Fincantieri has released a statement providing more background on the Navy’s widely-reported decision to cancel four Constellation-class frigates. Released by Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), the statement says that FMG and the U.S.
The U.S. Navy has canceled the next four planned Constellation-class guided-missile frigates as the service reevaluates its fleet composition and acquisition strategy, according to multiple public reports and Navy budget documents. The
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) on Dec. 19 released an updated report “Navy Constellation (FFG-62) Class Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress.” The CRS reports provides a very detailed big picture
In a report prepared for the House Committee on Armed Services, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the Navy’s lead Constellation class guided missile class frigate is forecast to be
“USS Constellation and the Constellation-class frigates are a critical next step in the modernization of our surface ship inventory, increasing the number of players on the field available globally for our fleet
The Navy has awarded Fincantieri Marinette Marine a $526,293,001 contract for detail design and construction of the fourth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, FFG 65. FMM received the contract for the first-in-class Constellation-class frigate
Rolls-Royce Power Systems has been selected to supply a further four of its MTU gensets for the USS Congress (FFG-63), the second ship in the U.S. Navy’s Constellation-class guided-missile frigate program. Rolls-Royce
Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) yesterday officially started construction on the U.S. Navy’s first Constellation-class guided missile frigate. As shipbuilders began cutting steel for the ship, members of the Navy, representatives of elected
Fincantieri Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wis., has been awarded a $39,414,122 contract modification that exercises an option for fiscal 2022 engineering and class support requirements in support of detail design and construction
GE Marine reports that it has been awarded a contract to provide shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine with a GE LM2500+G4 aeroderivative marine gas turbine to power the Navy’s first Constellation class (FFG
