}
A controversial point of the DD(X) destroyer(s) is their planned naval surface fire support role. The original DD21 and the [[Arsenal ship|Arsenal Ship]] had more serious NFS capabilities, which would meet a Congress-mandated requirement related to the Iowa-class battleships. The requirement was eventually relaxed, the battleships stricken from the registry, and the Navy left with small tonnage ships for NFS or alternative methods such as air support. The official position of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy is that the ''Zumwalt''-class destroyer(s) will be adequate as naval surface gunfire support ships, although there are dissenters.<ref>{{citation | first = Robert | last = Novak |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/06/novak.marines/index.html | title= Losing the Battleships|publisher=CNN|date =2005-12-06}}</ref>


[[Image:DD(X) Advanced Gun System.jpg|thumb|right||Artist's impression of the Advanced Gun System aboard a DD(X) Destroyer]]
Burton claimed that ''[[Batman: The Killing Joke|The Killing Joke]]'' was a major influence on his [[Batman (1989 film)|film adaptation of ''Batman'']]:
<blockquote>"I was never a giant comic book fan, but I've always loved the image of Batman and The Joker. The reason I've never been a comic book fan—and I think it started when I was a child—is because I could never tell which box I was supposed to read. I don't know if it was [[dyslexia]] or whatever, but that's why I loved ''The Killing Joke'', because for the first time I could tell which one to read. It's my favorite. It's the first comic I've ever loved. And the success of those graphic novels made our ideas more acceptable."<ref>Tim Burton, ''Burton on Burton: Revised Edition'' (London: Faber and Faber, 2006) 71.</ref></blockquote>


While smaller caliber guns (and missiles) have been used for centuries in naval fire support, very large guns have special capabilities beyond that of mid-range calibres. US battleships were re-activated three times after WWII specifically for NFS, and their 16&nbsp;inch gunfire was used in every major engagement of the U. S. from WWII to the Gulf War. The ''Zumwalt''-class will have two 6.1&nbsp;inch (155&nbsp;mm) guns with limited ammunition. The ships can fire a specially designed "guided" artillery shell some {{convert|63|nmi|km}} inland.<ref>NDAA 2007 p194</ref> However, this shell has a reduced warhead size and uses new technology, so most of the shells carried on the DDG would have vastly shorter range.
==1990s==
===''Edward Scissorhands''===
{{main|Edward Scissorhands}}
In 1990, Burton co-wrote (with [[Caroline Thompson]]) and directed ''Edward Scissorhands'', re-uniting with [[Winona Ryder]] from ''Beetlejuice''. Her friend, [[Johnny Depp]], a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor (played by [[Vincent Price]], in one of his his last appearance on screen before his death). Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely death of his creator. Set in suburbia (the film was shot in Lakeland, Florida), the film is largely seen as Burton's autobiography of his own childhood in the suburb of Burbank. Price at one point is said to have remarked, "Tim is Edward." Johnny Depp wrote a similar comment in the foreword to Mark Salisbury's book, ''Burton on Burton'', regarding his first meeting with Burton over the casting of the film. ''Edward'' is considered Burton's best movie by many fans and critics. Following this collaboration with Burton, Depp went on to star in ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'', ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' and ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''.
In 2004 [[Matthew Bourne]] came to Burton with the idea to turn the story of Edward into a ballet in 2005 the ballet first aired leading a world with the growing phenomenon Edward has now toured every major city in the world.


In March 2006, the ''Iowa'' and ''Wisconsin'' were struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]], having been kept on in part to fill a naval fire support role. However, Congress was "deeply concerned" over the loss of naval surface gunfire support they could provide and noted that "navy efforts to improve upon, much less replace, this capability have been highly problematic."<ref name="ndaa193">NDAA 2007 p193</ref> The U.S. House of Representatives asked that the battleships be kept in a state of readiness should they ever be needed again<ref name="ndaa68">NDAA 2007 p68</ref> and directed the Navy to increase the number of [[Arleigh Burke class destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class]] [[destroyer]]s that are currently being modernized.<ref name="ndaa68"/> The modernization includes extending the range of the 5-inch guns on the Flight 1 ships with [[Extended Range Guided Munition|extended range guided munitions (ERGMs)]] that would enable the ships to fire projectiles about forty nautical miles inland;<ref>NDAA 2007 pp67-8,193</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-45.htm |title=MK 45 5-inch / 54-caliber (lightweight) gun
===''Batman Returns''===
| publisher = Federation of American Scientists | date = 1999-11-26}}</ref> However the ERGM was canceled after it failed firing tests in February 2008.<ref name="ERGM">{{citation | last = Matthews | William | title= Navy ends ERGM funding | url = http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/defense_ergm_032408/ | journal = Navy Times | date = 2008-03-25}}</ref> The Navy is studying future options for naval fire support; Alliant Techsystems’ ballistic trajectory extended range munition may be one possibility.<ref name="ERGM"/>
{{main|Batman Returns}}
Although Warner Brothers had declined to make the more personal ''Scissorhands'' even after the success of ''Batman'', Burton finally agreed to direct the sequel for Warner Brothers on the condition that he would be granted total control. The result was ''Batman Returns'' which featured [[Michael Keaton]] returning as the Dark Knight, and a new triad of villains: [[Danny DeVito]] (as the [[Penguin (comics)|Penguin]]), [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] (as [[Catwoman]]) and [[Christopher Walken]] as [[Max Shreck]], an evil corporate tycoon. Darker and considerably more personal than its predecessor, concerns were raised that the film was too scary for children. Audiences were even more uncomfortable at the film's overt sexuality, personified by the sleek, fetish-inspired styling of Catwoman's costume. One critic remarked, "too many villains spoiled the Batman", highlighting Burton's decision to focus the storyline more on the villains instead of Batman. The film also polarized the fanbase, with some loving the darkness and quirkiness, while others felt it was not true to the core aspects of the source material. Tim Burton made many changes to the Penguin which would be applied to the Penguin in both comics and television. While in the comics, he was an ordinary man, Burton created a freak of nature resembling a penguin with webbed, flipper-like fingers, a hooked, beak-like nose, and a penguin-like body. ''[[Batman Returns]]'' was made for $80 million, equivalent to over $119.8 million in 2007, and grossed $282.8 million world-wide, equivalent to over $423.6 million in 2007.


===Structural problems===
Burton then went on to do preliminary work on the [[Batman Forever|third installment in the franchise]]. [[Val Kilmer]] was cast as the title character (after Michael Keaton turned down the offer to reprise his previous role after Burton's departure from the project), [[Chris O'Donnell]] was cast as [[Robin (comics)|Robin]], [[Jim Carrey]] was cast as [[the Riddler]] (after [[Robin Williams]] turned down the part), [[Tommy Lee Jones]] was cast as [[Two-Face]], and [[Nicole Kidman]] was cast as love interest Dr. Chase Meridian. Warner Brothers ultimately threw out Burton after they realized the tone of the film was to be similar to ''Batman Returns''. Burton left the Batman franchise (he was credited as a producer in name only for the [[Joel Schumacher]]–directed ''[[Batman Forever]]'' (1995), a movie which he said had a title "like a tattoo you get when you're on drugs").
The Zumwalt has an unusually large deckhouse as all the major sensors are buried in its structure.<ref name="IDHA">{{cite web | url=http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/ddg_1000/tech/idha/index.html | title= Zumwalt Class Destroyer Integrated Composite Deckhouse & Apertures (IDHA) | publisher = Raytheon Company | date=2007-03-22}}</ref> It has been claimed that Northrop Grumman has had problems sealing the composite construction panels of this area, but Northrop Grumman has denied this.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cavas | first=Christopher P|title=Will DDG 1000 Produce Any Ships at All? | url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3722533 |date=2008-09-12|journal=DefenseNews}}</ref>


===Tumblehome design stability===
===''The Nightmare Before Christmas''===
The stability of the DDG-1000 hull design in heavy seas has been a matter of controversy. Naval architect Ken Brower said in April 2007 that "as a ship pitches and heaves at sea, if you have tumblehome instead of flare, you have no righting energy to make the ship come back up. On the DDG 1000, with the waves coming at you from behind, when a ship pitches down, it can lose transverse stability as the stern comes out of the water - and basically roll over."<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2007/04/defense-news-will-ddg1000-destroyers-be-unstable/index.php | title = Will DDG-1000 Destroyers Be Unstable? | date = 2007-04-12 | publisher = Defense Industry Daily}}, quoting {{citation | first = Christopher P | last = Cavas | title = Is New U.S. Destroyer Unstable? | date = 2007-04-02 | journal = DefenseNews}}</ref> The fact that the CG(X) cruiser will probably not now have a tumblehome hull suggests that there may be problems with the Zumwalt's seakeeping.<ref name="Chinese missile"/>
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Next, Burton wrote and produced (but did not direct, due to schedule constraints on ''Batman Returns'') ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), originally meant to be a children's book in rhyme. The film was directed by [[Henry Selick]] and written by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]] and Caroline Thompson, based on Burton's original story, world and characters. The film received positive reviews for the film's stop motion animation, musical score and original storyline and was a box office success grossing $50 million. Burton collaborated with Selick again for ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' (1996), which Burton co-produced. The movie helped to generate a renewed interest in stop-motion animation. Today it is considered something of a cult classic.


==History==
A deleted scene from ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' features a group of vampires playing hockey on the frozen pond with the decapitated head of producer Tim Burton. The head was later replaced with a [[Jack-o'-lantern]].
===Funding===
Many of the ship's features were developed under the [[DD21]] program ("21st Century Destroyer"), which was originally designed around the Vertical Gun for Advanced Ships (VGAS) (see [[#Advanced Gun System (AGS)|below]]). In 2001, Congress cut the DD-21 program by half as part of the [[SC21 (United States)|SC21]] program; to save it, the acquisition program was renamed as DD(X) and heavily reworked. The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] opposes the DDG-1000 and has cut some funding, preferring to build more [[Arleigh Burke class destroyer|''Arleigh Burke'' class]] destroyers and the new [[littoral combat ship]]s. The [[United States Senate|Senate]] supports the DDG-1000 and continues to approve more funding.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}


Originally, the Navy had hoped to build 32 of these destroyers. That number was later reduced to 24, then to 7, due to the high cost of new and experimental technologies to be incorporated in the destroyer.<ref name="ndaa69-70">NDAA 2007 pp69-70</ref> On 23 November 2005, the Defense Acquisition Board approved a plan for simultaneous construction of the first two DDG-1000 ships at Northrop’s Ingalls yard in [[Pascagoula, MS]] and General Dynamics’ [[Bath Iron Works]] in [[Bath, ME]]. However, as of that date, funding had yet to be authorized by Congress.
===''Ed Wood''===
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His next film, ''Ed Wood'' (1994), was of a much smaller scale, depicting the life of [[Edward D. Wood, Jr.|Ed Wood Jr]], a filmmaker sometimes called "the worst director of all time." Starring [[Johnny Depp]] in the title role, the film is a homage to the low-budget sci-fi and horror films of Burton's childhood, and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity. Due to creative squabbles during the making of ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', [[Danny Elfman]] declined to score ''Ed Wood'', and the assignment went to [[Howard Shore]]. While a commercial failure at the time of its release, ''Ed Wood'' was well received by critics and has since gathered a considerable fanbase, as well as helped revive the public interest for the films of Ed Wood Jr. [[Martin Landau]] also received an Academy Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his portrayal of [[Bela Lugosi]].


In late December 2005, the House and Senate agreed to continue funding the DDG-1000 program. The U.S. House of Representatives allotted the Navy only enough money to begin construction on one DDG-1000 destroyer as a "technology demonstrator." The initial funding allocation for the DDG-1000 destroyer was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007.<ref name="ndaa69-70"/> However, this was increased to two ships by the 2007 appropriations bill<ref name="AP060926">{{citation | last = Taylor | first = Andrew|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601011_2.html |title=House OKs $70B for Iraq, Afghanistan | publisher = Associated Press | date = 2006-09-26}}</ref> approved in September 2006, which allotted US$2,568m to the DDG-1000 program.<ref>{{citation | title = 109th Congress :Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 | url =
===''Mars Attacks!''===
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ289.109 | date = 2006-09-29 | publisher = (109-289) US Government Printing Office}}</ref>
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Elfman and Burton reunited for ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996). Based on a popular science fiction trading card series, the film was a hybrid of 1950s sci-fi flicks and 1970s all-star disaster flicks—an anarchic cacophony of clever satire and goofy mayhem. Coincidence made it an inadvertent spoof of the blockbuster, ''[[Independence Day (film)|Independence Day]]'', made around the same time and released five months earlier. Although the film boasted an all-star cast, including [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[Natalie Portman]], [[Lukas Haas]], [[Glenn Close]], and [[Rod Steiger]] among others, the film received mixed reviews by American critics and was mostly ignored by American audiences. It was however more successful abroad, and later managed to gather an American fan base from its television airings and DVD release.


On 31 July 2008, U.S. Navy acquisition officials told Congress that the service needed to purchase more [[Arleigh Burke class destroyer|Arleigh Burke-class destroyer]]s, and no longer needs the next-generation DDG 1000 class,<ref name="noneed">{{cite web| url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3654864&c=AME&s=TOP |title=Navy: No Need to Add DDG 1000s After All | publisher= DefenseNews | date=2008-08-01 | accessdate=2008-08-05}}</ref> Only the two approved destroyers would be built. The Navy said the world threat picture had changed in such a way that it now makes more sense to build at least eight more Burkes, rather than DDG 1000s.<ref name="noneed"/> Many Congressional subcommittee members appeared incredulous that the Navy could have conducted such a sweeping re-evaluation of the world threat picture in just a few weeks, after spending some 13 years and $10 billion on the surface ship program known as [[DD 21]], then DD(X) and finally, DDG 1000. That figure does not include the money spent for the two hulls (DDG-1000 and DDG-1001).<ref name="noneed"/> Subsequently chief of naval operations Gary Roughead has cited the need to provide area air defence and specific new threats such as ballistic missiles and the possession of anti-ship missiles by groups such as [[Hezbollah]].<ref name="Roughead">{{citation | last=Cavas | first=Christopher P|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/09/defense_roughead_092408/ | title=Roughead pushes for littoral combat ship|date=2008-09-26|journal=Navy Times}}</ref> The mooted structural problems have not been discussed in public. Navy Secretary Donald Winter said on 4 September that "Making certain that we have — I’ll just say, a destroyer — in the ’09 budget is more important than whether that’s a DDG 1000 or a DDG 51".<ref name="Navytimes080916"/>
===''Sleepy Hollow''===
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''Sleepy Hollow'', released in the autumn of 1999, was a return to vintage Burton, with a supernatural setting, unique sets and another offbeat performance by [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Ichabod Crane]], now a detective with an interest in forensic science rather than the schoolteacher of [[Washington Irving]]'s original tale. With ''Hollow,'' Burton paid homage to the old horror movies from English company [[Hammer Film Productions]]. Hammer veteran [[Christopher Lee]] is given a cameo role. A host of Burton regulars appeared in supporting roles ([[Michael Gough]], [[Jeffrey Jones]], and [[Christopher Walken]], among others) and [[Christina Ricci]] was cast as Katrina van Tassel. Mostly well-received by critics, and with a special mention to Elfman's Gothic score, the film won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as well as two BAFTAs for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. A box office success, ''Sleepy Hollow'' was also a turning point for Burton. Along with change in his personal life (separation from Lisa Marie), Burton changed radically in style for his next project, leaving the haunted forests and colorful outcasts behind to go on to directing ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' which, as Burton had repeatedly noted, was "not a remake" of the earlier film.


On 19 August, Secretary Winter was reported as saying that a third Zumwalt would be built at Bath Iron Works, citing concerns about maintaining shipbuilding capacity. <ref>{{citation | first=Philip | last=Ewing | url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3682875 | title=Lawmaker: Third DDG 1000 Far From Done Deal|publisher=Defense News|date=2008-08-19}}</ref> House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman [[John Murtha]] said on 23 September 2008 that he had agreed to partial funding of the third DDG-1000 in the 2009 Defense authorization bill.<ref>{{citation|last=Scully|first=Megan|title=Negotiators agree to buy more F-22s, Zumwalt destroyers|url=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41042 | journal=Congress Daily|date-2008-09-24}}</ref>
===''Tim Burton's Lost In Oz''===
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Conceived as an original television series based on the immortal works of L. Frank Baum, "Tim Burton's Lost In Oz" was never aired. Though a pilot script was written by Trey Callaway with direct input from Burton as an executive producer and a number of key scenes were filmed by veteran television producer/director Michael Katleman, budgetary constraints ultimately prevented the project from being fully realized.


===Construction===
===''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories''===
In late 2005, the program entered the detail design and integration phase, for which [[Raytheon]] is the Mission Systems Integrator. Both [[Northrop Grumman]] Ship Systems and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works share dual-lead for the hull, mechanical, and electrical detail design. [[BAE Systems Inc.]] has the advanced gun system and the MK57 [[VLS]]. Almost every major defense contractor (including [[Lockheed Martin]], Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, L-3 Communications) and subcontractors from nearly every state in the U.S. are involved to some extent in this project, which is the largest single line item in the Navy's budget. During the previous contract, development and testing of 11 Engineering Development Models (EDMs) took place: [[Advanced Gun System]], Autonomic Fire Suppression System, Dual Band Radar [X-band and L-band], Infrared, Integrated Deckhouse & Apertures, Integrated Power System, Integrated Undersea Warfare, Peripheral Vertical Launch System, Total Ship Computing Environment, Tumblehome Hull Form.
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His book ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'' was published in 1996. The collection of verse is about misfit children such as ''Oyster Boy'', ''Match Girl'', ''[[Stainboy]]'' (which later became short animations), the Girl Who Turned into a Bed, and other such outcasts. The book was published by the publishing company [[Faber and Faber]], which also published the original artwork of ''Sleepy Hollow'' in 1999.


The decision in September 2006 to fund two ships meant that one could be built by both [[Bath Iron Works]] in Maine and by Northrop Grumman's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.<ref name="AP060926"/>
==The 2000s==
===''Planet of the Apes''===
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''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' was a commercial success, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend. It was however panned by critics and widely considered inferior to the first adaptation of [[Planet of the Apes|the book]]. The main criticism was that the movie went for a more watered down "popcorn" feel than the dark, cerebral and nihilistic tone of the 1968 film. The film was a significant departure from Burton's usual style, and there was much subsequent debate about whether the film was really Burton's, or if he was just a "hired gun" who did what he was asked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/tim-burton|title=http://www.answers.com/topic/tim-burton}}</ref> Burton reportedly clashed with the studio during the whole making of the film, once going as far as abruptly leaving the set for the day. There were also many reports about last minute changes in the movie. Despite the commercial success of the movie and an ending that clearly suggested the possibility of a sequel, apparently there are no intentions from the studio or Burton to make another ''Apes'' movie. During the making of the film, Burton also met leading actress [[Helena Bonham Carter]], who played monkey princess Ari, who he later went on to date and father children with. She was cast in all of Burton's subsequent films.


On 13 November 2007, Northrop Grumann was awarded a $90m contract modification for materials and production planning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=131314 | title=U.S. Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $90 Million Long-Lead Material Contract for DDG 1000|publisher=Northrop Grumman Corporation|date=2007-11-13}}</ref> On 14 February 2008, [[Bath Iron Works]] was awarded for the construction of the USS ''Zumwalt'' (DDG-1000), and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was awarded for the construction of the DDG-1001, with price of $1.4 billion each.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=35020 |title=Navy Awards Contracts for Zumwalt Class Destroyers|date=2008-14-02|publisher=Navy News Service}}</ref>
===''Big Fish''===
In 2003, Burton went on to direct ''[[Big Fish]]'', based loosely on the novel ''[[Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions]]'' by [[Daniel Wallace]]. The film is about a father telling the story of his life to his son using exaggeration and color. Starring [[Ewan McGregor]] as young Edward Bloom and [[Albert Finney]] as an older Edward Bloom. The film also stars [[Jessica Lange]], [[Danny Devito]], and [[Alison Lohman]]. ''Big Fish'' received four [[Golden Globe]] nominations as well as an [[Academy Award]] nomination for the musical score by [[Danny Elfman]]. ''Big Fish'' was also the second collaboration with Burton and [[Helena Bonham Carter]], who played Jenny and the Witch with the magic eye that shows Edward Bloom his death. Although it was not a box office success, the film was critically acclaimed and widely considered to be a return to form for Burton.


As of July 2008, the contruction timetable looked like this :<ref name="GAO-08-804" /><!-- has some useful history of program-->
===''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''===
*October 2008 : DDG-1000 starts construction at Bath Iron Works
''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (2005) is an adaptation of the book by [[Roald Dahl]]. Starring [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Willy Wonka]] and [[Freddie Highmore]] as [[Charlie Bucket]], the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]], although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father. ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' was later nominated for the [[Academy Award for Costume Design]]. ''Charlie'' was a huge box office success that made over $207 million domestically. It became one of Burton's most critically-praised movies in years.
*September 2009 : DDG-1001 starts construction at Ingalls
*April 2013 : DDG-1000 initial delivery
*May 2014 : DDG-1001 delivery
*March 2015 : Initial operating capability


==Names and hull numbers==
===''Corpse Bride''===
In April 2006, the first of the class was announced and will be named the ''Zumwalt''. The ship will be named to honor the former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr.<ref name="GAO-08-804" /> Its hull number will be DDG-1000. In so doing, the Navy will eschew the guided missile destroyer sequence that goes up to DDG-112 (the last of the currently planned [[Arleigh Burke class destroyer|''Arleigh Burke''-class]]), and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the [[Spruance class destroyer|''Spruance''-class]], [[USS Hayler (DD-997)|DD-997 ''Hayler'']].
''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005) was Burton's second stop-motion film, featuring the voices of [[Johnny Depp]] as Victor and [[Helena Bonham Carter]] (for whom the project was specifically created) as Emily in the lead roles. It was released two weeks prior to that of ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', which also had the voice of Helena Bonham Carter. In this movie, Burton was able to again use his familiar styles and trademarks, such as the complex interaction between light and darkness, and of being caught between two irreconcilable worlds. The film is often compared to Burton's ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', and ''Bride'' is often considered the [[spiritual successor]] of ''Nightmare''. ''Bride'' received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature Film]]. Along with ''Charlie'', ''Bride'' was one of Burton's most critically-praised movies in years.


There is an active [[civilian]] campaign to persuade the [[Secretary of the Navy]] to name one of the class the USS ''[[Robert A. Heinlein]]''. <ref>{{cite web | last=Miller | first = John J | url = http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YjE5OGQwZDgzODc5OTYwODRkNTIzM2Y5ZWZhNDUwNTE= | title=In a Strange Land | journal=National Review|date=2007-07-09}}</ref>
===''Believe It or Not''===
In 2006 Burton began early work on the film ''Believe It or Not''. By June, Burton announced that he would be postponing his work on this film to instead concentrate on the [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|film adaptation]] of Stephen Sondheim's ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''. This would become yet another collaboration with [[Johnny Depp]], who signed on to play the murderous barber, and [[Helena Bonham Carter]], who portrayed the eccentric [[Mrs. Lovett]]. By June 19, 2007 Burton announced that he was withdrawing completely from the ''Believe It or Not'' film.


==Design elements==
===''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street''===
[[Image:DD(X).png|thumb|300px|Planned features of the DDG-1000.]]
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The Dreamworks/Warner Bros. production was released on December 21, 2007. Burton's work on ''Sweeney Todd'' won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director<ref>[http://imdb.com/name/nm0000318/awards Tim Burton (I) - Awards]</ref>, received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.<ref>[http://imdb.com/features/rto/2008/globes 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards</ref> and won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Art Direction. [[Helena Bonham Carter]] won an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of [[Mrs. Lovett]], as well as a [[Golden Globe]] nomination.
Actor [[Johnny Depp]] was also nominated for the best actor Oscar, for the role of [[Sweeney Todd]]. Depp also won the award for Best Villain as Todd in the 2008 MTV awards.


===Future projects===
===Stealth===
Despite being 40% larger than an ''[[Arleigh Burke]]''-class destroyer the radar signature is more akin to a fishing boat and sound levels are compared to the [[Los Angeles class submarine|''Los Angeles''-class]] submarine. The [[tumblehome]] hull reduces radar return and the inclusion of composite materials reducing it still further. Water sleeting along the sides, along with passive cool air induction in the mack reduces thermal emissions.<ref name="global_dd-x"/>
====''Alice in Wonderland''====
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An Australian actress named [[Mia Wasikowska]] has been cast as [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]]. The 18 year old has been featured in shows such as [[In Treatment]] and up coming movie ''[[Defiance (2008 film)|Defiance]]''. The original [[start date]] was May 2008.<ref name=Graser>{{cite news | author = Marc Graser | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976106 | title = Burton, Disney team on 3D films | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = [[2007-11-15]] | accessdate = 2008-08-15}}</ref> [[Torpoint]] and [[Plymouth]] will be used for filming from September 1&mdash;October 14. These will be scenes set in the [[Victorian era]]. During this time, filming will take place in [[Antony House]] in Torpoint.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alice in Wonderland - starring Johnny Depp? - to be filmed at National Trust house|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=2008-08-22|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2603396/Alice-in-Wonderland---starring-Johnny-Depp---to-be-filmed-at-National-Trust-house.html|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> 250 local [[Extra (actor)|extra]]s were chosen in early-August.<ref>{{cite news | author = Tristan Nichols | title = Plymouth in Wonderland | work = [[The Herald (Plymouth Evening Herald)|The Herald]] | date = 2008-07-31 | accessdate = 2008-08-15}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news | author =Tristan Nichols | title = Historic house unveiled as location for Tim Burton's ''Alice'' film | work = [[The Herald (Plymouth Evening Herald)|The Herald]] | date = 2008-08-21 | accessdate = 2008-08-24}}</ref> Other production work will reside in [[London]].<ref>{{cite news | author = [[Army Archerd]] | url = http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=Variety100&articleid=VR1117984225 | title = 1958: Zanuck's ''Heaven'' visits Africa | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2008-04-17 | accessdate = 2008-08-15}}</ref> The film was originally to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010.<ref>{{cite news | author = Pamela McClintock | url =http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981211 | title = Disney unveils 2009 schedule | work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = 2008-02-20 | accessdate = 2008-08-15}}</ref>


===Tumblehome wave piercing hull===
Also [[Matt Lucas]] leading star of [[Little Britain]] has recently been cast as both [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]], [[Johnny Depp]] will be playing the [[Mad Hatter]], and [[Helena Bonham Carter]] will be playing a merged role, consisting of the two parts, [[Red Queen (Through the Looking Glass)|The Red Queen]] and the [[Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Queen of Hearts]]. [[Anne Hathaway]] has been cast as [[The White Queen]]. The film is due to be released on 5 March 2010.
A return to a hull form not seen since before World War I, the ''Zumwalt''-class destroyer reintroduces the tumblehome hull form. In this hull form the hull widens from the deck to the waterline instead of flaring from the waterline up to the deck. This was done to reduce the radar return of the hull. The bow is designed to cut through waves rather than ride over them.<ref name="global_dd-x"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/ddg_1000/tech/wpth/index.html | title= Wave Piercing Tumblehome Hull | publisher = Raytheon Company | date=2007-03-22}}</ref> As mentioned above, the stability in high sea states of this hull form has caused debate among naval architects.


===Advanced Gun System (AGS)===
====''Frankenweenie'' remake and ''Dark Shadows''====
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Afterwards, he will remake ''[[Frankenweenie]]'' as a [[stop-motion]] film.<ref>{{cite news | author = Marc Graser | title = Burton, Disney team on 3D films | publisher = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = [[2007-11-15]] | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976106.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | accessdate=2007-11-16}}</ref> He has been confirmed as the director of ''[[Dark Shadows]]'', a Warner Bros plus Depp's Infinitum-Nihil production based on the '60s daytime supernatural soap of the same name. [[Johnny Depp]] is expected to star as the vampire [[Barnabas Collins]], with [[Anne Hathaway]] as [[Victoria Winters]], and [[John August]] being the screenwriter.
There has been research on extending the range of naval gunfire for many years. [[Gerald Bull]] and [[Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center|Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head]] tested an 11&nbsp;inch sub-calibre saboted long-range round<ref name="Van Dam">{{citation | first=L. Bruce | last= Van Dam|title = Does the Past Have a Place in the Future? The Utility of Battleships into the Twenty-First Century | url=http://stinet.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=A367903&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=US Army Command and General Staff College| place=Fort Leavenworth, Kansas|date=1999-06-04}}, citing a letter from Major Tracy Ralphs to Senator John Warner on 1999-02-25</ref> in a stretched 16"/45 Mark 6 battleship gun in 1967.<ref name="navweaps">{{cite web | url = http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm |title = United States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 | publisher = Tony DiGiulian, navweaps.com | date= 2008-08-09}}</ref> The Advanced Gun Weapon System Technology Program (AGWSTP) evaluated a similar projectile with longer range in the 1980s.<ref name="Van Dam"/> After the battleships were decommissioned in 1992, the AGWSTP became a 5" gun with an intended range of {{convert|180|km|mi}}, which then led to the Vertical Gun for Advanced Ships (VGAS). The original DD-21 was designed around this "vertical gun", but the project ran into serious technology/cost problems and was radically scaled back to a more conventional 6.1&nbsp;inch [[Advanced Gun System]] (AGS). One advantage of this move was that the gun was no longer restricted to guided munitions.


The Advanced Gun System is a 155&nbsp;mm [[Naval artillery|naval gun]],two of which would be installed in each ship. This system consists of an advanced 155&nbsp;mm gun and the [[Long Range Land-Attack Projectile]].<ref name="BAE AGS"/> This projectile is in fact a rocket with a warhead fired from the AGS gun; the warhead weighs 11 kg / 24 [[pound (mass)|lb]] and has a [[Circular error probable|circular error of probability]] of 50 meters. This weapon system will have a range of {{convert|83|nmi|km}} and the fully automated storage system will have room for up to 750 rounds.<ref name="BAE AGS">{{cite web | url=http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/l_and_a_as_advanced_gun_system.html | title= Advanced Gun System (AGS) | publisher = BAe Systems | date=2008}}</ref> The system will be provided with a magazine of 600 rounds or more per weapon and offers a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute per gun. The barrel is water cooled to prevent over-heating issues. The combined firepower from a pair of turrets gives ''Zumwalt''-class destroyers firepower equivalent to 18 conventional [[M-198]] field guns.<ref name="global_dd-x">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-x.htm | title=DDG-1000 Zumwalt / DD(X) Multi-Mission Surface Combatant|date=2008-09-01|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Burton was married to a German-born artist for four years, whom he left for [[Lisa Marie]], a model with whom he lived and was "engaged" from 1992 through 2001. Lisa Marie had parts in all of his films while they were a couple, most notably Ed Wood and Mars Attacks! Burton currently lives with [[Helena Bonham Carter]], whom he met while filming Planet of the Apes, in which Lisa Marie had a bit part but [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bonham Carter]] had a starring role; he abruptly left Lisa Marie for [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bonham Carter]] and they now have a son, Billy Ray Burton, born October 4, 2003, and a daughter, Nell Burton, born December 15, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/12/tim-burton-and.html|title=Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter (he is also shagging johhny depp) take son Billy Ray for a walk|accessdate=2007-12-27|date=2007-12-27|publisher=Celebrity-babies.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/01/helena-bonham-3.html|title=Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton out for a walk in Primose Hill with children|accessdate=2007-01-31|date=2007-01-28|publisher=Celebrity-babies.com}}</ref> Burton and [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bonham Carter]] live in [[Belsize Park]], [[London]]. The couple also own the home of former British Prime Minister [[Herbert Henry Asquith]], [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bonham Carter]]'s great-grandfather, in Belsize Park, London, it's an adjoining houses with a connecting hallway, each part decorated and styled to suit their own personalities, because they felt they couldn't live 'together' but didn't want to live apart. They also own a house in Sutton Courtenay, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. The pair used to own two apartments in the [[Greenwich Village]] of [[USA]] but recently sold them for ''£4.38 million.''


===Peripheral Vertical Launch System (PVLS)===
Burton made close friends with [[Johnny Depp]], one of his son's godfathers soon after his birth. In ''Burton On Burton'', Depp wrote the intro, stating, "What more can I say about him? He is a brother, a friend, my godson's father. He is a unique and brave soul, someone that I would go to the ends of the earth for, and I know, full and well, he would do the same for me."
The Peripheral Vertical Launch System is an attempt to reclaim the prized center space of the hull while increasing the safety of the ship from the loss of the entire missile battery and the loss of the ship in the case of a magazine explosion. The system scatters pods of VLS around the outer shell of the ship having a thin steel outer shell and a thick inner shell. The design of the PVLS would be directing the force of the explosion outward rather than ripping the ship in half. Additionally this design keeps the loss of missile capacity down to just the pod being hit.<ref name="global_dd-x"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/ddg_1000/tech/pvls/index.html| title= Zumwalt Class Destroyer Peripheral Vertical Launch System (PVLS) Advanced VLS | publisher = Raytheon Company | date=2007-03-22}}</ref>


===Boat and Helicopter arrangements===
==Recurring cast members==
Two spots will be available on a large aviation deck while boat handling is to be dealt with in a stern mounted boat hangar with ramp, the boat hangar’s stern location meeting high sea state requirements for boat operations.<ref name="global_dd-x"/>
Burton often casts certain actors more than once in his films. [[Johnny Depp]], [[Helena Bonham Carter]], [[Christopher Lee]], [[Michael Gough]], [[Jeffrey Jones]] and [[Michael Keaton]] are amongst his most frequent of collaborators.
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===Dual-band radar===
==Bibliography==
The AN/SPY-3 radar will send and receive S-band (high altitude large airspace) and X-band (high altitude near airspace) signals with a common-phase conformal array on the deckhouse.<ref name="IDHA"/> Each band will have its own signal processors, with the returns combined by the display sensor manager.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms04_019237.pdf | title= Dual Band Radar (DBR) Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program | format=PDF | publisher = Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems | date=2006-9-21}}</ref> This system is thought to provide high detection and excellent anti-jamming capabilities.<ref name="global_dd-x"/> But at least one report by Congress' investigative arm, the [[GAO]], raises concerns that it is too much of a technology leap.<ref name ="d05752r">{{citation |title=GAO-05-752R Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program| url=http://www.gao.gov/htext/d05752r.html | publisher = U.S. Government Accountability Office | date=2005-06-14}}</ref>
*''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993)
*''Burton on Burton'', edited by Mark Salisbury (1995, revised 2005)
*''[[The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories]]'' (1997)


==Filmography==
===Sonar===
A dual-band sonar controlled by a highly automated computer system will be used to detect mines and submarines. It is claimed that it is superior to the Burke's sonar in littoral ASW, but less effective in the blue water.<ref name="McCullough"/>
===Director filmography===
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! Film
! Oscar Nominations
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| [[1982 in film|1982]]
| ''[[Vincent (film)|Vincent]]''
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| [[1984 in film|1984]]
| ''[[Frankenweenie]]''
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| [[1985 in film|1985]]
| ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
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| [[1988 in film|1988]]
| ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
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| [[1989 in film|1989]]
| ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]''
| 1
| 1
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| [[1990 in film|1990]]
| ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]''
| 1
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| [[1992 in film|1992]]
| ''[[Batman Returns]]''
| 2
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| ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]''
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| ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''
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| [[1999 in film|1999]]
| ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
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| ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
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| ''[[Big Fish]]''
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| ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
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| [[2007 in film|2007]]
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
| 3
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|''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''
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===Animator filmography===
===Propulsion===
The DDX proposed to use a Permanent Magnet Motor (PMM) within the hull. An alternate twin pod arrangement being rejected as the ramifications of pod drives would require too much development and validation cost to the vessel. The PMM is considered to be another technology leap and is the cause of some concern along with the radar system from Congress.<ref name="global_dd-x"/> As part of the design phase, Northrop Grumman had built the world's largest permanent magnet motor, designed and fabricated by [[DRS Technologies]]. This proposal was dropped when the PMM motor failed to demonstrate that it was ready to be installed in time.
*''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)|The Fox and the Hound]]'' ''uncredited'' ([[1981 in film|1981]]) as a Disney animator doing [[Tweening|in-between work]] on the character Vixey
*''[[Tron (film)|Tron]]'' ''uncredited'' ([[1982 in film|1982]])
*''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (unused conceptual artwork only) ''uncredited'', ([[1985 in film|1985]])


Zumwalt will have [[Converteam| Converteam's]] Advanced Induction Motors (AIM), rather than DRS Technologies' Permanent Magnet-Synchronous Motors (PMM).
===Producer filmography===
*''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' ([[1993 in film|1993]])
"...The exact choice of engine systems remains somewhat controversial at this point. The concept was originally for an integrated power system (IPS) based on in-hull permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMMs), with Advanced Induction Motors (AIM) as a possible backup solution. The design was shifted to the AIM system in February 2005 in order to meet scheduled milestones; PMM technical issues were subsequently fixed, but the program has moved on. The downside is that AIM technology has a heavier motor, requires more space, requires a "separate controller" to be developed to meet noise requirements, and produces one-third the amount of voltage. On the other hand, these very differences will force time and cost penalties from design and construction changes if the program wishes to "design AIM out"..."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/dead-aim-or-dead-end-the-usas-ddg1000-zumwalt-class-program-02574/ | title = Dead Aim, Or Dead End? The USA’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Program | journal = Defense Industry Daily|date=2008-09-21}} Needs subscription - can someone find a better reference?</ref>
*''[[Batman Returns]]'' (1992)
*''[[Cabin Boy]]'' ([[1994 in film|1994]])
*''[[Batman Forever]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]])
*''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' ([[1996 in film|1996]])
*''[[Corpse Bride]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]])
*''[[9 (2008 film)|9]]'' ([[2008 in film|2008]])


===Cameos and other film work===
===Integrated Power System (IPS)===
The Integrated Power System (IPS) is a step both forward and backwards. In some ways similar to the old turbo-electric drive, the addition of PMMs and integration of all electrical power systems gives ten times the power available on current destroyers. It also impacts the ship's thermal and sound signature. The IPS has added to weight growth in the ''Zumwalt''-class destroyer as noted by the [[GAO]].<ref name="global_dd-x"/><ref name ="d05752r"/>
*''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]])
*''[[Hoffa]]'' ([[1992 in film|1992]])


===Internet shorts===
===Automated replenishment===
AGS rounds, food, and other stores, are all mounted in containers able to be struck below to magazine/storage areas by an automated cargo handling system.<ref name="global_dd-x"/>
*''[[Stainboy|The World of Stainboy]]'' (2000)


===Manning reductions===
==Television==
Automation of the AGS magazines, Fire suppression, and replenishment operations, are all designed to reduce crew on ''Zumwalt''-class destroyers. One of the major contributors to life cycle costs are staffing requirement on a warship.<ref name="global_dd-x"/>
*''Hansel and Gretel'', director (1982)
*''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]''— ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp'', director (1984)
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents#1985 revival|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''—''The Jar'', director (1986)
*''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice: The Animated Series]]''—executive producer (1990)
*''[[Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]''—executive producer, character design (1993)
*''[[Lost in Oz]]'' (''unproduced show'')—executive producer
*''Hollywood Gum''—French commercial, director (1998)
*''Kung Fu'' and ''Mannequin''—[[Timex]] commercials, director (2000)


===Automated fire suppression system===
==Music videos==
Water spray or mist systems are proposed for deployment in the ''Zumwalt''-class destroyer but the electronic spaces continue to provide a challenge to the designers. [[Halon]]/Nitrogen dump systems are preferred but do not work when the space has been compromised by a hull breach. Again this system has been pointed out by the [[GAO]] as being a potential problem yet to be addressed.<ref name="global_dd-x"/>
*"[[Bones (The Killers song)|Bones]]" by [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]] (2006)
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/ddg_1000/tech/afss/index.html | title= Zumwalt Class Destroyer Autonomic Fire Suppression System (AFSS) | publisher = Raytheon Company | date=2007-03-22}}</ref>

===Computer network===
The Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure (TSCEI) is based on GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' PPC7A and PPC7D single-board computers<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gefanucembedded.com/news-events/1047 | title=GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Selected By Raytheon For Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program|date=2007-07-25|publisher=GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms}}</ref> running Lynuxworks' Lynx RTOS.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lynuxworks.com/corporate/news/2007/ge-fanuc-raytheon.php| title=GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Selected By Raytheon For Zumwalt Class Destroyer Program|date=2007-07-25|publisher=Lynuxworks}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The theft of a fictional radar system intended for the ''Zumwalt'' class was a central part of the plot in the episode "[[Stakeout (NCIS)|Stakeout]]" of the U.S. television series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''. The episode first aired on 8 April 2008.

In the game ''[[Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2]]'' one of the Secret Blueprints (pre-configured ship designs) is the Zumwalt-class; it can be acquired during the "enemy deployment 1" (1st playthrough in story) version of a boss battle.

Zumwalt DDG's are also the destroyer vessel for the Task Force Talon in the video game ''[[Act of War: High Treason]]''.

==See also==
* [[Future Surface Combatant]] - Equally troubled British program to develop a smaller ship with a similar mission


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
;General Information about DD(X) Class Destroyers
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/shusn-no/dd-no.htm Description of the DD numbering system for ships in the U.S. Navy]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=pg1uHRVx8-I Video - Advanced Gun System (AGS) Employment in Asymmetric Warfare Simulation Scenario]
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=ilwIhIwf5yI Video - Navy Advanced Gun System (AGS) Non-combatant Evacuation Simulation Scenario]
*[http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1373043.php navytimes.com: DD(X) gets go-ahead]
*[http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/DDG1000/default.htm General DD(X) Destroyer page]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/dd-x.htm globalsecurity.org report on the DD(X) Destroyer program]
*[http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/dd21/ Overview of the DD(X) Destroyer program and its capabilities]
*[http://www.usszumwalt.com USS Zumwalt.com - www.usszumwalt.com]
*[http://www.ddg1k.com DDG1000 DDG1001 DDG1K.com Website devoted to the ''Zumwalt''-Class Destroyer]
*[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/docs/C1031.htm Concept of employment for naval surface fire support (near term capability)]
*[http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_61-62_ags.htm Information on the Advanced Gun System set to be installed on the DD(X) destroyers]


;companies involved in the DD(X) Destroyer program
==Further reading==
*[http://www.ddxnationalteam.com/ DD(X) Destroyer page maintained by the companies involved in its construction]
* Burton, Tim and Fraga, Kristian (2005) ''Tim Burton : interviews'' University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, ISBN 1-57806-758-8
*[http://www.raytheon.com/products/ddg_1000/ Raytheon webpage for DDG 1000 Program]
* Hanke, Ken (1999) ''Tim Burton: an unauthorized biography of the filmmaker'' Renaissance Books, Los Angeles, ISBN 1-58063-046-4
* Lynette, Rachel (2006) ''Tim Burton, filmmaker'' KidHaven Press, San Diego, CA, ISBN 0-7377-3556-2
* Maio, Kathi (May 1994) "Sick puppy auteur?" ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' 86(5): pp. 121–126
* McMahan, Alison (2005) ''The films of Tim Burton: Animating live action in contemporary Hollywood'' Continuum, New York, ISBN 0-8264-1566-0 [http://www.filmoftimburton.com Read Chapter 3 at FilmsOfTimBurton.com]
* Merschmann, Helmut (2000) ''Tim Burton: The Life and Films of a Visionary Director'' (translated by Michael Kane) Titan Books, London, ISBN 1-84023-208-0
* Page, Edwin (2006) ''Gothic fantasy: the films of Tim Burton'' Marion Boyars Publishers, London, ISBN 0-7145-3132-4
* Salisbury, Mark (2006) "Burton on Burton" Revised Edition. Faber and Faber, London, ISBN 0-571-22926-3
* Smith, Jim and Matthews, J. Clive (2002) ''Tim Burton'' Virgin, London, ISBN 0-7535-0682-3
* Woods, Paul A, (2002) ''Tim Burton: A child's garden of nightmares'' Plexus, London, ISBN 0-85965-310-2


;Government reports regarding the DD(X) Destroyer program
==External links==
*[http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060407-12772.html DoD press release: Navy Designates Next-Generation Zumwalt Destroyer]
*{{imdb name|id=0000318|name=Tim Burton}}
*[http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/va01_davis/pr_050316_ddx.html House letter recommending against a "winner take all" construction strategy for the DD(X) destroyer program]
*[http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0057.html MusicalTalk Podcast] featuring Burton, Depp, Carter and others.
*[http://www.fas.org/man/gao/gao95160.htm 1995 US General Accounting Office report on the US Navy’s Naval Surface Fire Support program]
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/burton.html Tim Burton Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)]
*[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04973.pdf 2004 US Government Accountability Office Report: Challenges Facing the DD(X) Destroyer Program]
*[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/burton.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]
*[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06279r.pdf 2005 US Government Accountability Office Report: Issues Related to Navy Battleships]
*[http://www.thedarkuniverseoftimburton.es.tl The Dark Universe of Tim Burton (Spanish page)]
*[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS21059.pdf 2005 CRS Report for Congress: Navy DD(X) and CG(X) Programs: Background and Issues for Congress]
*[[Netribution]] [http://www.netribution.co.uk/2/content/view/59/35/ interview]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt060215tim_burton KCRW's The Treatment: Tim Burton (02/06)]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt040505tim_burton KCRW's The Treatment: Tim Burton (05/04)]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt031210tim_burton KCRW's The Treatment: Tim Burton (12/03)]
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Artist rendering of the Zumwalt class destroyer
Class overview
NameZumwalt
Builderslist error: <br /> list (help)
Northrop Grumman
General Dynamics
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byArleigh Burke class destroyer
Succeeded byN/A (latest destroyer class authorized)
BuiltOctober 2008 (forecast) [1]
In serviceApril 2013 (forecast)[1]
In commissionMarch 2015 (forecast)[1]
PlannedUSS Zumwalt, 1-2 more planned
Cancelled4-5
General characteristics
Displacement14,564 tons[2]
Length600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Propulsion2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators, 78 MW
Speed30.3 kn (56 km/h)
Complement140
Sensors and
processing systems
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AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
20 × MK 57 VLS modules, comprising a total of 80 missiles
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
Tactical Tomahawk Block IV
Standard Missile 2 Block III (SM-2MR)
Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)
2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System
920 × 155 mm total; 600 in automated store + Auxiliary store room with up to 320 rounds (non-automatic) as of April 2005
70-100 LRLAP rounds planned as of 2005 of total
2 × Mk 110 57 mm gun (CIWS)
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2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter
3 MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV

The Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000, previously known as the DD(X) program) is a planned class of United States Navy destroyers, designed as multi-mission ships with a focus on land attack. The class is a scaled-back project that emerged after funding cuts to the larger DD-21 vessel program. The Zumwalt-class destroyers are multi-role and designed for surface warfare, anti-aircraft, and naval fire support. They take the place of the battleships in filling the former congressional mandate for naval fire support, though the requirement was reduced to allow them to fill this role.

The DDG-1000 is planned to feature the following: a low radar profile; an integrated power system, which can send electricity to the electric drive motors or weapons, which may someday include railguns;[3] a total ship computing environment infrastructure (TSCE-I), serving as the ship's primary LAN and as the hardware-independent platform for all of the ship's software ensembles; automated fire-fighting systems and automated piping rupture isolation. The destroyer is being designed to require a smaller crew and be less expensive to operate than comparable warships. It will have a wave-piercing "tumblehome" hull form whose sides slope inward above the waterline. This will reduce the radar cross-section, returning much less energy than a more hard-angled hull form.

The lead ship is named Zumwalt for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, and carries the hull number DDG-1000. Originally 32 ships were planned for the class, this was progressively cut down to 2,[4] it now looks like three will be built. The Navy expects each ship to cost nearly $3.3bn.[4]

Controversy

Lawmakers and others have questioned whether the Zumwalt class costs too much and whether it provides the capabilities the U.S. military needs. In 2005 the Congressional Budget Office estimated the life-cycle cost of a DD(X) at $3.8-4.0bn in 2007 dollars, $1.1bn more than the Navy's estimate.[5]

Specific issues have been raised about the design :

Ballistic missile/air defence capability

On 31 July 2008 Vice Adm. Barry McCullough (deputy chief of naval operations for integration of resources and capabilities) and Allison Stiller (deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for ship programs) stated that "the DDG 1000 cannot perform area air defense; specifically, it cannot successfully employ the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2), SM-3 or SM-6 and is incapable of conducting Ballistic Missile Defense."[6] Dan Smith, president of Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems division, has countered that the radar and combat system are essentially the same as other SM-2-capable ships, "I can’t answer the question as to why the Navy is now asserting...that Zumwalt is not equipped with an SM-2 capability".[7] The lack of anti-ballistic missile capability may represent a lack of compatability with SM-3. In view of new intelligence about China's development of targetable anti-ship ballistic missiles, possibly a homing version of the DF-21,[8] this could be a fatal flaw.

Missile capacity

The original DD21 design, displacing around 16,000 tons, would have accommodated between 117 and 128 VLS cells.[9] However, the final DDG-1000 design was considerably smaller than that of the DD21, resulting in room for only 80 VLS cells.[2] Given the vessel's expected role, the Zumwalt class destroyers will likely carry many more Tomahawk missiles than either the Ticonderoga or Arleigh Burke class ships.

Naval fire support role

"In summary, the committee is concerned that the Navy has foregone the long range fire support capability of the battleship, has given little cause for optimism with regard to meeting near-term developmental objectives, and appears unrealistic in planning to support expeditionary warfare in the mid term. The committee views the Navy's strategy for providing naval surface fire support as 'high risk', and will continue to monitor progress accordingly."

A controversial point of the DD(X) destroyer(s) is their planned naval surface fire support role. The original DD21 and the Arsenal Ship had more serious NFS capabilities, which would meet a Congress-mandated requirement related to the Iowa-class battleships. The requirement was eventually relaxed, the battleships stricken from the registry, and the Navy left with small tonnage ships for NFS or alternative methods such as air support. The official position of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy is that the Zumwalt-class destroyer(s) will be adequate as naval surface gunfire support ships, although there are dissenters.[10]

Artist's impression of the Advanced Gun System aboard a DD(X) Destroyer

While smaller caliber guns (and missiles) have been used for centuries in naval fire support, very large guns have special capabilities beyond that of mid-range calibres. US battleships were re-activated three times after WWII specifically for NFS, and their 16 inch gunfire was used in every major engagement of the U. S. from WWII to the Gulf War. The Zumwalt-class will have two 6.1 inch (155 mm) guns with limited ammunition. The ships can fire a specially designed "guided" artillery shell some 63 nautical miles (117 km) inland.[11] However, this shell has a reduced warhead size and uses new technology, so most of the shells carried on the DDG would have vastly shorter range.

In March 2006, the Iowa and Wisconsin were struck from the Naval Vessel Register, having been kept on in part to fill a naval fire support role. However, Congress was "deeply concerned" over the loss of naval surface gunfire support they could provide and noted that "navy efforts to improve upon, much less replace, this capability have been highly problematic."[12] The U.S. House of Representatives asked that the battleships be kept in a state of readiness should they ever be needed again[13] and directed the Navy to increase the number of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that are currently being modernized.[13] The modernization includes extending the range of the 5-inch guns on the Flight 1 ships with extended range guided munitions (ERGMs) that would enable the ships to fire projectiles about forty nautical miles inland;[14] [15] However the ERGM was canceled after it failed firing tests in February 2008.[16] The Navy is studying future options for naval fire support; Alliant Techsystems’ ballistic trajectory extended range munition may be one possibility.[16]

Structural problems

The Zumwalt has an unusually large deckhouse as all the major sensors are buried in its structure.[17] It has been claimed that Northrop Grumman has had problems sealing the composite construction panels of this area, but Northrop Grumman has denied this.[18]

Tumblehome design stability

The stability of the DDG-1000 hull design in heavy seas has been a matter of controversy. Naval architect Ken Brower said in April 2007 that "as a ship pitches and heaves at sea, if you have tumblehome instead of flare, you have no righting energy to make the ship come back up. On the DDG 1000, with the waves coming at you from behind, when a ship pitches down, it can lose transverse stability as the stern comes out of the water - and basically roll over."[19] The fact that the CG(X) cruiser will probably not now have a tumblehome hull suggests that there may be problems with the Zumwalt's seakeeping.[8]

History

Funding

Many of the ship's features were developed under the DD21 program ("21st Century Destroyer"), which was originally designed around the Vertical Gun for Advanced Ships (VGAS) (see below). In 2001, Congress cut the DD-21 program by half as part of the SC21 program; to save it, the acquisition program was renamed as DD(X) and heavily reworked. The House of Representatives opposes the DDG-1000 and has cut some funding, preferring to build more Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the new littoral combat ships. The Senate supports the DDG-1000 and continues to approve more funding.[citation needed]

Originally, the Navy had hoped to build 32 of these destroyers. That number was later reduced to 24, then to 7, due to the high cost of new and experimental technologies to be incorporated in the destroyer.[4] On 23 November 2005, the Defense Acquisition Board approved a plan for simultaneous construction of the first two DDG-1000 ships at Northrop’s Ingalls yard in Pascagoula, MS and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. However, as of that date, funding had yet to be authorized by Congress.

In late December 2005, the House and Senate agreed to continue funding the DDG-1000 program. The U.S. House of Representatives allotted the Navy only enough money to begin construction on one DDG-1000 destroyer as a "technology demonstrator." The initial funding allocation for the DDG-1000 destroyer was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007.[4] However, this was increased to two ships by the 2007 appropriations bill[20] approved in September 2006, which allotted US$2,568m to the DDG-1000 program.[21]

On 31 July 2008, U.S. Navy acquisition officials told Congress that the service needed to purchase more Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and no longer needs the next-generation DDG 1000 class,[22] Only the two approved destroyers would be built. The Navy said the world threat picture had changed in such a way that it now makes more sense to build at least eight more Burkes, rather than DDG 1000s.[22] Many Congressional subcommittee members appeared incredulous that the Navy could have conducted such a sweeping re-evaluation of the world threat picture in just a few weeks, after spending some 13 years and $10 billion on the surface ship program known as DD 21, then DD(X) and finally, DDG 1000. That figure does not include the money spent for the two hulls (DDG-1000 and DDG-1001).[22] Subsequently chief of naval operations Gary Roughead has cited the need to provide area air defence and specific new threats such as ballistic missiles and the possession of anti-ship missiles by groups such as Hezbollah.[23] The mooted structural problems have not been discussed in public. Navy Secretary Donald Winter said on 4 September that "Making certain that we have — I’ll just say, a destroyer — in the ’09 budget is more important than whether that’s a DDG 1000 or a DDG 51".[7]

On 19 August, Secretary Winter was reported as saying that a third Zumwalt would be built at Bath Iron Works, citing concerns about maintaining shipbuilding capacity. [24] House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha said on 23 September 2008 that he had agreed to partial funding of the third DDG-1000 in the 2009 Defense authorization bill.[25]

Construction

In late 2005, the program entered the detail design and integration phase, for which Raytheon is the Mission Systems Integrator. Both Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works share dual-lead for the hull, mechanical, and electrical detail design. BAE Systems Inc. has the advanced gun system and the MK57 VLS. Almost every major defense contractor (including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, L-3 Communications) and subcontractors from nearly every state in the U.S. are involved to some extent in this project, which is the largest single line item in the Navy's budget. During the previous contract, development and testing of 11 Engineering Development Models (EDMs) took place: Advanced Gun System, Autonomic Fire Suppression System, Dual Band Radar [X-band and L-band], Infrared, Integrated Deckhouse & Apertures, Integrated Power System, Integrated Undersea Warfare, Peripheral Vertical Launch System, Total Ship Computing Environment, Tumblehome Hull Form.

The decision in September 2006 to fund two ships meant that one could be built by both Bath Iron Works in Maine and by Northrop Grumman's Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi.[20]

On 13 November 2007, Northrop Grumann was awarded a $90m contract modification for materials and production planning.[26] On 14 February 2008, Bath Iron Works was awarded for the construction of the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding was awarded for the construction of the DDG-1001, with price of $1.4 billion each.[27]

As of July 2008, the contruction timetable looked like this :[1]

  • October 2008 : DDG-1000 starts construction at Bath Iron Works
  • September 2009 : DDG-1001 starts construction at Ingalls
  • April 2013 : DDG-1000 initial delivery
  • May 2014 : DDG-1001 delivery
  • March 2015 : Initial operating capability

Names and hull numbers

In April 2006, the first of the class was announced and will be named the Zumwalt. The ship will be named to honor the former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr.[1] Its hull number will be DDG-1000. In so doing, the Navy will eschew the guided missile destroyer sequence that goes up to DDG-112 (the last of the currently planned Arleigh Burke-class), and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the Spruance-class, DD-997 Hayler.

There is an active civilian campaign to persuade the Secretary of the Navy to name one of the class the USS Robert A. Heinlein. [28]

Design elements

Planned features of the DDG-1000.

Stealth

Despite being 40% larger than an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer the radar signature is more akin to a fishing boat and sound levels are compared to the Los Angeles-class submarine. The tumblehome hull reduces radar return and the inclusion of composite materials reducing it still further. Water sleeting along the sides, along with passive cool air induction in the mack reduces thermal emissions.[29]

Tumblehome wave piercing hull

A return to a hull form not seen since before World War I, the Zumwalt-class destroyer reintroduces the tumblehome hull form. In this hull form the hull widens from the deck to the waterline instead of flaring from the waterline up to the deck. This was done to reduce the radar return of the hull. The bow is designed to cut through waves rather than ride over them.[29][30] As mentioned above, the stability in high sea states of this hull form has caused debate among naval architects.

Advanced Gun System (AGS)

There has been research on extending the range of naval gunfire for many years. Gerald Bull and Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head tested an 11 inch sub-calibre saboted long-range round[31] in a stretched 16"/45 Mark 6 battleship gun in 1967.[32] The Advanced Gun Weapon System Technology Program (AGWSTP) evaluated a similar projectile with longer range in the 1980s.[31] After the battleships were decommissioned in 1992, the AGWSTP became a 5" gun with an intended range of 180 kilometres (110 mi), which then led to the Vertical Gun for Advanced Ships (VGAS). The original DD-21 was designed around this "vertical gun", but the project ran into serious technology/cost problems and was radically scaled back to a more conventional 6.1 inch Advanced Gun System (AGS). One advantage of this move was that the gun was no longer restricted to guided munitions.

The Advanced Gun System is a 155 mm naval gun,two of which would be installed in each ship. This system consists of an advanced 155 mm gun and the Long Range Land-Attack Projectile.[33] This projectile is in fact a rocket with a warhead fired from the AGS gun; the warhead weighs 11 kg / 24 lb and has a circular error of probability of 50 meters. This weapon system will have a range of 83 nautical miles (154 km) and the fully automated storage system will have room for up to 750 rounds.[33] The system will be provided with a magazine of 600 rounds or more per weapon and offers a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute per gun. The barrel is water cooled to prevent over-heating issues. The combined firepower from a pair of turrets gives Zumwalt-class destroyers firepower equivalent to 18 conventional M-198 field guns.[29]

Peripheral Vertical Launch System (PVLS)

The Peripheral Vertical Launch System is an attempt to reclaim the prized center space of the hull while increasing the safety of the ship from the loss of the entire missile battery and the loss of the ship in the case of a magazine explosion. The system scatters pods of VLS around the outer shell of the ship having a thin steel outer shell and a thick inner shell. The design of the PVLS would be directing the force of the explosion outward rather than ripping the ship in half. Additionally this design keeps the loss of missile capacity down to just the pod being hit.[29][34]

Boat and Helicopter arrangements

Two spots will be available on a large aviation deck while boat handling is to be dealt with in a stern mounted boat hangar with ramp, the boat hangar’s stern location meeting high sea state requirements for boat operations.[29]

Dual-band radar

The AN/SPY-3 radar will send and receive S-band (high altitude large airspace) and X-band (high altitude near airspace) signals with a common-phase conformal array on the deckhouse.[17] Each band will have its own signal processors, with the returns combined by the display sensor manager.[35] This system is thought to provide high detection and excellent anti-jamming capabilities.[29] But at least one report by Congress' investigative arm, the GAO, raises concerns that it is too much of a technology leap.[36]

Sonar

A dual-band sonar controlled by a highly automated computer system will be used to detect mines and submarines. It is claimed that it is superior to the Burke's sonar in littoral ASW, but less effective in the blue water.[6]

Propulsion

The DDX proposed to use a Permanent Magnet Motor (PMM) within the hull. An alternate twin pod arrangement being rejected as the ramifications of pod drives would require too much development and validation cost to the vessel. The PMM is considered to be another technology leap and is the cause of some concern along with the radar system from Congress.[29] As part of the design phase, Northrop Grumman had built the world's largest permanent magnet motor, designed and fabricated by DRS Technologies. This proposal was dropped when the PMM motor failed to demonstrate that it was ready to be installed in time.

Zumwalt will have Converteam's Advanced Induction Motors (AIM), rather than DRS Technologies' Permanent Magnet-Synchronous Motors (PMM).

"...The exact choice of engine systems remains somewhat controversial at this point. The concept was originally for an integrated power system (IPS) based on in-hull permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMMs), with Advanced Induction Motors (AIM) as a possible backup solution. The design was shifted to the AIM system in February 2005 in order to meet scheduled milestones; PMM technical issues were subsequently fixed, but the program has moved on. The downside is that AIM technology has a heavier motor, requires more space, requires a "separate controller" to be developed to meet noise requirements, and produces one-third the amount of voltage. On the other hand, these very differences will force time and cost penalties from design and construction changes if the program wishes to "design AIM out"..."[37]

Integrated Power System (IPS)

The Integrated Power System (IPS) is a step both forward and backwards. In some ways similar to the old turbo-electric drive, the addition of PMMs and integration of all electrical power systems gives ten times the power available on current destroyers. It also impacts the ship's thermal and sound signature. The IPS has added to weight growth in the Zumwalt-class destroyer as noted by the GAO.[29][36]

Automated replenishment

AGS rounds, food, and other stores, are all mounted in containers able to be struck below to magazine/storage areas by an automated cargo handling system.[29]

Manning reductions

Automation of the AGS magazines, Fire suppression, and replenishment operations, are all designed to reduce crew on Zumwalt-class destroyers. One of the major contributors to life cycle costs are staffing requirement on a warship.[29]

Automated fire suppression system

Water spray or mist systems are proposed for deployment in the Zumwalt-class destroyer but the electronic spaces continue to provide a challenge to the designers. Halon/Nitrogen dump systems are preferred but do not work when the space has been compromised by a hull breach. Again this system has been pointed out by the GAO as being a potential problem yet to be addressed.[29] [38]

Computer network

The Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure (TSCEI) is based on GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' PPC7A and PPC7D single-board computers[39] running Lynuxworks' Lynx RTOS.[40]

In popular culture

The theft of a fictional radar system intended for the Zumwalt class was a central part of the plot in the episode "Stakeout" of the U.S. television series NCIS. The episode first aired on 8 April 2008.

In the game Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2 one of the Secret Blueprints (pre-configured ship designs) is the Zumwalt-class; it can be acquired during the "enemy deployment 1" (1st playthrough in story) version of a boss battle.

Zumwalt DDG's are also the destroyer vessel for the Task Force Talon in the video game Act of War: High Treason.

See also

References

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