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Navy/USMC

Report Shows Frigate Design Changes From Parent Design

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021

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Report Shows Frigate Design Changes From Parent Design

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).

A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) outlines the changes made to the new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigate from its parent design. The Navy awarded Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine a $795 million contract in 2020 for the detail design and construction of the first frigate, with options for the following nine ships. The Navy plans to procure upward of 20 total (Defense Daily, April 30, 2020). The original frigate competition required contractors to use parent designs to speed up the…

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