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Navy Awards Mods To FFG(X) Design Contractors

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Navy Awards Mods To FFG(X) Design Contractors
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter prepares to land on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) off the coast of Southern California. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy on Monday exercised $6 million to $8 million options in the future guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) conceptual design contract for all five contractors.Last February the Navy awarded $15 million conceptual design (CD) contracts each to Austal USA, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine, and General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) [GD]. The Navy is seeking to minimize program risk by allowing industry to mature designs more quickly to meet the service’s capability requirements (Defense Daily, Feb. 16).These new options range…

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