The Constellation-class FFGX program had been awarded to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, which is based in Marinette, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Constellation-class frigates is to ...

Construction began in August on the first of the US Navy's Constellation-class frigates. It's the first new frigate since the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship was built in the late '80s.

In February 2014, then-Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that the Navy would cut production of the baseline LCSs from 52 to 32 and study a new frigate design to replace the cancelled LCSs.

Unlike the US Navy, Britain's Royal Navy still has its frigates, but is suffering from both a shrinking fleet and the need to revamp its 19 remaining frigates. Central to this is the Type 26 City ...

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 ...

If the estimated cost per thousand tons of displacement for the new frigate is set about equal to that of the DDG-51 destroyer, then the cost for the final 18 frigates jumps to $1.47 billion each.

The Navy is proposing a $16 billion cut to shipbuilding in 2026 and does not intend to move forward with a plan to purchase ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) The US Navy's newest frigate program is ... MacDonald says that the Constellation-class frigate, the first of a new frigate class intended to address fleet deficiencies ...