NDAA requires shoreside testing of new frigate’s engineering plant

The just-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021 includes a requirement for shoreside testing of the engineering plant of the new Constellation (FFG-2) class frigates, formerly designated as the FFG (X)

U.S. Navy’s new frigates now named Constellation class

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships October 7 while