As of March 2025, the U.S. Navy's Constellation-class frigate program is experiencing significant challenges that have ...

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 (USN) is exploring options for a non-developmental variable depth sonar (VDS) to equip its new FFG-62 Constellation-class guided-missile frigates. In a request for information (RFI) issued ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants to procure a total of 20 FFG-62s. Congress funded the first FFG-62 in FY2020, the second in FY2021, and the ...

The US Navy has confirmed the order for the second of its new FFG-62 Constellation-class guided missile frigates. Fincantieri Marinette Marine was awarded a USD553.9 million option by the Naval Sea ...

An artist’s rendering of the new Constellation (FFG 62)-class guided-missile frigate. Marinette Marine Illustration. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released) Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) Systems Engineers ...

Introducing a new class of warship can be fraught with pain, and the first ship is always the hardest – almost always behind schedule and over budget. And trying something new and transformational is ...

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 ...

In July 2017, the US Navy announced the FFG(X) frigate project in the United States Department of Defense’s Request for Information (RFI). The FFG(X) would serve as a program to field a new ...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Navy's new guided missile frigates will be known as the Constellation-class. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced the first ship in the new class of frigates, FFG-62, ...

The Constellation (FFG-62) class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program, is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of ...