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FF(X) Frigate Restricts Engineering To Single Digit Changes Over NSC, Containerize Extra Systems

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FF(X) Frigate Restricts Engineering To Single Digit Changes Over NSC, Containerize Extra Systems
Photo of a Navy slide outlining features of the new FF(X) frigate based on the Coast Guard's Legend-class National Security Cutter. Displayed during the Surface Navy Association's annual symposium in Jan. 2026. (Photo: Richard Abott)

Navy officials last week said the new FF(X) frigate, based on the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) design, will have extremely constrained engineering changes and they plan to primarily add systems in containerized payloads in future flights. “We are going to start this ship class with the most mature ship design ever. Let me rephrase that. This ship is done being designed. We are going to go through very, very, very, like on one hand, number of engineering changes…

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