Campbell is in charge of PMS515, which has responsibility for the evaluation and initial procurement of the US Navy’s FFG(X) next generation frigate. The frigate will become the backbone of the navy’s future capability with 20 ships expected to be procured. According to Campbell, FFG(X) ...
The US Navy has named the first ship in the new guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) class as USS Constellation (FFG 62). Announced by Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J Braithwaite, the name honours the first US Navy ships authorised by the US Congress in 1794. Accordingly, the FFG(X) ships...
US Navy secretary names new frigate classThe first ship of the new guided-missile frigate (FFG(X)) class will be named (FFG 62) and the class...Michael Fabey, Washington, DCJane's Navy International
The unmanned surface combatants are part of an overall fleet structure that has been approved by the Joint Staff, Boxall said, and includes both theNavy’s next-generation frigateand thelarge surface combatantthat will ultimately replace both the cruisers and the destroyers. In this...
Setting aside an earlier preference for an up-armed and more survivable evolution of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the US Navy (USN) has changed its approach and broadened its horizons in asking industry to inform its thinking on a new multimission guided-missile frigate (FFG[X]). As ...
BAE is in the race US FFG(X) with its Type 26 frigate - JOINT DEVELOPMENTDavid LarterDefense News