Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more ...

The Constellation-class FFGX program had been awarded to the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, which is based in Marinette, Wisconsin. The purpose of the Constellation-class frigates is to ...

To some, the decision by the US administration to cancel the Constellation-class frigate programme and replace it with the new FF(X), based on the US Coast Guard’s Legend-class cutter, will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy has released a video that shows the FF(X) frigate’s proposed design. Meet the Navy’s new frigate. It’s definitely not the ...

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 ...

EVERETT— A plan to house a dozen guided missile frigates promised for Naval Station Everett is dead after Secretary of the Navy John Phelan scrapped a contract to build the Constellation class ships.

Fincantieri Marine Group, the US subsidiary of the Italian shipbuilder, has been forced to pivot after the US Navy (USN) ...

January 28, 2026: At the end of 2025 the U.S. Navy/USN cancelled its Constellation-class guided missile frigate program after five years and billions of dollars spent. With not even one frigate ...