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Navy Envisions 2020 Frigate Competition

Friday, July 28th, 2017

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Navy Envisions 2020 Frigate Competition

An MH-60 Romeo flying near the USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy envision a fiscal year 2020 competition for the future frigate Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program, according to industry day slides released Friday.The Navy posted a request for information (RFI) with details on the capabilities it is seeking in this future frigate program, seen as a successor and improvement over the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) (Defense Daily, July 13).The industry day held on July 25 was aimed at discussing program requirements with industry, sharing details on required capabilities,…

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