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Navy/USMC

Navy Cancels Constellation-Class Frigate, Will Only Retain Two Under Construction

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

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Navy Cancels Constellation-Class Frigate, Will Only Retain Two Under Construction

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).

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on Tuesday announced the service is cancelling the last four of six Fincantieri Marinette Marine Constellation-class frigates under contract as the service makes a “strategic shift” away from the ship class and will only retain the two currently under construction. “As I said in my confirmation hearing and in my first message to the fleet, I will not spend a single taxpayer dollar unless it contributes directly to readiness and our ability to defeat…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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