The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants to procure a total of 20 FFG-62s. Congress funded the first FFG-62 in FY2020, the second in FY2021, and the ...

U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro begins his keynote speech at the Sea-Air-Space defense conference in Maryland on April 9, 2024. (Colin Demarest/Staff) The recent review of shipbuilding progress is ...

The Department of Defense has awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a contract to build two U.S. Navy frigates, according to the daily Pentagon contract announcements. The contract, valued at more than ...

The professional, technology, engineering and management services provider said Friday the contract covers technical services for FFG 62 ships and ship systems. This includes planning, design, ...

Key Points: The US Navy urgently needs its new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates to supplement the overworked Arleigh Burke destroyers and counter China's naval expansion, filling a decade-long ...

Key Points and Summary - The Constellation-class (FFG-62) sprang from a simple need: a real escort to free destroyers for harder jobs and spread combat power across more hulls. -By “Americanizing” a ...

US Navy is planning to lay the keel for the first next-generation Frigate in August 2023. The USS Constellation is the first of twenty planned FFG-62 (was called FFGX) frigates. The U.S. Navy procured ...

An artist’s rendering of the new Constellation (FFG 62)-class guided-missile frigate. Marinette Marine Illustration. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released) Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) Systems Engineers ...

Cost concerns are growing about the building of the US Navy's guided-missile frigate, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) With the US Navy (USN) guided-missile frigate (FFG) shipbuilding programme ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of four have been procured through FY2023, at a rate of one ship per year. Current Navy plans call for ...