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

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy has released a video that shows the FF(X) frigate’s proposed design. Meet the Navy’s new frigate. It’s definitely not the ...

EVERETT— A plan to house a dozen guided missile frigates promised for Naval Station Everett is dead after Secretary of the Navy John Phelan scrapped a contract to build the Constellation class ships.

The cancellation of the Constellation-class frigate allowed the Navy to quickly seek a funding boost for the program set to replace it, USNI News has learned. The Fiscal Year 2026 defense ...

The FF(X) program could fill in for the ill-fated Constellation class, which saw cancellation last year after producing only two of the frigates. The US Navy is confident that its new frigate will be ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates in FY2020. Prior to November 2025, Navy plans called for procuring a total of at least 20. Six were procured through FY2025, including ...

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