The Navy is looking to rebound from its latest shipbuilding SNAFU by basing the design of its new frigate on a Coast Guard cutter.

The Navy is pushing back on concerns about the built-in capabilities of FF(X) frigates, including the lack of a vertical ...

The sudden collapse of the US Navy’s Constellation-class frigate programme amid a rethink in naval procurement towards smaller – potentially uncrewed – platforms, is a hammer blow to the service’s ...

Key Points and Summary - The Constellation-class frigate was sold as the Navy’s antidote to the Littoral Combat Ship: a proven European hull, minimal changes, and a low-risk path to a capable small ...

The Navy has identified five areas that require design study to add capabilities to the new FF(X) frigate program, according ...

HII should be able to launch the proposed new US Navy (USN) small surface combatant (SSC) meant to replace the cancelled ...

The US Navy’s new frigate class, FF (X), was announced at the end of 2025 less than a month after the US revealed it was ...

(CNN) — The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as ...

The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates in FY2020. Prior to November 2025, Navy plans called for procuring a total of at least 20. Six were procured through FY2025, including ...