Key Points and Summary - The Constellation-class frigate was sold as the Navy’s antidote to the Littoral Combat Ship: a proven European hull, minimal changes, and a low-risk path to a capable small ...
The US Navy’s new frigate class, FF (X), was announced at the end of 2025 less than a month after the US revealed it was ...
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Could the Navy’s FF(X) Frigate See Service by 2028?
The FF(X) program could fill in for the ill-fated Constellation class, which saw cancellation last year after producing only ...
An artist’s rendering of the proposed FF(X) frigate. US Navy image This post has been updated with a rendering of the proposed FF(X) design. The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class will serve as the basis ...
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US Navy scuttles Constellation frigate program for being too slow for tomorrow's threats
The US Navy is scrapping an entire shipbuilding program in an effort to find alternatives that can be delivered faster to counter expected threats.… Announced on social media site X by Secretary of ...
The U.S. Navy has decided to step back from its Constellation-class frigate program in favor of faster-to-build vessels and a new, American-designed frigate. That means the cancellation of four ...
Fincantieri and the U.S. Navy have reached an agreement to redefine the future of the Constellation-class frigate program, ensuring work continues on the first two ships while cancelling four later ...
Navy selects Ingalls to build FF(X) frigates based on Legend-Class cutter. Ingalls will leverage workforce and $1B infrastructure investments to scale. Program targets first hull launch in 2028; ships ...
The USN terminated work on four Constellation-class frigates, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) is making a “strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate programme”, ...
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