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Frigate Anti-Air Warfare Test Strategy Not Yet Approved By DoD Weapons Tester

Monday, January 25th, 2021

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Frigate Anti-Air Warfare Test Strategy Not Yet Approved By DoD Weapons Tester

Artist model of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Constellation-class guided-missile frigate. (Image: Department of Defense)

The Defense Department’s weapons tester did not approve the new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigate’s approved the anti-air warfare (AAW) test strategy in the overall testing plan because it is "not adequate to determine the operational effectiveness," according to an annual 2020 report. In June 2020, the DoD office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) approved the frigate’s Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), but excluded approving the plan’s strategy for testing the frigate’s AAW mission capability because it is…

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