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Navy Delays Future Frigate Contract To 2020

Thursday, May 4th, 2017

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Navy Delays Future Frigate Contract To 2020

The USS Coronado (LCS-4) (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy is planning to delay a detail design and construction (DD&C) contract for the Future Frigate until 2020 in order to explore incorporating new capabilities and enhanced survivability features, two Navy officials said Wednesday.Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall, the director of Surface Warfare, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces that the Navy has established a Frigate Requirement Evaluation Team to update an earlier frigate analysis from 2014, the Small Surface Combatant Task Force. This…

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