The U.S. Navy says its effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is about two years behind schedule. All three outlets report the delay in the Navy’s “expensive” program to retrofit the ships to carry hypersonic weapons. The reports describe the installation work as taking longer than planned, pushing delivery and readiness timelines beyond the original schedule. While the coverage focuses on the fact and timing of the delay, it does not present competing claims about alternative causes or different schedules from other stakeholders. The reporting is consistent across outlets: the Navy is behind by roughly two years on installing hypersonic missiles on the three Zumwalt-class destroyers. The delay affects when the ships can reach intended capability and potentially the broader timetable for deploying hypersonic weapons on that class of surface combatants. The articles collectively characterize the situation as a schedule slip rather than a cancellation, and they present the two-year figure as the central new development.