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Navy Awards Fincantieri $554 Million For Second Frigate

Friday, May 21st, 2021

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Navy Awards Fincantieri $554 Million For Second Frigate

Slide 6 from Guided Missile Frigate (FFG-62) Update presentation by Capt. Kevin Smith at the Surface Navy Association Symposium, January 12, 2020 (Image: U.S. Navy)

The Navy has exercised an option awarding Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine a $554 million contract modification for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the second Constellation-class frigate, the future USS Congress (FFG-63). This modification, awarded May 20, covers DD&C as well as integrated digital environment support for the vessel. Like the first vessel, FF-63 will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marinette, Wisc., with overall work split between Marinette (52 percent), Boston, Mass. (10 percent), Crozet, Va. (8 percent) and…

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