Constellation-class frigate - Wikipedia
The U.S. Navy's intention to buy the first FFG(X) in 2020 did not allow enough time to develop a completely new design for the platform. Consequently, the U.S. Navy intended for the design of the FFG(X) to be a modified version of an existing "parent" ship design.
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Jan 31, 2024 · The Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG 62) represents the Navy’s next generation small surface combatant.
SECNAV Names Navy’s Newest Class of FFG(X) Ships
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG (X)) class of ships Oct. 7 while aboard...
Dec 19, 2024 · The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of six have been procured through FY2024. Current Navy plans call for procuring a total of at least 20 FFG-62s. The Navy’s proposed FY2025 budget requests $1,170.4 million (i.e., about $1.2 billion) for the procurement of the seventh ship in the program.
Constellation-class Program update, the future Frigate of the U.S. Navy ...
Jan 12, 2021 · The future frigate of the U.S. Navy will be based on the Italian Navy FREMM in its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant (Virginio Fasan type but quite heavily modified, especially top-side). The vessel will have a length of 496 feet, a …
US Navy Awards Guided Missile Frigate (FFG (X)) Contract
Apr 30, 2020 · WASHINGTON — Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) today. The contract for detail design and...
5 things you should know about the US Navy’s new frigate - Defense News
The Navy considered the ability to add new, energy intensive systems on to the ship later in its calculus in selecting FREMM as the FFG(X), according to service officials.
Mar 3, 2020 · The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1.3 billion).
US Navy’s FFG(X) Frigates Will Be Known as the Constellation-class
Oct 8, 2020 · Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships Oct. 7 while aboard the museum ship Constellation in Baltimore Inner Harbor.
Navy Releases Details of New FFG(X) Guided-Missile Frigate …
Jul 10, 2017 · “The FFG (X) will be capable of establishing a local sensor network using passive onboard sensors, embarked aircraft and elevated/tethered systems and unmanned vehicles to gather information and then act as a gateway to the fleet tactical grid using resilient communications systems and networks.”
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