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Navy Aims For $800 Million Future Frigate Cost, Leveraging Modularity and Commonality

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Navy Aims For $800 Million Future Frigate Cost, Leveraging Modularity and Commonality
Rear Adm. John Neagley, Program Executive Officer, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A key admiral last week said the service is hoping to keep the new Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) cost at $800 million each and will be leveraging modularity margins in construction.“The follow-on objective cost for FFG(X) is $800 million. We think we can get below that. We think with competition, with understanding what drives cost, and during this next phase understand where capability perhaps is driving cost or where we can kind of get after it,” Rear Adm. John Neagley, PEO…

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