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Navy/USMC

Navy Finished Frigate Debriefs, Geurts Comfortable With Program

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

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Navy Finished Frigate Debriefs, Geurts Comfortable With Program

Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s winning offering for the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) Future Frigate program, based on the FREMM frigate built for the French and Italian navies. (Graphic: Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

The Navy’s top acquisition official on Wednesday said the service completed debriefing all losing competitors for the FFG(X) future frigate competition and responded to concerns about the cost of the ship. “We’ve done all the debriefs there. I committed to all the companies to do very detailed and transparent debriefs and that’s all occurred. And so we are launching that program and…as we work through getting the program up and running with Marinette, we’re executing that as we had planned…

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