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Navy/USMC

GAO Finds High Risk In Some Frigate Systems

Friday, May 31st, 2024

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GAO Finds High Risk In Some Frigate Systems

Figure 1: Selected FFG-62 Mission Systems from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report “Navy Frigate: Unstable Design Has Stalled Construction and Compromised Delivery Schedules,” released May 2024. (Image: GAO)

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that while the Navy’s new frigate class is using many systems proven on other ships, the propulsion and machinery control systems have not been fielded or tested before and present high risk. Given that the first ship in the new class, the future USS Constellation (FFG-62), is running three years late, GAO argued this “could offer the program the chance to do land-based testing of these two unproven systems.” FFG-62 was planned…

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