Cost overruns led the U.S. Navy to scale back an order for modern frigates from a major manufacturer, but there's already a ...

The Navy still needs new frigates, and is still intent on building them. But it must make basic changes to its acquisition ...

The future small surface combatant ship will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and based on its Legends-class cutter used by the Coast Guard.

The fundamental concept behind the new frigate is sound, and the Navy’s goal of having the first one built in three years may ...

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 ...

More details have emerged on future plans for the national fleet after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling a major project at the shipyard in Marinette, Wis. A panel took place Dec. 6 during the ...

After killing the Constellation-class frigate program, the Navy announced plans to build a replacement “FF(X) frigate” based ...

Recent operations from the Red Sea to the Caribbean make the requirement undeniable,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said.

At a moment where many Navy shipbuilding programs are stalling, the Constellation-class guided missile frigate stands out as the most behind schedule, the most over budget, and the most emblematic of ...

On April 12, the Navy held a symbolic keel-laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the service’s ...

When the USS Lafayette hits the waters later in the decade, it will join the USS Constellation, USS Congress, and USS Chesapeake. The Navy has asserted that this incoming vessel will have the ...

While the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation-Class Frigate (FFG 62) is under construction in the United States, Norway is showing serious interest in the guided-missile frigate, as well as bolstering its ...