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The Navy canceled the Constellation-class frigate after it added 500 tons to its own design

Cost overruns, production complications, changing requirements, and substantial design flaws are among the reasons the ...
Naval News

Zumwalt-class destroyers may receive SPY-6 radars from frigates

The three Zumwalt-class destroyers currently in service with the U.S. Navy could receive radar systems initially produced for ...
Stars and Stripes

Navy will build new frigate based on cutter design

Less than a month after killing the bulk of the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced late Thursday plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based on a Coast Guard cutter already ...
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U.S. Navy announces new class of combatant ships after canceling Constellation frigate program

WASHINGTON (WBAY) - The U.S. Navy announced Friday a plan for a new class of combatant ships: the FF(X). This comes after the Navy announced late last month that it was canceling the ...
The National Interest

Fincantieri Gets Another US Navy Contract—Because the Last One Went So Well

Fincantieri Marinette Marine, the US subsidiary of Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri, was also in charge of the recently canceled Constellation-class frigate. The United States Navy doesn’t have ...
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After effectively killing a frigate program, the Navy is now pushing a new American-made 'Golden Fleet' frigate

The US Navy's new frigate will be based on the US Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter.US Coast Guard photo Following the cancellation of its last frigate program, the US Navy announced Friday that it is ...