Rolls-Royce has reached an agreement with Fincantieri Marinette Marine to design and manufacture up to 40 fixed-pitch propellers for the US Navy's Constellation-class (FFG-62) guided missile frigate program. Fincantieri was awarded the shipbuilding contract from the US Department of Defense in Apr...
Rolls-Royce has reached agreement with Fincantieri Marinette Marine to design and manufacture up to 40 fixed-pitch propellers for the U.S. Navy’s Constellation-class (FFG-62) guided missile frigate program. Fincantieri was awarded the shipbuilding con...
The next Navy FFG-62 Constellation-class warship hull will be widened and elongated, but the internal design will remain the same, a Navy official said this week. "I guess you could say we bought a bigger house," Capt. Kevin Smith, program manager for the Constellation-cla...
Constellation—the lead ship of a new class that will bring frigate-class warships back to the U.S. Navy after the service’s last operational frigate, the USS Simpson, was decommissioned in 2015. While construction of Constellation’s components began much earlier, a welder etched ...
Thrustmaster to Equip US Navy’s First Constellation-class Frigate An artist rendering of the guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The new small surface combatant will have multi-mission capability to conduct air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare, electronic warfare and information operations...
There are four active classes of Navy surface combatants. A fifth class, the Constellation-class Frigate (FFG-62) will be under construction starting in 2021 and is set to enter service in 2026. The active classes are as follows: Ticonderoga-Class Guided-Missile Cruiser (CG-47) ...