The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). The Navy wants to procure the first FFG(X) in FY2020, the next 18 at a rate of two per year in FY2021-FY2029 ...

The Navy awarded the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri a $795 million contract to design and build the Navy’s newest ship. Though the FFG(X)’s exact specifications have not yet been determined, the ...

A rendering of the Bath Iron Works/Navantia FFG(X) design, one of the competitors for the program that is expected to be awarded in 2020. A recent Pentagon proposal would slow the buying profile for ...

It came as shock when, on April 2, it was announced the Navy’s new Constellation-class frigate (under construction by Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin) had fallen way behind schedule. The ...

The US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has announced the award of development contracts to five contenders for the FFG(X) program—a 20-ship class of “next-generation” guided-missile frigates ...

NORTH CANTON, Ohio, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), continues to be a key contributor to the next generation of United States Navy ships. Fincantieri ...

The Constellation will be the first warship in the Navy’s new program to build a class of twenty guided-missiles frigates, where were funded by United States Congress in fiscal year 2020 (FY2020) at a ...

The Italian FREMM Alpino underway off the coast of Virginia during its 2018 deployment to the East Coast. Fincantieri's FREMM is one of the competitors for the FFG(X) competition. (David B.

Since their inception over a decade ago, the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships have been plagued by cost overruns, frequent breakdowns, and an ever-changing mission set. As the former navigator of the ...

USS Doyle (FFG-39) has concluded her final voyage from Philadelphia to New Orleans, where she will now be disassembled and recycled. (Photo: EMR) The retired U.S. Navy ship USS Doyle (FFG-39) will be ...