Navy’s New Frigate Program Makes Big Bet On Containers Loaded With Missiles

The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical ...

Navy’s Top Admiral Eyes Modular Construction To Speed New Frigate Construction

The "distributed shipbuilding" concept should reduce the time it takes to build the frigates, according to the Chief of Naval ...
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US Navy FF(X) vs Constellation frigate – a comparison

The decision by the US at the end of 2025 to cancel the Constellation-class frigate for a new FF(X) design caught many by surprise.
USNI

Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Joins NATO’s Neptune Strike in High North

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), front, sails in formation with Royal Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate Niels Jeul (F363), second, the French Navy Aquitaine-class frigate FS ...
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US Navy axes frigate program in another blow to efforts to keep up with China’s fleet

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...
The National Interest

America’s Recent SINKEX Exercise Was a Message to China

Although a variety of retired warships have been employed as targets in past US Navy SINKEX operations, the ex-USS Simpson was the final frigate to be retired from service. The theme of this year’s ...