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DoD Weapons Tester Notes Frigate Design Risks In Primary Mission Areas

DoD Weapons Tester Notes Frigate Design Risks In Primary Mission Areas
Rendering of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s USS Constellation (FFG-62) guided-missile frigate. (Image: Naval Sea Systems Command briefing slide at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Expo from 2021).

The latest annual report from Pentagon’s chief weapons tester said  the Navy’s upcoming Constellation-class frigate (FFG-62) has design risks to its three primary mission areas. The report from the office of the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) specifically noted Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s Constellation-class frigate design “presents risks to operational effectiveness in each of its primary mission areas: air warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and surface warfare.” DOT&E said it previously released a classified “early operational assessment” that identified design risks…

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