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Fincantieri Can Meet Frigate Demand For Now, Second Shipyard Decision Not Imminent

Thursday, April 7th, 2022

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Fincantieri Can Meet Frigate Demand For Now, Second Shipyard Decision Not Imminent

Rendering of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s USS Constellation (FFG-62) guided-missile frigate. (Image: Naval Sea Systems Command briefing slide at the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space Expo from 2021).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The program manager for the Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigate this week said prime contractor Fincantieri Marinette Marine can meet the Navy’s demand for now and any decision on using a second shipyard to increase production has been pushed back later in the process. The Navy’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request said the service plans to alternate between buying one and two frigates per year over the next five years, starting with one in FY ‘23, a…

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